One of the biggest disappointments this earnings season came with the latest results from Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), which showed that the company’s profit dropped by a massive 79% during the fiscal...... (read more)

The convenient scapegoat for this morning's drop in the Dow Jones Industrials was once again uncertainty about the Federal Reserve's exit strategy from its quantitative-easing policies, which have had...... (read more)

My colleague Dan Caplinger noted this morning that the markets are trading lower on little negative news, but the fresh memory of Ben Bernanke's testimony and the prospect of reduced Fed bond-buying are...... (read more)

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) booked revenue of $27.58 billion. The 26 analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ expected a top line of $28.02 billion on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 10%...... (read more)

Not surprisingly, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman sprinkled the recently announced Q2 earnings report with a host of niceties. Statements including, "we beat the upper end of our non...... (read more)

Active investor Paul Singer has picked up a significant stake in NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP). According to Businessweek, his firm, Elliott Management, might press the company for board seats to unlock...... (read more)

Shares of Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) hurtled nearly 14% higher overnight thanks to a surprisingly solid second-quarter report. Adjusted earnings fell 11% year over year to $0.87 per share, but...... (read more)

The gargantuan stimulus Japan is pumping into its economy will have to be even larger to achieve the desired results, said Hayman Capital founder Kyle Bass. "They're going to have to make the plan even...... (read more)

In the eyes of most market participants, hedge funds are assumed to be unimportant, outdated investment vehicles of the past. While there are over 8000 funds in operation today, we at Insider Monkey hone...... (read more)