As 2008 looks a more shaky year and one that the stock market looks like it is trying to price in a recession, there may be one victim: the share repurchase plans…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer wanted to look for stocks with both appreciation potential that also offer capital preservation. He, just like us, believes we are starting to price…
A number of experts say that companies, especially financial services firms, will cut dividends in 2008. CNN Money writes that "dividend cuts or suspensions will continue to pick up among financial services…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer came out and wanted to give his BUY, SELL, or HOLD recommendations on his Top 9 Picks from 2007 now that we are into…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer kicked off 2008 by being somewhat cautious on the volatility in 2008. Cramer said he wants to Add gold to the portfolio with Barrick…
We are updating our list of tier-one Defensive Stocks since so many of these stocks have run up and since lists need continual updating. Our originally updated list of tier one defensive…
2007 was one volatile year and for now it appears that will be the norm for at least the start of 2008. Everyone’s favorite market pundit or least liked pundit is obviously…
The Dogs of the Dow aren’t necessarily the worst performers of the prior year, but they pay the highest the dividend yields. We wanted to review the 10 Dogs of the Dow…
Since it is year-end, we wanted to compile a list of the 2008 likely Dogs of the Dow. We included Friday’s closing prices for each DJIA component and we also gave the…
Now that Dubai International Capital has bought a piece of Sony (SNE), it must have a lot more capital to spread around. A shopping list: Yahoo! (YHOO) The stock is still down…
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) is seeing additional pressure this afternoon. Apparently the FDA said it is looking into reports that Pfizer has sent out an "early communications notice" to doctors warning them to monitor…
The markets haven’t fallen apart after yesterday’s 360 point dive on the DJIA, but we are still trading a tad lower today. Now that Cisco Systems is showing you can’t just automatically…
With the markets down so much today on the financial stock fallout after the Citi downgrade/concern and with oil stocks listing lower after the Exxon miss, we wanted to show a brief…
AAUK cut to Hold at Citigroup.ANPI cut to Sector PErform at both RBC & CIBC.APPB cut to Underperform at Wachovia.ASH cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.AXP cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.BHP…
Following is the short interest in stocks of major companies traded on the NYSE. Figures are as of October 15 and compare to numbers on September 28, 2007. Most of the large…
