A week's worth of economic reports has been crunched into just three days this week, and Wednesday has its share of significant data, which include jobless claims, durable goods and consumer sentiment. Read More
Risk is on so far this holiday week, but the bigger question is how long will that trade work. Tuesday's calendar is heavy on news about housing and the consumer, including the revision to third quarter GDP. Read More
Hewlett-Packard let the wind out of its sails a couple of weeks ago when it essentially pre-announced earnings with news of the 3Com acquisition. But with Dell's lousy financial report last week, there was still a healthy amount of interest in how each HP unit performed, and whether guidance would hold up. Read More
Hewlett-Packard is due to report its fourth quarter results after the bell on Monday. Mark Stahlman, partner at Signal Lake Ventures, and Jayson Noland, IT hardware senior analyst at Robert W. Baird, told investors what to expect for HP and the tech sector. Read More
Dell reported earnings results that were worse than last year and also fell short of Wall Street expectations, punishing the company's shares. Brian Marshall, senior analyst at Broadpoint AmTech shared his analysis and insight on the firm. Read More
Analysts say the TV spectacle will play a critical role in rekindling consumers' desire to spend on lingerie, which was hit hard during last year's recession Read More
Michael Dell in his prepared comments in the company's Third Quarter earnings report points to a recovery in IT spending and cites Microsoft's Windows 7 release as juicing small and medium business spending, as well as spending by the consumer. Read More