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Investing
Short Interest Shows Gamble Against Tech
Many tech stocks have doubled or tripled from the March market lows. Short sellers are in many cases willing to bet that ride is not over. The short interest in Micron (MU)…
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11:34am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
This Week’s DJIA Earnings Expectations (AA, INTC, JPM, BAC, GE)
This is the official kick-off of earnings season. Many stocks are at 52-week highs and we are coming off a stellar market performance over the last 13 months. There are 5 of…
3:52am ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings Week 14: Goldman Sachs Bye Week
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
10:07am ET
Investing
The Unusual Suspects (AA, BAC, GE, GOOG, INTC, JPM, ACN, BSX, CTIC, CLNE, LULU, PALM, TROW, LCC, PLND, CEDC)
This weekend’s roster of the Unusual Suspects is back to earnings, although there are many other key stocks to watch out for this coming week. We did see a very brief hit…
2:24pm ET
Investing
Next Week’s Can’t Miss Earnings (AA, INFY, CSX, INTC, JPM, JBHT, YUM, SCHW, AMD, GOOG, ISRG, BAC, GE)
Didn’t earnings season just end? It sure feels that way. The earnings season floodgates are about to open. The media will try to tell you this is the most critical earnings season…
9:33am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Treasury Reaps 8.5% Return From Companies Exiting TARP
Banks’ repayments of TARP preferred stock and warrants continue to turn a profit for the U.S. Treasury Department, according to analysis by SNL Financial done by By Andrew Schukman and Russ Yates.…
6:46am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Buffett and Berkshire Stocks With Most Upside, Q2 2010 (BRK-B, BAC, KO, COP, GCI, IRM, NLC, RSG, SNY, UNH, WLP, CMCSA, GE, KFT, STI, USB, WFC)
Everyone likes to see the Warren Buffett stock holdings, particularly when there are changes. He has a different timeframe than most investors for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) because it’s “forever.”…
4:04am ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings (Week 13)
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
8:19pm ET
Investing
A “Most Admired Company” List Without A Single Surprise
Everyone loves Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) and the “never be evil” management of Google. Citigroup (C), Goldman Sachs (GS), and the other large firms on Wall St. are among the…
11:16am ET
Investing
Politics Aside, Jamie Dimon is Right (JPM, C, BAC, AIG)
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is in the news today because CEO Jamie Dimon issued a scathing letter to shareholders that effectively is attacking the current political climate in Washington…
7:43pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Ireland And Banks: The Road Less Traveled
Ireland decided to create the national “bad bank” after the credit crisis, a move the US government considered but rejected. The fate of that decision has come to haunt the small nation,…
3:55am ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings (Week 12)
These are 24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings for Week 12.
7:48am ET
Investing
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Stock Watch 3.25
Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have…
5:07am ET
Investing
Shorts Push Back Into Tech And Communications
Short sellers pushed into tech, communications, and industrial companies for the period ending March 15, but largely moved out of financial shares. Short interest in Cisco (CSCO) was up 12% to 53.7…
12:09pm ET
Investing
Will Financial Reform Be Legitimate? (AIG, GE, GS, JPM, BAC, FNM, FRE)
Congressman Barney Frank and Senator Chris Dodd are not wasting any time after health care reform. In a press conference this morning, the two well-known Democrats said financial reform was next on…