These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we have seen early this Tuesday morning: Apogee (APOG) Cut to Sell at Piper Jaffray. BJ Services (BJS) Cut to…
AlixPartners, a turnaround firm, said at the beginning of the year that 10% to 26% of retailers were in financial distress and were in danger of filing for Chapter 11. It is…
People who don’t have much money still need to buy the essentials somewhere. That place seems to be Wal-Mart (WMT) which still sells a lot of nifty stuff at low prices. For the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Everyone wants to know what the Oracle of Omaha is up to. The great Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) stock has proven to be far from immune to the woes of the…
McDonald’s (MCD) is planning to open 500 new stores in China over the next three years. Why? Because it can. McDonald’s is one of a tiny handful of large American companies which…
According, to Reuters, GM (GM) and Chrysler have asked for another $22 billion. Reuters reports that the SEC has charged Alan Stamford with “massive fraud.” Reuters reports that Trump’s image is being…
The final list of Warren Buffett’s year-end stock holdings from Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) are out and we broke them down alphabetically with this being the “S to Z” stock list. …
We compiled a list of the equity holdings of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and for Bill Gates’ personal investment vehicle Cascade Investment. These are as of December 31, 2008 and…
The last time Wal-Mart (WMT) made official forecasts for Wall St. there was a sense that the recession might be taking down the world’s largest retail despite its appeal to cost-conscious consumers.…
Douglas A. McIntyre If only the stock market was made up of companies like Coke (KO), McDonald’s (MCD), P&G (PG), and Wal-Mart (WMT). But, it isn’t. They are among the few firms which can still…
JNJ Short sellers are not willing to bet that shares in large retailers or consumer products companies will go any lower. The are gambling that consumer spending has bottomed. Shares short in…
According to Reuters, Congress and The White House are working on the final stimulus package. Reuters reports that Wall St CEOs will defend their use of bailout money before Congress. Reuters reports…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was supposed to be a winner in the economic slide as the “trade down” shopping destination. It goes without saying that Wal-Mart has more than a few…
Douglas A. McIntyre There are an extremely small number of companies which are likely to do relatively well during the recession, either because they are the market share leaders in their industries by a wide…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: WMT) appears to be back to its game of 2008 and late 2007 after being a bit cautious last month. The company beat its January expectations, and it…
