Lastest Stories by Jon C. Ogg

It goes without saying that the instant recession and massive drop in the stock market caught many investors off guard. After all, it’s not usual in any sort of panic selling to see the Dow, NASDAQ...
It’s a tough time to be an apparel and fashion retailer. On top of millions of people people having become jobless, many retail destinations have been deemed non-essential and have been forced to...
A credit report from this analyst notes that dividend cuts and dilutive capital raising efforts are not currently priced into the shares of some credit issuers.
Exxon Mobil recently committed to keeping its high dividend, but many investors have wondered how long that can be maintained, given that oil prices are so low.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included AIG, Atlassian, Chubb, Deere, Hecla Mining, ITT, Netflix, Roku, Splunk, Square, Tesla and Workday.
Investors have begun trying to position themselves for the rest of 2020 in a post-bull market climate. One haven for investors throughout good times and hard times has been companies with safe and...
It should now be little or no surprise that the United States is in a recession, and it should not be a surprise that the forecasters are calling for a "contractionary state" for the first half of...
Ford seems to be caught between a rock and a hard place. While the COVID-19 instant recession has been brutal, Ford already was facing problems before the economy tanked in February and March.
GE is taking actions that will look like a refinancing of some debt to solidify the conglomerate's financial position.
Monday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Alibaba, Apple, American Express, Brinker, Caterpillar, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Dell, Halliburton, Palo Alto Networks, Starbucks, Texas...
Unprecedented times call for unprecedented actions. The Federal Reserve, Treasury and even politicians in America have managed to forge together bailout and rescue packages to fight the COVID-19...
Here are 10 fresh credit rating actions that investors will want to consider when analyzing the finances of companies.
Just when you hoped or thought things could not get worse on the jobless and unemployment news, they did. Weekly jobless claims hit a whopping 6.6 million last week.
Thursday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included AMC Entertainment, Anthem, Apollo Global Management, Caterpillar, Exxon Mobil, HSBC, Newmont, PayPal, Six Flags, Starbucks, Stitch Fix and UPS.
It was a difficult mental and physical transition to move from an 11 year raging bull market to an instant recession and bear market in 2020. The stock market has to lose 10% for a “stock market...