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BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Earnings season is under way and stocks are rallying on better-than-expected profits. Here are 10 companies that beat analysts' earnings expectations by wide margins. They are ordered by outperformance, from smallest to biggest surprise. To see the list, click here.

BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Several stocks that trade for less than $5, including Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), have had their earnings estimates increased or decreased by analysts, only to see their share prices head in the opposite direction. That presents investors with an opportunity, as those companies...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The tech sector has been a wasteland for investors crushed by fallen favorites like Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and sapped of life by listless giants Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO)....

By Jeff Reeves of InvestorPlace There's a theory on Wall Street that a stock setting new high will continue to do so for a while -- and that stocks setting new 52-week lows will continue to plumb the depths. This kind of momentum is partially technical but also largely driven by big news including...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- This week, two of Berkshire Hathaway's largest holdings, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), lived up to Warren Buffett's expectations, releasing strong earnings reports that beat analyst expectations. The financier has held stock in both KO and WFC since the...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Regional banking stocks have been punished in the last few days, as it becomes increasingly evident from the results of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and other big banks that loan growth will remain muted in the near term, even as asset quality improves. Regional banks are...

MILWAUKEE (TheStreet) -- Medium-sized companies such as Mattel (NYSE: MAT), Noble Corp. (NYSE: NE), Western Union (NYSE: WU) and Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD) will be second-half stars if the economy continues to grow, says Matt Fahey, manager of the Marshall Mid-Cap Value Fund (MVEAX). The $236...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- SPDR S&P Retail (NYSE: XRT) and First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX (NYSE: FXD) have declined 10% since mid-June as investors shun the consumer market. This has eroded gains earned from January to April, in turn dropping 2010 returns down to nearly 0%. Instead,...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Last August, PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) announced what would become one of the most highly discussed deals in the business world: the $7.8 billion acquisition of its two largest bottlers -- Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas. Completed in March, the deal has been hailed as one...

TheStreet.com's Adam Feuerstein tweeted that investors should not pile in on "sad-sack" story AspenBio Pharma (NASDAQ: APPY). He said that APPY = DSCO (Discovery Laboratories)(NASDAQ: DSCO).

BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Citigroup (NYSE: C) and Ford (NYSE: F) are tirelessly touted by the media and fund managers. Yet, analysts favor lesser-followed companies. Here are 10 large-cap stocks, all S&P 500 members, that receive rave reviews from analysts but get little...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- A few days ago AdvisorShares started the Mars Hill Global Relative Value ETF (NYSE: GRV). The exchange traded fund employs an active long-short strategy with ETFs in pursuit of an absolute return. It has been a while since there have been any absolute-return ETFs listed. The...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- It's hard to find anyone really fired up about the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, but at least one of the legislation's goals appears to be being met: Bank creditors are scared. Scaring creditors of big, systemically important banks like Citigroup...

What's the real difference between Lehman Brothers' bogus Repo 105 transactions and Bank of America's (NYSE: BAC) "dollar rolls?" Easy. Lehman Brothers isn't around anymore to offer a lame defense of its shady off-balance sheet shenanigans. To check out the 5 dumbest things on Wall St. this week,...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The second quarter of 2010 was a tough one to stomach for many. However, for income and value investors, this stretch of market turmoil has provided a great opportunity to take advantage of low priced companies boasting high yields. In many cases, the best way to gain access...