12:00pm ET
Investing
S&P 500 at Five-month Peak (AA, CAT, BAC)
The S&P 500 put up a five-month intra-day high of 1,294.45 shortly before noon ET today. The index got a boost this morning from Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) which rose about 3.5%…
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6:53am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (1/10/2012) Consumer Electronics Show, EU Hampers Earnings
CES – The Consumer Electronics Show is awash with new gadgets. Most will never see the light of day. Many will trigger tens of millions of dollars in manufacturing and marketing costs…
4:15pm ET
Investing
Alcoa, When Bad Earnings Should Be Good Enough & Priced In (AA)
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has kicked off earnings season. Expectations were not very high about the fourth quarter and expecting any great guidance seemed a bit misplaced if you have watched the…
Jon C. Ogg 4:07pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (COST, XOM, AKAM, P, SCCO, MRK, AYI, CBST, AA, INHX, PSOF, IDIX, NFLX, THRX, LTRX)
US markets opened up slightly this morning and have maintained a slight positive tone for most of the day. Today marks the unofficial beginning of another earnings season, with Alcoa kicking things…
8:45am ET
Investing
Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Little-Changed
US stock-index futures are nearly flat this morning as French and German leaders meet to iron out the details for a Eurozone growth plan. The US earnings season gets off to its…
Paul Ausick 6:44am ET
Investing
US Earnings Seaons To Kick Off With Alcoa (AA)
US companies will begin the critical earnings season as Alcoa (NYSE: AA) reports today. The profit and revenue data is particularly important. Q4 numbers come with full year figures, which gives investors a…
Douglas A. McIntyre 8:21am ET
Investing
Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Up Moderately
Higher bond yields on Italian and Spanish 10-year notes and an announcement last night of a 12% reduction in production from Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) have kept European and Asian markets from…
Paul Ausick 6:38am ET
Media
Media Digest (1/6/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Former Olympus CEO Michael Woodford will sue the troubled company for wrongful dismissal. (Reuters) The International Monetary Fund’s Lagarde says 2012 will not see the end of the euro. (Reuters) MF Global’s trustee…
1:43pm ET
Investing
Getting Alcoa Shares Back Above $10… And Then Some (AA)
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) could possibly be the worst non-financial stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s 30 components. At $9.50, only Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is down worse from a…
Jon C. Ogg 11:43am ET
Special Report
The 5 Most Undervalued DJIA Stocks For 2012 (AA, BAC, CAT, JPM, UTX, DIA)
At the start of each year, 24/7 Wall St. reviews and updates price targets looking for stocks which offer the most upside or the least upside for the year ahead. After looking…
6:40am ET
Special Report
DJIA 2012: Best Targets Imply DJIA 13,678 (BAC, JPM, VZ, IBM, CVX, MCD, CSCO, XOM, GE, HPQ, INTC, MRK, PFE, PG, WMT, DIA)
As each new year replaces the prior year, 24/7 Wall St. looks at the individual targets on all 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average price targets from Wall Street analysts to come up…
4:11pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AA, CBI, ADSK, CVC, TWC, DG, HITK, CHKR, BTH, PBY, UEC, SFSF, ATHX, TLEO, THC, RECV)
The equity markets opened strong this morning, with the Dow trading in narrow band around 140 points up all morning until about 1:30 in the afternoon. Hopeful economic news from Europe started…
8:29am ET
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AA, AMGN, ADSK, CVC, CBI, LFC, INCY, LNKD, THC, TWC, TIVO)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Cut to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs.…
9:58am ET
Investing
Many DJIA Dividend Hikes Coming in 2012 (DIA, AA, DIS, MMM)
24/7 Wall St. has shown a full breakdown of the 30 DJIA (NYSE: DIA) components showing which companies are going to raise dividend payments in 2012 or even sooner. Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE:…
2:17pm ET
Investing
All 30 DJIA Dividend Trends into 2012, Stock by Stock (DIA, AA, AXP, T, BAC, BA, CAT, CVX, CSCO, KO, DD, XOM, GE, HD, HPQ, IBM, INTC, JNJ, JPM, KFT, MCD, MMM, MRK, MSFT, PFE, PG, TRV, UTX, VZ, WMT, DIS)
The economic choppiness is coming to a head with the age of dividend hikes. The pressure is going to remain for companies to continue returning capital to shareholders while also looking for…