General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) gave us a trader and volume spike alert earlier this morning. The weakness today is being tied to a Barclays research note predicting that GE 4Q earnings…
Douglas A. McIntyre For the latest reported period, ending December 31, short sellers did not make any notable moves in or out of tech, financials, or industrial shares. What they did do was take impressively…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) does not go for short-term gains, and short-term losses are part of the game for investing. Warren Buffett has even told employees to only to…
According to Reuters, Alcoa (AA) will fire more than 13,000 people. Reuters reports that Apple (AAPL) disappointed with no Jobs or big announcements at Macworld. Reuters reports that GM (GM) says government…
It looks like we have our most likely candidates for the "Dogs of the Dow" for 2009. This is often misunderstood as an investment vehicle. These are the 10 highest dividend-yielding stocks…
Most people who are in business put making a profit above maintaining a good image. They would like their customers to think well of them because it drives sales. But, being a…
The Dogs of the Dow are often misunderstood as an investment vehicle. These are technically the 10 highest dividend-yielding stocks out of the 30 DJIA components. The formal list of the ten…
If investors had a notion that short sellers were going to stay in big financials, they were wrong. Short interest in the weakest companies in the sector dropped. Shares short in Citigroup…
According to Reuters, GM (GM) and Chrysler are close to a loan deal with the government. Reuters reports that Obama will ask for a major stimulus package focusing on infrastructure and helping…
Standard & Poor’s issued a report that is being taken a "downgrade-light" by many traders. S&P has revised its outlook on General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) and units including GE Capital Corp.…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, the Fed may need to use a trillion dollars to halt the economy from moving into a period of deflation. Reuters reports that OPEC will make the largest production…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has reconfirmed its December 2 earnings outlook of $0.50 to $0.52 EPS excluding charges and $0.36 to $0.42 including charges); it still sees full-year 2008 earnings of…
Douglas A. McIntyre Over the last decade or more no company has been more meticulous about its earnings forecasts than GE (GE). The conglomerate even talks freely about its prospects between its quarterly conference calls…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, retail sales will probably drop further after the holidays. Reuters reports that the shock waves of the Madoff scandal are spreading around the financial world. Reuters writes that the…
According to Reuters, there may be another bubble in commodities prices. Reuters reports that the recession is hurting Japan’s economic sentiment and China’s industrial output. Reuters writes that Bush said the auto…
