Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer told attendees at the company’s annual shareholder meeting that Windows 7 sales were astonishingly high. According to a Wall Street Journal account of the gathering, “Microsoft Corp. has sold twice as many copies of Windows 7 in its first few weeks than any previous version of the operating system,” Ballmer said.
The news means that one of Microsoft’s five major operating units may do well and next year. That leaves four to go. Read More
These are this Friday’s top early analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls which may be moving shares of the underlying stocks:
Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Started as Buy at UBS.
FedEx (NYSE: FDX) Started as Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Started as Buy at UBS.
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) Started as Buy at UBS.
QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Started as Neutral at UBS.
The9 Ltd (NASDAQ: NCTY) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.
You can join our open email distribution list which goes out several times per week to be notified of key merger news, key analyst calls, top early morning day trader alerts, along with news of IPO’s, key offerings, guru investor data on Buffett and others, mergers, and more.
JON C. OGG
It’s the weekend, and that brings about the review of “the unusual suspects” for strange activity or for being key stocks under review for the week ahead. There are some old hat names here and some new unknown names that will be key. We have Electro-Optical Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: MELA), First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), Genzyme Corp. (NASDAQ: GENZ), Geron Corp. (NASDAQ: GERN), Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEC), Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD), SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI), Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), and Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPPI) all under review for the week ahead.
Read More
These are this Friday’s top day trader and active stock alerts. We have more detailed data on volume and price analysis with links through to VSInvestor.com on each stock:
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is up a second day on strong volume.
Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) is trading even higher than last night’s 8% gain after earnings and guidance were ahead of estimates.
Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddia Mac (NYSE: FRE) are both trading higher and actively ahead of existing home sales and ahead of Bernanke’s speech.
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) is trading lower on heavy volume after earnings and after the CEO said that predicting a recovery is like grabbing water.
-The 24/7 Wall Street Team
AUGUST 21, 2009
Reuters: Sony (SNE) and Microsoft (MSFT) are battling to control home entertainment but consumers are slow to adopt their technologies.
Reuters: The “clunkers” program will end on August 24.
Reuters: GM is about to pick a buyer for Opel.
Reuters: The US recovery will be long and fragile. Read More
Microsoft’s (MSFT) revenue dropped 17% in the second quarter, and worse, sales dropped in all five of the firm’s operating units. The recession and the decline in PC sales are to blame for the largest portion of the trouble, but the software company’s inability to raise prices aggressively is combining with drop in units demand. Read More
Reuters: Chrysler is already seeing positive effects from bankruptcy.
Reuters: The US is working with GM (GM) on a Chapter 11 filing as the June1 deadline looms.
Reuters: Pimco’s Gross says US is at risk of losing its AAA rating.
Reuters: The US closed BankUnited and sold it to private equity interests.
Reuters: AIG’s (AIG) Liddy stepped down as CEO.
Reuters: The trillion dollar bailout is beginning to shake market confidence in the US economy.
Reuters: New reports show the US has a bumpy road ahead as it moves toward recovery. Read More
These are some of the top analyst upgrades or positive research calls that we have seen early this Monday morning from Wall Street:
Berry Petroleum (BRY) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
Brocade (BRCD) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray.
Goldman Sachs (GS) Started as Buy at Citigroup.
Lululemon Athletica (LULU) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
Monster Worldwide (MWW) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.
Salesforce.com (CRM) Raised to Buy at UBS.
JON C. OGG
These are some of the top analyst upgrades or positive initiations we have seen early this morning with about two hours until the open:
Adobe Systems (ADBE) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Allegiant Travel (ALGT) Started as Overweight at Barclays.
American Express (AXP) Raised to Hold from Sell at Citigroup.
Digital River (DRIV) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
General Maritime (GMR) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Microsoft (MSFT) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Netflix (NFLX) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel.
Omniture (OMTR) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Salesforce.com (CRM) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Symantec (SYMC) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
JON C. OGG
According to Reuters, some members of Congress were unhappy with Defense budget cuts.
Reuters reports that Americans are more optimistic about the economy since Obama came into office, according to a New York Times/CBS poll.
Reuters reports that the US deficit was near $1 trillion in the government’s fiscal first half.
Reuters reports that Congress is set to curtail risky mortgages.
Reuters reports that a quarter of companies globally are set to freeze wages. Read More
Tech stocks are supposed to go down less than the overall market and come back faster. That has been in the Broker 101 handbook for at least two decades. The reasoning is simple. Technology actually becomes more essential to corporations in a recession. It makes enterprises more efficient and productive. A mainframe can do the work of a dozen people. It has no health care or vacation requirements. Read More
If this was during good times, we’d be under the impression that there was a failed coup inside salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE: CRM). Steve Cakebread, the company’s president & chief strategist, has resigned. And there are two other departures as well. It seems that the economy may be catching up to salesforce.com faster than was expected late last year.
These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing from Wall Street firms this Friday morning with more than two hours until the open.
Jon C. Ogg
November 21, 2008
These are the top analyst downgrade calls we are seeing this Friday morning with two hours to the open:
Jon C. Ogg
October 3, 2008
These are some of the top analyst calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning:
These are some of the downgrades or cautious analyst calls we are seeing this Thursday morning:
Jon C. Ogg
August 21, 2008
Microsoft (MSFT) is going to buy back $20 billion of its shares. Take that to the bank. Maybe.
UBS says that investors should expect the move by the world’s largest software company soon. UBS says MSFT won’t even tell anyone until the purchases are over.
These are ten of the early bird analyst calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning with over 2 hours to the open:
Jon C. Ogg
July 22, 2008
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Thursday morning:
Jon C. Ogg
May 22, 2008
These are some of the top analyst calls that we are focusing on this Tuesday morning in pre-market trading hours:
Jon C. Ogg
April 22, 2008
Jon Ogg is a producer of and editor for both the Special Situations newsletter and the "10 Stocks Under $10" weekly newsletter for 247WallSt.com; he can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com and he does not own securities in the companies he covers.
| Today’s top tickerspy Indexes | |
| Home Furnishing R... | +14.1% |
| Ethanol and Biofu... | +5.1% |
| Electronics Retai... | +2.1% |
| Diabetes Stocks | +2.0% |
| Memory Chip Stock... | +2.0% |
 | |
| |
RSS Updates
Email Updates
