Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings for the Berkshire Hathaway empire. This cut off date is as of March 31,…
A stock market that sells off eight of nine days is not a good market. Even the Facebook IPO is being viewed as a one-off item rather than a systemic item which…
Blame whatever you want. A weaker U.S. economy, a weakening and flailing Europe, a move to socialism in France and Greece, a weaker BRIC and emerging market story, commodity prices and on…
The major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following a weekend of elections in Europe. A new Socialist party president in France and a still very cloudy future in Greece have…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. Annie’s, Inc. (NYSE: BNNY) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan; Started as Outperform…
Philp Falcone receives extensions from creditors owed money by his high-speed wireless company LightSquared. (Reuters) Social gifting is a growing part of e-commerce. (Reuters) Barron’s says Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) could join…
None of the analysts who cover Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) like Chairman & CEO Robert A. McDonald. He has been CEO for three years. The stock has handily under-performed the S&P…
Markets opened higher this morning following a lower-than-expected GDP growth estimate of 2.2%. That was weaker, but not awful (our coverage here). The consumer sentiment survey rose a couple of ticks in…
Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) reported third fiscal quarter results this morning that were about in-line with expectations, but the company’s lowered full-year forecast is pushing shares down.…
Dividends have continued to rise. Better yet, they are expected to keep rising for the rest of the year. A study from Dow Jones Indexes showed a rise of almost 2.2% so…
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) posted earnings and revenues this morning that exceeded expectations, setting the stage for next week’s reports from Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (NYSE: CL).…
Warren Buffett is supposed to be invincible. Unfortunately the world is finding out that this is not the case. A disclosure letter came from Mr. Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)…
US stocks opened higher this morning following an in-line report from ADP on US employment gains. There was little economic news out today, but we can anticipate tomorrow’s report on new jobless…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) named Bull of the Day and raised to Outperform…
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) will cut as many as 5,700 jobs, despite the fact that Wall St. is impressed by the company’s success. Its shares trade at a two-year high, up 25% over…
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