9 Companies That Destroyed Shareholders Last Week
Looking at the past week, earnings did not help at all. The Dow slid 665 points! For the first part of this earnings season, we saw incredible earnings and superb growth in the markets. In fact, this...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Boeing, CVS, DuPont, Fitbit, LifeLock,...
Stocks were indicated lower on Friday after Thursday’s sell-off. While December and 2015 have proven to be quite choppy, the reality is that investors have bought every single large pullback. The...
View Article3 2015 Train Wreck Stocks That Could Recover Big in 2016
This year has been a horrible one for some big name stocks. Many industry leaders in the resources sector have lost most of their value. Other select companies have collapsed to the same degree for...
View Article10 Worst Performing 2015 S&P Stocks Drop at Least 50%
The S&P 500 stock index was essentially flat for 2015. However, the 10 worst performing stocks dropped over 50%, and some by 75% or more. Dividends are included in calculations. 10. Energy oil...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Chesapeake, Chipotle, Deere,...
Stocks were indicated sharply lower on the first trading day of the year. The drop of over 30 S&P 500 points and almost 300 Dow points is not the way most stock markets start the year. This is...
View Article7 Great Consumer-Driven Companies That Need to Start Paying Dividends in 2016
When it comes to returning capital to shareholders, dividends and stock buybacks generally are considered the top yardsticks. Buybacks can be opportunistic, but committing to a dividend payment is a...
View ArticleApple Leads as Smartwatch Sales Top Sales of Swiss Watches in Q4
In the fourth quarter of 2015, global shipments of smartwatches totaled 8.1 million, a year-over-year jump of 316%. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) grabbed 63% of the global smartwatch market, nearly four...
View ArticleFossil Wearables: Too Much, Too Late?
Fashion accessory maker Fossil Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FOSL) announced Tuesday morning that the company plans to introduce more than 100 new wearable products under eight different brands in time for the...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Chipotle, Oracle, Orexigen, PulteGroup,...
Stocks were directionless on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates. With the Dow over 17,250 and the S&P 500 at 2,015, the markets are almost flat again for 2016. This...
View ArticleGlobal Wearables Market to Pass 200 Million Units in 2019
The global market for smartwatches, fitness trackers and other wearable devices is forecast to reach 110 million units in 2016, rising to 237.1 million devices by 2020. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is...
View ArticleFossil Stock Tanks After Weak Earnings, Lowered Guidance
When year-over-year profits fall by 84% and guidance for the rest of the year is cut by nearly half, it doesn’t take even a rookie investor long to figure out something is not working. That’s the story...
View ArticleThe 52-Week Low Club for Wednesday
May 11, 2016: Here are four stocks trading with relatively heavy volume among 54 equities making new 52-week lows in Wednesday’s session. NYSE decliners led advancers by less than 2 to 1 while Nasdaq...
View ArticleWednesday’s Top Luxury Goods Movers
Fossil Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FOSL), Ralph Lauren Corp. (NYSE: RL), and Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: KORS) are fresh off earnings, but not everyone is a winner in this class. All these companies have...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Bank of America, Fitbit, Teva Pharma,...
Wednesday is looking like it could bring a down open for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Before thinking it is a huge worry, keep in mind that the market is up massively and has risen daily since the...
View ArticleVista Outdoor, Fossil Group Dive into Thursday’s 52-Week Low Club
February 9, 2017: Here are four stocks trading with relatively heavy volume among 35 equities making new 52-week lows in Thursday’s session. On the NYSE, advancers led decliners nearly 2 to 1 and on...
View ArticleBiostage, Fossil Group Tumble into Friday’s 52-Week Low Club
February 10, 2017: Here are four stocks trading with relatively heavy volume among 27 equities making new 52-week lows in Friday’s session. On the NYSE, advancers led decliners more than 2 to 1 and on...
View ArticleTop 5 Earnings to Look For on Tuesday
The most recent earnings season is coming to a close, and the broad markets are pushing even higher with the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 hitting new highs within the past week. Overall the earnings...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: BBVA, Fossil, P&G, T-Mobile, Under...
Stocks were directionless on Wednesday after another strong day after Fed Chair Janet Yellen sure sounded like a March rate hike may be more possible than the market was betting on. Regardless of how...
View ArticleFossil Group, Kimco Realty Plop into Wednesday’s 52-Week Low Club
February 15, 2017: Here are four stocks trading with relatively heavy volume among 28 equities making new 52-week lows in Wednesday’s session. On the NYSE, advancers led decliners about 4 to 3 and on...
View ArticleThe 5 Worst Performing S&P 500 Stocks in Q1
Between the November election and the end of 2016, the S&P 500 index gained 4.6%. Since the beginning of 2017, the index has added another 5.53%. The so-called Trump bump peaked at beginning of...
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