Michael Dell is confused. He must wander the streets of Austin with his mind in a haze. Only recently Dell said his company is doing super in the Middle East. He said…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Obama won the race for US president Reuters reports that stock index futures were steady after the Obama win.
The "netbook: seemed like a remarkably stupid idea. It sits somewhere between small laptops and smartphones. It is not much good for anything beyond e-mail and web access. It looks like a…
For the period ending October 15, short sellers got out of most banks and brokerage stocks. That is a shame for them. They could have made a killing this week. The short…
Tech stocks are far from immune in the selling. We put together a list of the major stocks trading sharply lower on active trading and we listed the previous 52-week lows to…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has just joined the list of stocks which hit new 52-week lows, but it gets worse. These were actually the lowest levels seen since late in 2006. This…
According to Reuters, Japan markets were higher on a broad government bailout plan. Reuters reports that Merrill Lynch (MER) will cut 500 trading jobs. Reuters writes that low retailer prices and competition…
JPMorgan has come out with some changes in its technology and imaging sector today. The firm wants to be defensive right now with steady revenue streams and steady margins. It is cautious…
What they say about big tech must be true. IT spending at companies is falling as businesses cut back across every expense category they can find. Software and hardware upgrades are put…
Analysts assume third quarter earnings for the companies in the S&P 500 will be bad. But, looking at the number which is the average of all firms in the index is misleading.…
Yahoo! (YHOO) Concerns about slowdown in internet advertising. Drops to $13.20 from 52-week high of $34.08. Bet they wish they had taken Microsoft (MSFT) deal. Sirius (SIRI) Merger a failure.Sells off to…
The cut-off for the last short interest data was September 15, before a number of financial stocks got protection from the SEC. Before the ban, short sellers were already moving out of…
According to Reuters, the federal government bailed out AIG (AIG) The Fed will loan the insurance company $85 billion for two years in exchange for a 79.9% stake. Reuters says that Barclays…
Perhaps it is just a bad week for news and it is not going to get better. Dell (DELL) said it is seeing further softening in global end-user demand in the current…
Douglas A. McIntyre Since almost no one in the US or Europe is buying cars, auto companies have been looking to China for salvation. That does not put them in a different class from other…
