Many economists don’t believe that the US debt ceiling is the biggest problem the country faces. In their view the most compelling issue is unemployment, currently at 9.1% and, given the nearly…
Gasoline prices are likely to plunge. The same economic concerns that have prompted a massive sell-off in equities have also driven down the price of crude. It has retreated to $83 from…
When you see a ten-day sell-off and a capstone panic day with what is a 300-point sell-off in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the first reaction is that no one wants anything…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray. DaVita,…
It looked like Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DNKN) was off to a great start following its IPO last week. Shares soared 50% from the offering price as investors piled in. But…
Many economists believe it is too late for the U.S. to keep its Aaa rating (Reuters) Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) posted better-than-expect earnings (Reuters) Analysts are concerned that slow holiday sales of…
The odds that the U.S. will default on its debt on or after August 2 increase each day. Some credit analysts believe the odds are in favor of insolvency. In the event…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Calpine Corporation (NYSE: CPN) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML. Computer Sciences…
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for July 22, 2011. These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in…
Next week will mark the true ‘opening the floodgates’ for earnings season. We have given some brief earnings previews and added in color for the DJIA components set to report earnings in…
August oil futures quoted on NYMEX moved just shy of $100 this week. That number was $90 in late June. No amount of crude released from strategic oil reserves or a belief…
Douglas A. McIntyre Most of the financial media stops at mid-year to reflect on how the market performed since January 1. The effort is often fruitless. The fact that a stock, or any market, did…
U.S. investors are now getting a Renminbi (Yuan) and bond fund to invest in via an open-ended mutual fund structure. An announcement has been made by Guinness Atkinson Asset Management that it…
There are several ways in which companies can return money to shareholders, but the two most common methods of returning cash to shareholders are dividends and stock buybacks. Dividends are rarely controversial…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesOne theory of economics says that any market can return to a point where it has been in the past. The Great Recession was, by some measures as…
