6:16am ET
Investing
The Tao Of The Dow (MSFT)(HPQ)(PG)(CSB)(NWS)
As The Wall Street Journal points out, the DJIA is up 6% in a month. That is because, if results from financial firms in the index are backed out, the rest of…
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Procter & Gamble Company
$147.02
▲ $0.35 (+0.24%) today
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Investing
Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Holdings “H to P” (BRK-A, BRK-B, HD, IR, IRM, JNJ, KFT, MTB, MCO, NKE, NSC, PG)
These are the new combined holdings (alphabetically H-P) from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) for the period ended December 31, 2007: Home Depot (NYSE: HD) 4.181 million shares for $112.6 million.…
6:42am ET
Investing
A Farewell To The Earnings Season
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…
6:25am ET
Economy
Message From The Heartland: No Recession Here
There is a recession over on Wall St. Bank where brokerage stocks are down 50% and losses keep mounting. But, a great majority of businesses in the US and Europe are not…
7:19am ET
Investing
P&G (PG) To Spin-Off Coffee Operations
P&G (PG) announced plans to separate its coffee business and create an independent company named The Folgers Coffee Company. The coffee business had sales of approximately $1.6 billion and operating income of…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:59pm ET
Investing
More DJIA Earnings Pressing (MO, MRK, PG, XOM)
We are over half-way through earnings season now, but we still have four DJIA components set to report earnings this week. We’ve also provided a link here to see which targets are…
6:08am ET
Investing
The Four Safest Stocks In The World (MSFT)(MO)(XOM)(PG)
The market may be down 600 points today. If the selling picks up, it is hard to predict a bottom. There are a very few shares which should be a good defense…
8:58am ET
Retail
Eddie Lampert’s Last Stand (SHLD)
Eddie Lambert has been a bust as a retailer. He may be fine at running a hedge fund, but due to his large holding in Sears (SHLD), that distinction may be shaky…
5:54am ET
Investing
The Tyranny Of Earnings (C)(MER)(IBM)
After Citigroup (C) and Merrill Lynch (MER) have announced their earnings, Wall St. will probably see what it expected. The estimates for write-offs, lay-offs, and new capital infusions are already out there.…
10:40am ET
Health and Healthcare
Procter & Gamble (PG) NyQuil: Teenage Drug Of Choice
Getting high on cold mediciation appears to have become the "hot" path to a good time. And, it’s inexpensive and unregulated. Procter & Gamble’s (PG) NyQuil is now being headlined in the…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:49am ET
Telecom & Wireless
AT&T (T): The Phone Company Was Supposed To Be Recession-Proof
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…
11:20am ET
Investing
Share Buybacks Not Slowing Everywhere (DELL, CSCO, MO, GE, TXN, GS, MSFT, PG)
As 2008 looks a more shaky year and one that the stock market looks like it is trying to price in a recession, there may be one victim: the share repurchase plans…
6:09am ET
Investing
As Dividend Cuts Rise, Some Companies May Increase Pay-Out
A number of experts say that companies, especially financial services firms, will cut dividends in 2008. CNN Money writes that "dividend cuts or suspensions will continue to pick up among financial services…
12:21pm ET
Investing
Defensive Stocks For 2008 From 247WallSt.Com (PEP, KO, BUD, MCD, YUM, RAI, MO, PG, JNJ, PFE, MRK)
We are updating our list of tier-one Defensive Stocks since so many of these stocks have run up and since lists need continual updating. Our originally updated list of tier one defensive…
10:44am ET
Media
A Mindless Look At “Blue Ribbon” Companies
Fortune has come up with a list of "Blue Ribbon" companies. The companies on the most Fortune lists (Fortune 500, Fastest Growing, Most Admired, Best To Work For) made the grade. Some…