Oracle

Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com. Himax Technologies: Downgraded at Bank of America Analysts at Bank of America downgraded Himax Technologies (NASDAQ: HIMX) to Underperform from Buy with a price target lowered to $12.50 from a previous $17.58. The analysts noted that...

U.S. stocks recovered most of Wednesday's losses after Fed Chief Janet Yellen spooked the markets a bit by hinting a rate hike could occur as soon as six months after the central bank terminates its quantitative-easing program. Investors found positives in several economic reports released...

The Fed announced that it will increase its tapering by a further $10 billion in addition to dropping the 6.5 percent unemployment rate threshold which has been the target rate to hike the Fund Funds rate. Thirteen of 16 Fed officials expect the Fed Funds rate to rise by the end of 2015. The...

Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com. FedEx: Earnings miss This morning, FedEx (NYSE: FDX) reported its third quarter results. The company announced an EPS of $1.23, missing the consensus estimate of $1.46. Revenue of $11.3 billion missed the consensus estimate of $11.46...

Can Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) meet or beat earnings expectations? That was the question on everyone's mind on Tuesday. The firm is going through a transitional period, but few analysts expected big results this quarter. "I am expecting them to put up more or less [an] inline quarter given by strengths...

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), which has struggled to transition to cloud software and to boost the stagnant server business it acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems in 2010, is scheduled to report its third-quarter fiscal results Tuesday, March 18, after the markets close. Investors will be looking...

Fiscal third-quarter results from ostensible economic bellwether FedEx (NYSE: FDX), consumer goods giant Nike (NYSE: NKE) and leading technology company Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) will be the highlights on the earnings front this week. Packaged food producers ConAgra (NYSE: CAG) and General Mills (...

U.S. stocks rose as investors as the S&P 500 traded at new historical highs and clearing its 2014 losses. Investors shrugged off disappointing earning reports and economic data and chose to focus on several prominent merger and acquisition activities. The S&P 500 hit a new intra-day...

This weekend in Barron's online: the best and worst income investments for the year ahead, and the prospects for Cisco Systems, Magna International, Titan International and more. Cover Story "Where to Find Yield" by Andrew Bary. This week's cover story in Barron's takes a look at some of the...

For the first time in the new year, markets ended the day on a positive note. While it is only a few days in, markets appear to have started off 2014 on uncertain footing. Investors and traders found some positives in the U.S. trade deficit which fell to its lowest level in four years, an...

Major indices received a boost in Friday's trading activity following a better than expected third quarter GDP. The surprising economic data is yet another key data that may suggests that the economy is healthy enough and could handle the Fed's recent decision to taper its bond buying program....

Major indices barely budged Thursday following yesterday's monster rally after the Fed announced it will begin tapering. Overall volume was below average which is typical in the final trading days of the year. Next week will be shortened as investors break for Christmas and a week later for new...

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...

On the earnings front, things will start out slow this week, but then FedEx (NASDAQ: FDX), Nike (NYSE: NKE), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and others will take their turns in the earnings spotlight. Below is a quick look at what analysts expect from some of this week's most prominent...