Earnings season is still in overdrive. Many companies are meeting or just beating earnings expectations, but the bias has been toward coming in light on revenues. We have seen many corporate earnings…
thinkstockAs with any earnings season, the results that have come in so far for the first quarter of this year have been mixed. There have been some winners and some losers, and…
Jon OggStocks have enjoyed a serious bull market, and we still have the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both up by double digits so far in 2013. As…
Jon OggThe bull market had no economic announcements to propel stocks on Friday. Most earnings reports in the past 48 hours from Dow Jones Industrial Average companies have been lackluster, but investors…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a downturn in Europe and mixed markets in Asia. Data releases were limited everywhere today as well. In Asia, a weaker yen boosted the…
Jon OggInvestors and traders are always on the lookout for fresh research ideas from Wall St. that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research…
courtesy of AOL, IncThe role of central banks in stimulus will be considered at International Monetary Fund (IMF) and G-20 gatherings. (Reuters) Display ad revenue at Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) drops sharply. (Reuters)…
Wikimedia CommonsIntel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has just reported its first-quarter earnings of 2013. The chip and processor giant report earnings of $12.6 billion, and the net income of $2.0 billion generated earnings…
Jon C. Ogg U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, getting off to a good start in an effort to recover some of the ground lost yesterday. A jump in U.S. new home construction to…
ThinkstockWorldwide shipments of PCs fell 13.9% in the first quarter of 2013, compared with the first quarter of 2012, according to the latest data from International Data Corp. (IDC). That is the…
ThinkstockMuch weaker than expected PC shipments data from IDC have brought on yet further systemic downgrades and risks to the PC sector. As Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) loses, it seems that Apple Inc.…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of March 28 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
courtesy GameStop Corp.Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is seeing some short-term profit taking so far on Tuesday, which frankly is of very little surprise. AMD shares rose a sharp 13% after…
ThinkstockInvestors love dividends, and this component of investing plays a very important part of the total return through time. Buying stocks that combine solid and growing dividends with a potential for capital…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning, rose briefly above the break-even line, and then slipped following a weaker-than-expected report on U.S. manufacturing PMI (more coverage here). In Asia, China’s PMI…
