Hedge funds are often tracked by the media with a bit of a mysterious allure that often borders on misunderstanding. Hedge funds generally seek to have absolute returns, but in recent years the performance…
ThinkstockWas Meredith Whitney’s prediction about municipal and state bankruptcies more reality than she was attacked for? The ratings team of Standard & Poor’s issued a substantial downgrade to the city of Detroit on Wednesday…
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 95 billion cubic feet last week, within the range for an expected build of between 94 billion and 98…
ThinkstockOne of the world’s largest consumer products companies raised $1 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) this morning. Coty Inc. (NYSE: COTY) sold 57.1 million shares of class A stock at $17.50, the…
ThinkstockOver the past five years, shares of Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) have traded in a range of around $15 to $30 a share. The low point came last summer and the high point came…
ThinkstockA new communication has been issued by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for medical device manufacturers. This may sound like it is out of a science fiction movie, but the threat is…
Thursday finally brought on a lot of new economic data for investors to peruse from the Labor Department and Commerce Department. This on the heels of several days in a row of almost no…
ThinkstockMedia firm Gannett Company Inc. (NYSE: GCI) this morning signed a definitive merger agreement with TV station owner Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) to acquire all the outstanding shares of Belo for $13.75 per share…
Jon OggInvestors get to see many upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street firms, but it is very frequent that they do not get to see when analysts downgrade stocks to sell or tell their…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, June 13, 2013. They include AMC Networks, BlackBerry, Boeing and Time Warner.
ThinkstockThe higher the market climbs, the harder it becomes for investors to find solid stock ideas to add or scale in to their portfolios. With the market currently teetering on what seems like an…
ThinkstockIn the past 60 days, mortgage rates have moved up 60 basis points from 3.35% to near 4%. While that may seem like a large move, it is important to remember that rates are…
ThinkstockOne of the world’s largest consumer products companies raised $1 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) this morning. Coty Inc. (NYSE: COTY) sold 57.1 million shares of class A stock at the mid-point…
ThinkstockThere is a broadly held assumption that research and development (R&D) budget sizes matter a great deal to the current and future financial prospects of most tech companies. A review of the financial results…
ThinkstockThe two largest makers and marketers of trading terminals suddenly face public accusations about their practices that could undermine the model that has made them successful for so long. Bloomberg has suffered from revelations…