The big dividend was a hallmark of the big bull market. It was accompanied by a small yield. Even generous payouts were only a little fraction of the share prices at most…
According to Reuters, global stocks rose on possible rate cuts but the economic outlook is grim. Reuters reports that the Fed is expected to cut rates with Japan likely to follow. Reuters…
There are no Wall Street analysts who believe that newspapers will recover from the ongoing financial crisis. Publishers have argued that housing, employment, and car markets were the cause of their declining…
The credit crisis has been so severe that even the largest companies in the US have had trouble getting access to the capital markets. Firms as large as GM (GM), Goodyear, and…
If the segment of tech which markets to large businesses was supposed to be one of the last bastions of earnings safety, it has just fallen. SAP (SAP), the second largest enterprise…
Perhaps the Fed and the Treasury have saved the banking and brokerage industries. The Fed has certainly provided hundreds of billions of dollars at its emergency window and Paulson has his $700…
Updated: 31 October 2008 Not all companies and industries will be hit equally hard by the consumer credit crisis. Operations such as Procter & Gamble (PG), McDonald’s (MCD), and Wal-Mart (WMT) may…
It is time for Ben Bernanke to descend from Mount Olympus and join the Croesus of the administration, Henry Paulson, in the the trenches, or the tranches, depending on your perspective. Late…
According to Reuters, Ford (F) will build a news luxury crossover vehicle. Reuters writes that Merrill Lynch (MER) will freeze all hiring through the end of the year. Reuters reports that the…
So far there are some changes seen in the holdings of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). We have consolidated these into groups and this group is from A to…
If there is a single industry that would be in jeopardy today even if the economy turns, it is the newspaper business. Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is one of the few…
Douglas A. McIntyre Companies oftentimes use dividends as a reward for patient investors so they can show their appreciation for sticking by them in good times and bad. In the case of the New York…
Just when you think that the newspaper business could not get any more depressing along comes a report that Advance Publications Inc. will sell the Newark Star-Ledger, New Jersey’s biggest circulation paper,…
24/7 Wall St. recently listed The 25 Most Valuable Blogs. Two have been sold. Ars Technica was acquired by Conde Nast for about what we estimated. The 24/7 price tag was $15…
Seagate (STX) Misses numbers and gets pounded. Down to $14.27 from 52-week high of $28.91. Gannett (GCI) Advertising revenue falling fast. Drops to $14.62 from 52-week high of $55.37. Gatehouse (GHS) Another…
