August 2, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a mixed report on U.S. employment. The monthly report on personal income and outlays was also a mixed bag, with core…
August 1, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as PMI readings in Europe bounced generally higher and China’s PMI improved slightly to remain positive. In the U.K., the Bank of…
July 26, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning on a day when the only U.S. economic data of note was the revised University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters consumer sentiment index, which…
courtesy GameStop Corp.The two transactions that will wrestle control of Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) from France’s Vivendi will transform Activision Blizzard into an independent company once more. The company will pay…
Paul Ausick Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) may be the subject of a special dividend very soon. The problem is that this high-yield dividend actually may turn out to be bad for shareholders, as it…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggCredit Suisse is making some key changes to its U.S. Focus List on Monday. These are the firm’s top stocks to buy, followed by some names that are now considered as…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.China’s inflation rises more than expected in April, although factory prices drop. (Reuters) High revenue at Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) sends shares up by double digits. (Reuters) Tesla Motors…
courtesy GameStop Corp.Video games are going to get their chance to prove once again that the boxed video game era of $59.95 releases is not dead. Freemium games have had their day, maybe, and now…
ThinkstockFor a while there it looked like satellite TV operator DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) might end up writing a rather large check to Vivendi to pay for the French media company’s Brazilian unit,…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Abaxis Inc. (NASDAQ: ABAX) cut to Underperform from Neutral. Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI)…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning boosted by higher-than-expected trade balances in China (more coverage here) and in the U.S. (more coverage here). In Europe the big news came later in…
U.S. equity markets opened flat this morning, largely due to a slew of data from Europe that essentially cancelled any good news with an equal dollop of bad. U.S. unemployment data came…
Wikimedia CommonsWhen reviewing the “Conviction” or “Focus” list group of Buy rated stocks at Wall Street firms you are typically getting a look at their “Cream of the crop”. It’s not unusual…
Every Wall St. firm has a lengthy list of Buy-rated stocks. Analysts in the various sectors the firm covers are asked from time to time to present to the director of research…
courtesy GameStop Corp.Is it possible that the video game sector is finally making a comeback? Are all the silly little virtual farm animal games from the likes of Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA)…
