Author: Ned Douthat

“It’s all about tech today Oracle saying that business is picking up, up 5% and expects European Regulators to say go ahead and buy Sun Microsystems.” — CNBC’s Squawk on the Street 12/18/2009...

By now, we have all heard the reasons why Research in Motion (RIMM) is doomed and their stock is overvalued.  For starters, Blackberries are facing an ever growing number of strong competitors from the iPhone (AAPL), the...

“Down 112 points on the Dow Jones and only one making the 52-week high list, General Mills.” — CNBC’s Power Lunch 12/17/2009 General Mills (GIS) reported second quarter results that easily exceeded...

“I was worried about Walmart coming into that [PetSmart] business, just the way people were worried Walmart would come into Best Buy’s. I was too, too, nervous.  It looks to me, I got it wrong…Walmart did...

Residential construction firm Hovnanian Enterprisies (HOV) reported earnings after the close on Wednesday and reported a worse than expected loss.  Earlier in the day, Hovnanian rose more than 11% in Thursday trading in...

The National Retail Federation reported that according to a recent survey only 46.7% of shoppers have completed their holiday gift shopping so far.  This is even lower than last year’s 47.1%, and the lowest percentage...

Empire Google is more than doubled since the March lows, but lately over the last couple of weeks the stock seems to have hit a wall. This stock has been stalled…I say, Google, look out $600. You ain’t seen nothing...

Shares of Papa John’s International (PZZA) are surging more than 9% following Monday afternoon’s announcement that next year’s earnings per share will range from $1.70 to $1.90.  Current analysts’...

“But now there are only two banks left that need to issue stock to get out from under TARP, Citigroup and Wells Fargo, which denies it has to. But give me a break…With this stock offering, you’re getting...