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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (AWK, NLY, ARMH, INTC, BAC, C, JPM, CAT, DAL, DNDN, DMND, HGSI, OPEN, SNDK, VLO, VICL, YRCW)

Posted: November 5, 2011 at 7:15 am

Each morning 24/7 Wall St. issues a list of some of the key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms.  We review these and other calls from ...
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Refiners Thriving on Crude Price Differential (WNR, TSO, VLO, MPC, BP, XOM, CVX, COP, MUR)

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 11:22 am

Two major oil refiners have reported third-quarter earnings since the market closed last night. Both posted better-than-expected earnings primarily due to sharply higher refining margins. Western Refining Corp. (NYSE: WNR) ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AWK, C, JPM, CAT, DE, VLO, PNX, NOR, HGG, CECO, END, VG, AMRS, DMND, PG, SINO, OXGN, RTK, RNF)

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 4:08 pm

Stocks opened higher this morning and the gains held up pretty well all day. The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee report contained no big surprises, with interest rates continuing to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AWK, BAC, BIP, CAT, C, CPO, DE, DMND, ECA, GPS, GOV, JOYG, JPM, OPEN, SSW, TXRH, USM, VLO)

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 8:24 am

These are some of Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) added to Strong Buy List at ...
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The Ten Best S&P Stocks of October (SPY, JNPR, NBR, FFIV, DNR, HAR, JOYG, NOV, VLO, GT, EP)

Posted: November 1, 2011 at 10:52 am

The month of October was a solid month for stocks, one of the best months of our lifetimes.  We have two groups today and the first is the stocks which ...
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Big Oil Rules! Strong Earnings, Takeover Chatter, Dividends, Asset Sales (XOM, OXY, VLO, CVX, BP)

Posted: October 27, 2011 at 10:37 am

Crude oil prices have jumped more than $3/barrel this morning on the expectation that the European agreement on sovereign debt will put some life back into the global economy. That ...
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Lower Oil Inventories & Refining Capacity Drive Home (VLO, OIH, USO)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 10:43 am

The Department of Energy is out with its weekly oil data and the data is showing a larger draw-down that what API had signaled yesterday.  Crude oil inventories fell by ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARMH, CFN, COP, EIX, GIS, GS, PDLI, SAP, SFD, S, SYK, TEF, TI, TSN, VLO)

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 8:14 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. ...
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Drop in Copper and Corn Prices May Be Overrated (FCX, SCCO, BHP, RIO, MON, ADM, BG, POT, MOS, VLO, PEIX, JJC, CU, CORN, MOO, DBA)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 10:45 am

Since the beginning of September, copper and corn prices have fallen dramatically, with copper off nearly -35% from its 12 month high and corn off about -25%. Because both are ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (AMD, AMZN, AAPL, CHTR, CMA, GXP, GMCR, NFLX, RVBD, TEVA, UTX, VLO)

Posted: October 2, 2011 at 7:45 am

This last week was a bad end to a bad quarter and the research calls were very mixed.  We went through the numerous upgrades and downgrades to identify which calls ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, AMZN, BX, CAH, CLS, DRQ, ITMN, JBL, KKR, OKS, VLO)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 8:22 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Underperform ...
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US Energy Review Puts Focus on Electric Vehicles (HMC, TM, GM, F, NSANF, ADM, VLO, CLNE)

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 9:51 am

If the US has an energy policy -- a big if -- that policy turns on two factors. One, reducing energy imports; and two, reducing environmentally harmful emissions. How the ...
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Are Diesel Exports Keeping US Gas Prices High? (VLO, MPC)

Posted: September 26, 2011 at 12:08 pm

In the week ended September 16th, the US exported more refined products than it imported. Year-over-year, the US is now exporting 714,000 barrels/day more refined products than it is importing. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGU, CLH, COP, DNDN, FDX, IPI, KBR, MDR, N, NIHD, ORCL, MOS, SFSF, TXN, VLO, VIP, ZION)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 8:05 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Raised to Neutral at Goldman ...
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Identifying Value In Refining Stocks (MPC, VLO, MUR, HFC, SUN, TSO, WNR, MRO)

Posted: September 8, 2011 at 11:29 am

The refining business has been in the news a lot recently for two things. One, it's making money again. Two, integrated oil companies are shedding refining assets at a rapid ...
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