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Schwab Reports Fourth Quarter EPS of $.10
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 8:46am | 102The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) announced today that its net income was $119 million for the fourth quarter of 2010, down 27% from $164 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. Prior to the inclusion of charges relating to the Schwab YieldPlus Fund, Schwab's fourth quarter net income was...
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TD Ameritrade EPS Rises To 25 Cents (AMTD)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 7:45am | 257Omaha, Nebraska-based TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: AMTD) on Tuesday morning released financial results that were in-line with Wall Street earnings expectations. TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation reported that its fiscal 1st quarter net income rose to $145 million, or 25 cents per...
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US Stock Futures Mostly Up As Investors Await Earnings Report, Apple Shares Drop
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 6:35am | 403US stock futures are mostly higher this morning as investors are awaiting earnings report from several companies. However, shares of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) dropped in pre-market trading. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 37 points to 11,762.00 and S&P 500 futures gained 2.20...
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Earnings Scheduled For January 18 (IBM, AAPL, DAL, FAST, AMTD, C, LLTC, CRRC, FRX, WDC, CREE)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 3:27am | 291International Business Machines Corp (NYSE: IBM) is expected to report its Q4 earnings at $4.08 per share on revenue of $28.26 billion. Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is likely to report its FQ4 EPS at $5.38 on revenue of $24.38 billion. Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE: DAL) is forecast to post its earnings at...
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Stocks To Watch For January 18 (AAPL, IBM, C, AMTD, DAL)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 3:19am | 213Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) to report its FQ4 EPS at $5.38 on revenue of $24.38 billion. Apple Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Jobs reported that he will take another medical leave for focusing on his health. AAPL...
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Five ETF Earnings Plays For The Week Ahead
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 2:47am | 372With earnings season set to kick into high gear this week, some sectors are going to see a bit more volatility than usual and the earnings calendar points to financials and tech as two prime areas for trading opportunities. Prepare yourself with this list of ETFs that are sure to be in play on the...
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Companies That Will Thrive Without Their Famous Founders - Investment Ideas
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 12:00am | 1221Would Apple (AAPL) survive without Steve Jobs? It's a grim question, but it's one that investors are asking themselves after it was recently announced that Jobs would be taking another medical leave of absence. Investors shouldn't panic - for now at least. Although Jobs won't be running the day-...
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Earnings Season to Pick Up Steam - Earnings Preview
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 12:00am | 4803Earnings Preview 1/18/11 This week, the fourth quarter earnings season really starts to get rolling. A total of 128 firms are due to report, including 50 S&P 500 firms. We define any fiscal period ending in November, December and January to be the fourth quarters. By the end of the week we...
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Mike Khouw's Goldman Sachs (GS) Trade
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 3:00pm | 165Carter Worth analyzed the chart of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) on CNBC's Options Action. He spotted on a long term chart a well defined head and shoulders bottom, and his presumption is that Goldman Sachs (GS) is going to move higher. Carter Worth believes that Goldman Sachs (GS) will move $10 higher...
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Stock Market News for Jan 17, 2011 - Market News
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 10:31am | 1522On Friday, markets surged with both the Dow Jones and S&P recording new highs. The S&P ended with seven straight consecutive weeks of gains as banks leading the rally and JP Morgan returned encouraging earnings figures. Rising financial stocks also helped ease worries from a disappointing...
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Stock Market News for Jan 17, 2011 - Market News
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 9:15am | 1522On Friday, markets surged with both the Dow Jones and S&P recording new highs. The S&P ended with seven straight consecutive weeks of gains as banks leading the rally and JP Morgan returned encouraging earnings figures. Rising financial stocks also helped ease worries from a disappointing...
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China Dangdang CEO Takes Jab At Morgan Stanley
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 5:50am | 169E-Commerce China Dangdang (NYSE: DANG) CEO Li Guoqing took to Sina's Chinese version of Twitter to take a swipe at Morgan Stanely (NYSE: MS), the bank that led Dangdang's $272 million IPO last month. "I am openly here criticizing investment banks, criticizing Morgan Stanley," Li said in his post. "...
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Morgan Stanley (MS) - Bear of the Day
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 2:01am | 178Based on the headwinds in most of Morgan Stanley's (MS) businesses and given concerns related to its financials being affected by the Dodd-Frank Act in the near term as well as the implementation of Basel III in the long term, we are downgrading our recommendation on the shares to Underperform....
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Morgan Stanley (MS) - Bear of the Day
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 12:00am | 178Based on the headwinds in most of Morgan Stanley's (MS) businesses and given concerns related to its financials being affected by the Dodd-Frank Act in the near term as well as the implementation of Basel III in the long term, we are downgrading our recommendation on the shares to Underperform....
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Bank Stocks Lead Again - Voice of the People
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 6:01pm | 584Zacks' Voice of the People Highlights user inthemoneystocks: "Bank Stocks Lead Again" from the People & Picks community. For more Voice of the People, visit http://at.zacks.com/?id=5851 Featured Post Bank Stocks Lead Again The leading sector in the stock market is now the banking stocks. Since...