ThinkstockTop Hedge Fund Holdings A look at which stocks the top 50 hedge funds own, without any need for comment (via Factset): The 50 largest hedge funds increased their equity exposure by over 5%…
ThinkstockSony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) cuts forecasts for game console margins for the next several years. (MarketWatch) Sony also cuts targets for smartphones and camera sales. (Reuters) A complex Irish tax loophole helps Apple Inc.…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Periodically, new research shows that use and consumer “engagement” with Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has fallen and is usually replaced by time people spend on some alternative social media. If all…
3D Systems Corporation (NYSE: DDD) has done something you do not see all that often these days. The 3D printing player announced on Tuesday that its shareholders approved an increase in the authorized number of…
ThinkstockBy far the single most common contributing program to a retiree’s household income is Social Security. And the lower a person’s retirement income, the bigger role Social Security plays. For Americans with household retirement…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning on another day when very little economic data was released anywhere around the globe. There was no data released at all in the U.S., and in…
ThinkstockWaypoint Homes Realty Trust Inc. has filed to come public. No terms for the offering have been set other than the offering size being up to $100,000,000 at the IPO, although those figures frequently…
ThinkstockJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) officially will be keeping Jamie Dimon as both Chairman and as Chief Executive Officer. The annual shareholder meeting showed that the vote to split the roles of…
ThinkstockAmericans’ confidence in the U.S. economy rose to its highest level since 2008 last week, posting a reading of -5, compared with prior week reading of -11, according to the latest data from Gallup.…
courtesy of Sirius XM RadioSirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has some new forecasts for 2013. CEO James Meyer spoke to the company’s stockholders at the Sirius XM 2013 annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday.…
ThinkstockCimatron Ltd. (NASDAQ: CIMT) is seeing its shares get crushed on news that it is raising capital via a share sale in an underwritten secondary offering. Just keep in mind that the capital raise…
Jon OggInvestors often get to see the various analyst upgrades and Buy ratings issued by Wall Street firms. What investors often do not get to see is when analyst downgrade stocks to sell or to…
Investors and traders seem to be constantly looking for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each morning to find great…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) reported first-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened this morning. The big-box retailer of electronics gear posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of…
Wikimedia CommonsThe sentiment about the value of stocks continues to be relentlessly positive. None other than the powerful investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has increased its target for the S&P 500.…