Bloomberg.com featured the relative performance of the Homebuilder stock index versus the S&P 500 index year to date as its Chart of the Day on Monday. Homebuilder stocks as a whole have outperformed the broad market...
Read MoreQuanta Services (PWR), the world’s largest builder of power lines, reported fourth-quarter profits of $43.9 million or 21 cents per share, which easily exceeded the consensus analysts’ estimate of $.17 per...
Read MoreThe price-to-peak earnings multiple advanced to 12.4x with last week’s bullish market performance. Following a few shaky weeks, US equities have brushed off European debt fears and turned in their best two-week...
Read MoreBy now, most investors understand that the crisis in Greece is potentially very serious, and staying current on the European sovereign debt situation is imperative. In today’s Wall Street Journal there is a story...
Read MoreA strong start to tax season helped Intuit (INTU) produce a stronger fiscal second quarter than analysts had predicted. Consensus estimates called for EPS of $.32, but 11% growth in Turbo Tax federal tax preparation...
Read MoreToyota Motor Corp (TM) once again finds itself in the hot seat of a public relations challenge. Yesterday, US Regulators announced that they would undergo a formal investigation on Toyota’s Corolla model years 2009...
Read MoreAvis Budget Group (CAR) reported their fiscal fourth quarter loss narrowed, but weak guidance has the stock trading down more than 15% in Thursday afternoon trading. Overall, the company reported a loss of $49 million or...
Read MoreING Groep NV (ING) was able to narrow losses from a year ago, as they reported a loss of 712 million euros ($978M). As bad as that may seem after two straight quarters of turning a profit, the fourth quarter results were...
Read MoreJust a year ago La-Z-Boy (LZB) appeared that it might become another casualty of the downturn in housing. Three straight quarterly losses had brought the stock down under $1, but in the past twelve months business has...
Read MoreWith yesterday’s announcement of new terms with Time Warner’s (TWX) Warner Brothers studio, Coinstar (CSTR) has removed one major uncertainty in their business model. Coinstar’s Redbox division, which...
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