Lou Gutheil

Monsanto (NYSE:MON) issued its Q4 and full-year results this morning, and whilst the earnings results are disappointing, its share price jumped 3.8% from 106.14 to 110.00 within 15 minutes following the opening bell. The price has been declining over the past 45 minutes and it seems to be headed back toward the 107.74 mark at […]

The share price of SodaStream (NASDAQ:SODA) seems to have lost its fizz. It’s price dropped nearly 22% today on the NASDAQ exchange to 21.52. Which leads me to tell this story. Just through days ago my wife and I were browsing through a popular home goods store when the SodaStream display caught my eye. While […]

I thought seriously about writing this article on Sunday, but, although the “news” was coming from usually reliable sources, it was, nonetheless, still speculation. By the time that I sat down at my computer this morning, however, what was speculation yesterday had become reality. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) officially announced this morning that plans to divide itself […]

I’ll admit it right from the start. I found a way to use “Obama” in the headline to grab your attention. But, just because I used a cheap, journalistic trick doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t keep reading. There is something very dangerous going on in the White House and at the Federal Reserve (not to […]

The Gulf Keystone Petroleum share price (LSE:GKP) rose by 3.2% today to 64.25 following publication of a Production and Sales Update relative to its work in the Shaikan oil field in Kurdistan. Gulf Keystone would not be considered a major oil company by any standard. It employs only about 600 people. It has a current […]

Shares of eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) opened at 56.66 today, up 7.6% from yesterday’s close at 52.66, reaching a high of 59.20 before mid-morning, itself an increase of 12.4%. The stimulus for this surge was, clearly, the announcement that eBay and PayPal plan to split into independently publicly traded companies in 2015. The report says that the […]

The share price of Balfour Beatty plc (LSE:BBY) has lost 34.40 pence today, a decline of 15.3% from 224.90 to 190.50 following the third trading update this year and the fifth in the last two years that contained profit warnings. To be more precise, the report said that, “Internal reviews conducted in recent days have […]

The chatter has come to a fever pitch as it appears that Sir Richard Branson will be taking Virgin Money public on the London Stock Exchange in the very near future. An official announcement is expected this week. Don’t expect this IPO to be as anywhere near the size of the recent Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) offering. […]

It has been wisely said that, “Just because you are paranoid, it does not mean that people aren’t out to get you.” BP’s share price (LSE:BP.) (NYSE:BP) is being battered once again by the never-ending repercussions of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil giant is beginning to look like the 97-lb. […]

Shareholders responded enthusiastically to Panmure Gordon’s (LSE:PMR) first half year report, boosting its share price by 17.44% to 165.00 from yesterday’s close of 140.50. The last time PMR shares were above 160.00 was 04 April this year. It’s an impressive gain based on an impressive report, but the share price still has a ways to […]