Week in Preview: January Employment Data, UPS Earnings and More
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, United Parcel'B' (UPS), Economic Data, Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Federal ReserveFriday's fourth-quarter GDP numbers offered more evidence that the economy is picking up steam, but one of the biggest obstacles to t...
Wednesday links: calm euphoria
Quote of the day
“What would you say is the most important thing you’ve learned about investing and/or trading in 2010?” (Kirk Report)
Chart of the day
The stock market’s “calm euphoria.” (Surly Trader)
Markets
Tom DeMark is now calling a top in the stock market. (BW, Fund My Mutual Fund, Money Game, Pragmatic Capitalism)
“Are the “top down” analysts being...
Wednesday links: calm euphoria
Quote of the day
“What would you say is the most important thing you’ve learned about investing and/or trading in 2010?” (Kirk Report)
Chart of the day
The stock market’s “calm euphoria.” (Surly Trader)
Markets
Tom DeMark is now calling a top in the stock market. (BW, Fund My Mutual Fund, Money Game, Pragmatic Capitalism)
“Are the “top down” analysts being...
Thursday links: farmland inflation
Quote of the day
Jesse Eisinger, “Just as it’s clear that not all bankers were guilty of crimes in the lead-up to the crisis, it strains credulity to contend no one was. “ (Dealbook)
Chart of the day
On the state of short-term mean reversion. (MarketSci Blog)
Markets
The Arms Index is extremely overbought. (Big Picture)
Why now might...
Week in Preview: Earnings Expectations for Intel, GE, Google and JPMorgan
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Google (GOOG), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Economic DataThe earnings season kicked off last week with better-than-expected results from Alcoa (AA) and Yum! Brands (YUM), while Mar...
Yum! Brands Earnings: Profit Tops Projection in Q3
Filed under: Earnings Reports, McDonald's (MCD), Yum Brands (YUM)Yum! Brands (YUM) issued its fiscal Q3 report Tuesday after the bell. The shares didn't do much during the extended-hours session; they were down roughly 0.4% to $46.63. Not an exciting m...
Week in Preview: New Earnings Season, Employment Data and More
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Forecasts, PepsiCo (PEP), Alcoa Inc (AA), Yum Brands (YUM), Marriott Intl'A' (MAR), Economic DataAlcoa (AA), Marriott (MAR) and Yum! Brands (YUM) kick off the new earnings season this week. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Re...
Yum! Brands Boosts Dividend, but Is It Time to Buy Shares?
Filed under: McDonald's (MCD), Yum Brands (YUM), Wendy's Intl (WEN)Yum! Brands (YUM), a restaurant entity whose multiple concepts compete with McDonald's (MCD) and Wendy's/Arby's Group (WEN), gave shareholders some great news this week: their dividend ...
Analyst Calls: CTL, HTS, ISRG, MCD, MLM, OSK, RUTH, WMS, YUM …
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, McDonald's (MCD), Chipotle Mexican Grill'A' (CMG), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Yum Brands (YUM), Analyst Initiations, Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG)Analyst Upgrades
Baird upgraded Oshkosh...
Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Reports Lousy Earnings
Filed under: Earnings Reports, McDonald's (MCD), Yum Brands (YUM), Wendy's Intl (WEN)Wendy's/Arby's Group (WEN) issued its second-quarter earnings on Thursday. The fast-food entity beat expectations. But, as far as I'm concerned, it wasn't any big deal...
China Is Crazy over KFC
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Coca-Cola (KO), China, McDonald's (MCD), Yum Brands (YUM), Stocks to Buy"Ya'll oughta try some of this here fried chicken; you ain't gonna believe it!" "Xie-Xie!" (pronounced "she-she") That is Chinese for thank you. From t...
