It was impossible for Home Depot (HD) to post good earnings. It relies too much on the troubled housing industry. But, its earnings were cut by a huge amount, a signal that…
Douglas A. McIntyre This morning the earnings report out of Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) has taken shares lower. The housing materials and hardware giant saw a near-18% drop in earnings and its numbers came…
This week we’ll get to see earnings out of home improvement giants Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) and Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD). Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reports earnings on Monday. …
After today’s close, we got to see which stocks that Warren Buffett Held in the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) as of March 31, 2008. Buffett’s filing cut off date as…
In a move that has probably never happened in its history, Home Depot (HD) will close 15 stores. It will also cancel the opening of another 50 locations. According to the company,…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are ten of the top calls we see affecting shares this Friday morning in the early pre-market trading hours: Aetna (NYSE: AET) raised to neutral at Credit Suisse. Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU)…
The short interest on the NYSE hit an all-time record for the period ending February 29. Figures by company compare to shares sold short on Ferbruary 15. Financial firms had significant increases…
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) posts worse numbers with each passing quarter. The big home improvement retailer reported fiscal 2007 fourth quarter consolidated net earnings of $671 million, or $.40 per diluted share,…
Douglas A. McIntyre This week will be an important earnings week for building supply and home improvement companies. We’ll get to see earnings out of Lowe’s Co. (NYSE: LOW) and out of Home Depot (NYSE:…
Short interest in companies traded on the NYSE increased for a number of financial firms based on positions as of February 15. The data compares to numbers on January 31 Shares sold…
These are the new combined holdings (alphabetically H-P) from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) for the period ended December 31, 2007: Home Depot (NYSE: HD) 4.181 million shares for $112.6 million.…
Like some many unsuccessful companies before it, Chrysler wants to cut its way to profitability. The privately-held company, run by Home Depot (NYSE: HD) exile Robert Nardelli, will probably chop its number…
Robert Nardelli, Home Deport (HD) exile and current CEO of Chrysler, may be wishing he stayed in retirement. His new company lead the decline in domestic car sales in January. Chrysler sales…
These are not the only pre-market analyst calls that are moving stocks, but these are the calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: ADC Telecom (NASDAQ: ADCT) and Arris (NASDAQ: ARRS) raised to…
2008 is turning out to be a wacky year. If you are new to trading and investing this is far from the norm. Statistics vary depending on what day of the week…
