Shares of North American athletic apparel retailer Under Armour (UA: Charts, News, Offers) surged last week as the company’s quarterly earnings surpassed all analysts’ estimates. Under Armour earned $22.9 million, or 44 cents per share, in comparison to earnings of $15.2 million, or 30 cents per share the previous year. Wall Street had been expecting [...]
Marc Chandler submits: One of the fundamental characteristics of the global financial architecture is that the world’s second largest economy maintains a rigidly controlled currency. The concept of currency wars, as initially articulated last year, seemed to have been a criticism of the easy monetary policy of the Federal Reserve. But it is being appropriated [...]
Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed on Jim Cramer’s Stop Trading! TV Segment, Friday January 28. Amazon (AMZN), Qualcomm (QCOM) Complete Story »
Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Friday January 28. Game Plan for the Coming Week: Exxon (XOM), Manitowoc (MTW), Bucyrus (BUCY), Caterpillar (CAT), Novellus (NVLS), Cummins (CMI), Emerson Electric (EMR), Perrigo (PRGO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Broadcom (BRCM), Allergan (AGN), Vulcan (VMC), Whirlpool (WHR), Dow [...]
Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Friday January 28. Bullish Calls: Freeport McMoRan (FCX): "I said at the end of the month it’s time to start buying gold and the selloff is over. Well, look at the calendar…buy, buy, buy." Complete Story »
Charles Lewis Sizemore submits: The stock market hasn’t returned a single red cent in over twelve years, as measured by the S&P 500. Twelve years is a long time to go without earning a return on your investment, particularly if you are close to retirement. With the boom years of the 1980s and 1990s now [...]
Ravi Nagarajan submits: Microsoft (MSFT) reported a solid fiscal second quarter on Thursday with revenue and earnings that were generally above consensus estimates. However, concerns over relatively tepid growth in the Windows segment overshadowed positive results elsewhere in the eyes of market participants leading to a nearly 4 percent drop in the stock price Friday. [...]
Frank J. Constantino submits: As interest rates remain low, investors are seeking out higher yields in all sorts of places, including the equity market. Investors are looking for more yield than the one percent they are earning in bank CDs or the 3.4% yield of the 10 year Treasury bond. For investors not willing to [...]
John Mauldin submits: This week I had the privilege of being on the same panel with former Comptroller General David Walker and former Majority Leader (and presidential candidate) Richard Gephardt. A Democrat to the left of me and a self-declared nonpartisan to the right, stuck in the middle and not knowing where the unrehearsed conversation [...]
TheMarketFinancial submits: The stem cell market is slated to become $88.3 billion by 2014, with growth of well over 14.8% from now until then. This paves the way for potential revenues that border the imagination for any Wall Street analyst should any company become the first to see FDA approval. While at first thought this [...]