3M Co. (NYSE: (NYSE: MMM) is standing apart from its competing conglomerate peers. Not for the better. United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON), and General Electric Co. (NYSE:…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of 3M Company (NYSE: MMM), Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT), JA Solar Holdings Co.…
A company can spend billions of dollars on R&D and get little respect as an innovator. Even though that is the conclusion of a new study by Booz & Co., the conclusion…
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) is due to report earnings early on Friday morning in the pre-market hours. Thomson Reuters has estimates for the DJIA component and conglomerate of $0.32 EPS and…
The latest carnage in the market has left some companies at valuations that are getting hard to ignore, even knowing about the harder economic times. Value investors invest before recessions, through recessions,…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research. Altria…
There is a paradox when it comes to investing… All long-term portfolios need to have exposure to water investments, yet the reality is that investing in water is just not very simple…
Earnings season is in full throttle and many major companies are due to report in the week ahead. Some of the key reports we are featuring for detailed earnings previews are the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Adtran Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Reiterated Buy with $49 target at Argus.…
24/7 Wall St. has been using valuation analysis for value investors for a couple of weeks and we wanted to review the conglomerates in a search for the best value for long-term…
Water may be the source of life, but it is also perhaps one of the most misunderstood and most “under-invested” themes for those investors who want income and growth year after year…
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…
When economic softness spooks high-flying stocks, solid companies with good histories, solid return on equity, and above average dividends are a handy remedy. We screened five companies in the industrial sector, three…
Did you heed the call “Sell in May and Go Away!” this year? It turns out that as of mid-day we now have nearly half of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) is one of those companies that is categorized as a conglomerate by most financial analysis sector groupings. It is not quite diversified enough by our count to be…
