Amazon Downgraded Needham & Company downgraded Amazon (AMZN) from Buy to Hold.In a story by Barron’s, the firm said that although it believes the online retailer is one of the premier US co

Yesterday, Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher threw a little cold water on the V-shaped recovery madness everyone seems to be buying into these days.Please consider Fed's Fisher: GDP Gro

This week’s review comes to you in a shortened format as I don’t have access to my normal research resources while on the road in Europe. Although very little commentary is provided, a fu

Earnings season has now came to a close and for the most part, reports were better than expected. Thanks to cost cutting methods the majority of the companies were able to post bottom line beats. Ear

Well, I’m back from a much-needed week of vacationing. I ended up taking the kids to the Great Wolf Lodge and to a museum in Philadelphia. I also had what I guess you could call a star sighting

Tonight at Yankee Stadium, Pedro Martinez will take the mound for the Philadelphia Phillies against Andy Pettite of the New York Yankees. The Yankees are leading the series 3-2 and have a chance to w

Equities ended mixed in unusually tight trading. Buffett was a buffer against broader declines with his big railroad bet, but a downgrade of the semiconductor sector left Intel (INTC) (-2.68%) e

Many consider the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index as a proxy for the semiconductor industry and, on a year-to-date basis, it has appreciated about 50%. However, the bulk of that appreciation came ea

One month ahead of Heather Locklear’s return to Melrose Place the Dow is back above 10,000; a man with a van Winkle would say we’ve been singing the same song for a decade. Planes (AMR Co

Bust out the champagne, the DJIA hit 10,000! (At least, that’s what the financial media wants you to do.)The market shot up today on positive earnings news from Intel (INTC) and JPMorgan (JPM).