These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms on Friday, July 11, 2014. They include Apple, Altria, Gap, Qualcomm, Shell, Procter & Gamble.
The short interest data for the June 30 settlement date is out, and there were selectively an increasing number of shares short in our go-to list of defensive high-yield stocks that are…
thinkstockJuly 9, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Wednesday following a lower close on Tuesday. The afternoon release of the minutes from the June FOMC meeting boosted the blue chips briefly to daily…
thinkstockJune 30, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Monday with both the S&P 500 and the DJIA opening lower and the Dow spending most of the day in negative territory. The Nasdaq index…
thinkstockJune 27, 2014: Markets opened lower for a fifth straight day on Friday and both the S&P 500 and the DJIA spend most of the day below the break-even line. The Nasdaq…
thinkstockJune 26, 2014: Markets opened lower for a fourth straight day on Thursday and spent much of the day trying to reach the break-even line. Claims for jobless benefits fell slightly last…
The short interest data for the first two weeks of June show that short interest was higher in almost all our go-to list of defensive high-yield stocks that are not utilities.
ThinkstockThe short interest data for the final two weeks of May have been released, and the results are somewhat surprising when it comes to the top high-yield safe dividends we follow. Some…
The 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics are both in Brazil and Pelé , the country's greatest soccer star of all time, is ready to take advantage. The retired athlete has…
ThinkstockDividend payments by S&P 500 companies reached an all-time high last year, totaling some $330.8 billion, according to FactSet. As of this March, 418 of the 500 companies in the index paid…
Several things are taking place ahead of the end of May, and the number of pundits getting more worried about the markets seems to be on the rise. The problem is that…
courtesy of WhiteHouse.govBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has released its holdings as of the end of the first quarter of 2014. We were originally not expecting many major changes to the portfolio.…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaAfter finishing last year strong, U.S. equity markets had a volatile start this year, pulling back from all-time highs. Stocks have recovered since and, so far this…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsThere may be one or two institutions which own larger blocks of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) than Steve Ballmer does, but for the first time in history, Ballmer owns…
Procter & Gamble managed to turn in a profit gain of less than 2%, due to lower expenses -- a theme that is very common yet again this earnings season. Unfortunately, its…
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