Crude oil is at $98.03, up 0.26% Gold is at $1,763, up 0.21%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed up 0.91% to 19,137. Japan’s Nikkei closed higher by 0.16% to 8,514. The U.S. 10-year is at 2.05%, down 0.o1%. The FTSE…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO), Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN), Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN), PG&E…
There is some food for thought in the world of alternative energy against the hatred of banks. It is a very painful observation, but it is turning out to be that the…
Many investors track the largest increase in short selling, but there is another crucial way to look at short interest: the days to cover often tells just how actively shorted a stock…
In the wake of the weak global economic news, some alternative energy stocks are being swept along in the current of bad news, while a few others are making a bit of…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Amerisafe, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSF) named Bear of the Day at…
Last week’s announcement on new corporate average fuel economy rules, known as CAFE, got a lot of coverage for its headline number of average fleet mileage of 54.5 miles/gallon by 2025. The…
We have another very busy earnings week ahead for the second quarter reporting season. Some are DJIA components and some are sector-movers or market-movers. We are tracking earnings and giving previews for…
Norway’s entry in the electric vehicle (EV) sweepstakes, Think (or sometimes, Th!nk) has filed for bankruptcy because the company has been unable to find long-term financing. The company, once owned by Ford…
Clean energy funds first sprung up in about 2005, with the PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Fund (NYSE: PBW). Others have followed, but for the most part these funds have fairly low assets…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of DryShips, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS), Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OREX), and Tesla Motors,…
Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is bucking a trend. The company has just announced a follow-on offering of 5.3 million shares of common stock. Amazingly, the shares rallied on the news because…
Jon C. Ogg This week marks the beginning of the end of corporate earnings season for the first quarter of 2011. Many off-calendar quarters will be seen starting next week or the week after. Wednesday…
Alternative energy news today ponders electric vehicles and the batteries that power them, takes a look at solar installation in India and the risks still involved with solar plants generally, and closes…
Jon OggThis was yet another great market week and it concluded the best stock market first quarter in years. We also saw several research calls which stood out from the usual pack of…
