thinkstockAugust 11, 2014: Markets opened higher Monday following a relatively quiet weekend on the geopolitical front. Semiconductors and biotechs were among the better performing sectors on a day when no economic data…
The Walt Disney Co.Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has apparently decided that when the going gets tough, the company will play tougher. In what appears to be the company’s latest distribution dispute, Amazon…
thinkstockAugust 8, 2014: Markets opened higher Friday and all ten sectors were holding onto gains into the last half hour of trading. Consumer discretionary, energy, and utilities sectors performed best all day.…
thinkstockAugust 7, 2014: Markets opened higher Thursday but the thrill was gone by mid-morning when equities turned south and never came back. Only the utilities sector was able to stay in the…
courtesy of DisneyThe Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has another blowout for earnings this quarter, posting strong numbers throughout all of its business segments. Unfortunately, the investment community has seen so many…
Jon C. Ogg Walt Disney will report earnings on Tuesday after the close. The past year has been very good to Disney, in part due to top box office movies and from its acquisition of…
Chris Lange thinkstockAugust 4, 2014: Markets opened higher Monday morning on the strength of technology and consumer discretionary stocks. There was no economic data published today and the Dow 30 blue chips posted the…
The Walt Disney Co.The first weekend of August is now behind us and we have a new, all-time leading August movie release weekend champion. Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” grabbed $94 million…
ThinkstockEarnings season has hit its apex, yet we have another full week of second quarter earnings reports — hundreds of them. 24/7 Wall St. has decided to pick five of what it…
thinkstockJuly 29, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday following a modestly better showing from companies reporting earnings before the opening bell. There was no major economic news today and everyone waits to…
As the stock market rises and rises, investors start to look for growth stocks that have not yet rallied too much or that do not have nose-bleed valuations. After all, no one…
Reports Wednesday morning that Twenty-First Century Fox made an $85 per share offer to acquire Time Warner sent shares of Time Warner soaring in Wednesday morning trading.
Reports that Twenty-First Century Fox made an $85 per share offer to acquire Time Warner sent shares of Time Warner soaring Wednesday morning. We might be on the lookout for more offers…
thinkstockJuly 15, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday following good earnings reports from two of Wall Street’s biggest banks. Momentum stocks in biotech and social media were called out by Fed chair…
The Merrill Lynch growth picks list is crowded with solid names that have outstanding earnings projections for the coming years. Here are 10 growth stocks to buy for the rest of 2014.
