Many shareholders argue that share repurchase and stock buyback plans are generally a waste of shareholder capital aimed solely as a short-term share price targeting mechanism. Many would prefer to see dividends. …
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) Raised to Buy with $52 target at…
S&P 500 WEEK: BOTTOM 10 (28 JAN-03 FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 03Feb11 Close Price 28Jan11 PACCAR Inc PCAR -7.9 50.50 54.82 Genworth Financial Inc GNW -7.4 12.83 13.85…
The method of using capital from the corporate treasury to return capital to shareholders via share repurchase programs has long been under question. Most buybacks never are fully utilized, and many simply…
Video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) today authorized a boost of $500 million in its share buyback program, replacing a $300 million authorization made in September 2010, and about half of which…
Video game investing has been the pits lately and a disappointment of the home-bound trade for the recession and recovery. The fun and cool games have so far not translated to major…
To call the new mega-hit game “Call of Duty: Black Ops” a success would be the understatement of 2010 in video games. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) has set a record in…
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Market Perform at JMP Securities. Baidu,…
So much for thinking that earnings season was over. Next week we have a another round of earnings, with the big focus being retail mixed with some technology earnings. On deck is…
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) has announced a five-year strategic relationship with Facebook. The timing of this is odd considering its earnings are due today, but the company and other game publishers…
Jon C. Ogg THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is still trying to get its ship turned around in the right direction and the company’s stock was under fire this morning, understandably if you are just a…
These are some of this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday: BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. CKE Restaurants Inc.…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has unveiled the new release dates for the latest installment of the insanely popular Halo franchise. Bungie has developed this exclusively for the Xbox 360 and it will…
Earnings season is already winding down, but don’t think it is over yet. Next week we still have much in retail and we still have DJIA components and major tech companies reporting…
There are many more significant calls than we expected in this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Maintained as…
