Risk in Europe continues to drag on global shares. (Reuters) Concerns about how S&P (NYSE: MHP) sets rating bring calls for reform. (Reuters) Rules on CME (NASDAQ: CME) margins move gold lower.…
From a high of more than $2/pound, cotton prices have tumbled to around $1/pound. The collapse is likely due to what analysts think will be a record cotton crop for this year.…
Earnings season is still going strong, but we are now getting into the late-cycle companies which have a one-month lag to their earnings reports. Several key stocks are due this next week…
Hitachi and Mitsubishi may merge (Reuters) Japan intervened in the yen (Reuters) Spain will offer bonds and the European Central Bank meets to examine option to help the country’s debt problems (Reuters)…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the…
Yesterday’s retail sales reports lit a fire under some of the retail stocks and a few ETFs that focus on the consumer discretionary sector. We looked at three ETFs in the consumer…
JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) may become the largest lender in the U.S. soon (Reuters) Jobs numbers may show that the economy has finally turned the corner (Reuters) Fitch downgraded Minnesota from AAA…
The month of June looks to have been pretty good for some U.S. retailers. Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M), Limited Brands Inc. (NYSE: LTD), Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT)…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Started as Buy at Deutsche…
Every state posted GDP growth between 2000 and 2010, according to the latest U.S Department of Commerce data, which was released earlier this week. The growth rates, however, were very wide. Michigan’s…
The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) is seeing a boost this Tuesday morning after a long weekend thanks to a bullish report in Barron’s. The financial weekly calls for a gain of 14%…
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…
Douglas A. McIntyre A number of retail store and restaurant stocks report earnings this week, including Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc. (NYSE: WEN), Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M), Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN), Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ:…
S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (29 APR – 5 MAY) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 5May11 Close Price 29Apr11 Market Cap ($Mil) Novellus Systems Inc. NVLS 10.3 35.42 32.10 3162.8…
Earnings season is slowing down as we have over 80% of the S&P 500 companies having reported earnings for the first quarter of 2011. We do still have key companies reporting earnings…
