Cisco Systems

Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) were among the communications equipment makers recommended in a recent research report from the Institutional Portfolio analysts at Oppenheimer. The analysts see these companies as poised...

The earnings season is beginning to wind down, and much of the focus this week will turn to central bank meetings and economic data from China and the United States. But, there are still plenty of earnings reports on the schedule this week, including those from Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Time...

This weekend in Barron's online: profiles of five multiple-asset mutual funds for diversifying sources of yield, a mid-year review of Barron's stock picks and the prospects for the Dell buyout and the new earnings season. Cover Story "The New Breed of Income Fund" by Reshma Kapadia. Investors...

It doesn’t happen often, but for once Wall Street and the White House see eye to eye. Wall Street firms applauded the Obama administration’s move to reign in the flood of patent-related lawsuits The Wall Street Journal reported, Wednesday. Technology companies claim that the number of lawsuits...

This weekend in Barron's online: a profile of a Wall Street titan, a tribute to a former Barron's editor and columnist, and the prospects for Ryder System, Tencent and ING U.S. Cover Story "Cues from Cooperman" by Lawrence C. Strauss. This article says that Leon Cooperman, chairman and CEO of...

It's time for the big retailers to step into the earnings spotlight once again. This week we will be hearing from Walmart, the king of retailers, which is expected to report some annual revenue and earnings growth. And then there is struggling J.C. Penney, from which analysts predict a deeper net...

Quarterly reports from General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Deere (NYSE: DE) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. The consensus forecast for the former calls for fourth-quarter earnings per share (EPS) to be more than 23 percent higher than a year ago to $0.51 per share. The...

Some smaller tech companies saw unusual movement in their stocks on Tuesday. And not just in Bazaarvoice (NASDAQ: BV), Broadsoft (NASDAQ: BSFT), Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE) and Sykes Enterprises (NASDAQ: SYKE), which are discussed below. But also e-mail marketing company ExactTarget (NYSE: ET),...

This weekend in Barron's online: the top dividend funds, investing in Brazil, the prospects for Bank of New York Mellon, Radian Group and Callaway Golf, as well as the momentum favors Romney. Cover Story "Top Dividend Funds" by Steve Garmhausen. Over the past few years, the search for income and...

An article in this week's Barron's suggests that analysts will lower their 2013 earnings estimates in coming weeks. Earnings for the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index are projected to rise 13% next year, but there is little evidence to support such acceleration. For the recently ended third...

This past weekend in Barron's online: a profile of fund manager Neuberger Berman, the prospects for Viacom, Brink's and closed-end funds, and takeaways from last week's presidential debate. Cover Story "Fair Winds Ahead" by Michael Santoli. Asset manager Neuberger Berman was tied to Lehman...

This weekend in Barron's online: investing in master limited partnerships, the Paul Ryan effect, and the prospects for Waste Management, Swatch, Prosafe and Investors Bancorp. Cover Story "High Energy Income" by Dimitra DeFotis. One single investment -- the master limited partnership (MLP) --...

EMC Corp.(NYSE: EMC), the biggest maker of data storage devices, and Lenovo Group, the world's second-biggest personal-computer maker, announced a major partnership Wednesday intended to help boost sales of storage equipment and servers that run corporate networks. That could may be bad news for...