Dow Ends the Week With a Loss; Chevron, Exxon Mobil Gain on Oil's Rise
Filed under: Investing On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrials finished the holiday-shortened week with a modest loss of 16 points, as a mix of good and bad news on the earnings front held the Dow...
View ArticleWhy Shares of Triangle Petroleum Corporation Popped Today
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleObama: 8 Million Signed Up for Health Insurance
Filed under: Health Care, U.S. Government, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Carolyn Kaster/AP By JOSH LEDERMAN and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON -- Eight million people have signed up for health...
View ArticleAfter Market: Earnings-Boost Pushes S&P Up Most Since July
Filed under: Earnings, Market News Earnings news dominates the action on Wall Street, with big moves by industry leaders IBM, UnitedHealth and General Electric. Overall, the major averages edged mostly...
View ArticleChipotle Mexican Grill After Earnings: Buy, Hold, or Sell?
Filed under: Investing Source: Chipotle Mexican Grill. reported sizzling results for the first quarter of 2014. Margins are under pressure due to rising food costs, but revenue growth is nothing short...
View ArticleWhy Mattel's Earnings Are Better Than They Appear
Filed under: Investing At first glance, toy maker Mattel's first quarter earnings report looks pretty dire. Sales in North America fell 2%, with global sales slumping 7%, and the company posted a small...
View ArticleWhy Sears Holdings, Triangle Petroleum, and SanDisk Are Today's 3 Best Stocks
Filed under: Investing The broad-based S&P 500 finished a perfect week on the heels of better than expected earnings and solid economic data, pushing higher for a fourth consecutive session. (The...
View ArticleFool's Gold Report: Gold Falls Below $1,300 as Stock-Market Fears Subside
Filed under: Investing Gold fell back below the $1,300 level on Thursday, as a lack of interest among bullish gold investors failed to provide any carry-through buying after substantial advances...
View ArticleThis Hedge Fund Owns a Town. What Else Has It Bought Lately?
Filed under: Investing Every quarter, many money managers have to disclose what they've bought and sold via "13F" filings. Their latest moves can shine a bright light on smart stock picks. Today, let's...
View ArticleAdvanced Micro Devices Inc Beats Sales and Earnings Estimates; Shares Rise 5%
Filed under: Investing Image source: AMD. Shares of Advanced Micro Devices are rising more than 5% in after-hours trading, following the release of first-quarter results. Analysts were looking for...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: 'Transcendence' Could Stumble as 'Heaven Is for Real'...
Filed under: Investing Sony TriStar's Heaven Is for Real could make a surprise run for No. 1 this weekend. Credit: Sony, Time Warner In a perfect case of timing over sheer budgetary might, this...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs' Earnings Beat
Filed under: Investing In a broad trend across several major financial institutions, a number of the big banks reported fixed income falling, which put downward pressure on net income as a whole....
View ArticleIBM Sees Yet Another Quarter of Falling Revenue
Filed under: Investing Shares of IBM fell today, after the company announced its first-quarter earnings after market close yesterday. Revenue fell yet again for Big Blue, as it has every quarter for...
View ArticleThe Power of Dividend Investing: Procter & Gamble, Apple, and Lowe's
Filed under: Investing Investing in dividend stocks can be one of the most simple and effective ways to achieve superior returns over time. Not only that, but companies such as Procter & Gamble ,...
View ArticleIs The Clorox Co. Destined for Greatness?
Filed under: Investing Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable market-beating...
View ArticleThe Secret to Happiness Isn't Income or a Lot of Stuff
Filed under: Family Money, Personal Finance CBS/Getty ImagesAre Thurston Howell III and his wife Lovey really the types you should imitate? Would you like to be happy? Of course -- but how? How much...
View ArticleFiscal 2014 Has Pier 1 Imports Back on Track
Filed under: Investing Pier 1 Imports, , the unique specialty retailer that was on the verge of bankruptcy just five years ago, is not only a retail success story, but is now a great example of what...
View ArticleHalliburton Company Earnings: Are the Best Times Still Ahead?
Filed under: Investing Halliburton will release its quarterly report on Monday, and shareholders have already experienced the optimism that has sent shares soaring to record highs. Even with...
View ArticleYet Another Plunge Forecast for Deepwater Drillers
Filed under: Investing It seems that just about every analyst can't wait to forecast a potential plunge in deepwater and offshore drillers. The latest is an analyst call out of Barclays that the...
View ArticleWhat to Expect From Netflix's Upcoming Earnings
Filed under: Investing After putting the market to shame for the better part of the last two years, shares of streaming powerhouse Netflix appeared to have finally come down to earth lately as the...
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