Posts for Ticker ‘GA’

A Vote For Selling Citigroup (C) To Goldman Sachs (GS) Or Morgan Stanley (MS)

Citi_logoThere had been speculation for almost a week that the government has been trying to broker a marriage between Goldman Sachs (GS) and Citigroup (C). Goldman has apparently been cool toward taking on Citi’s problems even if the Treasury and FDIC are willing to guarantee a large portion of the Citi balance sheet.

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Posted on: November 23, 2008 – 4:10 pm in Mergers and Buy Outs, , ,

Top 10 Early Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (FUL, OZM, REP, TOL, DOV, EMR, GA, GSK, MEDX, RDS-A)

Money_stack_picThese are ten of the top pre-market early bird upgrades and downgrades we are seeing from analysts this Friday morning:

  • H.B. Fuller (NYSE: FUL) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Och-Ziff Capital (NYSE: OZM) Started as Buy at Jefferies.
  • Repsol YPF (NYSE: REP) Raised to Buy from Hold at ING; Raised to Hold from Sell at Soc-Gen.
  • Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) Started as Outperform at KBW.
  • Dover (NYSE: DOV) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.
  • Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • GlaxoSmithkline (NYSE: GSK) Cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
  • Medarex (NASDAQ: MEDX) Started as Sell at Merriman Curhan Ford.
  • Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) Cut to Hold from Buy at ING.

Jon C. Ogg
November 14, 2008

Posted on: November 14, 2008 – 7:26 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

The 52-Week Low Club (ERIC)(FRE)(FNM)

Giant Interactive (GA) Market unhappy with Chinese game company’s financial results. Drops to $9.56 from 52-week high of $20.46.

Freddie Mac (FRE) Bad earnings and warns on dividend. Falls to $24.31 from 52-week high of $69.85.

Fannie Mae (FNM) Mortgage and FRE concerns. Down to $26.38 from 52-week high of $70.57.

Ericsson  (ERIC) Telecom equpment company gives down-beat forecast. Falls to $24.91 from 52-week high of $43.41.

Douglas A. McIntyre

Douglas A. McIntyre

Posted on: November 20, 2007 – 4:08 pm in HI/LOW, , , ,