ThinkstockFollowing last month’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the euro-U.S. dollar exchange rate (EURUSD) fell to just over 80. Less than a month later the EURUSD came within a few ticks of…
Wikimedia CommonsPhilip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The tobacco products firm posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.30 on revenue of…
Paul Ausick July 17, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and managed to hold onto a decent gain following a day of ups and downs as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before…
courtesy of NBN at German WikipediaAltria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) may have given guidance on Tuesday of adjusted earnings per share of $2.35 to $2.41 for the full year for earnings growth…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning following the report on U.S. jobless numbers (more coverage here). In Europe, the only data out today showed that U.K. retail sales fell 0.7%,…
courtesy of philip morris internationalPhilip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) reported first-quarter results before markets opened this morning. The tobacco products firm posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.29 on…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a downturn in Europe and mixed markets in Asia. Data releases were limited everywhere today as well. In Asia, a weaker yen boosted the…
Jon OggInvestors always seem to be looking for new good research-driven investing ideas for stocks to buy and for stocks to sell. Some of these come from independent research shops and some…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a closely watched report on U.S. retail sales came in about as expected (more coverage here). U.S. business inventories rose less than expected in…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) raised to Neutral at UBS. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya…
U.S. equity markets opened flat this morning, largely due to a slew of data from Europe that essentially cancelled any good news with an equal dollop of bad. U.S. unemployment data came…
courtesy of philip morris internationalPhilip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) is out with its fourth-quarter earnings, and the international tobacco giant is still growing. Earnings per share increased by almost 16% to…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning before bouncing into positive territory briefly and then turning south again. As happened yesterday, the focus was on Europe, where Italy’s oldest bank was expected…
Stocks have rallied sharply during January after the last-minute congressional compromise on the fiscal cliff. While the deal was far from perfect, it averted not only a disaster for the U.S. economy,…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far from Wall St, research calls this Monday: American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) cut to Neutral on valuation/price…
