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The S&P downgrade of the United States may have the investment community in a fuss, but many investors saw this coming long before.  To say that investors will not see a knee-jerk reaction in...
When you see a ten-day sell-off and a capstone panic day with what is a 300-point sell-off in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the first reaction is that no one wants anything and that every stock...
After considering the comments made, it its difficult to tell whether Moody’s recent announcement of a pending downgrade of AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) is company-specific or motivated...
August 1 might not sound like the start of a quarter to most, but this is that date of a key report from a unique brokerage and advisory firm.  Today marks the adjustment of Gabelli & Company...
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT), a provider of broadband and wholesale communications services, has struggled mightily to meet an impressive set of challenges. If the company can get back...
The intensely competitive wireless sector showed some additional blood-letting this week when Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) announced second-quarter earnings.  The shares closed down 16% at...
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (NASDAQ: TEVA) now has its earnings out of the way and analysts have had enough time to chime in with their opinions on whether or not the stock should be...
If you have been a reader of 24/7 Wall St. for long, you know that we appreciate companies that pay dividends just about as much the investors who buy companies because of their great dividends. ...
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) seems as though it cannot win for losing.  The company’s updated “action plan” involves a further organizational simplification, implying lower costs and...
Screening for value in banks right now is probably a fools’ game.  In fact, J.P Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) trades at close to 0.9-times book value and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) trades at...
Disappointing earnings and poor guidance from the likes of Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) and Novellus Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVLS) this week have cast a very dark shadow on semiconductor...
You have witnessed the carnage spreading in Europe of late, nothing new there. But what is new is the increasing extreme reading that has been building in “the ultimate safety trade.”  Not U.S....
Continuing uncertainty related to sovereign debt in Europe and the dispute in the US over raising the nation’s debt limit are keeping markets hopping. Volatility appears once again to have moved to...
Food is one of the defensive sectors for equity investors if there ever was one.  Now, step back for a minute and consider a company like Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB).  Canned soup and similar...
24/7 Wall St. has been using valuation analysis for value investors for a couple of weeks and we wanted to review the conglomerates in a search for the best value for long-term investors as of this...