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Market Wrap For February 11: Yellen Re-assures Markets & Wakes Up The Sleeping Bulls
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 5:47pm | 3158Read More...U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve's new Chief Janet Yellen reassured investors that she is the right person for the job. In her congressional testimony, Yellen promised to stay the course in regards to the Federal Open Market Committee's approach to monetary policy. Yellen also...
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#PreMarket Primer: Tuesday, February 11: All Eyes On Janet Yellen
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 8:04am | 879Read More...On Monday, investors as a whole didn’t want to make any big moves in anticipation of Fed Chief Janet Yellen’s testimony. Monday, the Dow was up seven points, basically flat, to finish the day at 15,801.79 The S&P was up 0.2 percent to 1,799.84 and the NASDAQ was up about 0.5 percent to...
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Market Wrap For February 10: Markets Cautious Ahead Of Yellen Testimony
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 5:47pm | 3302Read More...U.S. stocks traded mixed today as investors are anxiously waiting for Tuesday's testimony from Janet Yellen. Yellen will make her first appearance before the U.S. House of Representatives with a Senate session scheduled for Thursday. Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel told CNBC that "...
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UPDATE: Morgan Stanley Remains on Sohu.com Following 4Q13 Results
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 9:45am | 159Read More...In a report published Monday, Morgan Stanley analyst Philip Wan reiterated equal-weight and attractive on Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU). In the 4Q13 report, total sales grew by 29% YoY, which is in line with management's guidance and 1% below Morgan Stanley forecast. Ad sales jumped to 55% from online...
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Walter Energy, SouFun and Other Top Performers in August
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 7:34am | 872Read More...Three basic materials companies -- Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (NYSE: SID), IAMGOLD (NYSE: IAG) and Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT) -- were among the top-performing dividend-paying stocks in August. So was Chinese Web portal operator SouFun Holdings (NYSE: SFUN). And analysts see at least a little...
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Top Performing Dividend Payers in Tech with the Most Upside Potential (ATVI, DST, SFUN)
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 4:26pm | 762Read More...It is not unusual for stocks on a tear to overrun their mean price targets, which is a signal of how far analysts on average expect the share price to climb. Some of the top performing dividend payers in the technology sector over the past six months, such as semiconductor and software maker ARM...
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Ryanair and SINA Dropped from the NASDAQ Q-50
Monday, September 17, 2012 - 2:37pm | 584Read More...When NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announced its quarterly reshuffling of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index, what grabbed the attention was that social media giant Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) had been added to the list, effective at market open on Monday, September 24, 2012. Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Western...
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Seven Hot Chinese Stocks
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 7:37am | 1010Read More...Vice President Xi Jinping of China meets with President Obama on Tuesday at the White House in an effort to enhance trust between the two countries. And here is a quick look at some Chinese stocks that have risen between 15% and 25% year to date. They all are traded on U.S. exchanges, and each pays...
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Small Cap Top Performers in January
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 7:19am | 951Read More...Here'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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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)...
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Baidu and Changyou.com to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 8:55am | 498Read More...Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) and Changyou.com (NASDAQ: CYOU) reached new 52-week highs of $157.90 and $49.84 per share, respectively, in Monday's trading session. Baidu's second quarter results came in well ahead consensus estimates and it offered a robust third-quarter sales forecast. Beijing-based Baidu...
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Baidu Earnings Preview
Saturday, July 23, 2011 - 6:10pm | 556Read More...Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2011 results Monday, July 25, after the markets close. Investors will be looking for the Chinese-language Internet search engine operator's momentum to continue with another in a string of quarterly earnings surprises. Analysts are...
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Goldman Sachs Comments On Sohu 1Q Results
Monday, April 25, 2011 - 8:02am | 100Read More...According to Goldman Sachs, Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU) reported 1Q results, which were above expectations, and mixed 2Q guidance. Goldman Sachs said that for 1Q, revenues of US$174.4 mn (+1% qoq, +35% yoy) were 3% above both its/Bloomberg consensus estimates. “Non-GAAP EPS of US$1.13 (-8% qoq, +30%...
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UPDATE: Goldman Sachs Raises PT on Sohu.com to $72 (SOHU)
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 8:29am | 90Read More...Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU), raising its price target from $68 to $72. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "We fine-tune our non-GAAP 2011E/2012E/2013E EPS by 1%/1%/2% on changes in Sogou minority interest and lower tax. Consequently, we raise our...
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Goldman Sachs Raises PT on Sohu.com to $68 (SOHU)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 10:32am | 113Read More...Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU), raising its price target from $55 to $68. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "Our higher target price is based on 1) higher valuation for Gaming, now reflecting a fair value of $37 per share, off 9X rather than $32 off...
