On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer kicked off 2008 by being somewhat cautious on the volatility in 2008. Cramer said he wants to Add gold to the portfolio with Barrick…
Over in the world of baseball where steroid-built great apes hit 60 home runs a season, there is still a place for what is known as "small ball". That approach to the…
The Nikkei 225 will end the year down about 11%. The FTSE 100 will be slightly better than flat. The Swiss market will be down 3% and a number of other indices…
Based on figures for short interest in Nasdaq stocks at mid-December, traders increased their bets against a number of discount brokerage and technical stocks. The numbers compare figures on December 14 to…
According to Reuters India’s Tata is about to close a deal to buy Jaguar and Rover from Ford (F). Reuters writes that the IMF says that the subprime mortgage problem will slow…
Nortel Networks Corp. (NYSE:NT) is one of the old tech/telecom equipment stocks that has never seemed to be able to make a turnaround hold. The company is far from alone and competition…
Douglas A. McIntyre Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has been a serial disappointment for shareholders and its turnaround has never come to a real fruition. There was a period that Ed Zander was deemed as a…
AT&T (T) raised its dividend today and upped its share buy-back. The company’s stock is up almost 9% on the news, the most in five years, according to Bloomberg. It looks like…
Over that last six months, the Dow is up 3%. But, it has been a "no stock market growth" kind of period. GDP was fairly strong, but any strength in tech shares…
Fortune has come up with a list of "Blue Ribbon" companies. The companies on the most Fortune lists (Fortune 500, Fastest Growing, Most Admired, Best To Work For) made the grade. Some…
Cicso (CSCO) has had a bad run. Since earnings the stock has moved from over $34 to below $27. But, today the big router company got good news. AT&T (T) will "upgrade…
According to Reuters, OPEC will probably keep oil output at current levels. Reuters writes that a goverment plan to help sub-prime borrowers will probably freeze their rates for five years. Reuters writes…
Nasdaq released short interest in stocks listed on the exchange for the period ending November 15 compared to the numbers on October 31. Short sellers made substantial bets that some financial and…
According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) is selling up to 4.9 percent of itself for $7.5 billion to the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government. Reuters writes that retail stocks fell despite…
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) is seeing a pop in pre-market trading. The network and data communications equipment giant announced that at its board of directors meeting, the board authorized up to $10 Billion…
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