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“Where Money Goes to Die:” After a Decade in Decline, Can Microsoft, Intel And Cisco Pull off a Rebound?

{ Posted on May 23 2011 by David Zeiler }
For most of the 1990s, U.S. high-tech heavyweights Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) and Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) didn't just dominate their respective markets. They ruled them. Microsoft's Windows operating ...Read More »

Are You Worried About the Future of the U.S. Job Market?

{ Posted on May 17 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
The U.S. job market has improved since the unemployment rate's 10.1% high in 2009, but the sluggish pace of economic recovery has kept many workers jobless and discouraged. The U.S. Department of Labor reported earlier this month ...Read More »

Don’t Be Fooled by Last Week’s Dip, U.S. Stocks Are Headed Higher

{ Posted on May 16 2011 by Jon D. Markman }
U.S. stocks struggled during a Friday the 13th week that was rigged like a haunted house with a trap door. The main problem for equities was strength in the dollar, which has the effect of ...Read More »

How to Use Capital Flows to Turn the Economy’s Job Losses Into Portfolio Gains

{ Posted on Apr 27 2011 by Shah Gilani }
Even though the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.8% in March from 10.1% at the height of the Great Recession, sidelined investors are still waiting for better news. But what they don't realize is that it's a mistake to ...Read More »

Bull Market Still Dragging Stocks Higher

{ Posted on Apr 25 2011 by Jon D. Markman }
The bull market in stocks may be getting long in the tooth, but it's still intact. That was evidenced by strong earnings and rising valuations last week. Stocks finished an uplifting week on Wall Street on Thursday ...Read More »

European Interest Rate Hike May Foretell Shift in Fed Policy

{ Posted on Apr 11 2011 by Jon D. Markman }
Stocks traded with all the precision of a baseball skipping into the Boston Red Sox outfield over the past week, which is to say it was pretty sloppy. The major equity averages settled near the flat line, ...Read More »

Post-PC Era Poses Challenge to Techs: Adapt or Face the Consequences

{ Posted on Apr 11 2011 by David Zeiler }
The accelerating transition to mobile computing devices - such as smartphones and tablets - will drive tech companies to adapt to shifting consumer preferences or risk getting left behind. Although they haven't yet tossed out their desktop ...Read More »

U.S. Companies Spending Record-High Cash Piles On Everything But Jobs

{ Posted on Mar 29 2011 by Kerri Shannon }
U.S. companies have started to spend their record high piles of cash, but most won't be using it to boost hiring. Since the credit crisis, U.S. companies have collected about $940 billion in cash. Per-share profit surged 36% in ...Read More »

Corporate Tax Holiday Could Put $1.2 Trillion in Shareholders’ Pockets

{ Posted on Mar 23 2011 by David Zeiler }
Lawmakers in Washington are mulling a one-time corporate tax holiday on foreign earnings that could provide a bonanza to many U.S. multinational corporations. If enacted, the holiday would allow U.S. corporations to bring home $1.2 trillion ...Read More »

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Other Large-Cap Leaders Will Continue to Motivate the Market

{ Posted on Mar 01 2011 by Jon D. Markman }
The trends that are established at the start of the year often persist through yearend. That makes now - the first day of March - a good time to look at the unique trends that have characterized the ...Read More »