Reuters: What might have become a currency war before the G20 has turned to very tentative cooperation. Reuters: Emerging nations will have more say in IMF policies. WSJ: Bank of…
There were some interesting takeaways from Apple’s conference call and its Q&A session of that call. The call ended right about 6:00 PM EST. Despite a blowout in sales and earnings and…
This Friday was influenced by unemployment data and there are many stocks on the move. Some are earnings, some are not. We are tracking pre-market trading and volume spikes in shares of…
Reuters: The federal government will supply states with $1.5 billion in funds for small businesses. Reuters: Financial leaders around the world have begun to work to stop a currency war. Reuters: Japan…
Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) has seen a flurry of volume today after the New York Times reported that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer and other executives showed up at…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Active traders and day traders have several key stocks to watch. We are tracking moves in Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE), Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB), Microsoft…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Neutral at Robert W. Baird; Cut to…
Reuters: White House adviser Larry Summers will leave. Reuters: There is more support in Washington to press China hard on the yuan. Reuters: The prime minister of Japan said its intervention on…
We have several large earnings reports this week. While none are DJIA components nor broad market movers, they can impact stocks in their related sectors. Some of the top earnings this week…
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has finally buckled to pressure to return capital to shareholders. While we did not get the promise of a one-time massive dividend we outlined as a possibility,…
There are many key stocks to watch for The Unusual Suspects for the week ahead. Barron’s was rather influential, we have several carry-over issues from last week that are unresolved, there are…
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has finally been pushed out as Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) CEO and will leave the company and its board on September 20. He will get a small consolation prize as he…
WSJ: The CEO of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) left the company. Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) will delay Q3 results as it accounts for costs of the oil spill. Reuters: The SEC has…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will open its App Store developer program to a number of new types of software, which appears to include the Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) Flash technology. We are continually trying…
