Douglas McIntyre

Douglas McIntyre

Douglas A. McIntyre is a co-founder and editor for 24/7 Wall St.

Prior to 24/7 Wall St., Douglas was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of On2 Technlologies, a leading video compression company. He was chosen to be one of the members of the inaugural Streaming Media All-Star team, the 25 people who had the most impact on streaming media over the last 10 years. The list was described as the “streaming media’s Hall of Fame.” He was also the Publisher of Financial World Magazine from 1983 to 1995.

Douglas has also been President and Chief Executive officer of FutureSource, LLC and President of Switchboard.com, which was, at the time, the 10th most visited website in the US.

He is a magna cum laude graduate from Harvard.

Recent Articles

Palm Stock Up on Hopes of Elusive Buyout, Merger

The oil field services sector got a bump of about 2.5% earlier this week when Halliburton (HAL) reported results and indicated that the outlook for the rest of 2010 was looking better. So far today, the sector is up nearly 7% on a similar earnings outlook from Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB), even though the company's revenues dropped in the quarter. Even Weatherford International Ltd. (WFT) is getting a nice boost on Schlumberger's coattails.

Schlumberger SLB Earnings Outlook Boosts Oil Field Services Sector – HAL, WFT, SII

The oil field services sector got a bump of about 2.5% earlier this week when Halliburton (HAL) reported results and indicated that the outlook for the rest of 2010 was looking better. So far today, the sector is up nearly 7% on a similar earnings outlook from Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB), even though the company's revenues dropped in the quarter. Even Weatherford International Ltd. (WFT) is getting a nice boost on Schlumberger's coattails.

Johnson Controls JCI Earnings Up on Auto Sales Boost – F, WMT, XIDE

The recent jump in auto sales are attributable to manufacturers' incentives and a significant increase in Chinese buying. It's not totally unexpected then that parts suppliers should be seeing some black ink from the sales jump. Those companies include Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) which just reported earnings.

March Retail Sales Jump Might Not Be Sustainable (JCP, HOTT, TGT, WMT, JWN)

Retail sales for the month of March rose 1.6%, but there is some concern that the rise in consumer spending is only temporary.

JPM Report Highlights What Regulations Could Mean for Bank Earnings

JPMorgan Chase's (JPM) better-than-expected earnings showed just how important trading and investment banks are to the big bank's bottom line, and what government restrictions to proprietary trading might do to earnings.