The current earnings season continues to roll along, and tomorrow there will be two more major companies reporting earnings, both Dell Computers (DELL) and Wal Mart (WMT). Wal Mart will be reporting its fourth quarter numbers, with analysts expecting to see the retail giant post earnings of $1.12 per share. During the same period last year the company had earnings of $1.03 per share. The numbers will be coming out before ...

We have three big name stocks due to report earnings tomorrow. Here is a quick glance at what Wall Street is expecting to see. 1. Gamestop (NYSE: GME): The video game retailer is due to report its third quarter numbers tomorrow morning before the opening bell. Analysts are expecting the company to show earnings of 30 cents per share. For the same period last year, the company had earnings of 34 ...

All of the major index's were higher today, following a strong round of earnings report this morning. The DOW closed the day up 0.7%, NASDAQ up 0.8% and the S&P rose 0.5%. Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) reported fiscal fourth quarter earnings last night following the market close, and easily outpaced analyst estimates. Analysts had been expecting to see the company report 41 cents per share, but the actual report was much higher ...

The markets are trading in the red today, being pulled down by investor concern over the most recent data regarding the housing market. According to the Commerce Department this morning, September sales of new homes dropped by 3.6%. September's annual rate was 402,000 units, which was below the expected 440,000 annual units. The average price for a new home was also lower, falling 9.1 percent on a year-over-year basis to $204,800. On ...

The market ended the day in the red, but several companies went against the trend and rose to new 52 week highs today. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) rose to a new 52 week high today of $125.68 and ended the session up 5.2% to 124.6399. The company is still riding high on last week's solid earnings report. The company was expected to show earnings of 33 cents per share, but came in ...

The market closed in the red today, as poor earnings from General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) brought out the bears. The DOW closed the session down 0.67%, the NASDAQ ended the day down 0.76%, while the S&P slipped by 0.8%. General Electric started off the day off on a bad note when the company reported revenues that came up short of analyst estimates. GE was able to ...

The DOW closed above the psychological 10,000 mark today for the first time in a year, and ended the day up 1.47% to 10,115.86. The first time that the DOW rose above the 10,000 mark was all the way back in 1999, and at that time investors celebrated, and drank champagne, but this time it was not so much a reason to celebrate as a reason to relax a bit, as ...

It has definitely been a tough market lately, and today looks like another market crash, but we have here a few stocks that were upgraded this morning, and should have OK days as a result Chico’s FAS (CHS) : Thomas Weisel lifted its rating on the stock to a market weight. Estee Lauder (EL) : Piper Jaffray lifted its rating on the stock from a sell rating to a neutral. Jetblue (JBLU) : ...