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The earnings crunch rolls on this week. Among those scheduled to step into the spotlight are Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). Analysts expect them post year-over-year earnings growth. AT&T (NYSE: T), Boeing...

So maybe you got out of the market when things got crazy, and you are looking to put a toe back in the water now that stocks have largely rebounded. Or perhaps you have been riding out the volatility but thinking you ought to diversify a little more. Well, here is a quick look at some options. They...

Earnings season ramps up this week with quarterly reports due from the likes of tech companies such as IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), big banks such as Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), and consumer goods giants such as PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and Johnson &...

Bank of America provided color on the tobacco industry. In a research report published today, Bank of America commented on the Master Settlement Agreement payments. In the report, Bank of America states, "According to the Wall Street Journal, major cigarette manufacturers, including Altria,...

Investors looking for a defensive play, and who don't have an issue with so-called sin stocks, might be considering tobacco stocks about now. By and large, tobacco stocks continue to perform strongly, despite years of lawsuits, taxation and general disdain from the public. And some of them have the...

Bank of America has changed the price objectives on the following tobacco companies: Altria (NYSE: MO) Buy, from $27 to $30 Lorillard (NYSE: LO) Buy, from $109 to $124 Philip Morris (NYSE: PM) Buy, from $73 to $78 Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI) from $37 to $40

Deutsche Bank has downgraded Altria Group (NYSE: MO) and Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI) to Hold due to limited upside potential from current price targets. In its tobacco industry research report, Deutsche Bank writes "Share price outperformance rightly owes to favorable domestic fundamentals -...

The channel migration industry is facing high unemployment and cautious consumers, and industry spending has been aggressive to drive volume growth at the expense of category growth and profits, Deutsche Bank reports. Mass and super-centers are losing market share in the US and consumers are being...

Deutsche Bank remains bullish on tobacco's above-consensus estimates following company updates, and reviews of recent data and conversations with management in the trade. Stocks have performed strongly since July, and Deutsche remains positive on Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) and Reynolds American...

Jim Cramer was recently on CNBC talking short term market movement; he voiced his opinion that the recent sell off is technical and quite healthy (many, myself included agree). He stated that near term momentum is with the defensive names as large players rotate out of high beta names and look for...