Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) has been in an absolute slump over the past year, with shares down 54%, not to mention this past week, down 17%. And ... Read Full Story »
When investors hear that one of the world's top credit ratings agencies has issued a sovereign downgrade of one of the world's biggest nations, it tends to bring more than ... Read Full Story »
S&P slashed its rating of Gulf nation Qatar due to the nation's dispute with seven others in the region. The cut was from AA to AA-. The rating agency said ... Read Full Story »
Posted: February 22, 2017 at 5:01 pm Last updated: January 9, 2019 11:11 am
Investors have to be scratching their heads in 2017. After perhaps the most brutal election cycle of modern times, investors keep seeing the U.S. stock market challenge all-time highs almost ... Read Full Story »
Posted: October 18, 2016 at 12:20 pm Last updated: January 9, 2019 1:39 pm
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) are often compared by investors as the same sort of companies. They both dominate communications in mobile and terrestrial phones ... Read Full Story »
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is often considered to be the most influential brokerage firm on Wall Street. After all, it almost exclusively caters to the wealthy investors and institutions, ... Read Full Story »
Posted: July 13, 2016 at 2:35 pm Last updated: January 9, 2019 2:33 pm
Investors often wonder what to think when the stock market hits new all-time highs. Do they sell or do they chase the market higher? The bull market of the past ... Read Full Story »
Investors love dividends and stock buybacks. Buybacks can signal a short-term opportunistic action if a share price is low, or they can offset dilution from stock options or acquisitions. Dividends ... Read Full Story »
It has been expected since Brexit that the credit rating agencies would chop the "AAA" rating of the United Kingdom. That happened today, and S&P cut its UK rating to ... Read Full Story »
It is no secret that investors love dividends and stock buybacks. In recent years, there has been a larger shift into companies buying back shares of common stock, even while they ... Read Full Story »
Posted: June 22, 2016 at 2:17 pm Last updated: June 23, 2016 6:09 am
Investors love dividends and buybacks. Now it seems that there is a larger focus on share buybacks than there is on dividends. In fact, Standard & Poor's reported that the ... Read Full Story »
With the stock and bond markets being on hold and looking for direction ahead of this week's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decision on interest rates, it may be a ... Read Full Story »
Effective Friday, May 27, insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) will replace Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: CCE) on the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Coca Cola Enterprises ... Read Full Story »
Now that the acquisition of SanDisk by Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) has received all necessary approvals, the deal is expected to close Thursday, May 12. After markets close that ... Read Full Story »
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (NYSE: VRX) got another dose of bad news Thursday morning. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services dropped the Canadian drugmaker's corporate credit rating from B+ to B ... Read Full Story »