Xerox (XRX) Stumbles on Earnings, Unclear Restructuring Plans After a few too many disappointing quarters, Xerox (XRX) has finally recognized it needs to overhaul itself if it ever wants to thrive again. The good news is, the company managed to top earnings estimates for its third fiscal quarter of 2015. When all was said and done, the profit of 24...
Google Parent Company Alphabet (GOOGL) Rallies Big On Earnings Not only did Alphabet (GOOGL) (GOOG) post impressive earnings and revenue growth last quarter, but it impressively topped expectations. For the quarter ending on September 30th, Alphabet earned $7.35 per share on revenue of $18.7 billion. Those figures topped analyst estimates of $7.20 per share of GOOGL and $18.54 billion in sales....
Rising Home Prices and Existing Home Sales Confirm Strength of Real Estate Market On Tuesday of this week we learned that September's housing starts and the number of building permits issued, though not red hot, pointed to a continued growth trend favoring homebuilders like PulteGroup (PHM) and Hovnanian (HOV). That strength was underscored today by numbers that, although not directly...
eBay (EBAY) Breaks Out Following Earnings Contrary to many assumptions, online auction site eBay (EBAY) looks like it's doing just fine without online payment partner PayPal (PYPL) being under the same umbrella. The first eBay earnings report that didn't include PayPal's results were released after the close on Wednesday, and were notably better than expected. All told, eBay earned 43...
Yahoo! (YHOO) Q3 Earnings Point to a Pullback All things considered, Yahoo! (YHOO) could have done worse last quarter. On the flipside, it could have done better as well. The market saw the glass as half-empty rather than half-full, however, in that YHOO shares were down in after hours trading following the internet company's post-close report of Q3 results. All...
Building Starts, Permits Still Marching Forward The slow, steady rebound of the home construction industry is still moving along, with the number of starts as well as the number of building permits issued extending forward progress that dates all the way back to 2011. Last month, the United States saw an annualized pace of 1.206 million home-starts… the second-highest level...
General Electric Q3 Earnings a Mixed Bag Against a Positive Backdrop A transitory General Electric Company (GE) posted mixed third-quarter results on Friday, though when all was said and done, investors saw the glass as half-full. GE Long-Term Weekly Chart General Electric, which has made efforts over the past few quarters to scale back on its exposure to financial services...
4 Cornerstones Of High-Delta Options Trading Here's one for you new and intermediate options traders (though frankly, I think traders of all experience levels can benefit by getting back to basics). Want to know what I think are the four cornerstones of sound options investing? They aren't complicated, yet they seem to be elusive too much of the time. They...
