Paul Shread

Stocks fell Tuesday on rising volume, as earnings worries weighed on everything from tech stocks to bank stocks. The ISDEX http://www.wsrn.com/apps/ISDEX/ fell 10 to 209, and the Nasdaq dropped 63 to 1962. The S&P 500 lost 17 to 1181, and the Dow dropped 123 to 10,176. Volume rose to 1.24 billion shares on the NYSE, […]

Wireless Facilities is cheap. Does it deserve to be? The wireless network outsourcing firm trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 18 – a full third cheaper than the S&P 500 – and a price-to-sales ratio of 1.1. With most technology stocks trading at PEs greater than 30, WFII is priced like an industrial stock. On […]

Stocks rose Monday on light volume, recovering some ground after last week’s sharp sell-off. The ISDEX http://www.wsrn.com/apps/ISDEX/ rose 1 to 220, and the Nasdaq climbed 22 to 2026. The S&P 500 added 8 to 1198, and the Dow rebounded 46 to 10,299. Volume was light at 1 billion shares on the NYSE, and 1.4 billion […]

The Puetz crash cycle we warned you about a few weeks ago worked like a charm. That window was at its peak July 5 through today. However, Steve Puetz, the man who discovered the solar-lunar eclipse cycle’s link to market crashes, said the stock market remains vulnerable to a crash or panic through July 17. […]

Some unfamiliar names rose to the top of internet.com’s Internet Stock Index, the ISDEX, in June. The ISDEX slipped about 3% in June, ending the month down 7 points to 245.85. But another flat month for the index masked the ongoing process of sorting winners from losers that investors have been engaged in since the […]

Blue chip stocks rose Monday despite a warning from 3M, but tech stocks took a breather after strong recent gains. The ISDEX http://www.wsrn.com/apps/ISDEX/ rose fractionally to 246, and the Nasdaq slipped 11 to 2148. The S&P 500 rose 12 to 1236, and the Dow surged 91 to 10,593. Volume declined to 1.1 billion shares on […]

A strong day for the stock market ended on a weak note after the Nasdaq had to extend trading by an hour because of technical glitches. The indexes drifted south during that final hour. The ISDEX http://www.wsrn.com/apps/ISDEX/ rose 7 to 245, and the Nasdaq added 35 to 2161. The S&P 500 lost 2 to 1224, […]

In the ongoing shakeout in technology and Internet stocks, the personal digital assistant sector is another in which investors appear to be sorting winners from losers. And the edge seems to be going to Research In Motion , which is distinguishing itself both fundamentally and technically from the competition. Research In Motion last week met […]

An already positive day for stocks got a boost Thursday on news that an appellate court threw out the Microsoft breakup order. Stocks were also boosted by a strong weekly jobs report that gave traders hope that six months of Fed rate cuts will soon begin to benefit the economy. The ISDEX http://www.wsrn.com/apps/ISDEX/ rose 4 […]

Yesterday’s announcement from the Federal Reserve on interest rates was remarkable in that it contained nothing positive for investors. The Fed cut the Fed funds and discount rates by only 25 basis points each, ending a string of five 50-basis point rate cuts. At the same time, the accompanying statement contained none of the positives, […]

Stocks closed mixed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut rates by a quarter point, less than the half-point rate cut investors were hoping for. The ISDEX http://www.wsrn.com/apps/ISDEX/ rose 4 to 234, and the Nasdaq added 10 to 2074. The S&P 500 slipped 5 to 1211, and the Dow dropped 37 to 10,434. Volume declined […]

A few potential winners are emerging from the dot-com wreckage. They are profitable, growing, have solid business models, and are even reasonably valued in some cases. We’re not talking about household names like eBay. The emerging leaders have names like University of Phoenix Online , Hotel Reservations Network , and CryptoLogic . University of Phoenix […]