ThinkstockIf you have been a reader of 24/7 Wall St. for very long, you know that we have been preaching over time that every investor needs some form of water investing strategy in his…
ThinkstockAECOM Technology Corp. (NYSE: ACM) is set for new highs. For those of you who follow the companies that will win from the inevitable yet elusive infrastructure rebuilding, AECOM is one you must watch.…
ThinkstockAfter reporting pretty much awful results this morning, Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) let investors know that it would also cut its quarterly dividend by a whopping 41%, from $0.525 to $0.31. The merchant power…
courtesy General Electric Co.General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) managed to turn in earnings growth of 7.5% in its fourth-quarter earnings report. The actual earnings were $4.01 billion, or $0.38 per share, but adjusted earnings…
ThinkstockGeneral Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is set to report earnings early Friday morning before the open. The latest Thomson Reuters consensus was $0.43 EPS on revenue of about $38.7 billion. If GE details its guidance…
ThinkstockThe U.S. needs to invest about $2.7 trillion dollars in the nation’s infrastructure by 2020 according to a new study from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). That total includes investment in airports,…
ThinkstockJust a few days ago, the possibility of a strike of longshoreman at major East Coast and Gulf ports was nowhere in the news. Now the chance of a work stoppage has been called…
UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) made a change on its Key Call list, which resulted in lower earnings expectations and the removal of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) today. Weaker-than-expected near-term earnings growth in an uncertain macro…
ThinkstockThe National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) issued its annual State Teacher Policy Yearbook, in which its claims “teacher pension systems in the United States have almost $325 billion in unfunded liabilities.” The conclusion…
ThinkstockGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) dominates Internet search. When comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) posted its October U.S. search market numbers, Google had a whopping 66.7% of the total market share. What if Google decides that its Kansas…
thinkstockThe utility sector has suffered the wrath of selling. As these are all high-dividend stocks and as many long-term investors had substantial capital gains, the investment community has been selling these handily over the…
ThinkstockAt its annual analysts conference, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said it plans to invest $14 billion over the next three years for wireless and wired capital improvements. This includes an expansion of 4G LTE…
Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNRC) is seeing interest in its shares yet again. The company has been a keen beneficiary of the trends for generator demand due to Hurricane Sandy knocking out much of…
ThinkstockExelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The power company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.77 on revenues of $6.57 billion. In the same period a year ago,…
An estimated 10 million customers could lose electrical power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, nearly a third more than the 7 million who lost power last year following Hurricane Irene. For utility companies…