ThinkstockWorldwide sales of semiconductors climbed to a record $80.92 billion in the third quarter of 2013, up 8.4% from $74.64 billion in the prior quarter, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).…
Courtesy Boeing Co.The third-quarter earnings season has been a very successful one. Most companies have beaten earnings expectations this quarter, continuing a long streak of better-than-expected earnings reports. The U.S. equity research…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of October 15 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
Investors have become all too familiar with the increasingly difficult task of scouring the investment universe for income-generating securities. Bond investors have been forced farther and farther out the yield curve or…
Stocks are showing the concern over the shenanigans taking place in Washington, and investors have to worry which stocks they should be buying, selling or avoiding. It turns out that analysts think…
Wikimedia CommonsThe three headlines about Intel Corp.’s (NASDAQ: INTC) earnings indicated that the numbers were fine, the forecast lackluster and a critical new chip product will be delayed. Much less was said about Intel’s…
Wikimedia CommonsIntel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) reported its third quarter earnings on Tuesday after the market close, and the set-up for earnings was that the sales would be dragged lower by a lack…
Jon C. Ogg Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsEarnings season is upon us, and as of Monday we have no resolution on the government shutdown and the debt ceiling debate. These crucial issues are expected to…
Wikimedia CommonsThe general investing public will spend much of its energy waiting for earnings from famous companies such as Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP). These are…
ThinkstockHigh-yielding dividend stocks (such as utilities and telecom sector stocks) have significantly underperformed both the S&P 500 and high-dividend growth stocks over the past five months as interest rates have increased. Despite this underperformance, S&P…
Jon OggA new earnings season has started, and stocks and bonds are dealing with a likely patch for the government shutdown and the debt ceiling. So which are the stocks to buy…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of September 30 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
Courtesy BlackBerryThe $4.7 billion buyout offer for BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) from Canada’s Fairfax Holdings could be in trouble. The investment firm, led by former BlackBerry chairman Prem Watsa, apparently is having…
ThinkstockSemiconductor sales have moved in a slow, sideways range over the past year. The key for the top companies like Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) to…
ThinkstockThe number of companies paying dividends in the S&P 500 is at a 15-year high. According to FactSet, just over 80 companies in the index do not pay dividends. Paying dividends has…
