U.S. stocks ended in green as stronger-than-forecast readings on consumer sentiment and economic indicators buoyed sentiment.[More...]

PetSmart, Inc. will host a conference call announcing its results for the first quarter 2013 on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. (EDT).[More...]

PTC Therapeutics Inc., which develops drugs that target post-transcriptional control processes, has filed to raise up to $85 million in an initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock. PTC's lead product candidate is ataluren for the treatment of patients with genetic disorders that arise from a type of genetic mutation known as a nonsense mutation.[More...]

The settlement between Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) and Elliott management removed a key overhang for the stock.[More...]

Dividend announcement by companies on Friday include: Spartan Stores, Aetna, Albany International, SYSCO, Tidewater, Texas Roadhouse and Ventas.[More...]

Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA), a maker of electric cars, has boosted the size of its stock and debt offerings due to heavy demand among investors.[More...]

Following are the stocks that saw buying interest from insiders recently: Genomic Health, MEMC Electronic Materials, Dyax, NTS, Opko Health and Spectrum Brands.[More...]

Tableau Software Inc. (NYSE: DATA), a provider of data analytics and visualization products, raised about $254 million after pricing its initial public offering (IPO) of 8.2 million shares of its Class A common stock at $31.00 each. The shares, which opened for trading at $47.00, jumped as much as 61 percent to $49.82 early Friday.[More...]

This is an Intuitive Surgical update following Investment's Capitalist's Accumulate Rating from March:Iin March, IC initiated coverage on Intutitive Surgical (ISRG) with an "accumulate rating" near $500.[More...]

In order to identify attractively valued dividend stocks, I follow a monthly screening process, where I go through the list of dividend champions and dividend achievers to look for bargains. In addition, I often stumble upon quality income stocks during my review of the dividend raises for the week or on an ad hoc basis through interactions with other dividend investors.[More...]

Marketo Inc. (NASDAQ: MKTO), a provider of cloud-based marketing software platform, has priced its initial public offering (IPO) of around 6.06 million shares at $13.00 apiece to raise $79 million.[More...]

Ford (F) is the beneficiary of positive stories yesterday. The Wall Street Journal reports, "Sales of large pickups are up 20% for the first four months of this year compared with a year ago."[More...]

Gillian Tett at the Financial Times wonders today about how long the stock market rally will continue.[More...]

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), a Dow component, has ample room to increase its dividend due to its strong cash generation.[More...]

A number of stocks were upgraded and downgraded by Wall Street analysts on Friday.[More...]

U.S. stock-index futures pointed to a higher opening on the Wall Street ahead of readings on consumer sentiment and economic indicators.[More...]

Thoratec Corp. (NASDAQ: THOR), a maker of medical devices used for circulatory support, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its HeartMate II Pocket Controller device.[More...]

Donaldson Inc. (NYSE: DCI) posted weaker-than-expected quarterly results amid significant declines in its Engine Products' OEM businesses in the U.S. and Japan. The maker of filtration systems and replacement parts also reduced its full-year forecast.[More...]

U.S. stocks closed on a lower note as investors weighed a set of weak domestic economic readings and results from Wal-Mart against upbeat growth data from Japan and earnings from Cisco.[More...]

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) made history last month with the biggest corporate bond issue ever: $17 billion in six different maturities.[More...]

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) reported a sharp drop in quarterly earnings as revenue fell and margins contracted. Bottom-line missed market expectations, while top-line beat consensus.[More...]

High shipping costs prevent low-priced imports from entering these companies' markets.[More...]

Low interest rates are starting to fuel an economic fire. In the financial markets, I believe low-yield alternatives are leading investors to pay up for less attractive dividend funds and junk bonds. (The Wall Street Journal said the same this week).[More...]

Macy's Inc. management continues to express confidence that the company can build on its localization strategy of the past few years by further segmenting warm weather markets, small store prototypes and extreme growth stores.[More...]

Brean Capital LLC initiated coverage on shares of Churchill Downs Inc. (NASDAQ: CHDN) with a "Buy" rating and a price target of $97. Louisville, Kentucky-based Churchill Downs provides pari-mutuel horseracing, casino gaming, and entertainment services.[More...]

CSC (NYSE: CSC) shares were downgraded to "Hold" from "Buy" and price target reduced to $47 from $53 by Deutsche Bank analyst Bryan Keane. "With lower-than-expected FY14 cost takeout and higher investments, we see less room for error and fewer margin expansion opportunities," the analyst wrote.[More...]

Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN) will host a conference call to discuss its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, on April 28, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. ET.[More...]

Dividend announcement by companies on Thursday include: KeyCorp, Tiffany, Altria Group, Coach, Kohl's, Time Warner Cable, Union Pacific and Western Digital.[More...]

I have been looking for an indicator of market randomness for a long time and I believe I have now found a reliable one based on extensive backtesting results. The indicator shows when market activity is random and also when non-random … Continue reading ?[More...]

Our latest Top Ten list has an impressive crop of stocks with good stories and charts that have shown large recent buying power (usually on earnings).[More...]