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Top Analyst Downgrades and Stocks to Sell: Blackberry, LinkedIn, Renren and More

Posted: May 15, 2013 at 8:35 am

Investors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms. What investors often do not get to see is when analyst downgrade stocks to sell ...
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Corn Field

Corn Brings the Death of Food Inflation

Posted: May 6, 2013 at 1:10 pm

If you have been paying attention to consumer prices and producer prices of late, the drop in the price of oil and other energy related items has been keeping a ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, AMX, BBY, BKD, COH, CVS, DKS, LTM, MOS, P, RSH, RHT, SHW, SFD, TJX, URI, PAY, XOOM)

Posted: March 12, 2013 at 8:35 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) maintained Hold but price target cut to $420 ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 11, 2013: Markets Recover Slightly from Low Open (BBY, BTU, SFD, ADBE, MT, CSIQ, CHYR, DKS, RENN, CVI, DMND, FCEL, URBN, BONT, SSI, BBRY, T, ZNGA, YHOO)

Posted: March 11, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning after France reported a decline in industrial production and China reported consumer inflation up more than expected (more coverage here). There was no ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADBE, ALTR, MT, AHL, BBVA, BBY, CNX, DVA, INTU, ITRI, MYL, BTU, SFD, VE)

Posted: March 11, 2013 at 8:25 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch. Altera ...
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Shareholder Attack of Smithfield Has Risks, but Merits Too (SFD, HRL, TSN)

Posted: March 8, 2013 at 11:29 am

Smithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) is trading higher on word that a top shareholder called Continental Grain Co. has sent a letter urging the company to consider strategic alternatives. These ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 7, 2013: Markets Open Higher, Chop to Higher Close (SAP, CLH, ANGI, SD, BIG, ALJ, PETM, MTN, CIEN, DANG, JRCC, KR, SFD, FNSR, HRB, P, WDAY, ANN, FL, AMD, PBR, FB)

Posted: March 7, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and trickled lower most of the day as there was little news to follow generally good data from around the globe. In Japan, ...
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Bringing Home the Bacon at Smithfield Foods

Posted: March 7, 2013 at 7:15 am

Smithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) reported third-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The food processing firm reported adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.58 on revenues ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 6, 2013: Markets Open Higher, Closed Mixed (JCP, ICE, BBY, QCOM, VVUS, GEVO, QIHU, SWHU, PAY, AEO, BIG, TFM, HOV, SPLS, STP, PETS, MTN, CIEN, DANG, JRCC, KR, SFD, MTG, PBR, BBRY)

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but struggled to maintain even a flat performance compared to yesterday’s close. Before the markets opened this morning, the Mortgage Bankers Association noted ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CMA, FB, FIO, HES, JDSU, KMB, LOGI, QCOM, RIMM, RF, STX, SFD, UTX)

Posted: January 31, 2013 at 8:38 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Comerica Inc. (NYSE: CMA) cut to Underperform at Bernstein. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) ...
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Beef: Prices Rising or Falling?

Posted: January 24, 2013 at 2:03 pm

Last week privately held Cargill Inc. announced that it would close its beef processing plant in Plainview, Texas, due to a drop in the number of cattle available as a ...
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U.S. Crop Report Boosts Ag Prices

Posted: January 11, 2013 at 12:44 pm

Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inaugurated its new practice of releasing the monthly crop reports at noon ET. January saw a decline in the forecast for the Florida ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — December 6, 2012: Markets Close Higher as Americans Shed Debt (JDSU, LGF, SCCO, SBUX, FIO, MW, SAI, VRA, LULU, SFD, TITN, HWD, PANW, SWHC, AKAM, T, ZNGA, GMCR)

Posted: December 6, 2012 at 4:08 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning following a decision by the European Central Bank to leave its interest rates unchanged (more coverage here). Third-quarter eurozone GDP was in line ...
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Smithfield Fails to Bring Home the Bacon

Posted: December 6, 2012 at 7:40 am

Smithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) reported second-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The food processing firm reported adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.61 on revenues ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — December 5, 2012: Markets Close Mixed on Tech Weakness (ADTN, KMP, CLF, INTC, RAX, MFRM, P, FRAN, MW, SAIC, VRA, LULU, SFD, TITN, FCX, MMR, PXP, NOK, CHL, TIBX)

Posted: December 5, 2012 at 4:02 pm

U.S. equity markets opened essentially flat again this morning as investors waited to see what would happen with the many data releases due out today. In Europe, the non-manufacturing PMI ...
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