ThinkstockDespite Republican efforts to defund the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, it is looking increasingly likely that the program will begin enrollment into the new health care exchanges beginning next week, on…
Jon OggStocks have been in rally mode for going on three weeks, and investors should be considering which stocks to buy and which stocks to sell or avoid. Each morning, 24/7 Wall…
ThinkstockThis week we have seen dividend hikes from Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) components Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD). 24/7 Wall St. expects that there will be five, maybe…
ThinkstockThe dividend hike brigade keeps on marching. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) jumped in with a dividend hike a tad sooner than we were expecting, given that it is searching for a new…
The equity strategy team and the market analysts at Deutsche Bank are starting to feel pretty comfortable that the rest of this year and beyond could really start to show some positive…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) still has ambitions of increasing its dividend. The bank also wants to increase its share buybacks. This is an important step because Jamie Dimon and…
ThinkstockWith all of the concern about the cost of college followed with massive student debt, one has to wonder why anyone would still want to be in the student loan business. The…
ThinkstockWhile the talking heads in the financial media argue back and forth about economic strategy on interest rates, there are two inescapable facts. First, interest rates had been at all-time lows for…
ThinkstockThe sharp rise in mortgage interest rates over the past six months are going to do some serious damage to the nation’s largest mortgage lenders. Just last week, Wells Fargo & Co.…
ThinkstockThe big banks have gone to considerable lengths to mend the weaknesses that they were in before, during and after the recession. The public perception of the big banks is not very…
ThinkstockLess than half of Americans who use credit cards say they “completely understand” the terms of use for their cards. And just under 60% say they understand how to earn those rewards…
Wikimedia CommonsBeing an executive at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) can be no easy job at the moment. This is one of only a few large institutions that could have…
Wikimedia CommonsJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), which already faces a handful of federal investigations for a variety of alleged bad behavior, now faces a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockThe U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has subpoenaed documents and other communications and records going back to 2010 from a metals warehousing firm. Reuters reports exclusively that “a source with direct…
ThinkstockThe top 100 TV advertisers represent at least 50% of the market, and the top 20 represent 25 major brand advertisers. Their advertising agencies seek to buy media placements from a large,…
