Stocks have rallied sharply during January after the last-minute congressional compromise on the fiscal cliff. While the deal was far from perfect, it averted not only a disaster for the U.S. economy,…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a string of solid earnings reports yesterday and after markets closed last night. As we note below, earnings results were more mixed today, but…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A (NYSE: ALU) raised to Neutral from Sell at Citigroup. Baker…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite lower on a weak quarterly earnings report last night from Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC). The big news for today came out…
courtesy General Electric Co.General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) managed to turn in earnings growth of 7.5% in its fourth-quarter earnings report. The actual earnings were $4.01 billion, or $0.38 per share, but…
Jon C. Ogg courtesy of NetflixU.S. investigations of the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner focus on its main battery. (Reuters) Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) offers a weak outlook for future quarters. (Reuters) China’s gross…
ThinkstockGeneral Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is set to report earnings early Friday morning before the open. The latest Thomson Reuters consensus was $0.43 EPS on revenue of about $38.7 billion. If GE details…
Jon C. Ogg U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following the report that new claims for unemployment benefits had fallen by 37,000 to a level not seen since 2008 (more coverage here). The government…
By Matthew YoheMatt Yohe at en.wikipedia CC-BY-3.0, from Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have been the greatest growth story over the past decade, but the woes and losses coming into play…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThis coming week is going to be the real opening of the floodgates when it comes to earnings season. 24/7 Wall St. has screened through dozens and dozens…
24/7 Wall St. has identified its 2013 peak target for the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 14,590, which would translate to gains of more than 11.3% for investors. What is interesting is…
Jon Ogg24/7 Wall St. has already identified its 2013 peak target for the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 14,590, which would translate to gains of more than 11.3% for investors. What is…
thinkstockLast night’s passage of a deal on the fiscal cliff in the U.S. House of Representatives has lit a fire under stock futures this morning. The DJIA is up more than 160…
As each new year arrives, 24/7 Wall St. looks at each of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components and assigns a forward value for the Dow based on a mixed methodology.…
ThinkstockSpain’s largest utility, Iberdrola S.A., has sold off about €850 million of assets so far in 2012, out of planned sales of €2 billion by the end of 2014. Today the Spanish…
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