Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) CEO Mike Duke are scheduled to meet for two days along with senior aides. Presumably the gathering aims to increase the use of…
Investors cannot make any money in the bond market right now merely by buying and holding Treasury bonds forever. The problem is that Treasury yields are at record lows. In some parts…
Shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) posted an all-time high over $73/share this morning as investors continue to react to yesterday’s terrible earnings report from Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU). In comments…
Shares of grocer Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) have lost more than -30% since the company announced quarterly results after the markets closed last night. We covered the gruesome details after the company…
Home electronics giant Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) has seen its shares plunge today following an earnings warning from much smaller rival hhgregg, Inc. (NYSE: HGG). The Indianapolis-based retailer, which operates…
Income investors need to be careful with some of the best companies in America. A dividend bubble appears to be forming in many great stocks. Dividends have been one of the great drivers…
The world’s largest companies have never had a reputation for showering investors with information about their financial situations and operations. The rules that might make them do so are too lax. Government authorities…
As of late last week we had many potentially imminent buyouts that could have hit the market. When we were just finishing the report draft on Friday is when the Amylin Pharmaceuticals,…
In what might seem to be an anomaly, retail stocks are getting dumped on today following the US Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Obamacare. An retail group, the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA),…
Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) reported results for its third fiscal quarter this morning that were pretty much in line with expectations. EPS came in at $1.06 compared with…
Stockton, Calif., is about to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) wins a court decision to stop shipments of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet into the United States. (Reuters)…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is supposed to be most worried about the likes of Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT), Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST), and even the down and out Sears Holdings Corporation…
Over the last three months shares of Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) have lost about a quarter of their value, falling from near $85 to around $52. In the three months preceding…
Internet research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released its rankings of the top web properties for the month of May. The top 5 of the 50 sites ranked by unique visitors…
The Federal Reserve says it will increase help to the U.S. economy, and it may be willing to do more. (Reuters) Spain may request more financial aid for its troubled banks. (Reuters)…
