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8 S&P 500 Stocks Up More Than 100% In 2021
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 - 5:38pm | 687Read More...The year 2021 has featured retail trading-induced short squeezes, soaring special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and extreme volatility in cryptocurrency markets. Amid the many bouts of short-term mania, there are a handful of stocks in the S&P 500 Index that...
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Barron's Latest Picks And Pans: Las Vegas, AMC, Brinker, PNC Financial, Zoom Video And More
Sunday, June 6, 2021 - 10:10am | 1200Read More...The cover story in this weekend's Barron's offers a look at how Las Vegas is faring in the post-pandemic era. Other featured articles discuss how to play the Las Vegas reopening and what to make of the meme stocks. Also see the prospects for a restaurant operator, small bank...
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Devon Energy Trading Lower After Public Offering
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 9:44am | 127Read More...Shares of Devon Energy Corp (NYSE: DVN) were trading lower by more than 6 percent early Thursday morning after the company announced a public offering of its common stock. Devon Energy announced it will offer 69 million shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $18.75. The company...
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Why Dan Loeb Loves Yum! Brands And Devon Energy
Sunday, May 3, 2015 - 6:29pm | 618Read More...In his first quarter investment letter, Third Point's Dan Loeb notes that the hedge fund has taken large stakes in two companies: Devon Energy Corp (NYSE: DVN) and Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM). Yum! Brands moved sharply higher Friday following the announcement, gaining nearly 7 percent to...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of August 4: Media Giants, Retailers And More
Sunday, August 3, 2014 - 11:25am | 1049Read More...Much of the S&P 500 have already shared their second-quarter results, but earnings season rolls on this week. Big media players will take their turns stepping into the spotlight this week. Tuesday morning look for results from Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS). Earnings per share are expected be by...
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Markets Little Changed As The Quarter Comes To An End
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 4:34pm | 2316Read More...U.S. stocks were little changed as the second quarter comes to an end. Investors and traders are likely spending the last day of the quarter the same way they did to ring in the quarter: questioning the direction of the U.S. economy and wondering what is in store in the coming quarter. One...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of May 5: Disney, Pfizer, Tesla And More
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 5:46pm | 1225Read More...Highlights on the earnings front this week include scheduled quarterly reports from Disney, Keurig Green Mountain, Pfizer and Whole Foods Market, which are expected to post year-over-year earnings gains. Analysts expect Tesla Motors to say its earnings declined, and for Groupon and SolarCity to...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of February 17: Coca-Cola, Hewlett-Packard, Wal-Mart & More
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 7:36am | 914Read More...The earnings season is winding down, but on the docket this week are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM), Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) and others. Later in the week, the parade of quarterly reports from big retailers kicks off with...
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Barron's Recap: Protecting Your Golden Years
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 1:17pm | 637Read More...This past weekend in Barron's online: a cost-benefit analysis of long-term care insurance, as well as the prospects for Allianz, Gulfmark Offshore, Devon Energy and more. Cover Story "Think Long Term (Care)" by Amy Feldman. If you are skeptical about long-term care insurance, you are not alone,...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of November 4: Disney, Tesla, Groupon And More
Sunday, November 3, 2013 - 5:32pm | 1342Read More...While many S&P 500 components have already shared their third-quarter results, there will be plenty more earnings reports for investors to mull over this week. The week's highlights include quarterly reports from media giants CBS, Disney and Time Warner, which all are expect to post earnings...
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Barron's Recap (9/29/12): Time to Buy Goldman
Monday, October 1, 2012 - 6:55am | 936Read More...This past weekend in Barron's online: why Goldman Sachs has held up better than its competitors, the prospects for Trinity Biotech, Steelcase and the Kraft Foods spinoff, and what it means to be a leader of philanthropic causes today. Cover Story "Built to Win" by Michael Santoli. In the...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 30 (CMCSA, GM, KFT, V)
Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 9:02am | 1279Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) may have posted stellar results, but earnings season rolls on. Here is a quick day-by-day rundown of what analysts are expecting from some of this week's most prominent earnings reports. Monday Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) and Watson...
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Barron's Recap (4/21/12): America's Portfolio Managers See Gains for Stocks
Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 11:03am | 864Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: The latest Big Money poll of America's portfolio managers, a cool off in the prices of U.S. farmland, and the prospects for Francesca's Holdings, Devon Energy and LSI. Cover Story "Reason to Cheer" by Jack Willoughby. In Barron's latest Big Money poll, America's...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 31
Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:31am | 1163Read More...Halloween and the Day of the Dead arrive this week. If analysts' forecasts are correct, there are only a few earnings reports that may scare investors. For instance, Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) earnings are predicted to have fallen 93.1% year over year to $0.58 per share. Allstate (NYSE:...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 1
Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 10:02am | 1197Read More...Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...
