FunnyTimes.comSocial media stocks have been on fire, at least up until Tuesday. The sector should be at least somewhat immune to the market’s risk tied to a government shutdown and somewhat to…
Jon OggWith the government shut down and with the debt ceiling debate breathing down everyone’s neck, investors have to be wondering what they should buy, sell and hold (or even avoid). Stocks…
AngieslistAngie’s List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) has always seemed like an odd company to us, even to the point that we questioned whether it should have ever been public AND whether it should…
Jon C. Ogg thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Global Geophysical Services Inc. (NYSE: GGS) is up 74.8% at $3.74. ITT Educational Services Inc. (NYSE: ESI) is up 30.5% at $20.00. Old…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a report on U.S. unemployment that was better than analysts expected (more coverage here). There were literally hundreds of U.S. companies reporting earnings between…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors and traders tried to make sense of more than 150 earnings reports that were released between last night’s closing bell and this morning’s…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and trickled lower most of the day as there was little news to follow generally good data from around the globe. In Japan, the central…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. American Water Works Co. Inc. (NYSE: AWK) cut to Neutral at Citigroup. Angie’s…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, dragged down by weak economic data from Europe. Germany, France, Italy, and Greece all reported worse-than-expected GDP contraction for the fourth quarter of 2012, and…
ThinkstockThe difference between professional services reviews posted to Angie’s List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) and book reviews posted at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) or the number of video views counted at Google Inc.’s…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following the report on new jobless claims, which rose by 369,000, less than the expected 375,000 (our coverage here). In Europe, GDP…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following a better-than-expected PMI reading from China (more coverage here) that was mostly untempered by lower-than-expected PMI readings from Europe (more coverage…
Jon OggThese are the top analyst calls of upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday morning. Angie’s List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) raised to Outperform at…
We’ve noted already this morning that Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) has replaced its head of national sales. And a report from Bloomberg notes the departure of four executives from social game maker…
New(ish) Internet initial public offerings were a part of the 52-week low club. One company continues to fall after its lockup ended (not Facebook), while another regular to the club continue to…
