Consumer Finance

Jefferies & Company commented on consumer finance companies in a report released today. Jefferies commented on Cash America (NYSE: CSH), First Cash Financial (NASDAQ: FCFS), and Dollar Financial Group (NYSE: DFG) and was positive on the industry. Jefferies writes, "Yesterday the Texas Senate...

According to a recent report from Goldman Sachs, credit card stocks have outperformed thus far in 2011; However, due to their belief that credit benefits will soon subside, American Express (NYSE: AXP) seems to be in a better position than Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) and Capital One...

Goldman Sachs rated Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) as New Neutral with a price target of $56.

MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) and American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) have been two of the strongest stocks in the market over the last few months. Both stocks are approaching multi year pivot highs. MasterCard is going to hit the $310 level, which is an all time high from 2008. American...

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payments, and Dollar Financial Corp (NASDAQ: DLLR), a leading international diversified financial services company, today announced a multi-year global agreement that extends and paves the way to add Western Union Money Transfer^®, Bill...

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) and Dollar Financial Corp (NASDAQ: DLLR) today announced a multi-year global agreement that extends and paves the way to add Western Union Money Transfer®, Bill Payment and Money Order services across Dollar Financial locations in Canada, the United States and...

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payments, and Dollar Financial Corp (NASDAQ: DLLR), a leading international diversified financial services company, today announced a multi-year global agreement that extends and paves the way to add Western Union Money Transfer^®, Bill...

Shares of World Acceptance Corporation (NASDAQ: WRLD) are lower on the session by 2.46%, trading at $60.73. Overall put volume is now running at 7.19x the daily average, with 52% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,129 contracts have traded on the session so far. World Acceptance...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Solar Capital (NASDAQ: SLRC) is a “bank of many resorts. It's got a good yield and it seems to be working for them. I'll endorse it." For Chicago Mercantile Exchange (NASDAQ: CME), Jim said, "I think that the world of exchanges...

The credit card companies have held up well in the past few days, so it may be time to take a look at them. Names like Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS), American Express (NYSE: AXP), Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF), Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V) have performed well over the...

(TheStreet) -- Stocks slipped back into the red as weakness in technology stocks offset strength in basic materials. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down by 22 points, or 0.2%, at 12,573. Earlier in the session, the index rose to as high as 12,642. The S&P 500 was down by 4 points or 0.3...

Shares of Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) are higher on the session by 3.34%, currently trading at $25.05. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name...

Citi is out with its report today on Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF), reiterating Buy. In a note to clients, Citi writes, "Overall, April results were solid with further improvement in credit and stabilization in US Card balances. Despite the strong YTD performance (+23% vs. BKX -5%), we see...

Audiovox Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX) is estimated to post its FQ4 earnings at $0.02 per share. J.C. Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.25 on revenue of $3.95 billion. American Lorain Corporation (AMEX: ALN) is expected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.08 on revenue...

POINT ROBERTS , Wash., May 13, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports on trading leaders on the NASDAQ. Top gainers include Tree.com, Inc. (NasdaqGM: TREE), Tranzyme, Inc. (NasdaqGM: TZYM), Gulf Resources, Inc. (NasdaqGS: GFRE) and...