In the most comprehensive study of its type, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated the cost of obesity at $170 billion a year in 2008 dollars. Twenty five percent of…
There are several ways in which companies can return money to shareholders, but the two most common methods of returning cash to shareholders are dividends and stock buybacks. Dividends are rarely controversial…
Aluminum prices climbed by more than 10% from January through April this year, to rise above $1.22/pound before losing all it had gained and returning to about $1.10/pound. At today’s price of…
Our screen today is for companies with an attractive Returns on Equity (ROE) in the consumer goods sector. It is our view that ROE is one of the better quick indicators of…
May retail sales may be hurt by a weakened economy. (Reuters) Some Fed officials believe that poor jobs results should cause interest rates to stay low. (Reuters) An academic models shows LinkedIn…
24/7 Wall St. has done an analysis of the largest companies in the United States based on the size of their portfolios of major consumer brands. Many of these brands are worth…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of March 31, 2011 for the Q2-2011 holdings. These public stock holdings have…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. AETNA Inc. (NYSE: AET) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Altria Group…
This coming weekend will mark the one weekend that the hotels, retailers, and restaurants all look forward to in Omaha, Nebraska… Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) has its much-anticipated shareholder meeting…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) has turned in its first quarter earnings for 2011. The beverage giant said earnings rose to $1.9 billion, or $0.82 EPS… On an adjusted basis the earnings…
Next week is going to get off to a slow start because of the post-Easter blues after a three-day weekend. We have pulled eleven earnings which we think traders will hone in on…
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) cut 5% of the employees in its trading operation (Reuters) Congress added another stop gap budget bill to take the federal government’s funding through April 8 (Reuters)…
Defensive stocks are supposed to offer you some safety in times of uncertainty. High-yield stock dividends are also supposed to offer you a safer harbor in choppy markets as well. In today’s…
The Wall Street Journal reports that sales of Diet Coke in the US have passed those of Pepsi. Regular, sugary Coke holds the top spot. The Journal’s analysis of the situation largely…
