Rubin Quites Ford's Board

The headline, "Citigroup Inc. senior executive Robert Rubin resigned his seat on the Ford Motor Co. board of directors this week in a move that could signal big changes ahead for the automaker, including the potential for a major asset sale." Rubin joined the board in 2000, and shares of Ford (F) rose 3.1% to [...]

Latest Stock Upgrades

***Written By: Blain Reinkensmeyer Stock Forum ID: StockTrading101*** The latest 5 Stock Upgrades: Wachovia Securities upgrade of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (DO) to Outperform from market perform. C.L. King's upgrade of Dennys Corp (DENN) to Strong Buy from Neutral. Morgan Keegan's upgrade of Williams-Sonoma Inc (WSM) to Outperform from Market Perform. Cowen & Co.'s upgrade [...]

Ford To Go Private?

***Written By: Blain Reinkensmeyer Stock Forum ID: StockTrading101*** News was released today that Ford (F) is considering taking the company private as a possible way to release pressures from the market. Apparently the cost for interested parties could be as little as $13.34 billion, based on the stocks closing price. Ford declined to comment on [...]

S&P 500 Bullish?

S&P 500 Chart

***Written By: Dann Mcnulty Stock Forum ID: WallStGolfer31***  Is the S&P ready to rally?  In my last post I took a more neutral view, just pointing out the support and resistance, but it seems the S&P 500 has created an inverse head and shoulders patterns and has not only broken, but tested the neckline!  You [...]

Stock Trading 101 Teams Up with Falkin Investing

***Written By: Blain Reinkensmeyer Stock Forum ID: StockTrading101*** It has been a wild ride for Stock Trading 101 as a independent blog, starting originally at blogger.com, then moving to wordpress at a new site, and now ending up here (not to mention the numerous templates it has had), the journey has been interesting. And, just [...]