The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) is not getting much attention on news that it is planning to hire more than 70,000 workers for the spring season of 2012. While many outfits…
Jon C. Ogg Gabelli & Co. has a research note on Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) this morning which many DJIA stock investors will want to pay attention to after seeing that Home Depot shares…
Jon C. Ogg Investors in Ebay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) could see a sharp increase of the value of their investment if the Internet auction site would spin-off its PayPal on-line payment unit. A report at…
The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) was an incredible issue to watch during the fourth quarter of 2011. The stock managed to get back above $40.00 recently and somehow it managed to…
Jon OggMost investors are likely glad that 2012 is here to have 2011 behind them. This is an election year and many investors are wondering whether the U.S. and its large companies…
As each new year replaces the prior year, 24/7 Wall St. looks at the individual targets on all 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average price targets from Wall Street analysts to come up…
Many American companies have done incredibly well this year. A number posted extraordinary financial results in 2011. Others have launched products that revolutionized markets. Of course, many big public corporations also did…
Stocks in homebuilders have been down so low for so long that almost anything look like up. Recent earnings releases have indicated that new orders are improving, but much of the improvement…
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is a company which many investors and outsiders expect to be in a transformation. The first such addition under new management is a stake and…
Building supplier Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), the second largest retailer in the category after Home Depot (NYSE: HD) said its expectations for the fiscal year remain as they were when the company made forecasts in…
Most of America’s largest companies are also among its oldest companies. In fact, many of the Fortune 100 firms are more than a century old. Almost none were founded in the past…
Strong reports from the Chicago purchasing managers index and pending home sales juiced the equity markets this morning, and the gains held up throughout the day. Part of the bounce is due…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) Cut to Sell at Citigroup. Cabela’s, Inc. (NYSE:…
The economic choppiness is coming to a head with the age of dividend hikes. The pressure is going to remain for companies to continue returning capital to shareholders while also looking for…
A number of retailers reported earnings this morning, and the results might be summarized as “mixed” at best. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD), Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS),…
