Caterpillar (CAT) said it had a good year in 2008 and even a reasonable fourth quarter. But, its prospects for this year are so bad that it will dump 20,000 people, an astonishing number.CAT released...
The three major US equities indexes opened lower this morning following news from Europe that the G20 has refused to increase the IMF’s funding to deal with the Eurozone debt crisis. Crude oil...
If you have been watching shares of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), you might be tricked into believing that the global growth story is done.  With shares down around $99.00 this morning, its shares...
Arctic Cat Inc. (NASDAQ: ACAT) is seeing shares come off the tracks in after-hours trading after the company previewed poor results.  The company places the blame on on lower than anticipated...
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is showing that earnings on strong in infrastructure.  The giant equipment maker posted earnings of $1.22 EPS and revenues of $11.1 billion.  Thomson Reuters had...
We’ve certainly come a long way from “Spot” and “Fido.” When it comes to naming a pet dog or cat, the possibilities are literally endless, and new pet owners aren’t afraid to get...
As hard as it may be to believe, the Dow is withing 200 points of where it was a year ago, and above where it was last August. There is now plenty of talk that the recession may not be very deep, if...
Don’t be fooled by Japan’s frantic 7.7% rally Tuesday. It is most likely a bull trap that is short term in nature and will reverse itself relatively quickly.
Source: courtesy of Hewlett-PackardMost investors know about the Dogs of the Dow as the five stocks from the 30 DJIA components with the highest common stock dividend yields. There is unfortunately a...
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is out with its monthly sales figures for November.  The gains are very high on the surface.  Asia/Pacific and the EMEA (Euro, Africa, Miidle-East) saw an acceleration...
Verizon Wireless, a JV between Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD) appears to be vying with Sprint (S) over rights to distribute new handsets loaded with the Google (GOOG) mobile OS and goodies like the...
This morning there have been earnings reports from key industrial and defense stocks from the likes of 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), and Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:...
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) reported some absolutely atrocious numbers for its January orders on deliveries for its machinery and engines lines of business.  This equipment is mostly sold through...
It is actually looking pretty thin out there in the land of analyst upgrades.  These are the few upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Wednesday morning with about...