In a recent report, D.A. Davidson analysts focused on the outlook for the active lifestyle industry. Basic apparel earnings season kicks off this week when Hanesbrands Inc. HBI 4.04% reports earnings on January 29, and analysts gave their take on Hanesbrands and Gildan Activewear Inc (USA) GIL 0.34%.
Shares of United States Steel Corp X 5.94% plunged more than nine percent on Friday after Goldman Sachs analysts reduced its iron ore outlook for 2015, lowering the forecasted price from $80 to $66 per metric ton. Shares of U.S. Steel finished the week at new 52-week lows, but the stock erased all of last…
The Federal Reserve announced its latest monetary policy decision this week. Here is a brief rundown of some data that they likely considered.
Russia was making headlines again Tuesday, and the news didn’t get any better for the country’s battered economy, which is teetering on the brink of recession. Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s cut Russia’s foreign currency credit rating to BB+ and issued a negative outlook for the future.
In a recent report, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods took a deep look at the financial sector. The report included upward adjustments to earnings per share estimates for the following eight companies:
Google Inc GOOG 4.67% GOOGL 4.74% is one of the world’s leading companies when it comes to technological innovation. With Google’s quarterly earnings release, today is a good time to take a look at what the company has been up to over the past three months. Here’s a list of seven Google innovations since the…
A recent report by Bridgewater focused on the current state of the housing market in the U.S. The recovery from the bursting of the housing bubble during the financial crisis has been mostly slow and grinding. Bridgewater analysts explain the major reasons why the housing market is not booming like it could be.
Government-backed mortgage giant Freddie Mac FMCC recently announced that it will be selling $410 million of deeply delinquent mortgage loans in a continued effort to clean up its balance sheet. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is pressing Freddie Mac and cousin Fannie Mae FNMA to actively reduce their exposure to delinquent loans this year.
Credit Suisse updated their earnings forecasts for stocks in the electric power and utilities space. The updated earnings positions incorporate the most recent data on U.S. power demand, nuclear outages and company guidance. Credit Suisse is predicting below-consensus earnings per share for the following five companies.
On the day of its Q4 earnings release, many Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN 13.71% shareholders are likely fearful of a repeat of the company’s disastrous third quarter 2014 earnings report back in October that tanked the stock 13 percent. After all, how much could change in only three months? When it comes to Amazon, three months is…