8 posts and columns on S&P 500

IT Trends in 2011 and Beyond: More Cloud, Flash and Virtualization

in Enterprise on December 31, 2010 at 10:38 am PT

2010 was a good year for IT growth and will be a tough one to follow, Gleacher analyst Brian Marshall says.

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Report: Algorithm Set Off "Flash Crash" Amid Stressed Market

in News on October 1, 2010 at 3:58 pm PT

Federal regulators investigating the causes of the May 6 “flash crash” concluded a large trader’s use of a computer trading system to sell futures contracts led to a rapid and sudden selling that triggered additional selloffs in an already unstable market.

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Gap Widens Between Tech Richest and the Rest

in News on March 17, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

A handful of cash-rich companies are consolidating power in the technology industry, using their wealth to expand into new businesses and making it harder for small and midsize competitors to break through.

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One Tech Stock Outlook

in News on April 15, 2009 at 11:27 am PT

Intel reported stronger-than-expected earnings and said that it believed the slumping computer sales market had “bottomed out.” Wall Street’s response: Sell ‘em. The chip giant’s shares are off four percent, dragging on the Nasdaq Composite and raising some questions about the tech sector generally. This bout of pessimism is probably a bit overdone and reflects more what’s happened in the past few months than what happened yesterday.

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RIMM Added to Goldman "Convicton Buy" List

in News on November 19, 2008 at 7:00 am PT

Goldman Sachs is a little bit in love with Research In Motion this morning. “…we want to take advantage of the stock’s very compelling valuation and upcoming catalysts, including the Storm launch and fiscal Q3 (November) earnings,” according to the firm’s Simona Jankowski. She believes that the launch of both the Bold and the Storm in the same quarter can reduce the risk to RIM’s numbers. Also, sales of the Bold are “off to a good start.”

GOOG Upgraded From 'Overweight' to 'Morbidly Obese'

in News on January 2, 2008 at 8:33 am PT

The Nasdaq started off the new year much as it ended the last–flaccid and frail. The tech-heavy index fell 33 points to 2,619, a two-week low. This despite the release of a report from JPMorgan today that offered a very bullish tech sector outlook for 2008. While the research outfit predicts revenue growth for the [...]

GOOG Upgraded From ‘Overweight’ to ‘Morbidly Obese’

in News on January 2, 2008 at 8:33 am PT

The Nasdaq started off the new year much as it ended the last–flaccid and frail. The tech-heavy index fell 33 points to 2,619, a two-week low. This despite the release of a report from JPMorgan today that offered a very bullish tech sector outlook for 2008. While the research outfit predicts revenue growth for the [...]