courtesy of Apple Inc.Each January, 24/7 Wall St. forecasts the publicly traded U.S. companies that will have the highest profits in the year ahead. This year, Apple almost certainly will keep first place,…
ThinkstockBig biotech had a stellar 2012. In 2013, though, the large biotech companies may be dwarfed in performance by the smaller players in the $1 billion to $5 billion range. If you…
As each new year arrives, 24/7 Wall St. looks at each of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components and assigns a forward value for the Dow based on a mixed methodology.…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Dogs of the Dow are measured out each year simply as the five highest common stock dividend yields among the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s 30 components. We…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following last night’s failure by the U.S. House of Representatives to hold a vote on a plan to deal with the country’s budget deficit. In…
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. is looking for the next great biotech stocks for 2013 after great gains have been seen in 2012. If you look at the consensus price targets from analysts for…
ThinkstockOn December 7, marijuana became legal in the state of Washington, adding to the list of states that have moved toward legalizing or decriminalizing the drug. Will this be a national trend…
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has issued more picks and a macro-investment strategy for 2013, and the message is rather clear: Be selective and position defensively. The firm said that it sees…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Friday. Active Network Inc. (NYSE: ACTV) raised to Buy at BofA/ML. Allergan Inc. (NYSE: AGN)…
ThinkstockMerck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) has joined the dividend hike brigade. We were not sure if the pharmaceutical giant was going to hike its payout, but it has. The company’s board of…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today filed criminal charges against a former SAC Capital Advisors hedge-fund manager related to an insider trading scheme that generated profits and avoided losses of…
Paul Ausick courtesy of BP plcBP plc (NYSE: BP) has agreed to pay a total of $4.5 billion dollars and to plead guilty to 11 felony charges in a criminal case brought by the…
courtesy of BP plcThe U.S. Department of Justice and BP PLC (NYSE: BP) have reportedly reached an agreement on the penalties the company will face related to the blowout of its Macondo…
courtesy of AppleIn its third annual ranking of the world’s most innovative companies, analysts at Booz & Co. created two lists: one based on dollars spent and the other based on asking…
Wikimedia CommonsPfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its drug candidate called XELJANZ. The treatment here is for rheumatoid arthritis and this is the 5…
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