The first quarter earnings reports will start to dribble out this week and expectations have been tempered in recent trading days ahead of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) on Tuesday afternoon. The stock…
Jon OggEarnings season is almost upon us for the first quarter of 2012. There is some growing caution over company expectations on the heels of a massive rally where the DJIA rose…
Markets opened lower this morning and didn’t recover. The ISM services index came in lower than expected (our coverage here) and the EIA report on crude oil inventories pushed crude prices down…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American International Group (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein. Bazaarvoice Inc.…
Members of Congress face new restrictions on insider trading. (Reuters) The UAW moves to organize a Volkswagen plant. (Reuters) A Brazilian oil regulator reports that the leak on a Chevron (NYSE: CVX)…
Jon Ogg2012 has been a great year for stocks. We have recently seen the NASDAQ return to 3,000 for the first time in a decade. The S&P 500 Index has also now…
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) just hit a new all-time high… again. The prior high was $201.57 and now shares on Tuesday have even managed to get back above the $202.50…
Jon C. Ogg The price of IBM (NYSE: IBM) shares rose above $200 for the first time ever. It is no more a milestone that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) at $500 or when people reach age…
The annual letter for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is out and the discussion immediately jumps in about who will succeed Warren Buffett, book value, buybacks, and the portfolio. Berkshire Hathaway’s book…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading back above the 13,000 mark. The DJIA (NYSE: DIA) i sup 0.22% at $129.87 to reflect the slight discount due to fees in the ETF. …
The BSA claims that the future of cloud computing has been slowed by a large number of tech laws and regulations which vary widely from nation to nation. Cloud computing is viewed as the…
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) is our chart review of the day from CandlestickForum. IBM is forming a Rounded Bottom, and identifiable bullish price set up. It is based upon the…
Jon C. Ogg Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down into…
Jon OggThis last week was very busy, and Friday’s disappointing trading day skewed many research reports. Each morning we track analyst upgrades and downgrades and over the weekend we review each to…
A hacker group called Swagg Security has gained access to internal servers at Chinese manufacturer Foxconn, a large supplier to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), and IBM Corp. (NYSE:…
