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Ratings Agency Thought: Should Whole Foods Still Be Junk-Rated? (WFM, KR, SWY, WMT)

It seems that being a junk bond credit investor still allows you to pick from a whole slew of companies that should not be junk bonds.  Unfortunately, you as an ...
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Commodities Watch: Corn, Cattle Futures Booming; Ethanol Makers Could Give Up Federal Tax Credit (SWY, KR, WMT, WEN, JACK, MCD, YUM, C, CS, MS)

It's time for our daily look at commodity prices and developments that will carry over ahead in commodities. Corn and cattle prices top today's news and these both have many ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AB, AMAT, ARMH, T, ERJ, HAS, IACI, INTC, KLAC, MAT, MRK, NVLS, POT, SWY, AMTD, VSEA)

These are some of this Friday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (NYSE: AB) Cut to Neutral and $26 ...
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December Buybacks Near $30 Billion Already, More For 2011 (T, AET, AZO, ADSK, CB, CAG, CCK, ECA, ENZN, HD, INTC, MAN, MKL, SWY, SYK, TEVA, TIBX, PKW, CSCO, GE, BAC, WFC, JPM)

There is a long-standing debate over the effect and impact of share buyback plans. What is not up for debate is that many companies have given big updates or announced ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AAPL, BBY, A, BBT, BRCM, COH, FSLR, GPS, HBAN, JBHT, JCI, KR, LULU, SWY, STI, TIF, TROW, WFMI)

These are some of this Wednesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.  This morning we have two key updates from late yesterday afternoon, followed ...
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December Buybacks Over $15 Billion, More For 2011 (AET, CB, CAG, ECA, HD, INTC, MKL, SWY, SYK, TEVA, CSCO, BAC, WFC, JPM)

There have always been questions about whether stock buybacks are an effective return of cash to shareholders.  The theory is a simple one:  reducing the number of shares outstanding boosts ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (STD, BRCM, CSIQ, CMG, DD, EBAY, ENDP, IACI, JASO, KR, MRVL, NDAQ, PCX, BTU, SWY, SOLF, TWX, YGE)

These are some of this Friday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Banco Santander S.A. (NYSE: STD) Raised to Overweight at HSBC. Broadcom Corporation ...
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The Week’s Top Earnings Reports On Deck (CSX, INTC, JPM, GE, APOL, SWY, AMD, GOOG, JBHT, MAT)

Earnings season is about to kick off this week with three DJIA components and a slew of other influential sector-moving companies.  The key reports we are watching first are CSX ...
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Next Week’s Can’t Miss Earnings (INTC, JPM, GE, APOL, SWY, AMD, GOOG, JBHT,INFY, MAT)

Next week we have three key DJIA components reporting earnings, and many other market-moving and sector-moving companies are on deck as well.  The DJIA components on deck with earnings will ...
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The Unusual Suspects for the Week Ahead (AAPL, BP, CROX, GE, GOOG, OREX, SWY, SD, VVUS, VOCL, CALL, VG)

This weekend's edition of The Unusual Suspects includes mostly non-earnings events that will be on deck this coming week and/or some of the carry-over issues from last week.  Our list ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BP, BEN, IVZ, LNCR, KR, PHG, SWY, SWN, TSO, WMB)

These are some of this Friday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: BP plc (NYSE: BP) target cut at HSBC; Cut to ...
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The Big Week of Dividends (ACE, BG, CLX, DPS, FRO, KNX, NOC, SWY, TRH, TIF, XEL, GE)

This week felt like the sudden snap-back for dividend hikes after a week or two of fewer news announcements from major companies.  It was in big companies too, rather than ...
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Dividend Hike Onslaught (ACE, CLX, DPS, NOC, SWY, XEL)

It felt like the pace of dividend hikes was slowing down.  Wrong.  There were at least six big hikes today that came from the likes of ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE), ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (ATHN, BPSG, FWRD, JDAS, MRVL, MWA, SWY, STT)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Tuesday morning with about two hours until the market ...
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Analyzing Whole Foods Earnings, Post-Double (WFMI, KR, SWY, WMT)

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today.  We have Thomson Reuters targets of $0.18 EPS and $1.87 billion in revenue.  ...
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