U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors and traders tried to make sense of more than 150 earnings reports that were released between last night’s closing bell and this morning’s…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning despite low flash PMI readings from the eurozone. Germany’s manufacturing PMI reading was especially notable, falling to 47.9 from 49, and the country’s services PMI…
Jon OggInvestors often get to see many Buy ratings from Wall St. analysts, but they often do not see when these analysts give lists of stocks to sell nor when the analysts have very cautious…
The world’s largest mobile carrier, China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL), reported first-quarter earnings today, posting revenue growth of 5.7% and profit growth of just 0.3%. In its press release, the firm said…
Wikimedia CommonsIn December 2008, 24/7 Wall St. named the CEO of McDonald’s Inc. (NYSE: MCD) its CEO of the year. James Skinner, who retired as the company’s CEO last summer, was credited…
courtesy of McDonald'sMcDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the fast-food restaurant chain posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.26 on revenues…
courtesy of AOL, IncToyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM), Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (NYSE: HMC) and Nissan will recall 3.4 million cars over airbag defects. (Reuters) Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) faces slow…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of March 28 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
courtesy of KFCShares of Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) plunged this morning following a downgrade on the company’s shares from analysts at UBS. The company already had forecast a weaker first half…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockPeople who live in nations where most residents were thin, at least as measured against the tremendous number of obese Americans, are getting fatter. Bloomberg blames this, in part, on the number…
ThinkstockEuropean Recession Worsens Just when it seemed that the economic data from the European Union could not get worse, new service sector purchasing managers index (PMI) information from Markit shows that the collapse…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning following on some poor data on eurozone industrial production, which fell more than expected. Non-farm payrolls fell more than expected in France and the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and reiterations seen by 24/7 Wall St. from the key Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) reiterated Buy with…
courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) may have saved its slide of bad news out of China with the release of its same-store sales data. On the surface it looks awful,…
No matter how well the general market does, the advance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average still relies on just 30 stocks. Some have outrun their current values, and drops in those shares…
