Source: ThinkstockAs the market has printed new highs on a daily basis this week, we have reminded readers that there is a big difference between a bull market and market rally. Bear market rallies...
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has not been doing well as a stock.  Over the last two years its stock has lost nearly one-third of its value.  Even over the last 5-year period, its...
Various press reports indicate that Time Warner (TWX) may be close to combining its AOL unit with Yahoo! (YHOO). At the same time, Microsoft (MSFT) is planning to make a joint bid for Yahoo! with...
Markets opened lower this morning on the first trading day in the US following last week’s poor report on non-farm payrolls. Higher-than-expected inflation in China also caused led some observers...
The news flow around the AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) filing for bankruptcy is rampant.  Some say it was expected and others believe it was premature.  The aim to work its cost structure, but this...
Yet another all-time high for shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).  Whether it is iPhone, Mac, iPad, or the chatter of the coming AppleTV… The run here has been amazing when you consider how the...
Source: AMRBankrupt AMR Corp. and US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) have announced that the two companies have entered a nondisclosure agreement (NDA), under which the companies have agreed to...
Oil is tanking behind Europe, commodity inventories are up, and refineries are running at very high historic levels.  And guess what, airplanes are full, fares are up, carriers are passing on...
The Unusual Suspects was a tad shorter than most editions due to the time of year and due to lower news flows.  We have no market-moving earnings this week.  The latest edition of the Unusual...
Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) has been in trouble.  About all that can be said after it recently hit 52-week lows is that it has at least bounced about 5% from its recent lows.  Most traders would...
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) confirms it will sell Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone starting December 28th. Wal-Mart will offer the black 8 GB iPhone 3G model with the every day price of $197 and the 16...
Eos was an extremely odd duck of an airline. It flew only one route, from New York’s JFK to London. It was an all business class affair, but, with a recession in full-swing flying is becoming a...
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of  Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA), Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C), Halliburton...
After the Continental Airlines, Inc. (NYSE:CAL)  merger announcement with UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA) , something interesting happened in the sector.  Suddenly the valuations seemed too high. ...
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we have seen from Wall Street firms with about two hours until the market open this Wednesday morning: AK Steel (AKS) Cut to...