July 26, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning on a day when the only U.S. economic data of note was the revised University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters consumer sentiment index, which…
ThinkstockIt should come as no surprise to investors that Internet usage has skyrocketed in the past 10 years. The smartphone, which seemed like a luxury five years ago, has become almost ubiquitous,…
ThinkstockAlpha is one of those confusing terms used in the financial industry, but rarely defined. It is basically a performance measurement on a risk-adjusted basis. Alpha takes the volatility or price risk…
ThinkstockIf there is one group of stocks that typically responds with volatility to first-quarter earnings reports, it is the Internet stocks. History held true during this past reporting season. Almost uniformly, reactions…
ThinkstockCloud software company Marin Software Inc. (NYSE: MRIN) held its initial public offering (IPO) this morning, and the shares priced at $14, above the projected range of $11 to $13. The company…
Total U.S. online travel-related spending came to about $103 billion in 2012 according to the latest data from comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR). Air travel alone accounted for about two-thirds of all travel…
ThinkstockMarin Software, maker of cloud-based digital advertising management platform, has filed a Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launching the company’s quest for an initial public offering (IPO).…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning before bouncing into positive territory briefly and then turning south again. As happened yesterday, the focus was on Europe, where Italy’s oldest bank was expected…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsMany stocks are on the move, and almost of the key movers have been on corporate earnings report except for one. We have blown through some of the…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and maintained their upward momentum for essentially the whole day. Lacking any really bad news from Asia or Europe, U.S. markets shrugged off a weaker…
ThinkstockAMR, parent company of American Airlines, has decided to repaint of its planes, which have been mostly silver for decades. For some reason, management believes that the new color scheme is a…
ThinkstockPriceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) is rising into 2013 after having seen its shares pull back handily from highs in 2012. The culprit on Thursday is an upgrade from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockPriceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) is finding out the lessons of life today… The more they rise the more they fall. Today’s drop is being tied to an analyst downgrade to Hold from…
The list of the best stocks of 2012 on the S&P 500 Index is one which makes sense in some cases and doesn’t in other cases. Some of these are simply recovery…
ThinkstockWe are tracking many key movers in the after-hours trading this Thursday. Most are earnings but some are not. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) is up over 7% at $13.20 on about…
