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A Rare Credit Rating Upgrade for Greece: The Impossible Comes True

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 12:30 pm

The sovereign credit ratings of Greece and other PIIGS from the major ratings agencies have generally gone in one direction in recent years. Downward and onward. This is almost hard to ...
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Energy Drink Analyst Duel in Monster Beverage: Buy Versus Sell

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 11:00 am

Monster Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: MNST) might fit neither the bill of a major growth stock nor a value stock at this point in its cycle. Now that regulation and publicity ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades and Stocks to Sell: Cree, Melco, Monster, VIVUS and More

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 8:40 am

Investors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms. What investors often do not get to see is when analyst downgrade stocks to sell ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: Dean Foods, Fusion-io, Kroger, Yahoo! and More

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 8:30 am

Investors and traders are often looking for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls to find great ...
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UBS Still Very Positive Top Semiconductor Stocks to Buy

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 8:15 am

It should come as no surprise that the growth in the semiconductor industry is being driven by smartphones, tablets and notebooks. This tremendous growth is more than offsetting the declines ...
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Short Interest Plays Tricks Ahead of and into SolarCity Earnings

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 4:52 pm

Maybe Elon Musk is the modern real-world version of Tony Stark as you are seeing all over the internet. As for his SolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY), the still relatively new solar power ...
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AMD Loves New Low-Cost Servers All Over Again

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 3:38 pm

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is seeing the price of AMD stock up yet again on new news that new servers launching on its technology at a lower price ...
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Microsoft Nook Stock Rumors Already Fading, aQuantive Legacy Carries On

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 2:23 pm

Is Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) reconsidering how much it really wants to spend on yet another digital media effort? Shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) are getting clipped ...
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J.P. Morgan Now Projects Stronger Q2 GDP

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 11:05 am

This morning's report from the Commerce Department on retail sales in April was strong enough that we expected it to underpin a stronger climate for gross domestic product in the ...
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Analyst Calls 3D Systems a Stock to Buy with Street-High Target After Capital Raise

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 10:05 am

3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) had what we called a very poorly priced secondary offering to raise acquisition capital last week. What stands out for this 3D printing leader is that ...
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Top Analyst Downgrades and Stocks to Sell: Invesco, Prudential, Shire and More

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 8:35 am

Investors often get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms. What investors frequently do not get to see is when those same analysts issue downgrades or when ...
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UBS Internet Stocks to Buy: Google, AOL and More

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 8:30 am

If there is one group of stocks that typically responds with volatility to first-quarter earnings reports, it is the Internet stocks. History held true during this past reporting season. Almost ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: AIG, Cisco, Corning and More

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 8:20 am

Investors and traders seem to be constantly looking for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls to find ...
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Jefferies Stocks to Buy: Big Gains in Life Sciences and Diagnostics

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 8:00 am

In theory, medical technology companies should be some of the market’s best-performing stocks. After all, it’s not really a cyclical business, and price tags are rarely a stumbling block when ...
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Six Hot Stocks to Watch for Friday: Gap, 3D Systems, Pain Therapeutics and More

Posted: May 10, 2013 at 9:20 am

It is Friday, so TGIF. Before you get too deep into your weekend there is still a full trading day and Wall Street has many stocks on the move. 24/7 ...
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