These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Raised to Buy w/ $60 target at Lazard. American…
comScore data comes out monthly and it is very frequent where the trends come in almost exactly as you might have guessed when it comes to popular websites and the traffic growth. …
For years now, The Economist has computed its Big Mac index, a measure of purchasing power parity in the countries in which Big Macs from McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) are sold. The…
Reuters: George Soros says Germany has a deflation problem. Reuters: China helped keep the yuan’s value low by giving aid to Greece. Reuters: China ignored EU comments about the yuan. Reuters: Congress…
Next week will mark the unofficial start of earnings season. While it will take another week or two for earnings to get into full swing, there are many key companies with earnings…
Over $2.5 billion served… that is the new annualized dividend payment from McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD). The Golden Arches just announced that its board of directors declared a $0.61 per share quarterly…
The great majority of the largest companies in America are easily identified by name by most consumers. That is because their names match one or more of their most important brands. McDonald’s…
Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) has just beat earnings, although the guidance is lackluster This is the one in its segment we believe has the safest dividend of its peers with room…
Jon C. Ogg This coming week will be the launch of earnings season. After the week is up, there will have been five of the thirty DJIA stocks reporting earnings. The big earnings on deck…
Investors love the safety of dividends. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to look for some of the safest dividends in the large-cap universe. Many of course are DJIA components, as you would expect. …
These are ten of this Friday morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) Started as Positive at Susquehanna. Nalco Holding Co. (NYSE:…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have…
Earnings are moving stocks, yet some are moving on other news as well in the after-hours trading session. YUM! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM), United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS), Princeton Review Inc.…
Didn’t earnings season just end? It sure feels that way. The earnings season floodgates are about to open. The media will try to tell you this is the most critical earnings season…
McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) may be the world’s largest fast food chain. In fact, we have even noted how it is effectively worth more than all public US restaurant companies combined. The…
