What Is Getting Hit Hardest?
We broke the S&P 500 into deciles (10 groups of 50 stocks) based on stock performance in 2009 to see if the big winners from last year are the ones getting hit the hardest on the recent pullback. As shown below, they definitely are. The 50 best per...
Best Performing Stocks on Earnings
It's been a great earnings season from a numbers standpoint, but it has been a pretty bad earnings season in terms of stock performance. But some stocks have done well. Below we highlight the 25 companies that have gone up the most on their report days...
S&P 500 Open Interest Put/Call Ratios
Below we highlight a list of S&P 500 stocks with the highest ratio of open put interest to open call interest. Companies with high put option open interest compared to call option open interest have more bearish than bullish bets. It's similar to a com...
Berkshire Joins List of Ten Largest US Companies
Who said a stock split wasn't good for your stock? Last week's 50-1 split of shares in Berkshire Hathaways' class B stock (BRK/b) helped set the stage for last night's announcement that S&P would add the stock to the S&P 500. As a result, the stock is ...
Apple Back Above 50-DMA After Hours
Apple (AAPL) had a nice day today, closing up $5.32 to $203.08. The stock had a strong earnings report after the close, and it closed the after-hours session up another $1.52 to $204.60. While this is a small gain for Apple compared to what it does som...
When a War on the Banks Turns into Bigger Bonuses
Right or wrong, there's no denying the fact that many Americans think that people who work on Wall Street are paid too much. While this view was certainly present before the bailouts, it has bubbled up to the forefront of popular opinion since then. Th...
Sector and Stock Performance Since 1/19
The S&P 500 is down 5.08% since last Tuesday, and below we highlight the performance of the ten S&P 500 sectors since then as well. As shown, the Materials sector is down the most at -7.90%, followed by Financials and Technology both at -6.24%. Energy ...
Buffett Reconsidering His Views Towards Stock Splits?
In an interview on CNBC yesterday, Warren Buffett said that even though he was splitting the B shares of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.b) on a 50-1 basis, this should not be interpreted as a sign that he now has a positive view towards stock splits. However,...
The Split Heard Round the World
lnvestors have been clamoring for years and years for Berkshire to split its shares, whether it be the $100,000 A shares or the $3500 B shares. After voting confirmed the split today, BRK/B shares will be divided into 50 smaller shares tomorrow. This 5...
PKX: Another Buffett Bluff?
Following today's announced merger between Cadbury (CBY) and Kraft (KFT), some could argue that Kraft's largest shareholder, Warren Buffett, helped to get the deal done when he publicly voiced his concerns about not liking the deal. Buffett's announcem...
Can JPMorgan’s Earnings Help It Fight Through Technical Resistance?
Filed under: Earnings reports, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Technical Analysis
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has continued the earnings roll for U.S. banks. Friday morning, JPMorgan announced earnings of $3.28 billion -- thanks mainly to the company's investment banking and its trading...
The Best Stock of the Last Decade Has a Rough Start to the New One
At the start of the new year, we highlighted the 50 best performing stocks of the 2000s. At the very top of the list was Medifast (MED), which gained a whopping 16,209% during the decade. While MED was the best performing stock in the US last decade, i...
