BloggingStocks: Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU), the Newark N.J.-based life insurance giant, is scheduled to release fourth-quarter financial results after the market closes Wednesday, and then to discuss those results in a conference call tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. ... Read more

BloggingStocks: "We expect that 2010 will be better for technology stocks; even after a strong year in 2009, they still have a long way to go to compensate for the carnage of 2008," says Jim Oberweis, Jr. The editor of The Oberweis Report explains, "In particular, ... Read more

BloggingStocks: The hotel market may be straining in the United States and Europe under the weight of new capacity financed during the real estate boom, but the situation is much different in Latin America. According to travel industry research firm PhoCusWright, ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Allstate Corp. (ALL), which has been the subject of rumors concerning the termination of agents, is scheduled to release fourth-quarter financial results after the market closes Wednesday, and then to discuss those results in a conference call ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Option investors took a bullish interest in the Oil & Gas Pipelines industry and bearish interest in the Business Services industry on Tuesday. Bullish Volatility Skews Enbridge Inc. (ENB) -- part of the Oil & Gas Pipelines industry -- came in at ... Read more

BloggingStocks: NetEase (NTES) closed at $34.17. NTES is expected to report Q4 in late February. March put option implied volatility is at 53, June is at 48; near its 26-week average according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price fluctuations. SINA Corp ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Disney (DIS), a major media company that competes with CBS (CBS), General Electric's (GE) NBC Universal, News Corp. (NWS), Sony (SNE), Time Warner (TWX), and Viacom (VIA), offered up fiscal Q1 data after the bell on Tuesday. From the looks of things, ... Read more

BloggingStocks: U.S. stock futures edged higher Wednesday with Wall Street seemingly aiming to continue the prior day's rally and following overseas markets higher. Meanwhile, investors awaited news on a Greece and other of Europe's debt-ridden nations rescue plan ... Read more

BloggingStocks: A pair of polls offered differing signals regarding the American public's support for President Obama: The Marist Poll placed Obama's approval rating at 44% -- an Obama administration low -- Bloomberg News reported. The poll was conducted February ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Shares of Baidu (BIDU) are pointed sharply higher in after-hours trading, with investors cheering the company's fourth-quarter earnings report. The Internet-search issue swung to a profit of $62.7 million, or $1.80 per American depositary share, ... Read more

BloggingStocks: There have been rumors that Germany is coming to aid of Greece, but there are some formidable obstacles in such a ploy. First EU law bars the European Central Bank or national central banks from bailing out EU members through buying their debt or ... Read more

BloggingStocks: The stock of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (GT), which I first wrote about on May 5, 2009 at a price of $13.30, has given back most of the gains registered in 2009, but I still like the company's business model and prospects, for several ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Sugar is one of the most basic commodities. Countries throughout the world are wanting sugar. Supplies of sugar are reaching a 20 year low this year. The shortage may become especially acute in the third quarter. Here some supply/demand statistics: ... Read more

BloggingStocks: This morning one of my colleagues, Joseph Lazzaro, who heavily uses technical analysis, posted an article titled General Cable Corp.: Stopped-Out. I have never used technical analysis to make investment decisions, but I have used charts for general ... Read more

BloggingStocks: What might get the Republicans to bite on the jobs bill currently under formulation on Capitol Hill? A lack of an estate tax. The bipartisan Senate bill that may come for a vote this week is not likely to include an extension of the estate tax, ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Germany is considering an assistance package for fiscally-strapped Greece, two lawmakers from Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition said, Boomberg News reported Tuesday. "We are considering support," Michael Meister, the Christian ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Vulcan Materials Company (VMC), a producer of construction aggregates, released Q4 earnings on Monday after the bell. Today, the market is weighing in on the numbers. It doesn't like them. At the time of this writing, shares of the company were down ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Today was a tough day to call ahead of time despite the notion that the stocks were getting oversold. Washington D.C was closed and New York City is getting close to closing many services Wednesday because of yet another huge snow dump. The larger ... Read more

BloggingStocks: New York Times Co. (NYT), which has said it plans to move to a metered model for its online presence, is scheduled to discuss its fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 financial results in a conference call Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 11:00 AM (ET). An live ... Read more

BloggingStocks: In bad times or good, millions of people will still buy drinks from Coca-Cola (KO). So yet again, the company posted a solid quarter, showing a 55% increase in earnings to $1.54 billion. For the whole year, earnings came to a juicy $6.8 billion, up ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB) is a stock I've had on my radar screen for a while -- it was first written about on May 6, 2009 at a price of $56.09 -- and I still like it. Here's why: Long-term, Schlumberger 'is in the catbird seat,' concerning the world's ... Read more

BloggingStocks: As my colleague Karla Yeh pointed out over at ONN.tv earlier today, Biogen Idec (BIIB) saw some unusual options trading in the wake of its positive earnings surprise before the bell. BIIB gapped higher at the open, jumping almost 2% out of the gate. ... Read more

BloggingStocks: While most investors are fretting the markets recent contraction, you can be quite confident that "my pal Warren" has a smile on his face, as does Peter Lynch, Ken Heebner, Bill Miller, Bruce Berkowitz, and any number of fellow value investors that ... Read more

BloggingStocks: TMZ reports that a Playboy (PLA) shareholder has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that majority shareholder and chief creative officer Hugh Hefner has intentionally sabotaged multiple deal possibilities in an effort to hold onto his own ... Read more

BloggingStocks: UBS (UBS) was one of the hardest hit from the financial crisis, but the company is showing signs of stabilization. In the latest quarterly report, the firm posted profits of $1.3 billion. Actually, it was the first reported profit in a year. Of ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Yesterday Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) reported 2009 fourth quarter and full-year results. For the fourth quarter 2009, the Company reported net revenues of $1.38 billion, an increase of $144.1 million or 12%, compared to $1.23 billion a year ago. 2009 fourth ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Coventry Health Care (CVH - option chain) shares are rising Tuesday after the company reported a fourth-quarter profit of $109.08 million, or 74 cents per share, on revenue of $3.42 billion. Analysts had forecast a profit of 56 cents per share on ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Taiwan's Acer Inc. hasn't become the world's second-largest personal computer manufacturer for nothing. In its most recent quarter, the company announced that it attained its highest profit in almost three years, mostly at the expense of the company ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Google (GOOG) is accustomed to being in the top spot. It leads search and virtually owns the online ad space. Its Google News portal is among the top sites for directing traffic to media outlets. But, the behemoth is starting to feel the feet from ... Read more

BloggingStocks: In investing, they don't all work out. General Cable Corp. (BGC), which I first wrote about on May 5, 2009, at a price of $34.59, has been stopped-out at at the sell/stop loss of $28. The stock of General Cable, which develops, designs, manufactures, ... Read more