5:06pm ET
Investing
The 100 Hardest Working Brands In The World
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
JNJ Coverage Page 88
10:16am ET
Health and Healthcare
Palomar Dumped by J&J (PMTI, JNJ)
Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PMTI) is getting hit very hard. The company issued a press release saying “Palomar to Commercialize FDA Cleared Over-The-Counter Home Use Wrinkle Treatment Laser Device Without Johnson…
Douglas A. McIntyre 9:15am ET
Investing
Top Day Trader Alert Stocks (CIT, C, GS, JNJ, NVAX, VNDA, VASC)
These are this morning’s top day trader alert stocks. We have more detailed price and volume analysis on each stock link over at VSInvestor.com: CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) is getting crushed…
12:59pm ET
Investing
The Path to DJIA 10,000 (C, AIG, JNJ, JPM, IBM, NWS, DIA)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is within sight of the psychological 10,000 mark. Again. This is a price-weighted index rather than a market cap-weighted index, which makes the index not as representative…
7:35am ET
Investing
DJIA Component Earnings on Deck (AA, INTC, JNJ, JPM, IBM, BAC, GE, C)
Thisis going to be a very key earnings week. The only DJIA component to report its Q3 period report so far has been Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA). But we have earnings this week…
12:33pm ET
Investing
Next Week’s Top 11 Earnings (INTC, JNJ, ABT, JPM, C, GS, GOOG, IBM, BAC, GE, HAL)
We may have had earnings season officially start with Alcoa this week, but next week will be the real week for the launch of earnings season. We now have an index to…
8:16am ET
Investing
Major Market Movers (9/30/2009) (JNJ)(CIT)(HOKU)
Volume Spike Investor is watching some stocks which should move at the open. These include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) (details), CIT (CIT) (details), Hoku Scientific (HOKU) (details), China-Biotics (CHBT), and and TerreStar Networks…
4:04am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/30/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: China celebrated 60 years of communist rule as a capitalist economy. Reuters: The IMF cut global debt write-offs to $3.4 trillion. Reuters: CIT (CIT) is close to a deal to give…
4:04am ET
Media
News Digest 9/28/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Solvay sold its drug unit to Abbott (ABT) foe $6.6 billion. Reuters: Kraft (KFT) will launch a hostile bid for Cadbury. Reuters: The World Bank said not to take the dollar’s…
4:01am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/14/2009
Reuters: Obama is trying to push Wall St. reform. Reuters: German aid for Opel will go in part to Russia for operations there. Reuters: A global poll shows support for stimulus packages.…
9:01pm ET
Investing
The 100 Most Valuable Brands Of 2009?
Several consulting firms post annual figures for the world’s most valuable brands. The two best known are probably the Interbrand and BrandZ surveys. They are notably different, up until now at least.…
5:05pm ET
Investing
M&A: America’s Top Companies Hold $335 Billion Cash (XOM, MSFT, JNJ, PG, BRK-A, IBM, T, AAPL, GOOG, CVX, CSCO, KO, INTC, ORCL, BAC, WFC, JPM, GE, PFE)
Now that we are out of the woods in the crash scenario, assuming this week is no ill omen, investors may want to know which of the big companies would start to…
2:31pm ET
Investing
Defensive Stocks Offering No Haven (WMT, PEP, KO, TAP, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MCD, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, CL, MRK, JNJ, NVO)
Wasn’t it just last week that we were up eight days in a row on the DJIA? And now we have a sell-the-news reaction to the recent growth numbers. Maybe it is…
3:55am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/20/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: UBS (UBS) shares may fall when the Swiss government sells out. Reuters: The US deficit estimate was trimmed to $1.59 trillion. Reuters: A homeowner sued Wells Fargo (WFC) over a credit…
5:02pm ET
Investing
Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett Q2-2009 Holdings G to O (BRK-A, GCI, GE, GSK, HD, IR, IRM, JNJ, KFT, LOW, MTB, MCO, NLC, NKE, NSC, NRG)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) has released its Q2-2009 public equity holdings as of June 30, 2009. There are some portfolio changes that have been seen here from the end of Q1…