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,…
After perusing the list of 52-week lows this afternoon, there was a surprising name: Campbell Soup Co, (NYSE: CPB). Shares are trading down over 3% and south of $25.00 late today, and…
Douglas A. McIntyre 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…
The 52-week lows are full and full of stocks each day lately. In a bear market it gets harder and harder to find stocks which are on their 52-week highs. The non-perishable…
You know it’s a rough day in the market when even defensive stocks are weak or mixed. We are at least seeing a mixed bag from some of these. But the trend…
It used to be that DEFENSIVE STOCKS were the way to go during periods of uncertainty and during times of market sell-offs. But now that isn’t even working out. After we looked…
There are other calls out there, but these are ten of the early morning analyst calls that we are focused on this Friday 13th: Aflac (NYSE: AFL) Started as Buy at SunTrust…
Investors usually try to find stocks where they run for cover when the stock market is in turmoil. This Monday is no exception after seeing the Bear Stearns implosion "takeunder" and the…
The markets haven’t fallen apart after yesterday’s 360 point dive on the DJIA, but we are still trading a tad lower today. Now that Cisco Systems is showing you can’t just automatically…
With the markets down so much today on the financial stock fallout after the Citi downgrade/concern and with oil stocks listing lower after the Exxon miss, we wanted to show a brief…
According to Reuters, Intel (INTC) received antitrust charges from a branch of the South Korean government. Reuters writes that Campbell (CPB) is seeking over $1 billion for its Godiva chocolate business. Reuters…
We are frequently asked about how certain basket picks perform compared to the overall market. It has been years since anyone has claimed their stocks should gain regardless of the market because…
If you ever heard the old saying "Be careful what you wish for, you may get it!" it sure seems like we are there. It also makes you wonder if it is…
ACI cut to Hold at Citigroup.AKAM started as Outperform at FBR.BAGL started as Outperform at Piper Jaffray.BTU cut to Hold at Citigroup.CPB raised to Outperform at Bernstein.DAC started as Outperform at Credit…
According to Reuters, a dispute between Airbus and GE (GE) could delay the launch of the Airbus 350. Reuters writes that Boeing (BA) will unveil its 787 after recently receiving a number…
