Water is the source of life. Many futurists believe it is the largest concern of the world in the years ahead. The water sector is also not the easiest to invest in. …
The term “innovation” is difficult to quantify when it comes to large companies across different industries. 24/7 Wall St. chose to look at global patent filings, filings by field, and increases in…
These are some of the top research calls for analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday: ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Cut to Sell at Societe Generale.…
WSJ: The CEO of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) left the company. Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) will delay Q3 results as it accounts for costs of the oil spill. Reuters: The SEC has…
$100 billion… That is roughly the combined tally of August share buyback announcements and merger announcements. This may not be a record, but it has to be one of the most active…
Reuters: Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is expected to stop bidding for 3Par (NYSE: PAR). Reuters: BHP Billiton ((NYSE: BHP) says it will not divest Potash (NYSE: POT) divisions. Reuters: Consumer spending rose slightly…
Cogent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COGT) is the newest of the M&A stocks in an environment where premiums and share prices are sometimes being taken for granted. 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) offered to acquire…
Jon C. Ogg Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…
What happens when Dow Jones Industrial Average components have dividend yields on the common stocks that are above the yield of the 10-year Treasury Note or even the 30-Year Treasury Long Bond? …
These are some of this Tuesday’s top research calls with upgrades. downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street analysts: 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. Aegon NV (NYSE: AEG)…
2010 may be a directionless year for the stock markets so far, but shares of conglomerates are outperforming and more upside is expected. The five largest conglomerates we follow are all higher…
This week brought about 5 of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components that have reported earnings this earnings season. We have a mixed fanfare so far, but next week we have…
Investors love the safety of dividends. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to look for some of the safest dividends in the large-cap universe. Many of course are DJIA components, as you would expect. …
A little over two weeks ago, we ran a list of “8 Big Companies With High E.U. Exposure” to see which companies had the most at risk due to the geographic ability…
The earnings floodgate is still open next week, and frankly it looks like there are even more S&P 500 companies reporting earnings than there were this week. The big earnings are (in…
