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- Associated Press, Forbes (8/12/10)
Charlie Smith offers insights into CISCO and market recovery strength concerns featured in Associated Press, Forbes - Wall Street Journal.com (8/12/10)
Doug Kreps comments on CISCO and market downturn - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (7/16/10)
Mike Blehar offers insights on target date funds - International Business Times (7/15/10)
Kim Caughey reports on JP Morgan's earnings - MarketWatch (7/13/10)
Charlie Smith offers expertise on earnings report - Seeking Alpha (7/12/10)
Charlie Smith discusses US corporation's high amount of cash - LA Times Business (7/7/10)
Kim Caughey discusses Microsoft's surge
into the cell phone market. - YAHOO News.com (6/24/10)
Kim Caughey comments on Oracle's earnings. - FOX Business.com (6/23/10)
Kim Caughey discusses home sales data
and market recovery. - CNBC Squawk on the Street (6/23/10)
Kim Caughey offers insights into S&P earnings. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (6/13/10)
Michael Blehar discusses mutual fund fees. - Jacksonville Business Journal (6/7/10)
Charlie Smith on the SEC circuit breaker rules. - Business Week 5/10/10
Charlie Smith addresses stock rally. - Portfolio.com 5/6/10
Charlie Smith on the May 6 market action. - Fox Business 4/16/09
Christina Scotti of Fox Business highlights the investing expertise of Kim Caughey, Vice President of Fort Pitt Capital Group. Caughey comments on the growth potential of Allergan, the company that owns the injectable drug Botox used by plastic surgeons and dermatologists. "From speech impediments to eye muscle disorders to excessive sweating to chronic headaches, [Botox might] solve a lot more problems than just erasing your lines... and that's exciting," proposes Caughey. - Smart Money 4/16/09
Smart Money's Dan Burrows spotlights the tech sector expertise of Kim Caughey, Vice President at Fort Pitt Capital Group. Caughey explains why tech stocks rebounded and outperformed most of the market in the first few months of 2009. Because banks are responsible for a disproportionate share of tech-spending, Caughey suggests, "As financial services firms wobbled or went out of business, the outlook for tech became bleak." Subsequently, Caughey believes, "The dust settled and investors realized that banks were still going to be around and the functions of banking need to be conducted on technology." - MSN Money 4/13/09
Charley Blaine and Elizabeth Strott of MSN Money feature Kim Caughey, Vice President of Fort Pitt Capital Group. Caughey offers her views on Wall Street and the upcoming earnings season. "Recessions are a great time to figure out who is winning and who is losing," reports Caughey, highlighting "Overall, it's been a terrible quarter. That's no surprise. But seeing who is holding it together is important to investors." - Bloomberg 4/13/09
Harichandan Arakali of Bloomberg quotes Fort Pitt Capital Group Vice President Kim Caughey. Caughey comments on the price for a controlling stake in Satyam Computer Services Ltd., once India's fourth largest software services provider. "The price you are paying is really for the contracts and the employees," explains Caughey. She further advances, "It's costly to acquire new people through the regular HR mechanism, but to be able to do it in one fell swoop, I think that's a real win." - USA Today 3/25/09
Michael Winter of USA Today's "On Deadline Blog" highlights Charlie Smith, Chief Investment Officer at Fort Pitt Capital Group. In the wake of the stock market's best monthly returns in over a decade, Smith comments on what to expect in the future. "This could be the beginning of an improvement," he reports, suggesting "The market is essentially saying, ‘Now we have an idea that we've already seen the worst rate of change in GDP.'" - Bloomberg 3/25/09
Bloomberg's Lynn Thomasson features Charlie Smith, Chief Investment Officer of Fort Pitt Capital Group. In the wake of the stock market's best monthly returns in over a decade, Smith comments on what to expect in the future. "This could be the beginning of an improvement," he reports, suggesting "The market is essentially saying, ‘Now we have an idea that we've already seen the worst rate of change in GDP.'" - Wall Street Journal 3/24/09
David Gaffen of the Wall Street Journal's MarketBeat Blog features the financial expertise of Kim Caughey, Vice President of Fort Pitt Capital Management. Caughey offers her opinion on why the stock market took a last minute dive, amid strong afternoon trading. "Right now I think we're reacting to policy," reports Caughey, suggesting, "There hasn't been anything especially big in the way of company earnings out lately, and ideally that's what should drive the market." - HeraldNet 3/22/09
HeraldNet quotes Ted Bovard of Fort Pitt Capital Group. Bovard suggests that amid recent financial turmoil, even wealthy individuals are now concerned about saving enough for retirement. "If you're down 50 percent when a million is involved, it's far more devastating than if you're starting with $10,000," he says, adding, "The percentage loss is exactly the same but there are more zeros involved." - Financial Times 3/19/09
Financial Times' Kiran Stacey highlights the economic aptitude of Charlie Smith, Chief Investment Officer of Fort Pitt Capital Group. Smith argues that it will take time to see the results of the Federal Reserve's plan to buy up assets in order to stimulate the economy. "We need to let the Fed's efforts begin to work," says Smith, advising, "They will help clear the balance sheets of good banks, but that will take time." - Scripps News 3/17/09
Scripps News quotes Ted Bovard of Fort Pitt Capital Group. Bovard suggests that amid recent financial turmoil, even wealthy individuals are now concerned about saving enough for retirement. "If you're down 50 percent when a million is involved, it's far more devastating than if you're starting with $10,000," he says, adding, "The percentage loss is exactly the same but there are more zeros involved."
CNN Money (8/13/10)
Kim Caughey reports on Dow's losing streak