The annual Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations report from the Congressional Research Service shows that the US is still by far the world’s leading arms merchant. A summary of ... Read Full Story »
These are this Thursday's top ten independent analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street brokerage firms with more than two hours until the market opens: Corning (GLW) ... Read Full Story »
These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious notes we have seen early this Thursday morning from Wall Street brokerage firms with more than two hours until the market ... Read Full Story »
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street this Monday morning: King Pharma (KG) Raised to Overweight at Wachovia. Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM) Raised ... Read Full Story »
The board of AllianceBernstein (AB), controlled by majority shareholder AXA, dumped longtime CEO Lew Sanders. The stock has been way down recently. Over the last year it is off over ... Read Full Story »
These are some of the top downgrades and negative calls we are seeing from Wall Street analysts this Tuesday morning:Developers Diversified (DDR) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.Federated Investors (FII) ... Read Full Story »
Many of the layoff announcements which came over the last several days were as unexpected as they were large. If a recession is measured by the rapidity and breadth of ... Read Full Story »
These are some of the top analyst upgrades we are seeing from Wall Street this Thursday morning with about two hours to the open:First Solar (FSLR) Raised to Buy at ... Read Full Story »
According to Reuters, the Treasury will make $250 billion directly into banks. Ciitgroup (C) and JPMorgan (JPM) would get $26 billion each. Merrill Lynch (MER) and Bank of America (BAC) ... Read Full Story »
Legg Mason Inc. (NYSE: LM) is having a rough morning to say the least. The investment manager's shares are being hit after Credit Suisse took an already cautious Neutral rating ... Read Full Story »
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Friday morning:Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) Cut to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank.Calamos Asset Management (NASDAQ: CLMS) Cut ... Read Full Story »
If there is one seer and age-old timeless veteran in value investing, it is M.J. Whitman. His Third Avenue Management, LLC has filed its 13F with the SEC and it ... Read Full Story »
Chimera Investment (NYSE: CIM) is an investment vehicle that is set up to invest in mortgages per its charter, although as we noted the day of the initial filing that ... Read Full Story »
Goldman Sachs has lowered estimates on many financial services players this morning:AllianceBernstein (AB) (buy);AMBAC Financial (ABK) (neutral);Blackrock (BLK) (buy);Calamos Asset Mgmt. (CLMS) (neutral);CME Group (CME) (buy);Franklin Resources (BEN) (neutral); Gamco ... Read Full Story »
On CNBC's MAD MONEY tonight, Jim Cramer did his SELL BLOCK where he makes calls for selling winners or losers. Tonight he focused on legendary portfolio manager Bill Miller of ... Read Full Story »