Chemed Corp. (NYSE: CHE) is a very strange company. Imagine owning the Roto Rooter drain cleaning and plumbing company AND owning a for-profit hospice provider. Now a Department of Justice suit against the company…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has just hit a new milestone: DJIA 15,000! The move is on the heels of a weak earnings season, as far as revenue growth, but a better-than-expected unemployment report.…
As the stock market keeps hitting new highs, the spreads of high-yield bonds and junk bonds has been narrowing and narrowing. We even recently highlighted that these spreads were reaching what submariners would call…
Investors and traders are constantly looking for fresh research ideas from Wall Street that will lead to higher income or more profits. We review many fresh research calls to find great ideas from value…
These are the top analyst downgrades and cautious research notes from Wall Street for Friday May 3, 2013.
ThinkstockWith West Texas Intermediate crude holding above $90 and the price of natural gas back over the $4 handle for the first time in years, U.S. oil-field services stocks finally have started to rebound. The…
ThinkstockEurope believes that it is doing poorly, financially. The European Commission (EC) put out its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) activity for this year and next. This year, at least, the prediction is…
ThinkstockSlow EU Economic Recovery Europe believes that it is doing poorly, financially. The European Commission (EC) put out its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) activity for this year and next. This year, at…
ThinkstockThe reasons for the rate cuts by the central banks of India and Europe could not be more different, although each region faces economic problems. Each decision shows the weakness of rate cuts as…
courtesy of AOL, IncBoeing Co. (NYSE: BA) shows airlines plans for a 777 that would have the longest range of any plane in the world. (Reuters) A low-end version of the Nokia Corp. (NYSE:…
thinkstockHere are the five biggest gaining stocks in today’s U.S. markets at closing: Imperial Holdings Inc. (NYSE: IFT) is up 40.5% at $5.59. Kingtone WirelessInfo Solution Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: KONE) is up 33.3% at…
ThinkstockLinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) reported firstquarter 2013 results after markets closed today. For the quarter, the professional social networking company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.45 on revenues of $324.7 million.…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, buoyed by a smaller-than-expected total of new claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. (more coverage here). The U.S. trade deficit also fell while unit labor costs…
ThinkstockWhat happens when the last person joins a long-lasting trend? Chances are high that the trend is ending. We are not going to dare call a peak in Twitter here, but the notion that…
Wikimedia CommonsIntel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has been without a formal CEO replacement for some time now. The good news is that the wait is over and the company will have proper corporate governance again.…