Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsEarnings season is upon us once again, and we will get to see if the highly paid analysts are actually doing their job or if they are just…
ThinkstockEverybody in the business of writing, reporting or talking about stocks and the stock market has highlighted the spectacular run of the housing stocks since the March 2009 low. Every firm on…
Typically, large Wall St. firms suggest a broad asset allocation portfolio for their clients. Within the portfolio, they use a designated weighting for each stock that makes the cut. For the individual…
ThinkstockThe home building industry may have been left for dead after the mortgage debacle and recession of 2008, but it continues to help lead markets higher and heal a very anemic economy.…
Jon OggThe Forensic Accounting ETF (NYSEMKT: FLAG) is still new and trying to gain traction in an ETF marketplace that is very crowded. What makes this one unique is that it “flags”…
For anybody that has missed the big stock market rally, it can be very disheartening to watch as anchors on every business and news channel talk about indices hitting all-time highs day…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and wobbled around before heading upward for most of the day. Strong home prices and a surge in the consumer confidence index (more coverage here)…
ThinkstockThe Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) reported fourth-quarter 2012 adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.67 and $18.2 billion in revenues before markets opened this morning. In the same period a…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as they awaited results from the Italian elections. Early exit polls had the center-left party of Pier Luigi Bersani in the lead, but as returns…
ThinkstockLowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reported fourth-quarter diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.26 and $11.05 billion in revenues before markets opened this morning. In the same period a year ago, the…
Jon OggThe week ahead is going to have many key earnings reports. Retail is heavily represented, while technology and banking giants are non-existent. Some of these are stocks which can move big…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) was given positive comments on its new CEO but…
ThinkstockThe homebuilding stocks were battered this week when luxury builder Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) released lower-than-expected earnings despite reporting revenues that were up 32% from last year. Does this mean that…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) raised to Outperform at Bernstein. BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE:…
Wikimedia CommonsThe country’s largest home improvement store, The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD), announced this morning that it has begun hiring the first of more than 80,000 seasonal employees to staff its…
