Quantcast

Monthly Archives: December 2010

Forex IPO: GAIN Capital Holdings (GCAP)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 9:31 am

GAIN Capital Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) is coming public this morning via an initial public offering.  The company priced 9 million shares of common stock at $9.00 per share. The ...
Read Full Story »

Spain, Greece, Ireland All Weigh on Bank ADRs (STD, BBVA, AIB, IRE, NBG)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 9:19 am

The woes of Europe continue, again... Get used to it.  The markets are soft this morning on news that Moody's is warning Spain of a downgrade to its Aa1 rating ...
Read Full Story »

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (12/15/2010) CPI, Zuckerberg Man Of The Year

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 9:00 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
Read Full Story »

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ARAY, BSDM, CYPB, JOYG)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Acuray Incorporated, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARAY), BSD Medical corporation (NASDAQ: ...
Read Full Story »

Carl Icahn Buys the Electric Power Company (DYN, IEP, BX)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 8:44 am

Carl Icahn usually makes his headlines by criticizing management for not rewarding shareholders.  This morning he is in the news because he is buying Dynegy Inc. (NYSE:DYN) for a higher ...
Read Full Story »

Today’s Best Market Rumors 12.15.2010 China Inflation Target, Freescale IPO

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 8:43 am

Updated throughout the day. China will up its 2011 inflation target to 4% from 3% (vairous) Freescale may have an IPO next year (CNBC) Douglas A. McIntyre ...
Read Full Story »

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, BBY, A, BBT, BRCM, COH, FSLR, GPS, HBAN, JBHT, JCI, KR, LULU, SWY, STI, TIF, TROW, WFMI)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 8:22 am

These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.  This morning we have two key updates from late yesterday afternoon, followed ...
Read Full Story »

Mortgage Bankers: Rates Soar

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 7:58 am

It has suddenly become less financially attractive to take out a new mortgage or refinance an existing one. That should add another boat anchor to the housing market already weighed ...
Read Full Story »

RigNet IPO Sees Soft Pricing (RNET, SMHG, MO)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 7:57 am

RigNet Inc. (NASDAQ: RNET) has priced its initial public offering of 5 million shares at a price of $12.00 per share.  The company hooks up remote energy sites such as ...
Read Full Story »

Walker & Dunlop IPO Debuts in Soft Pricing (WD)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 7:50 am

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE: WD), a provider of commercial real estate financial services focused on multifamily lending, has announced the pricing of its initial public offering.  The offering is ...
Read Full Story »

FleetCor Technologies IPO Debuts in Soft Pricing (FLT)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 7:47 am

FleetCor Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FLT) is coming public.  The company sold some 12.675 million shares at $23.00 per share, at the bottom of a $23.00 to $26.00 per share range.  ...
Read Full Story »

The Eight Big Spin-Offs To Watch For 2011 (AMR, MT, CVC, FST, FO, LORL, MOT, NOC, HHC, GGP, MSG)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 7:35 am

2010 has been a positive year for the markets.  IPOs and secondary offerings have been plentiful, debt offerings have been plentiful, and restructurings continue.  Many spin-offs have been announced and ...
Read Full Story »

The Nine Ways China Blocks American Media

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 6:52 am

In China this week, if you wanted to watch news of Liu Xiaobo, the now famous Chinese dissident and democracy advocate who won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, you could. ...
Read Full Story »

Moody’s May Downgrade Spain, The European Picture Darkens

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 5:50 am

Moody's may take away Spain's Aa1 sovereign debt rating. The agency gave its reasons: (1) Spain's vulnerability to funding stress given its high refinancing needs in 2011. This vulnerability has ...
Read Full Story »

Facebook Is The Best Place To Work

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 5:29 am

Facebook is the best place to work among US companies, according to employee research firm Glassdoor. The survey was based on nearly 150,000 employee reviews submitted during 2010 on companies with ...
Read Full Story »