According to Reuters, Detroit’s efforts to build "green" cars may come too late. Reuters reports that Obama is seeking the $350 billion still left in the TARP. Reuters writes that prosecutors will…
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) posted earnings excludling one-time items of -$0.28 EPS on revenue of $5.69 billion. This compares with First Call estimates of -$0.11 EPS on $5.18 billion in revenues. Some…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the top early bird upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning: Agilent (NYSE: A) Raised to Outperform at Baird. Gentex (NASDAQ: GNTX)…
According to Reuters, Alcoa (AA) will fire more than 13,000 people. Reuters reports that Apple (AAPL) disappointed with no Jobs or big announcements at Macworld. Reuters reports that GM (GM) says government…
It looks like we have our most likely candidates for the "Dogs of the Dow" for 2009. This is often misunderstood as an investment vehicle. These are the 10 highest dividend-yielding stocks…
The Dogs of the Dow are often misunderstood as an investment vehicle. These are technically the 10 highest dividend-yielding stocks out of the 30 DJIA components. The formal list of the ten…
Jim Cramer came on CNBC’s MAD MONEY this week with several ideas for shotgun marriage merger proposals he wanted to throw out there where he was calling for more mergers from the…
This is not going to be a pleasant topic, but by now we are all probably more than used to unpleasant economic topics. The Dow Jones Industrial Average may follow its trend…
Covering any part of the positives in this market has been literally as rewarding as jumping in the bear cage with the bears at the zoo. We have been refraining from doing…
These are the top research downgrades and negative analyst calls we are seeing this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open: Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Cut to Market Perform…
These are the top early bird analyst downgrades we are seeing with more than two hours to the open on this Tuesday morning: Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.…
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has already put GM’s credit ratings on watch today, and the ratings agency is also putting the credit rating of Alcoa, Inc. on "Negative Outlook" from a…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, US markets fell to five-year lows. Reuters writes that Wells Fargo (WFC) could end up with over 75% of Wachovia;s (WB) deposits. Reuters reports that Morgan Stanley’s (MS) deal…
If you care about earnings in the commodity and metals sector, Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has just missed its earnings and given cautious guidance. It posted earnings of $0.33 per share on…
Douglas A. McIntyre Not long ago daily media stories were predicting which major airline would be the first in line to fail. Las Vegas type odds were given to a list of inevitable airline bankruptcies.…
