ThinkstockGiven the stock market’s long run since the post-election 2012 lows, and following yesterday’s rout, now might be a good time to start looking at the top large cap stocks that are growing earnings…
ThinkstockAs we reach the midpoint in the year, we like to review the top stock calls from the major firms around Wall Street. The UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) Key Call list represents the top…
courtesy of OracleOracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) was supposed to have big news out around its earnings. We will cover the earnings of course, but the corporate governance issues are going to dwarf the earnings…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning adding to yesterday’s carnage following the FOMC announcement yesterday. The widespread belief that sometime this year the Fed will start reducing its $85 billion in monthly asset…
The US Treasury 30-year bond, the so-called Long Bond, is proving to be a widow-maker to those who bought a couple of months ago. Most investors did not want to hear that a mere…
ThinkstockThe volatility in the stock market is coming with an unusual twist and that is that there is no place to hide. The market flush is being seen over concerns about the end of…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.You can try to interpret the news line by line, or you can just watch the ticker tape to see what it is telling you. When you have the price…
Emerging markets have been under fire, but the financial markets have to plan for the day when markets are stable and things are normal again. Now exchange traded fund (ETF) investors have yet another…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThere is something that is rare in the financial markets, but it does happen from time to time. It is called The Market Flush, and it essentially is exactly what…
ThinkstockReasons to be optimistic on continued rising natural gas pricing may be fading. Last year, hot summer temperatures boosted power demand and held up gas prices. This year, temperatures could be much milder and…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, June 20, 2013. They include FedEx, HP, Sprint and Walmart.
ThinkstockThe two main reasons people argue for online sales tax is they say that it is unfair to the bricks-and-mortar companies, and it will raise more tax revenue. In the view of UBS A.G.…
ThinkstockIt has been a very long time since anything really good happened at Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU). Now the company is planning another round of layoffs and another round of trimming down units to…
Being an investor in emerging markets is supposed to come with great growth opportunities as the local populations begin the purchase and consumption of more and more goods and services outside of just food,…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) may have come back handily from the recession and it may have the highest dividend yield of all major conglomerate stocks. That does not mean that Wall Street will…