While the past two years were all about getting the house back in order, the UBS equity strategy team thinks 2014 is all about earnings growth. That should be sweet music to…
ThinkstockFor the most part, earnings from the big technology companies came in at or above Wall Street expectations. Some clear trends have started to emerge as mega cap tech stocks that focus…
ThinkstockEarnings season is in the process of winding down, but there are still some key earnings reports coming out. We are still getting key earnings and this week will bring the quarterly…
ThinkstockPrivate equity firms have utilized the incredible market strength over the past couple of years to have initial public offerings on some of the deals that were put together before, and even…
courtesy of Google Inc.Tech is undergoing one of its every-15-year transitions, this time from a client-server basis to information technology as a service (ITaaS). According to the tech analysts at UBS, history…
Jon OggInvestors are trying to figure out which stocks they should buy, sell or avoid now that the government shutdown is two weeks old and the debt ceiling debate is stalling yet…
From the average individual to the largest American Fortune 500 company and to the U.S. government, network and cyber security has become one of the highest priorities.
Courtesy BlackBerryThe $4.7 billion buyout offer for BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) from Canada’s Fairfax Holdings could be in trouble. The investment firm, led by former BlackBerry chairman Prem Watsa, apparently is having…
Wikimedia CommonsThe head of portfolio strategy at J.P. Morgan, Thomas Lee, has been a consistent bull this year. In fact, he stood his ground reasonably well during the May to June sell…
Courtesy of BlackBerryReuters has come out with a story, which, if true, would seem improbable. Apparently Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Europe’s SAP A.G. (NYSE: SAP) have…
Now that volatility is back in stocks and now that a government shutdown is taking hold, investors and traders alike have to be wondering whether they should be buying stocks. It turns…
ThinkstockAlmost daily we are informed by the media of a security breach somewhere: banks, credit cards, Facebook accounts, email accounts, phone records and more. Cyber thieves are constantly finding new ways to…
Jon OggStocks have been in rally mode for going on three weeks, and investors should be considering which stocks to buy and which stocks to sell or avoid. Each morning, 24/7 Wall…
ThinkstockCisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is involved in yet another internal restructuring of sorts, and the company has done what it can to manage its shares higher and higher. In fact, shares…
Jon OggStocks have been in serious rally mode, to the point that the market has hit new all-time highs again. Now investors are trying to decide which stocks to buy, which stocks…
