McDonald’s (MCD) has an increase in same-store sales for October of 6.9%. Overall system-wides sales were up 14.2%. In the U.S., comparable sales climbed 5.4% as customers continue to visit McDonald’s for…
With the markets down so much today on the financial stock fallout after the Citi downgrade/concern and with oil stocks listing lower after the Exxon miss, we wanted to show a brief…
Wednesday is much more than Halloween and it is more than the FOMC announcement date. We have an event that has been perhaps more influential to many key stocks than the upcoming…
Following is the short interest in stocks of major companies traded on the NYSE. Figures are as of October 15 and compare to numbers on September 28, 2007. Most of the large…
Astoday is the 20th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash, 24/7 WallSt. wanted to go back in time to review how the individual DJIAcomponents held up around the time and how…
This was a long and crazy week for stock traders, but the Bond weasels got Monday off and only had a four-day work week. Thursday was the mystery tank day when the…
McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) is on a mission. The company has just raised guidance yet again with projections of $0.83 EPS versus $0.77 estimates. This does not include gains from the sale of Boston…
Douglas A. McIntyre It has not come to the US. But, bet your bottom dollar, it will. McDonald’s (MCD) is offering free WiFi in its 1,200 stores in the UK. Starbucks (SBUX) offers T-Mobile WiFi…
Crain’s Chicago Business has gotten its hands on the game plan for McDonald’s (MCD) to conquer the premium coffee world. As the business magazine put it: "In one of its biggest strategic…
According to Reuters, most mutual fund companies side with management on proxy issues. The Wall Street Journal writes that Ebay (EBAY) is taking a $1.4 billion charge for Skype. The Wall Street…
Coca-Cola (KO) and Pepsi (PEP) keep making new highs. Yesterday, Coke hit $57.33, a few pennies from its 52-week peak. At $72.62, the same is true of Pepsi (PEP). So far this…
After watching its stock fall for most of the last year, Starbucks (SBUX) watched Bank of America add insult to injury. It downgraded the stock from neutral to sell. The reason was…
ACLI cut to Hold at Cantor Fitzgerald.ARRS cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.BKR cut to Neutral at Oppenheimer.BRCM cut to Mkt Perform at FBR. BZH started as Sell at UBS.CAKE started as…
It is not a good sign. Starbucks (SBUX) will give away 50 million downloads as part of its new service with Apple (AAPL). The venture allows iTunes customers to go online for…
McDonald’s was in pretty bad shape in late 2003, as a recent AP article points out. The stock is up from $12 then to $55 today. The AP attributes the improvement to…
