Earnings season is in full swing and we have at least 11 of the 30 DJIA components on deck to report earnings. We have given basic previews broken out by day for…
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) substantially changed its board. Four directors left and several, including former Ebay (NASDAQ: EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman, were added (Reuters) Paul Volcker will leave his post as an advisor…
We examined nine companies whose plans to revive their fortunes have not succeeded and found several common themes. Managements often fail to appreciate the size of the challenges they face. Competition is…
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) is gambling on a rate hike to its 4G smartphone plans. Sprint will charge another $10.00 per month beginning on January 30, extending the surcharge for “Premium…
S&P 500 WEEK: BOTTOM 10 (07 JAN-13 JAN) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 13Jan11 Close Price 07Jan11 Market Cap($Mil) SUPERVALU INC. SVU -13.4 7.50 8.66 1591.3 Merck & Co Inc.…
The availability of the iPhone 4 from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) on the Verizon Wireless network is expected to be be a big win for the carrier, a joint venture between Verizon…
Now that Verizon Wireless has struck a deal with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to offer the iPhone on Verizon’s wireless network, everyone expects the carrier to profit handsomely from the deal. But…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Cut to Sell at UBS. Alcoa…
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) will increase financial disclosure but the firm will do little else to change its business practices. (Reuters) A few economists believe the Fed could run out of…
RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) is off to a very rough start in 2011. Its stock has only enjoyed one day of gains since the start of the year. Yesterday brought much carnage…
Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) did not get the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. Verizon Wireless did. Analysts say that Verizon may have to pay $2.5 billion to purchase iPhones this year. It cannot make…
It’s already 2011 and we have our outlook pieces for the year for sectors and indexes. While most of our pieces are examining upside going into what is expected to be a…
Can the Dow Jones Industrial Average rise 12.65% more in 2011 after gaining about 11% in 2010? Our calculations show the the DJIA is likely to hit 13,042.06 in 2011. That’s a…
The Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy which annually selects the ten highest dividend yields of all thirty Dow Jones Industrial Average components. Because we are going for the timeless…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the stock market darling that almost no one wants to hate. Finding negative analyst reports is a difficult task. The company over-delivers on most products and continually…
