Analysts assume third quarter earnings for the companies in the S&P 500 will be bad. But, looking at the number which is the average of all firms in the index is misleading.…
Jim Cramer wants people to sell all of their stocks. Even though the market may keep falling, that might not be a practical solution for everyone. There are several things investors can…
Nintendo wants revenge. Now that Apple (AAPL) has come out with an iPhone that can download games, the Japanese company appropriately believes that Steve Jobs wants their business. According to BusinessWeek, the…
According to Reuters, a Senate plan to vote on the bailout package pushed US markets up. Reuters reports that the FDIC would like to increase the value of the accounts it insures.…
The evidence that sales at many companies are struggling and that employment will suffer are almost everywhere. Recently, a division of GMAC said it would let 5,000 people go. According to MSNBC,…
24/7 Wall St. asked Sprint (S) CEO Dan Hesse a few questions.Here are his answers. 24/7: Sprint has clearly had trouble with customer service which has shown up in studies like JD…
According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) may fire 1,200 workers. Reuters reports that Dell (DELL) said its Asia business was fine but offered a cautious forecast. Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) will offer…
The New York Times reports that T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a cell phone powered by Google’s (GOOG) much-anticipated Android software. HTC will provide manufacturing, and the phone could…
After Wal-Mart (WMT) announced its outstanding June numbers, Wall St. said the company was actually “recession proof”. Consumers, beat down by high gas and commodities prices, could turn to Wal-Mart to get…
According to Reuters, large Yahoo! (YHOO) holder Capital Research want to know whether vote counts from the company’s annula meeting were accurate. Reuters writes that the Fed is seen as holding rates…
Shares of RadioShack (RSH) soared nearly 14% on Thursday after the company reported revenue growth of 6% on a 6.9% increase in same store sales. Good initial sales of digital-to-analog TV converter…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the top analyst Downgrades and negative calls we are seeing early this Friday morning: Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Cut to Neutral at Banc of America. Affymax (AFFY) Cut…
Regulators may be trying to keep short sellers out of a few financial stocks, but that is not keeping large bets against most other stocks from rising. While some of the shorts…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst Downgrades and negative calls we are seeing this Thursday Morning: Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley. AT&T (T) Cut…
This morning we had four different DJIA compomnents report earnings and so far all shares of these are indicated higher. AT&T (NYSE: T) posted $0.76 non-GAAP EPS vs. $0.76 estimates and generated…