The price of wheat has gone up three-fold in ten months. For something that looks like a weed, that is an impressive run. Since a large number of business from McDonald’s (NYSE:…
McDonald’s amazed even itself with magnificent same-store sales in February. Ronald McDonald and the other clowns in management watched the firm post February comparable sales which increased 8.3% in the U.S. as…
Douglas A. McIntyre Defensive stocks are often the stocks that investors try to use as a safe harbor to wait out the storms. We have covered many of these and even gave our own list…
A big company gets in trouble. The board throws the CEO under a bus and brings back the founder. The stock market figures that the person who built the company is the…
A lot of smaller companies will continue to report earnings over the next several weeks, but almost all of the really big companies which are on calendar fiscals have put out their…
On Monday, we’ll get to see earnings out of Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM). The estimates from First Call for the fast food franchise giant are $0.42 EPS on $3.14 billion in revenues. …
These are not the only pre-market analyst calls that are moving stocks, but these are the calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: ADC Telecom (NASDAQ: ADCT) and Arris (NASDAQ: ARRS) raised to…
McDonald’s (MCD) last quarter results were undermined by slow same-store sales growth in the US. It only took the world’s largest fast food chain a day to start to talk about China.…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, another Fed rate cut may stimulate the housing market. Reuters reports that profits at American Express (AXP) fell 10%. Reuters writes that McDonald’s (MCD) will open 150 outlets in…
McDonald’s (MCD) was the greatest stock in the US until it wasn’t. Improvement in same-store sales in the US and overseas drove the stock from below $32 in June 2006 to over…
Revenue at McDonald’s (MCD) rose 6% in the fourth quarter to $5.754 billion. Operating income jumped 22% to $1.355 billion. Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa delivered quarterly results driven by an 11.4%…
Douglas A. McIntyre "It is a very counter-cyclical industry," Burger King (BKC) Chief Executive John Chidsey told Reuters. Have a look at the menu at the fast food chain or at larger competitor McDonald’s (MCD).…
Starbucks (SBUX) will offer a $1 cup of coffee. It will test the product anyway. It will also look into offering free refills for some of its products according to The Wall…
Just a couple of weeks ago McDonald’s (MCD) was the toast of the town. Same store sales were great and its breakfast menu was selling like hotcakes. It said it would put…
Douglas A. McIntyre Wall St. was taken by surprise when AT&T’s (T) chief said that the company was seeing soft home phone and internet business. So far, wireless spending seems OK. Since big company CEOs…
