ThinkstockChina has alienated U.S. companies and the federal government by what is clearly the hacking of American-based websites from inside the borders of the People’s Republic. The exact location of the hacking…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of March 15 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockThe Employee Benefit Research Institute released a study that shows what almost everyone already knows. Americans have too little money to retire, and they know it. The solution is not quite as clear…
courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) may have saved its slide of bad news out of China with the release of its same-store sales data. On the surface it looks awful,…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 28 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
No matter how well the general market does, the advance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average still relies on just 30 stocks. Some have outrun their current values, and drops in those shares…
courtesy of McDonald'sMcDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) probably wishes every year was a leap year. The company reported that global same-store sales fell 1.5% year-over-year in February, all because 2012 was a leap…
Paul Ausick The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new high this week, and the new closing high is 14,253.77. We originally came up with a top price target for the DJIA of 14,590…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 15 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a two-day run of losses. No significant data was scheduled to be released in the U.S. today, so investors were guided by corporate earnings…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) was given positive comments on its new CEO but…
ThinkstockAs Fat Tuesday quickly turns into Ash Wednesday, Lent will take place from Wednesday, February 13 to Saturday, March 30 in 2013. It may not seem like much on the surface, but…
courtesy of AOL, IncComcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will buy the portion of NBCUniversal that it does not already own from General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) for $16.7 billion. (Reuters) The S&P 500 almost…
ThinkstockOnce again investors are faced with the fact that the politicians in Washington D.C. cannot get anything done. With the president’s State of the Union address tonight, the focus turns again to…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 31 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
