North Korea Rhetoric Acts as Defense Contractor Gift
The rhetoric out of North Korea is acting as a drag to the broader markets, but don’t tell that to the defense sector. Of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks, only four are up.…
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Newest first · Page 85Nasdaq Wants to Add More ETF Market Makers, Offers Liquidity Rebating
ThinkstockThe NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) must be having some serious ETF Envy, or maybe the electronic financial exchange just wants to get whatever additional crumbs and pieces of the pie that it can…
Bill Gross of PIMCO Rates Himself and Peers in Investment Outlook
ThinkstockBill Gross of PIMCO has retained his title as “The Bond King” even if he had to take a lot of heat over his “Death of the Cult of Equities.” In his April 2013…
Top 12 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AU, APO, ASTX, ATML, BSX, CAT, FUN, CRL, CI, CBST, DUK, EMC, GFI, NEE, PNRA, SIX, TUMI, TCB, XEL)
Jon OggInvestors and traders generally stay on the lookout for new ideas that will generate positive returns or income for their portfolio. 24/7 Wall St. looks over numerous research calls to find great ideas…
UBS Lists Stocks That Should Be Sold Now (JCP, SWY, RSH, COP, IRWD, MTH, LPX, KSU, AAPL)
Jon OggOne of the biggest complaints for years about Wall St. research was that no firm ever said when to sell. Back in the halcyon days of the late 1980s, and through the 1990s,…
What Medicare Reimbursement Increases Really Mean (AET, CI, HUM, UNH, WLP, UAM)
ThinkstockAfter promising voters that the Affordable Healthcare Act (aka Obamacare), and other health care initiatives designed by the current administration would not result in any increase in costs for citizens, just the opposite is…
Cyprus to Get IMF Bailout Funds
ThinkstockCyprus and its bailout got a new fan. The International Monetary Fund will contribute one billion euros to the cause. The action may not be much of a risk short term, and Cyprus has…
What Is Important in the Financial World (4/3/2013)
ThinkstockCyprus Gets Bailout Funds Cyprus and its bailout got a new fan. The International Monetary Fund will contribute one billion euros to the cause. The action may not be much of a risk short…
Seven Countries Sending the Most People to America
ThinkstockRoughly 138 million people worldwide, or about 2% of the world’s adult population, want to immigrate to the United States. In China, as many as 19 million adults would like to move to the…
Which Social Media Are OK for Disclosure?
courtesy of Facebook Inc.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a confusing set of guidelines that say companies may disclose important announcements over social media, including Twitter and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). The public…
Public Opinion May Save Keystone XL Pipeline
courtesy U.S. State DepartmentThe Obama administration has drawn closer to a decision about the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which will carry oil from Canada to refiners in Texas. For politicians, public opinion…
Media Digest (4/3/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
ThinkstockThe Chinese services PMI rises to 55.6 in March — a recent high — from 54.5 in February. (Reuters) The Securities and Exchange Commission says public companies may release information over social media such…
Tesla Gambles on Lease or Own Options
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsBuying a Tesla sports car or a Model S sedan is truly a privilege. The cost of the nearly zero-emission electric vehicle is not ridiculous on the surface but is certainly…
Market Close: Big Winners & Losers for April 2, 2013 (BGCP, BOSC, OPTR, TCCO, CHCI, IGOI, SPEX, CLNT, NDAQ, NAT)
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: BGC Partners Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) is up 48.3% at $5.71. B.O.S. Better Online Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ: BOSC) is up 20.3% at $3.85. Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc.…
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — April 2, 2013: Markets Lose Steam, but Finish Higher (AMZN, XOM, YHOO, GRPN, HPQ, MKC, TISI, CAG, MON, SCHN, BGCP, UNH, DAL)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following better-than-expected reports on eurozone PMI. The improvements still did not push eurozone country PMI readings into the expansion area, and the EU’s statistical branch, Eurostat, reported…