We have seen the earnings reports from all five DJIA components which were on deck to report this Tuesday. We are seeing a theme here: almost all posted lower earnings from a…
We have provided some basic details on Tuesday’s earnings reports from DJIA components Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), DuPont or EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE: DD), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), The Coca-Cola…
PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) is trading down after the company’s quarterly earnings report from this morning. PepsiCo’s earnings were $1.08 EPS on a 1.5% drop in revenues to $11.08 billion, versus Thomson…
These are this Wednesday mornings top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen early on from Wall Street: Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) Raised to Equal Weight at Morgan…
Reuters: Wealth management firms are starting to target the not-so wealthy. Reuters: Gold’s record price drew a muted response. Reuters: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), and Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) are heating up the smartphone…
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.…
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…
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…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) has shown its Q2-2009 holdings as of June 30, 2009. There are some portfolio changes that have been seen here from the end of Q1 and we…
Several companies run annual brand valuations. It is a good business for advertising and marketing firms to be viewed as experts on brands. Brand values are based on the cash flow they…
This morning we caught the news on a volume alert, but there was no confirmation of the news. Now, we have the formal release from PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP). Pepsi has capitulated and…
Reuters: A tech alliance between China and Taiwas is hurting Korea. Reuters: Spple (AAPL) easily beat forecasts. Reuters: CIT (CIT) still faces a number of financial challenges. Reuters: Yahoo!’s (YHOO) outlook was…
Once a year, Interbrand publishes a list of the “Best Global Brands”. The 2008 list was released last September. The next list will probably be out in about two months. The change…
So far we have three DJIA components with earnings out. DuPont (NYSE: DD), Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) have all posted earnings. So far there are no train…
This week will mark the first crest of earnings season as we have 11 of the 30 DJIA components reporting earnings this week alone. On Tuesday, we have earnings from Caterpillar Inc.…
