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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of April 14: Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs, Google And More
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 6:33am | 999The new earnings season kicks into high gear this shortened week. Highlights will include quarterly reports from Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, from Intel and IBM, and from Coca-Cola, which are all expected to post earnings declines, as well as from Google and Johnson & Johnson...
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Four Fed-Approved Financial Stocks With The Most Upside Potential
Sunday, March 30, 2014 - 8:44am | 978Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and State Street (NYSE: STT) not only passed the latest Fed stress test, but analysts see some headroom for the shares. The Federal Reserve announced the results of the latest so-called stress tests...
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Goldman Sachs And Other Top Financial Stock Picks For 2014 From Credit Suisse
Sunday, December 15, 2013 - 10:47am | 870Among the financial stocks that analysts at Credit Suisse expect to flourish in the coming year are private equity firms Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO) and Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), as well as investment broker giant Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) and asset manager State Street (NYSE: STT...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 15
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 6:54am | 1457The earnings crunch gets underway this week, with big names in the financial, technology, consumer goods and other sectors on tap to share their most recent quarterly results. Among those expected to post the biggest year-over-year gains in earnings are Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT), BlackRock (NYSE: BLK...
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Barron's Recap (9/15/12): Top 40 Wealth Managers for the Super Rich
Monday, September 17, 2012 - 7:13am | 881This weekend in Barron's online: the annual ranking of the top 40 wealth managers, and the prospects for Nordstrom, Iron Mountain, Compass Minerals and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. Cover Story "Best of Breed" by Karen Hube. Barron's ranking of the top 40 wealth managers for the...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 16 (GS, MSFT, MCD)
Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 10:45am | 1425The earnings crunch is on this week. Among the scheduled quarterly reports from the financial sector are those from American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. The tech sector will be represented by earnings reports from IBM, Intel, Microsoft,...
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Financial Sector Top Performers in January
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 7:52am | 1000Here's a quick look at some of the top performing financial stocks, year to date. These stocks all have a market cap of more than $500 million and all pay a dividend. Banco Macro (NYSE: BMA) shares are trading almost 27% higher year to date despite pulling back more than 5% in the past week. The...
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Small Cap Top Performers in January
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 7:19am | 951Here's a quick look at some of the top performing dividend stocks, year to date, that have a market cap of $1 billion or less. E-House (China) Holdings (NYSE: EJ) shares are trading about 38% higher year to date despite pulling back more than 4% last week. The real estate company announced in...
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Nasdaq's Top Performers in January
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 7:10am | 973Here's a quick look at some of the top performing dividend stocks, year to date, that are listed on the Nasdaq. CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is almost 26% higher year to date, more than 12% just in the past week. Shares surged after the company posted better-than-expected quarterly results that...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 16
Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 3:47pm | 1524This week will offer a good look at the state of the financial sector as many of the big banks share their fourth-quarter results. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) broke the ice on Friday, reporting a decline in earnings that was more than analysts had estimated. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Goldman Sachs (...
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Eight Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Monday, September 12, 2011 - 6:46am | 907Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Market-driven sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 18
Sunday, July 17, 2011 - 9:18am | 1316Earnings 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 &...
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Jefferies Reduces PT on Northern Trust and State Street
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 7:51am | 122Jefferies reduced its price target on Northern Trust (NASDAQ: NTRS) and State Street (NYSE: STT). The new price targets were placed at $51 and $61, down from $52 and $62 respectively. At the same time, Jefferies left its rating on the companies' stock unchanged at Hold on Northern Trust and Buy on...
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Jefferies Reports Another Round Of Downward Revisions On Northern Trust
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 8:30am | 146According to Jefferies, Northern Trust (NASDAQ: NTRS) saw another round of downward revisions. Jefferies said that it cut its estimates following another sizeable EPS miss to reflect a lower net interest margin and higher cost base. “Strong capital ratios and a loyal shareholder base limit...
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J.P. Morgan Comments On Northern Trust's Weak EPS
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 8:20am | 147According to J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust (NASDAQ: NTRS) posted weak EPS of $0.59 (ex Visa gain), well below its estimate of $0.64 due to weak fee income and higher than expected expenses, partly offset by higher net interest income and high loan recoveries (of charged off loans), which are likely...