Jon OggThis last week had some key analyst calls that either stood out from the pack, showed some key insight, or which moved shares more than just a garden variety upgrade or…
Cigna (NYSE: CI) was hit particularly hard by bad news today. The insurance company faces at $100 million gender bias suit. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) was plagued with bad news as…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) has released its 2010 annual report. While there are plenty of Buffett-isms in there for some mild financial entertainment, there are some clues that investors need to…
In June of 2008, documents and e-mails from Countrywide Financial Corp., now part of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), revealed that some mortgage borrowers had more than just a solid credit…
Douglas A. McIntyre The BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers comes out once a month. The February reports says that institutional money managers are more bullish about equities than at any time since the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Jon OggBulls don’t really like it when Everyone is bullish. It all boils down to the herd mentality and looking for key contrarian indicators. If this holds true, then the bulls better…
Jon C. Ogg Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 31, 2010. That makes these his new 2011 holdings and there…
“Pay Czar” Kenneth Feinberg failed to reign-in Wall Street pay practices, according to a Congressional Oversight Panel report entitled “Executive Compensation Restrictions in the Troubled Asset Relief Program.” The panel did not…
Short sellers moved into the shares of companies that Wall St. views as having weak earnings capacity and poor business strategies. Shares sold short in AMD (NYSE: AMD), which recently pushed out…
Updated throughout the day. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) may pay a larger portion of its bonuses in cash (WSJ) Hedge fund manager John Paulson made $4 billion last year (WSJ) Sara…
The IMF “Fiscal Monitor” and ratings agencies have both warned Japan and the US on their growing debt loads (Reuters) Ford Motor’s (NYSE: F) annual profit may be its largest since 2000…
Obama called for a spending freeze for some government discretionary spending. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve will probably stick to it plans to buy bonds and noted economic improvement. (Reuters) Toyota Motor (NYSE:…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 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…
The rising dividend theme of 2010 is already continuing in 2011 and this looks to be another great year for investors seeking higher dividends. We have seen three fresh dividend hikes from…
Earnings season is well under way now and we wanted to offer previews for the biggest impact stocks which have earnings on Thursday and Friday. The remaining most important earnings we are…
