These are not all of the Downgrades or negative analyst calls seen this morning but these are some of the top calls seen this Friday morning: Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) Cut to…
This morning we are seeing futures rise on the news from DJIA components being solid on the earnings front. There are some mixed reactions, but we saw solid earnings in a tough…
Twenty-seven of the Dow components are down. And, three are playing defense in an brutal market: Coca-Cola (KO), GE (GE), and Caterpillar (CAT). Each of these is up a modest amount. With…
Twenty-seven of the Dow components are down. And, three are playing defense in an brutal market: Coca-Cola (KO), GE (GE), and Caterpillar (CAT). Each of these is up a modest amount. With…
Bunge (BG), which has a big business in finished corn products, is buying Corn Products International (CPO) for $4.4 billion. CPO’s name pretty much says how it makes its money. The price…
It used to be that DEFENSIVE STOCKS were the way to go during periods of uncertainty and during times of market sell-offs. But now that isn’t even working out. After we looked…
These are some of the top analyst calls we are looking at this Tuesday morning: ArvinMeritor (NYSE: ARM) Raised to Buy From Neutral at Goldman Sachs. BTU International (NASDAQ: BTUI) Started as…
If you have been a "diet" or zero calorie soft drink beverage drinker or have used artificial sweeteners on foods, there has always been the issue of "what are you putting into…
After today’s close, we got to see which stocks that Warren Buffett Held in the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) as of March 31, 2008. Buffett’s filing cut off date as…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer noted that he wanted to look for the new banks. Even thougfh these aren’t really banks, they are the defensive stocks that are still…
Investors usually try to find stocks where they run for cover when the stock market is in turmoil. This Monday is no exception after seeing the Bear Stearns implosion "takeunder" and the…
Defensive stocks are often the stocks that investors try to use as a safe harbor to wait out the storms. We have covered many of these and even gave our own list…
These are the new combined holdings (alphabetically A-G) from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) for the period ended December 31, 2007: American Express (NYSE: AXP) 151.6 million shares for a value…
The Coca-Cola Company (KO) reported fourth quarter earnings per share of $0.52, an increase of 79 percent versus the prior year on a reported basis, and $0.58 after considering items impacting comparability,…
Douglas A. McIntyre Below are some of the key general calls we are looking at in early pre-market trading: Anglogold (NYSE: AU) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS. Cephalon (NASDAQ: CEPH) downgraded to Underperform…
