January
27
2012

Blue Chips Suffer First Weekly Drop Of 2012

January
27
2012

Apple Hits Another Home Run

Apples earnings this quarter were up over %73 from a year ago, as the company continues to grow at astonishing levels.

January
27
2012

It’s Time To Invest In Railroad Stocks

Short-term traders may not want to look at the rails. But the long-term picture remains solid due to the economic advantages that rails possess over trucking.

January
27
2012

Examining Education Stocks

Battered down stocks left for dead can come back to life very quickly if the tide turns.

January
27
2012

How the major stock indexes fared on Friday

The Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 index fell after the government reported that economic growth was slower at the end of last year than economists had expected. The Nasdaq posted a small gain.

January
27
2012

Fitch Rates Nebraska Public Power District’s $234.5MM 2012 Series A Bonds ‘A+’; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings assigns an ‘A+’ rating to Nebraska Public Power District $234.5 million general revenue bonds, 2012 series A. The bonds are expected to price the week of Jan. 30 through negotiated sale.

January
27
2012

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks mostly down; S&P streak holds

A late-session surge in financials keeps the S&P 500 in the green for a fourth consecutive week.

January
27
2012

Solar Panel Makers See Demand Moving East

By Dana Blankenhorn:

America’s natural gas glut is causing a re-think of demand patterns on the part of solar panel companies.

Chinese panel makers like JA Solar (JASO), Trina Solar (TSL) and Yingli Solar (YGE) feel confident they will see a doubling of demand in their home market this year, to 4 Gwatts of capacity. That’s out of a total global demand that could be as low as 30 Gwatts (according to Bloomberg) or as much as 35 Gwatts (according to Trina).

This will be good news for those who buy solar ETFs like KWT and TAN, which lost over half their value in the last year. The ETFs are dominated by big Chinese solar


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January
27
2012

Top Ten: MarketWatch top 10 stories Jan. 23 – 27

A mixed week for the markets as the Dow Jones average fell and the Nasdaq and S&P 500 rose. Here are the top ten stories of the week on MarketWatch.

January
27
2012

Stocks That Benefit From A Weak Dollar

If the dollar weakens, then businesses with these characteristics could greatly benefit.

January
27
2012

5 Stocks To Look At Before Tuesday

Here are five companies that will be releasing their earnings on January 31st.

January
27
2012

Friday Integrated Wrap-Up: HFC Soars, Earnings from CVX

Integrated oil stocks underperformed the S&P 500 index -1.02% to -0.16%.  Leaders today included HollyFrontier Corp. (NYSE: HFC – News) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (NYSE: SNP – News) . These stocks rose 2.94% …

January
27
2012

Fitch Rates Berkshire Hathaway’s Senior Debt Issue ‘A+’

Fitch Ratings has assigned an ‘A+’ rating to the new issue of $1.7 billion senior notes from Berkshire Hathaway Inc. . A complete list of ratings and rating actions is shown at the end of this release.

January
27
2012

Tech Stocks: Tech stocks end day with broad, mild gains

Shares of Juniper Networks drop on the company’s outlook, the tech sector gets a lift from KLA-Tencor and other chip-equipment stocks

January
27
2012

4 Stocks To Contemplate Before Monday

Here are four companies that will be releasing their earnings on January 30th.