The ride continues at Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI). For the first quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, the company reported record net sales of $9.5 billion and record income of $533…
The reaction to the news of a conglomerate break-up in a three-way separation was incredible for ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) yesterday. Shares closed up 16.5% rather than over 20% and the closing…
We have already issued many sector calls for 2011 with our outlooks and we have even given a 2011 DJIA target of 13,042 based upon the same methodology that got us within…
There has been an amazing feat in 2010. All of the most recent companies which have been booted out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average have outperformed their replacement stocks and the…
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Market Perform at JMP Securities. Baidu,…
There have been plenty of stories in the past few weeks about the $2 trillion in cash that US corporations are sitting on. The money is not being invested in hiring or…
Earnings season is well under way. The floodgates are open wide and we still have 6 more of the 30 DJIA components left to report this week. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Caterpillar…
Updated throughout the day. GE (NYSE: GE), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX), and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) are all considering a bid for BEA Systems aerospace business (Reuters) The NY State Attorney General may…
The week of October 18 to 22 is jam-packed with earnings. It also happens that eleven of the thirty DJIA components reporting earnings will be delivered next week. On deck are such…
Conglomerates have enjoyed solid performance in 2010 and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is set to report earnings on Friday morning. A market concern and a sector concern so far is that…
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) Started as…
These are some of this Tuesday’s top research calls with upgrades. downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street analysts: 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. Aegon NV (NYSE: AEG)…
2010 may be a directionless year for the stock markets so far, but shares of conglomerates are outperforming and more upside is expected. The five largest conglomerates we follow are all higher…
While there are a lot of small companies vying for market share in the rapidly growing alternative energy sphere, they’re not the only players in the game. Two established players reported earnings…
Of the $787 billion federal stimulus bill passed in 2009, more than $3.4 billion was targeted at modernizing the US electricity transmission and distribution systems and promoting investments in smart grid technologies.…
