Short sellers often invest in stocks that have had sharp short-term gains and may have reached peak valuations. That would put Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) on most of those lists, along with Sirius…
Investment bank UBS suggested that smartphone sales have slowed and the the weakest companies in the sector, which includes Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) , might be crippled long-term Best Buy (NYSE: BBI)…
We have already called Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) a great value stock before and after its last earnings report last week. Despite a choppy market, its shares have been rallying. …
Jon C. Ogg Shares in JC Penney (NYSE: JCP) rose 14.5% for the week as the faltering retailer appointed Ron Johnson, who has run Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) retail stores as its next CEO. The market…
Bill Ackman and his Pershing Square could soon become a much more formidable activist when it comes to dealing with companies. Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) might have not been one of Ackman’s…
Obama has tried to get the business community to support his concern that the lack of approval of an increase in the debt cap would be a catastrophe (Reuters) A former head…
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is doing something that many investors might have considered more than difficult. Its shares are actually rallying after an earnings report. If you just read the…
While earnings season is over, we are still getting earnings reports from many of the off-cycle and off-quarter companies. Some of the companies on deck to report earnings next week may actually…
Jon OggWe have already seen (some) of the position changes of Warren Buffett, but the old guy wouldn’t share many ‘confidential positions’ so we are whale watching in other ponds. We wanted to…
Shares in RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) are trading lower today than they were five years ago. The stock peaked in July 2007 at around $35/share and hit a low below $7/share in…
A sharp increase in costs hurt Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) first quarter earnings. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is expected to beat earnings forecasts but mortgage costs will hurt its numbers. (Reuters) Banks…
Many of the largest mall operators in the US have gone into default. The Wall Street Journal recently said that the problem is caused by the effects of the economy on small business…
After the markets have been on fire and after valuation concerns are starting to grow among investors in a world full of international strife, maybe it is time to consider value stocks. …
Bricks-and-mortar game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) has made a couple of acquisitions that the company expects to help it pick up some business in the online video gaming market. It could…
There are dozens of “best” lists put out by the media every year. These stories have catchy titles like the most admired companies, the largest companies, the wealthiest billionaires, the most well-liked…
