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Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 9:25am
Barron's Recap (5/5/12): The Barron's 500
This weekend in Barron's online: the annual ranking of the top 500 companies (as well as finding bargain stocks from the list) and the prospects for airline United Continental, insurer Unum Group and the recently spun-off Phillips 66. Cover Story "Bravo to the Best!" by Jacqueline Doherty. It is...
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Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 10:45am
Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 16 (GS, MSFT, MCD)
The earnings crunch is on this week. Among the scheduled quarterly reports from the financial sector are those from American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. The tech sector will be represented by earnings reports from IBM, Intel, Microsoft,...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 6:54am
Wells Fargo, BB&T and Other Bank Stocks on a Roll
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) help kick off the new earnings season this week when they post their first-quarter results on Friday. Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and others follow early next week. Some analysts are looking to the financial sector for the...
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Sunday, April 8, 2012 - 11:57am
Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 9 (AA, GOOG, JPM)
First quarter earnings begin to trickle in as Alcoa kicks off the new earnings season this week. It will be followed in short order by results from Google, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo and others. Investors looking for signs indicating how first-quarter earnings will shake out may be pleased with the...
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Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 10:15am
Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 2 (KMX, MON, STZ)
A new calendar quarter has begun, but the new earnings season does not kick off until Alcoa (NYSE: AA) reports its first-quarter results on April 10, followed shortly thereafter by reports from JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC). This week, the most prominent reports will come from...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 7:52am
Financial Sector Top Performers in January
Here's a quick look at some of the top performing financial stocks, year to date. These stocks all have a market cap of more than $500 million and all pay a dividend. Banco Macro (NYSE: BMA) shares are trading almost 27% higher year to date despite pulling back more than 5% in the past week. The...
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Wells Fargo Downgrades Google to Market Perform
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 8:33amWells Fargo has downgraded Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) from Outperform to Market Perform.
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Wells Fargo Upgrades ExlService Holdings to Outperform
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 9:55amWells Fargo has upgraded ExlService Holdigns (NASDAQ: EXLS) from Market Perform to Outperform.
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US Bancorp Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS Growth Expected
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 7:45am
US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2011 results tomorrow, January 18, before the opening bell. Net income and revenue have risen in the past three quarters. Investors will be looking for that trend to continue, rather than US Bancorp following in the...
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Wells Fargo Earnings Preview: Double-Digit EPS Growth Expected
Monday, January 16, 2012 - 7:32am
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2011 results tomorrow morning, January 17. Of the slew of big banks reporting earnings this week, prospects for Wells Fargo seem pretty strong, as far as analysts are concerned. Investors will be hoping that the news is...
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