Who needs Advil when it is more expensive than aspirin and probably does no better at reducing pain? Who needs Starbucks (SBUX) when Maxwell House has just as much caffeine? A new…
Word is out that the Dow Jones Indexes team is set to release the name of the replacement for General Motors (NYSE: GM) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. We have heard…
The bets are on that General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) is done as far as the current stock is concerned. While it seems that the equity holders of today will keep 1%…
Investors flock to defensive stocks in times of trouble and and when they worry, assuming they look to stay in the market when they are worried. But if the trend here continues,…
If consumer spending on inexpensive items is supposed to be a foreshadowing of an improving economy, better days are still a long way off. Unilever, one of the largest consumer goods companies…
According to Reuters, lenders will object to the Chrysler Chapter 11 filing. Reuters reports that Switzerland is asking US a court to halt a case against UBS (UBS). Reuters reports that SMFG will buy…
It’s another rough trading day in the stock market. It is bad enough that the DJIA is down over 3% to decade lows and under 7,000… But even almost all of the…
Layoffs at big companies are so common now that it is novel when a day goes by without Microsoft (MSFT), Caterpillar (CAT), or Macy’s (MC) letting thousands of people go. There are…
There are an extremely small number of companies which are likely to do relatively well during the recession, either because they are the market share leaders in their industries by a wide…
According to Reuters, Republican may keep fighting Obama on the stimulus package. Reuters reports that Roche dropped its bid on Genentech (DNA) to $42 billion. Reuters writes that the Administration will release…
Traders and investors alike look for defensive stocks with certainty of earnings in hard times like these. Tomorrow we will get earnings from Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG), and the consumer…
Today 24/7 Wall St.named its annual CEO of the Year James A. Skinner of McDonald’s (MCD). He was picked from a field of ten executives which we profiled over the last ten…
24/7 Wall St. will name its annual CEO of the Year next week. The executive will be picked from a field of ten which we will profile this week The CEOs are…
Analysts assume third quarter earnings for the companies in the S&P 500 will be bad. But, looking at the number which is the average of all firms in the index is misleading.…
Ronald McDonald has just had a big meal and is picking his teeth.The stock market is telling him that McDonald’s (MCD) won’t be hurt by the recession. At $62, the shares of…
