-
Earnings Expectations For The Week Of February 3: GM, Twitter, Disney And More
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 7:42am | 989Read More...January, with its five percent correction, is behind us, and earnings continue to roll out this week, whether or not the groundhog saw his shadow. Highlights will include quarterly results from General Motors (NYSE: GM), Merck (NYSE: MRK), Philip Morris (NYSE: PM) and Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS),...
-
Earnings Expectations For The Week Of January 13: Big Banks, GE, Intel And More
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 7:31am | 645Read More...Alcoa may have reported disappointing results last week, but the fourth-quarter earnings season really kicks off this week with reports from J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) on Tuesday. Big name financials will be well represented this week, with results due from the likes of...
-
Market Wrap For January 6: Busy Day For Analysts Upgrades and Downgrades
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 5:58pm | 2261Read More...Monday's trading session featured a plethora of analyst upgrades and downgrades. With little key economic data released, markets were relatively tame as major indices failing to meaningfully move in any one direction. The Senate appears to be set to officially Janet Yellen to lead the Federal...
-
Seven Consumer Goods Stocks Analysts Are Bullish On For 2014
Monday, December 23, 2013 - 7:53am | 964Read More...Markets have had a heck of a year. The unemployment rate has ticked down and the uncertainty about when the Fed's quantitative easing will begin to taper is over. And the prospects for Europe and China are looking better. Though analysts do not expect another banner year for stocks, and some...
-
Market Wrap For November 20: Inflation Data Points To "No" Tapering, Fed Meeting Notes Points To "Yes" Tapering
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 6:02pm | 2026Read More...Investors and traders welcomed news of lower than expected inflation. The U.S. Labor Department monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for October fell 0.10 percent, compared to an estimated flat reading. Year over year, the index is up 1.00 percent, in line with expectations. The Fed's target...
-
Earnings Expectations For The Week Of October 14: Financials, Tech and Consumer Goods
Sunday, October 13, 2013 - 1:13pm | 1010Read More...The third-quarter earnings crunch is underway this week. The financial sector will be well represented, with quarterly reports due from the likes of Goldman Sachs and American Express, as well as the tech sector, highlighted by Google and Intel. Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson are among the...
-
Barron's Recap (9/15/12): Top 40 Wealth Managers for the Super Rich
Monday, September 17, 2012 - 7:13am | 881Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the annual ranking of the top 40 wealth managers, and the prospects for Nordstrom, Iron Mountain, Compass Minerals and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Cover Story "Best of Breed" by Karen Hube. Barron's ranking of the top 40 wealth managers for the...
-
Six Tobacco Stocks Near 52-Week Highs
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 3:37pm | 793Read More...Investors looking for a defensive play, and who don't have an issue with so-called sin stocks, might be considering tobacco stocks about now. By and large, tobacco stocks continue to perform strongly, despite years of lawsuits, taxation and general disdain from the public. And some of them have the...
-
Bank of America's Tobacco PO Changes 6/1
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 6:52am | 70Read More...Bank of America has changed the price objectives on the following tobacco companies: Altria (NYSE: MO) Buy, from $27 to $30 Lorillard (NYSE: LO) Buy, from $109 to $124 Philip Morris (NYSE: PM) Buy, from $73 to $78 Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI) from $37 to $40
-
Philip Morris Profits Rise 1.3%
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 10:02am | 116Read More...Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) is the world's largest publicly traded tobacco company, according to Bloomberg, and 3Q profits rose 1.3% thanks to increased cigarette prices. Philip Morris has raised price in Europe and Australia, helping revenues advanced by 2.2% as shipments continue to...
