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U.S. stocks rose today as investors and traders felt that there were plenty of bargains in the market to be found. "Today is just a bounce. I don't think there is really that much behind it, other than some bargain hunters stepping in," Robert Pavlik, a chief market strategist said to CNBC....

Oracle's (NYSE: ORCL) quarterly financials, to be reported when the market closes Wednesday, may not be the biggest news coming out the Redwood City, California computer tech company this week. With analysts expecting only slight improvement over a year ago of about $0.67 per share on $9.2...

Tuesday, Chicago Fed boss Charles Evans said that 2013 growth will likely fall short of expectations. In what is clearly a growing sign of Twitter's (NYSE: TWTR) ability to deliver news, the Chicago Fed live-tweeted Evan's speech which was given to Illinois bankers. Most notable was: @...

Asian markets set the tone for Monday's trading session with Hong Kong and Shanghai indices receiving a boost from China's reforms which will open up the country's financial sector and ease restrictions on investments. Europe followed suit with major indices inching higher. It was only...

Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) is set to announce its third quarter 2014 earnings on Modnay after the market close. Earnings are typically released a few minutes after 4:00PM ET, with a conference call scheduled for 5:00PM. The EPS consensus is $0.09 with revenue of $1.05 billion. Piper Jaffray:...

The focus is on retail as the as the crucial holiday shopping season is set to get underway. Last week, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) offered weak third-quarter results, while Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) turned in earnings beats. Plenty more retailers are on deck this...

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), which holds its 2013 OpenWorld conference in San Francisco next week, is scheduled to report its fiscal first-quarter results Wednesday, September 18, after the markets close. Investors will be looking for some good news after two consecutive quarters of lackluster sales,...

Quarterly reports from Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) and Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) will highlight an otherwise pretty quiet week on the earnings front as the quarter winds down. Here is a quick look at expectations from those two reports, as well as those from Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), Brown-...

Analysts at Lazard believe software makers Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS), NetSuite (NYSE: N) and Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) are well positioned to benefit from strong government spending in the current quarter and possibly to the end of the year. That should help them exceed consensus revenue estimates...

Things went from euphoric to worrisome on Wednesday as the Dow saw a 200 point swing. Technicians note that the charts show an outside reversal. In other words—cause for concern. There is a global selloff taking place this morning with the Dow poised to print a triple digit loss at the open....

After Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) all posted better-than-expected per-share earnings last week, the quarterly results from big retailers continue to roll out this week. Analysts on average expect that earnings from Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Macy'...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

Perhaps it is apropos to hear from some processed food giants this week, leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Last Friday J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) posted in line second-quarter results. Tyson Foods is scheduled to share its fiscal fourth-quarter results first thing Monday...

This past weekend in Barron's online: the results of the autumn Big Money Poll, the prospects for General Mills, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling and Barnes & Noble, as well as what President Obama does and does not know about American business. Cover Story "Bye-Bye Bull?" by Jacqueline...

Last week, big-box retailers Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) said their earnings and sales rose in the most recent quarter, and they both boosted their full-year earnings per share (EPS) guidance. More earnings reports are due from retailers this week, highlighted by second-quarter...