Earnings season is over for the most part, but we still have many companies that are widely held stocks due to release their earnings for the week ahead. We are tracking earnings…
Verifone Systems, Inc. (NYSE: PAY) is down this morning at the open, but it has recently screened out as a break-out candidate if its price holds firm and ticks up in the next…
Jon C. Ogg All three major indexes opened higher this morning, but the strength didn’t last as the Chicago PMI number failed to meet expectations and came in lower even than last month’s reading. The…
At mid-afternoon, we’ve seen some changes among today’s big movers. On the plus side are Vringo Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNG), Clean Diesel Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: CDTI), FriendFinders Network Inc. (NASDAQ: FFN), and Verifone…
Argus has made quite a few changes to its model portfolio for 2012 after the first week of trading this year. The company has broken these out in equity income, growth and…
Shares only briefly broke above last week’s close today, as decliners outnumber gainers by about 4 to 1 in the late afternoon. Tech stocks held up fairly well early as news of…
Markets opened up a bit this morning, but by 10:00 a.m. equities had turned back down, with the DJIA sliding down nearly -200 points before rallying back to its opening mark in…
These are some of Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Sell at Citigroup; Cut estimates and target at Argus.…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is trading lower after its earnings report, but there were some bright spots inside an otherwise confusing earnings report. The most noticeable area was credit…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Buy with $495 target…
The number of ways consumers can spend their money is poised to get larger. The familiar credit and debit cards are threatened by all manner of electronic payment methods, and none of…
The next thing a smartphone will replace, if Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has its way, is your credit/debit card. The Wall Street Journal reports that the maker of the Android smartphone operating…
The opening scene of a by-now-familiar drama has just been completed in the latest unfriendly merger transaction. Verifone Systems, Inc. (NYSE:PAY) first tried to sweet talk Hypercom Corp. (NYSE:HYC) into a deal…
Jon C. Ogg Today’s top day trader and active trader alerts are Aixtron Aktiengesellschaft (NASDAQ: AIXG), BP plc (NYSE: BP), FSI International, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSII), Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEHMQ), NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), Rambus…
Winning back the confidence of investors is no easy task after accounting irregularities or after scandals involving the books. However, winning back investor confidence is what VeriFone Systems Inc. (NYSE: PAY) seems…
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