The reality for the 2013 bond market in the United States is that interest rates are forecast to remain low throughout the year and continuing...
If asked to name the top performing commodity of the past decade, not many would answer silver because of its notorious volatility. Yet,...
With the U.S. markets taking a break thanks to Hurricane Sandy along with the upcoming U.S. presidential election, it's been a quiet gold...
The stock market today reopened after having its first two-day...
Quantum Corp. (QTM) reported second quarter fiscal 2013 adjusted loss per share of 3 cents, which is slightly better than the Zacks Consensus...
Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. (SCHN) posted fourth-quarter fiscal 2012 (ended August 31) adjusted earnings per share of 10 cents, outstripping the...
Buoyed by a continued robust operating performance and favorable growth prospects, we are maintaining our Outperform recommendation on Sunoco...
My grandmother Mimi had a saying that was as blunt as it was uncouth. "When the stuff hits the fan," she used to say, "it will not be evenly...
Every time a huge weather system affects large parts of the country, investors hunt for related profit opportunities - and in the case of Sandy,...
There's more to Election 2012 than a neck-and-neck presidential race: the...
The fact that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) closed for two consecutive days on Monday and Tuesday due to Hurricane Sandy marks the first...
Most U.S. stock exchanges follow the NYSE holiday calendar in regard to days when the market is closed or observing abbreviated hours. The NYSE...
American Capital Ltd. (ACAS) reported third quarter 2012 operating income of 22 cents per share, lagging the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny....
Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (PCL), a real estate investment trust (REIT) owning and managing timberlands in the U.S., reported earnings of $59 million...
We are maintaining our Outperform recommendation on Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC). Spun out of parent Marathon Oil Co. in 2011, the company is a...
[Kyoto]-September's anti-Japanese protests in China over the disputed Senkaku/Daioyu Islands may have come and gone in the Western press, but the...
As Hurricane Sandy marches up the East Coast, wrecking havoc on states from Florida to Maine, for the first time since the September 2001 terrorist...
Long after the disco era, Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:
Lexmark International Inc. (LXK) has posted third quarter 2012 earnings per share (EPS) of 94 cents, outshining the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 78...
Earnings momentum for Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. (WASH) has increased since this major regional bank posted impressive third quarter results last...