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Top Analyst Downgrades and Stocks to Sell: Micron, Tesla, Morgan Stanley and More

Posted: June 10, 2013 at 8:30 am

Investors often see analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms, but it is frequent that they do not hear when a firm says to sell a stock. 24/7 Wall ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Annaly, Chevron, Panera, Salesforce.com

Posted: June 5, 2013 at 8:30 am

Investors and traders are usually on the lookout for new research ideas that will generate higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst research calls from Wall ...
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Cyprus Deposit Seizure Hitting Euro and PIIGS Banks

Posted: March 18, 2013 at 9:30 am

I already have gone on the record that the taxation of deposits in Cyprus is nothing short of theft. Regardless of a bloated banking system that was in shambles, taking depositors' ...
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Strange Stock Trends in the Fidelity Contrafund (WFC, JPM, IRE, KO, PEP, BRK-A, BIIB, AMGN, AAPL, GOOG, INTC, MSFT, XOM, CVX)

Posted: February 28, 2013 at 8:25 am

The Fidelity Contrafund has released its 2012 annual report for its shareholders. While the date is December 31, 2012, and the asset size is listed as more than $84 billion ...
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PIIGS KILLERS: Italy PM Vote Threatens Austerity, All Over Again

Posted: February 25, 2013 at 3:00 pm

What happens when you put a vote out to the people about whether or not their benefits and public spending should be cut to appeal to international creditors? If you ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACI, ARNA, ADP, IRE, BOH, DELL, FHN, FSLR, FULT, GSS, HSY, INTU, ITRI, JCP, WFR, PNC, RF, SPWR, STP, TCB, USB, VIA, VVUS, WFC)

Posted: February 6, 2013 at 8:30 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall S. research calls. We have calls in banks, solar, tech, biotech and more. Arch Coal ...
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The Undercovered Story of 2013: A European Recovery

Posted: January 10, 2013 at 10:38 am

If you watch and read financial news avidly, you will almost certainly admit that with all of the stories on Washington D.C., the fiscal cliff, Obama administration officials leaving in ...
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PIIGS Rating Twist: Unusual Upgrade For Ireland

Posted: November 14, 2012 at 1:08 pm

Usually all you see is a ratings downgrade and an affirmed "negative outlook" when it comes to the sovereign credit ratings of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain. That is ...
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European Cure on Hold, Austerity Protests Add Pressure Again

Posted: September 26, 2012 at 7:35 am

Yesterday we said that Spain was looking more like Greece due to a Madrid protest that took place outside of parliament against all of the budget cuts and entitlement cuts ...
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Big U.S. and European Banks Cautious Ahead of FOMC/QE3

Posted: September 13, 2012 at 10:56 am

The eurozone bailout approval and the coming announcement (or continued hint) of additional quantitative easing from the FOMC is not adding to the banks at the current time. We saw a ...
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Bank Gains Mostly Priced in Euro Rescue News

Posted: September 12, 2012 at 8:25 am

You might not exactly be seeing a total "sell the news" reaction to Germany's constitutional court rejection of a challenge to block a permanent eurozone rescue fund.  This is great news for ...
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Bank of Ireland Loss Widens, but Still Working Toward 2013/14 Goals

Posted: August 10, 2012 at 10:51 am

The Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) may be down and out and its loss may have widened, but the good news is that the last of the New York-listed Irish ...
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Spain Short Selling Ban Spreads Through PIIGS and Beyond (EWP, SAN, BBVA, GREK, NBG, PT, IRE)

Posted: July 23, 2012 at 10:35 am

Most, or much, of the world hates short sellers. Betting against markets is just unfair, or so goes the logic. There is just one small problem: a market without short ...
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A Direct Bailout of E.U. Banks, TARP-Lite (SAN, BBVA, NBG, IRE, DB, UBS, CS, BCS, GREK, EWP, EWI, FXE)

Posted: June 29, 2012 at 8:37 am

European leaders are taking the aid directly to the banks to stave off any added crisis.  The futures in the U.S. are soaring and the markets in Europe are up ...
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PIIGS Shifting Attention To Spanish Bond Yields Again (EWP, BBVA, SAN, NBG, IRE, DB)

Posted: June 21, 2012 at 8:15 am

A 2014 bond auction in France went off at 0.54% this Thursday, while the same maturity in 2014 went for a yield of 4.70% in Spain.  The fear is that ...
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