ThinkstockWhen Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NYSE: ADP) announced on Thursday that it would spin off its dealer services business, it didn’t take long for the credit ratings agencies to swing into action.…
ThinkstockThe more the market gets hit, the more people stare at their portfolios and wonder what would be the best additions. We frequently update the UBS Dividend Ruler stocks list, and now…
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyOne of the world’s most recognized brand — The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) — topped a new list of the world’s most powerful brands. The soft drink was followed…
In a new report out from Jefferies, the analysts posted a complete list of the cheapest, on a P/E basis, of the top health care stocks to buy now. Investors concerned about…
Shares of Dendreon moved higher Monday after the biotech company said it will start to market Provenge, its prostate-cancer drug, in Europe this year. Its fourth-quarter loss was smaller than expected as…
cgblaine22 Shares of biotechnology company Anika Therapeutics soared to an all-time high Wednesday after the company said the FDA had approved its drug to treat pain and improve joint mobility in patients with…
cgblaine22 White House Photo by Pete SouzaAs many consider Warren Buffett to be the greatest investor of modern times, investors want to know any time there are big changes in the Berkshire Hathaway…
The UBS team thinks that investors that take "flight to safety" into U.S. treasury bonds and defensive, high dividend yield equities could get hurt bad later in the year. In a new…
The top equity strategist at Merrill Lynch has updated the High Quality and Dividend Yield screen of stocks to buy, adding some names that may provide investors solid 2014 returns.
Wikimedia CommonsJohnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is out with its fourth-quarter earnings report. The pharma and consumer products giant is a key Dow Jones Industrial Average component, and shares are hanging in…
Jon C. Ogg Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia Commons24/7 Wall St. is rather focused on, and perhaps a bit concerned about, how the Dow Jones Industrial Average can manage to post big gains in 2014. After…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, January 8, 2014.
thinkstockJanuary 7, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday led by healthcare and tech stocks. The S&P 500 closed with a gain for the first time this year. The DJIA closed up 0.64%,…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThis Friday, trading volume on some top stocks in the S&P 500 will soar. In addition to the normal volatility and volume associated with quadruple witching, the S&P…
thinkstockDecember 12, 2013: Markets opened mixed on Thursday morning with the Nasdaq showing some early spunk. The DJIA remained in negative territory all day, as did the S&P 500. By the closing…
