Chances Rise for 10% Market Drop
The S&P 500 has dropped more than 5% in 2014, and virtually all of that has come in the past week. Much of the blame has been put on financial risks in…
The S&P 500 has dropped more than 5% in 2014, and virtually all of that has come in the past week. Much of the blame has been put on financial risks in…
The technology team at Stifel is very positive on the overall prospects for the sector in 2014. Here are some of their picks that could be poised to excel in what could…
As part of its effort to put past mistakes behind it, Hewlett-Packard sold Palm's mobile operating system to LG Electronics last year, and on Thursday, HP announced that it had sold 1,400…
ThinkstockFor years International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has remained a technology bellwether, as well as a top stock to own in most portfolios. The brilliant move that took it out of the…
Although recent speculation had Dell interested in acquiring IBM's low-end server business, it was Lenovo that won the prize. The Chinese personal-computer maker has agreed to pay $2.3 billion.
ThinkstockWednesday was yet another mixed day in the stock market, one where the Dow Jones Industrial Average was in the red and the S&P 500 Index and NASDAQ were positive for most…
IBM said it would rebalance its workforce. Texas Instruments announced it would cut 1,100 people. These come shortly after Intel said it would fire 5,000. Big tech seems to get ever smaller,…
Jon OggInternational Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) is still one of the most important stocks of the Dow Jones industrial Average, mostly due to its major stock price in the price-weighted index.…
24/7 Wall St. sees that 15 of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial (DJIA) stocks have pulled back 5.0% or more from their 52-week highs. Sometimes, bargain stocks just do not feel like…
Tuesday will bring two very important pieces of the technology sector together in earnings season. IBM and Advanced Micro Devices will share their most recent quarterly results after the close of trading.
IBM is once again looking to shed its low-end server business, and Dell is rumored to be interested. A deal to sell the business to China's Lenovo Group fell through last spring…
ThinkstockIn 2013, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted more than 270,000 patents, often to the same organizations. The USPTO awarded 76,850 patents to the top 50 companies alone. IBM received…
Jon OggWe are now well past the end of 2013, and many strategists have mixed targets for the stock and bond markets in 2014. The last year brought gains of 26.5% in…
thinkstockJanuary 8, 2014: DJIA was -70.71 at 16,460.23 (unofficial close) S&P 500 was -0.42 at 1,837.46 (unofficial close) The markets had to deal with an FOMC Minutes report and the first ten-year…
Between the federal tax rate and state corporate tax rates, some corporations pay billions of dollars every year in taxes. 24/7 Wall St. examined the 10 U.S.-based, publicly traded companies with tax…