The three major US stock indexes opened mixed this morning with the Nasdaq Composite slightly negative on an unexpectedly weak earnings report from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) (more coverage here). A weak…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday morning. Amgen Corp. (NASDAQ: AMGN) raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse. Apple…
The three major US stock indexes opened mixed this morning as markets reacted to weak PMI reports from both Germany and China (more coverage here). A flash reading on US PMI was…
Food processor ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG) reported fourth quarter results this morning, beating the consensus EPS estimate by one penny at $0.51 and surpassing a revenue estimate of $3.38 billion by…
The three major US stock indexes opened slightly lower this morning as markets waited patiently for an afternoon announcement from the FOMC. When the word finally came that Operation Twist would continue…
The three major US stock indexes opened slightly higher this morning as markets reacted to news of a cooperative effort by central banks to maintain liquidity in the world’s financial system (our…
Earnings season has been over for a few weeks now, but there are going to be several key earnings events in the week ahead. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to issue some brief…
The 10-year Treasury hit yet another record low under 1.6% today and stocks are in the tank again due to poor economic data. Europe continues to face a meltdown and the hope…
A stock market that sells off eight of nine days is not a good market. Even the Facebook IPO is being viewed as a one-off item rather than a systemic item which…
Blame whatever you want. A weaker U.S. economy, a weakening and flailing Europe, a move to socialism in France and Greece, a weaker BRIC and emerging market story, commodity prices and on…
Markets opened sharply this morning and remained in negative territory all day. Purchasing managers’ indexes in the eurozone and in China came in lower than expected this morning, weighing European and Asian…
Ralcorp Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RAH) will distribute about 80% of the stock in its spin-off of Post Holdings Inc. to Ralcorp shareholders. Each shareholder will get one share of Post stock for…
US equity markets opened sharply higher this morning and have been able to sustain and even add to those gains throughout the day. Business and consumer confidence indexes in Europe were higher,…
Food producers have been battling rising commodity costs, higher fuel costs, and higher packaging costs by raising their prices. That appears to be working decently for ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG) and…
The companies we’re looking at today run the gamut from large farm and food products producers to the packaged goods makers that make the products on store shelves. It’s a wide range,…
