U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors and traders tried to make sense of more than 150 earnings reports that were released between last night’s closing bell and this morning’s…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.If any other telecom company had turned it the earnings results we saw this morning from Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), that company’s shares would have dropped at least…
Jon OggInvestors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall St. firms. They often do not get to see or they overlook the analyst downgrades and lists of…
ThinkstockWhat has been a worry about AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) for some time has become a reality. The big telecom firm can no longer grow. The years in which its revenue expanded…
Douglas A. McIntyre U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning despite low flash PMI readings from the eurozone. Germany’s manufacturing PMI reading was especially notable, falling to 47.9 from 49, and the country’s services PMI…
courtesy of IBMInternational Business Machine Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has lost the capacity for revenue growth. The troubling trend began a long time ago. Its recent earnings confirmed that the huge tech firm…
courtesy of Verizon WirelessVerizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is out with its first-quarter earnings, and the company says that the wireless segment has seen expanded margin as its customer base grew. The…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Sprint Nextel Corp.’s (NYSE: S) stock price has returned to 2008 levels, which indicates just how badly off the company has been. And it begs the question why, on…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Now that Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) has made a better offer for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) than the one on the table from Japan’s Softbank, we might…
ThinkstockThe announcement this morning of a $25.5 billion offer from Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) has pushed Sprint stock up by double digits. Part of Sprint’s…
ThinkstockAhead of the shareholders meeting schedule for this Friday, MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) may be getting an improved offer from Deutsche Telekom AG for the proposed merger with DT’s T-Mobile USA…
Short sellers may be getting smarter about all the inflows of capital heading into dividend stocks. The short interest fell in many of the names, but investors should understand that this short interest had…
courtesy of General MotorsThe press made a great deal of noise about General Motors Co.’s (NYSE: GM) decision to test Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) as an advertising medium. When the car company…
Jon Ogg24/7 Wall St. wants some insight from readers ahead of earnings season. We have grouped four rival sectors to see which ones investors are more excited about this earnings season. This is…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe research team at Bank of America Corp.’s (NYSE: BAC) Merrill Lynch is out looking for the market strength to continue. Keep in mind that this is not…
