Did you heed the call “Sell in May and Go Away!” this year? It turns out that as of mid-day we now have nearly half of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average…
China’s three largest mobile phone operators are all being investigated for corruption by the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. So far, at least three managers have been forced to…
Now that the 10-Year Treasury Note has been back to close to the 3.00% yields again, we wanted to see which Dow Jones Industrial Average components had a higher dividend yield than…
The two telecom giants of AT&T, Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) are both Dow Jones Industrial Average members. They are both considered to be very defensive stocks in…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. AGCO Corporation (NASDAQ: AGCO) Maintained Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.…
Just last month CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) complete its $12.2 billion acquisition of Qwest. At the time the deal was announced, it seemed to make little sense because neither Qwest nor CenturyLink…
Shares in RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) are trading lower today than they were five years ago. The stock peaked in July 2007 at around $35/share and hit a low below $7/share in…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) earnings surpassed expectations and the company said iPad 2 units were backlogged (Reuters) BP plc (NYSE: BP) sued Transocean (NYSE: RIG) for $40 to cover costs related to Deepwater…
Dish Network bought the assets of Blockbuster to compete with Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), if the media is right. At about the same time, Netflix signed an arrangement to offer “Mad Men,” and…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS) Cut to Market Perform at…
Using technical analysis may often feel like alchemy even under normal circumstances. Using it on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is especially tricky. Nonetheless, Apple’s stock chart has wavered for weeks. Now, Wall…
Moody’s reports that it is concerned about the financial effects of the AT&T (NYSE: T) $39 billion buyout of T-Mobile. The US telecom will take on $20 billion in debt to close…
RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) is seeing shares higher today on news that it will be selling the iPad2 from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) at about 500 stores throughout the country. The initial…
Are investors forgetting the lessons of the dot-com bust of the 1990s?It would seem to be the case. Just like in the Clinton administration, companies with uncertain prospects are attracting insanely high…
Japan may need to work with the G7 to keep the yen low. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) factories and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) expansion plans were hurt by the earthquake’s aftermath. (Reuters)…
