http://finance.yahoo.com/rss/blogs/author/jennifer-carinci/ en-US Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved Fri, 18 May 2012 07:40:28 -0400 5 http://finance.yahoo.com/rss/blogs/author/jennifer-carinci/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif Click to Follow Us on Facebook! Facebook (FB) officially becomes a public company today. Shares are just hours away from debuting on the Nasdaq. The social media king made history becoming the largest U.S. internet IPO ever. Yesterday afternoon the company sold 421.2 million shares priced at $38 each, giving the company a $104 billion [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/big-facebook-5-years-114028849.htmlFri, 18 May 2012 07:40:28 -0400blogs/breakout/big-facebook-5-years-114028849All that hype for a 23-cent gain! Facebook's (FB) first day as a publicly traded company started with a bang and ended in a whimper. FB shares opened on the Nasdaq at 11:30am et, after a 30-minute delay, at $42 each; 11% higher from the IPO price of $38. Within 10 minutes, that gain was [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/facebook-fizzles-analyst-voices-concerns-moving-forward-205956326.htmlFri, 18 May 2012 16:59:56 -0400blogs/breakout/facebook-fizzles-analyst-voices-concerns-moving-forward-205956326Target (TGT) nailed a trifecta with surprisingly strong first-quarter earnings results released this morning. The big box retailer reported EPS of $1.11 a share (ex-items) versus the $1.04 consensus estimate. Revenues came in at $16.87 billion versus $16.85 billion estimated. And the company raised full-year 2012 guidance by 5 cents to $4.60 to $4.80. "They [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/target-wal-mart-buffett-believes-consumer-too-says-170554052.htmlWed, 16 May 2012 13:05:54 -0400blogs/breakout/target-wal-mart-buffett-believes-consumer-too-says-170554052Senate Democrats are set to bring legislation on the Buffett Rule to a vote this Monday. Why now? For starters, it's just ahead of tax day in America, meaning the media will find the vote irresistible. More importantly, with Mitt Romney the presumptive Republican nominee, the game is afoot for the Presidential election. Taking a [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/buffett-rule-another-step-toward-fiscal-disaster-2013-164747166.htmlFri, 13 Apr 2012 12:47:47 -0400blogs/breakout/buffett-rule-another-step-toward-fiscal-disaster-2013-164747166As critical bank earnings keep rolling in, there's been some confusion beneath the headlines. If a bank simply beats earnings estimates, does it warrant a pop in share prices? This is the reaction we're seeing this morning with Bank of America's (BAC) and Morgan Stanley's (MS) earnings beats. But earlier in the week J.P. Morgan [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/bank-earnings-more-questions-answers-sector-recovery-113124635.htmlThu, 19 Apr 2012 07:31:24 -0400blogs/breakout/bank-earnings-more-questions-answers-sector-recovery-113124635Click to Follow Us on Facebook! The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 snapped a two-week losing streak, but the Nasdaq closed in negative territory for a third straight week weighed down by Apple (AAPL). It was a choppy five sessions dominated by bank and big tech earnings, mixed economic data, and fears [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/key-market-moving-events-next-week-200453493.htmlFri, 20 Apr 2012 16:04:53 -0400blogs/breakout/key-market-moving-events-next-week-200453493The roadshow ahead of the largest technology IPO in history officially gets underway today in New York. Facebook executives will meet with investment banks, large money management firms and private investors to generate money and drum up hype leading to their expected initial public offering on May 18th. The social media king —which will list [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/facebook-roadshow-begins-don-t-buy-hype-says-144549237.htmlMon, 07 May 2012 10:45:49 -0400blogs/breakout/facebook-roadshow-begins-don-t-buy-hype-says-144549237The U.S. market followed Europe's lead, taking another tumble on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell roughly 1%, down 124 points to 13,075; posting only its second triple-digit loss this year. The S&P 500 fell 1% to 1,399, and the Nasdaq took the hardest hit falling 1.5% to 3,068; its steepest loss of the [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/market-shows-signs-breakdown-time-buy-112438708.htmlThu, 05 Apr 2012 07:24:38 -0400blogs/breakout/market-shows-signs-breakdown-time-buy-112438708Selling pressure remains today as investors ride out the shortened market week and punt on the economy until after the March Jobs report. Tomorrow's release of the jobs report comes at 8:30am eastern time, while the U.S. stock market is closed for Good Friday. Consensus estimates predict the unemployment rate holds steady at 8.3% and [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/jobs-report-preview-investors-anticipating-downside-surprise-174707175.htmlThu, 05 Apr 2012 13:47:07 -0400blogs/breakout/jobs-report-preview-investors-anticipating-downside-surprise-174707175Financial stocks (XLF) have far and away outperformed the benchmark S&P 500, collectively up 21% year-to-date. Perhaps more impressive, if you look back six months to the start of October, the sector has risen a staggering 40%. "These were the stocks that were at the epicenter of the crisis, have been on their backs for [...]http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/bank-earnings-explosive-next-dempsey-115946962.htmlWed, 04 Apr 2012 07:59:46 -0400blogs/breakout/bank-earnings-explosive-next-dempsey-115946962