The SEC missed a number of signals in the Bernie Madoff case. Some concerns were raised by his clients and Barron’s years before he was caught. It seems that a similar pattern holds…
Reuters: The US economy is stable but risks remain according to Geithner. Reuters: JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) raised concerns about Galleon in 2001. Reuters: As many as five million Americans have been infected with…
These are the top ten analyst calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this Tuesday morning from Wall Street: Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG) Raised to Overweight at…
Short interest in a number of major financial firms rose for the period ending October 15. Shares short in Citigroup (NYSE:C) rose 51% to 178.1 million. The short interest in CIT (NYSE:CIT)…
Reuters: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) beat earnings forecasts. Reuters: The IRS is probing some homebuyers’ tax credit gains. Reuters: The US is ready to bring more insider trading cases. Reuters: More US companies are…
IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) each reported better-than-expected earnings. Wall St.’s reaction to the Google numbers was muted and its stock moved up 3% to $547. IBM raised its guidance for the…
Buried deep in the Minutes of The Federal Open Market Committee for September 22 and 23 is the group’s forecast for joblessness. The committee’s conclusion is that “the unemployment rate moving down to about…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Dow Jones Industrial Average is literally within 20 points of the psychological DJIA 10,000 mark. We have not seen Dow-10K since October, 2008, but that month we saw 11,000 and saw…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have much more detailed analysis on most with links through to each stock over at VSInvestor.com: Active Power, Inc.…
The immediate reaction to Intel’s (NASDAQ:INTC) results, which were better than expected, is that they signalled an improvement in the PC industry. Intel provides about 70% of PC chips. The world’s largest…
Reuters: Aggressive trading in gold in China may be pushing the price of the metal up. Reuters: Blackstone’s (NYSE:BX) CEO says the worst of the crisis is over. Reuters: The House has…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has just reported earnings and gave guidance for the quarter ahead. The processor giant posted $0.33 EPS and $9.39 billion in revenues. Consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters were…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) reports earnings after the close of trading today and is the first of the tech giants to report. Consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters have actually come up a…
Reuters: The healthcare plan is about to take a step forward in Congress. Reuters: The debt swap at CIT (NYSE:CIT) is in trouble and could cause bankruptcy. Reuters: Summers says Obama policies…
We have many key technology stocks reporting earnings this coming week. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) will start things off to give us a read on semiconductors and PCs. International Business Machines (NYSE:…
