courtesy of McDonald'sThe Dow Jones Industrial Average is up more than 19% so far this on the year. The DJIA, an index of 30 stocks from some of the country’s largest companies,…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsStocks rise and fall for many reasons, many of which seem very counterintuitive. So what are investors supposed to take out of Wednesday’s stock market sell-off? Hopefully, not…
Jon OggInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has just lived up to its promise of endless share buybacks with a greatly expanded share buyback plan. The goal is to keep buying up…
Jon C. Ogg Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsAfter Steve Ballmer announced in August that he will step down as Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) chief executive officer, director John Thompson was put in charge of the…
Jon OggThe government shutdown may be averted for a few months and the S&P 500 Index may have just hit new all-time highs, but a short seller is maintaining his aggressive stance…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggOctober 19, 1987, does not seem that long ago to many middle-aged and older investors, but that is now amazingly 26 years ago. This was the single largest one-day stock market…
courtesy of IBMOracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison will use just about any excuse he can to brag about the company he founded. He discovered a new path, as Oracle used…
Jon OggEarnings season is well into full reporting, and a debt deal has been reached in Washington, D.C. Now that the S&P 500 Index has hit a new all-time high, many investors…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsNow that Congress and the White House have managed to cobble together a compromise on the government shutdown and the debt ceiling, investors can get back to planning…
ThinkstockFirst you saw dismal numbers from the Empire Manufacturing report from the New York Federal Reserve. Now you are getting to a slightly different take from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve in the…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggEarnings season has started as Washington, D.C., seems to have figured a way out of its shenanigans again. Now investors really have to be wondering which stocks to buy and which…
For the S&P 500 to reach 2,000, it will need to rise 16% above what is already nearly record territory. The index should make it. Most analysts believe that the Washington settlement will be…
Douglas A. McIntyre Jon OggInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is proving that it has very limited growth opportunities in new revenues. The only saving grace for the rest of us these days is that…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) has acquired the beverage dispensing and merchandising businesses of IMI for $1.1 billion. The U.K.-based engineering firm says it will use…
courtesy of OracleA new article in The Wall Street Journal that describes proxy adviser objections to Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison’s pay follows months of uproar about his compensation. He…
