By Jessica Menton @JessicaMenton on September 30 2014 8:49 AM EBay Inc. unveiled plans on Tuesday to separate the e-commerce giant and PayPal into independent publicly traded companies in 2015, a move activist investor Carl Icahn demanded earlier this year. The move pleased Wall Street; shares in eBay jumped 7 percent to $56.35 in morning trading on the NASDAQ….
Can BlackBerry Win Back Customers? By Jessica Menton on September 26 2014 5:54 PM There could be some hope for struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry, which posted better than expected earnings Friday. The company narrowed losses to $207 million, compared to $965 million a year ago. BlackBerry’s efforts to impress business users with its Passport smartphone appear to be…
The following is an excerpt from a FindLeadingStocks.com intra week update. FLS Update: 10.07.14 Defense Is King Market Forming A Large Topping Pattern & Germany Is In A Bear Market The market is in the process of forming a large topping pattern that began earlier this summer and not surprisingly overlaps with the end of QE 3…
Stocks Pullback The major averages fell in September and squeezed out a nominal gain for Q3. September was only the third monthly decline for the S&P 500 (SPX) in 2014. The bigger concern from where we sit is something virtually no-one is talking about- What will happen when QE 3 Ends? Remember the S&P 500 (SPX) soared when…
The Following is an excerpt from a FindLeadingStocks.com Intra-Week Update Market In Early Stages of Forming A Large Top; Still Needs To Be Confirmed The Market Is Getting Weaker, Not Stronger… The market is in the early stages of forming a large topping pattern. The top needs to be confirmed by more than one major…
Sellers Fighting For Control Stocks fell in the last full week before the month and quarter officially end (Tuesday’s close). Barring some unforeseen rally into Tuesday’s close, the benchmark S&P 500 (SPX) fell in September but ended higher for the quarter. If stocks close lower for the month, this will be the third monthly decline for…
The following is an excerpt from a FindLeadingStocks.com Intra-Week Update FLS Update: 9.25.14 Defense is King; Sellers Back In Control Sellers Are In Control In Tuesday’s update, we mentioned “the day something changed” and said that, “On Monday (Sep 15) something changed. A slew of leaders were hit in heavy volume. We wrote the following…
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Strategists have few pat answers to explain the carnage across U.S. stocks on Thursday, but it’s clear that concerns over divergences within and between markets is taking a toll on investor sentiment. “I think its’ a confluence of catalysts occurring,” said Adam Sarhan, chief executive of Sarhan Capital, in a phone…
Wednesday 9.24.14 BlackBerry Ltd. shares rose over 2 percent on Wednesday morning after the struggling designer, manufacturer and wireless solutions company unveiled its Passport smartphone at simultaneous global events in London, Toronto and Dubai on Sept. 24. The BlackBerry Passport, which has the size and shape of an actual passport, will include features such as a 4.5-inch…
Earlier today I received a great question from a FindLeadingStocks.com Member that inspired this article: Member: How can a stock rally 6% today on really low volume? Answer: What Is Volume? When you think about it – that really is a great question. First, lets begin by defining volume. Volume simply is the total number of shares traded…