Every state posted GDP growth between 2000 and 2010, according to the latest U.S Department of Commerce data, which was released earlier this week. The growth rates, however, were very wide. Michigan’s…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy with $415 target at Argus;…
Did you heed the call “Sell in May and Go Away!” this year? It turns out that as of mid-day we now have nearly half of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average…
We have already seen earnings come in as a disappointment from Lowe’s Companies today. We still have quite a few retailers on deck to report earnings this week. We compiled a more…
Investors love dividends, particularly from companies which are raising dividends or which have a history of raising dividends. There is a new diversified sample dividend portfolio for investors called the “8-Pack of…
The Dow Jones industrial average, the best-known barometer of the U.S. stock market, has been on a tear recently, gaining more than 16% over the past year. Investors have not yet recovered…
It may seem like corporate earnings season is just about over, but next week we have a flurry of reports with some tech and a monster amount of retail companies. We have…
The unemployment rate rose so fast in 2008 and 2009 that in some months the US lost more than 500,000 jobs. That trend has only begun to reverse itself this year, and…
Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) may not have a great housing market to boost its shares, but the company has decided to take an unusual approach to returning capital to shareholders. The…
“If gasoline tops $4.00 per gallon in the coming weeks, consumers may be forced to make significant changes to their spending habits. At this stage of the recovery, that could be an…
Jon OggThe Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) both reported earnings this morning. Both also gave two very different reads on the economy and the implications may…
The National Retail Federation predicts that retail sales will rise 4% this year. The forecast does not include sales at gas stations, car dealers or restaurants. Stronger-than-expected retail figures late last year…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) might not be getting a pop in the stock from this, but the company plans to add some 60,000 seasonal employees for its second annual “Spring…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on December 31, 2010 and the changes were extreme due to a unit portfolio manager…
