Author: John Melloy

There seem to be two camps: invest in bonds or stocks that yield above two percent or take the riskier route of picking stocks that can outgrow this economy.    Read More

Apple shares fell more than three percent to below $585 after Verizon said it activated 25 percent fewer iPhones last quarter than it did during the last three months of 2011.   Read More

Meredith Whitney, who made the prescient call in 2007 that Citigroup would cut its dividend, has now upgraded the very stock that brought her celebrity status during the credit crisis.    Read More

Apple’s first quarter Mac sales may fall short of expectations, according to Piper Jaffray and NPD.   Read More

Both tech titans are setting a dangerous precedent that could eventually end very badly for long-term holders, according to several investors and corporate governance experts.   Read More

The number of people quitting their jobs in February outnumbered the amount of workers that were laid off by companies for the first time since this economic recovery began.   Read More

Bob Weir’s Tri Studios announced today on CNBC a deal with Yahoo that could help bring high quality music and videos into homes around the world and change the music-streaming business model that has so far made losers out of both the studios and the artists.   Read More

It’s one of the biggest mysteries on Wall Street. How can stocks be in their fourth year of a bull market and trading activity be so low?    Read More

Apple received its first downgrade in nearly six months from Wall Street after an analyst doubted wireless carriers will keep offering giant iPhone subsidies, hurting profit margins for the tech juggernaut and world’s largest company.    Read More

History shows Major League Baseball attendance mirrors consumer confidence, a new analysis shows.    Read More