Posts for Ticker ‘RBC’

Media Digest 12/17/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   Obama’s poll ratings on the economy dropped.

Reuters:   Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) picked insider Brian Moynihan as CEO.

Reuters:   Bernanke’s confirmation should pass its first hurdle.

Reuters:   The US delayed selling some of its Citigroup (NYSE:C) stock. Read More »

Posted on: December 17, 2009 – 3:51 am in Press Digest, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Time Warner, AOL & Others See Index Fund Activity (RBC, ALGT, AOL, TWX, AVCT, EMR)

Standard & Poor’s is making several index changes in the coming trading days.  While Regal Beloit Corp. (NYSE: RBC) and Allegiant Travel Co. (NASDAQ: ALGT) are moving up in the S&P Indexes, the big S&P decision is around the AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) spin-off from Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX).  Other companies directly or indirectly affected in these changes are Avocent Corp. (NASDAQ: AVCT), and Emerson Electric Corp. (NYSE: EMR).  Our take on this is what it means for the amount of buying and selling from index funds.
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Posted on: December 2, 2009 – 11:31 am in ETF, Index, Mutual Funds, , , , , ,

Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 14, 2007)

ACL started as Buy at Jefferies.
AMGN started as Mkt Perform at Rodman & Renshaw.
B started as Outperform at CIBC.
CBB started as Buy at UBS.
CHE started as Buy at Jefferies.
CTL raised to Neutral at UBS.
CYTX started as Mkt Perform at Piper Jaffray.
DJ cut to Reduce at UBS.
EQ raised to Buy at UBS.
ESI cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.
EYE started as Underperform at Jefferies.
GNLB started as Buy at Oppenheimer.
ILMN raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.
ISIL raised to Buy at B of A.
MFA started as Outperform at JMP Securities.
MNKD started as Buy at B of A.
OPTT started as Outperform at Bear Stearns.
PT raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
RACK started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.
RBC started as Sector Perform at CIBC.
SLM cut to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
SNY cut to Neutral at HSBC; cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
THI raised to Outperform at CIBC.
VDSI cut to Hold at Jefferies.
VTIV raised to Strong Buy at First Albany.
WIN started as Neutral at UBS.
ZGEN started as Neutral at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
June 14, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: June 14, 2007 – 6:29 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,