S David King

There's little doubt it was a banner week for Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC). Two and half hours into the last day of trading, the share price is up 3.64% over the last five days. With nothing unusual...... (read more)

The big surprise today was consumer sentiment, which rose by 7.3 points to 83.7 where analysts had expected a slight rise to 77.5. Consumer sentiment is likely gaining on the steadily rising market...... (read more)

Strategically, Tepper thinks Apple is sort of sitting at the crossroads. Either the company needs to hurry up and release the next big thing, or, if it finds that it can’t, it at least needs to improve...... (read more)

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As hedge funds’ Q1 13F filings continue to flutter in, we have a unique opportunity to get a hand-on look at each of these major players’ best equity picks. See the original 13F of Contrarius Investment...... (read more)

Editor's Note: Related tickers: The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX), BMC Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:BMC), Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ), PepsiCo,...... (read more)

If you ask the right people, you'll hear that stocks are cheap because the equity risk premium has skyrocketed. Just check out this nifty chart from the New York Federal Reserve Bank's Liberty Street...... (read more)

Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (NYSE:ELN), Credit...... (read more)

Editor's Note: Related tickers: Enterprise Inns plc (LON:ETI), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LON:RBS), Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY), Dixons Retail PLC (LON:DXNS), The Sage Group plc (LON:SGE...... (read more)