The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and remained in negative territory all day. The decline is down to weak earnings from many U.S. firms reporting results today. In…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) may have been glad to have originally had Reed Hastings, the founding CEO of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), on its board of directors. Unfortunately, Mr. Hastings has made…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning following a lowered forecast on global economic growth from the International Monetary Fund (more coverage here). In Asia, Japanese markets are concerned…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaNetflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) saw its upgrade and rally cycle halted by an analyst downgrade from BofA/Merrill lynch this morning after the firm cut its Buy rating all the…
Jon C. Ogg Google TV is set to get content from the Google Play store, including movies, TV shows and music, a big step in Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) efforts to become a media behemoth.…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaNetflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) had risen handily on the back of two analyst upgrades, sending shares up from $56 to about $73.50 in less than a week. The momentum…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Outperform with $750 target at Credit Suisse.…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaThe stock market is down Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.33%, the Nasdaq down 0.62% and the S&P 500 down 0.46%. Today’s winners include a telecommunications…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaNetflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) had seen an amazing week after analysts helped to push shares up from about $54 to $66 with positive research calls. Now we have shares…
Jon C. Ogg Some corporate decisions are so stupid when they are made that it staggers the mind. Toys“R”Us will get into the video streaming business, likely on the assumption that it can use its brand to…
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) surged this morning in the wake of Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney late Tuesday reiterating a Buy rating. Reasons for the rating included “a highly reasonable valuation, a generally…
Trey Thoelcke Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is seeing its shares tick higher so far on Monday on word that Whitney Tilson of T2 Partners was talking shares up at the Value Investing Congress. What…
People would rather watch Internet-delivered content on their TVs than on their PC screens. That makes sense. With larger screens and new display technology, the HDTV offers a better viewing experience at…
Jon OggThe short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and also in some of the active low-priced shares can tend to be volatile, to say the least. We tracked some rather…
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) wants to compete more and more with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the iPad and with Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) for its…
