The ADP Payrolls report is not always an exact indication of the Labor Situation report on payrolls from the U.S. Labor Department each month, but investors, traders and speculators do generally use it for…
These are this the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, January 8.
Biotechnology was an incredible performer in 2013. The analysts at J.P. Morgan think that the huge outperformance may lessen going forward but can stay intact. They think the fundamental backdrop is very similar to…
ThinkstockCompanies that sell hardware devices and the software that powers them can expect their total market to rise substantially this year. However, not every company will benefit as the battle for share continues to…
The dream that people would eventually buy individual movies online has finally become true. The clear winners based on the trend are Apple and Amazon.com.
If unemployment is at the foundation of measurements of national economic health, then the euro area and European Union remain crippled with little hope in sight for a recovery.
courtesy of Sirius XM RadioSirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has released its 2013 preliminary sell-through numbers, and the subscriber count and the cash flow projections will only add to the notion that Liberty Media…
ThinkstockTrimTabs Investment Research has released its data trends for U.S.-listed mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in 2013. The long and short of the matter is that stock funds saw record inflows while bond funds…
thinkstockJanuary 7, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday led by healthcare and tech stocks. The S&P 500 closed with a gain for the first time this year. The DJIA closed up 0.64%, the S&P…
Jon OggBob Doll, Chief Equity Strategist and Senior Portfolio Manager of Nuveen Asset Management, is out with his ten predictions for 2014. His predictions are followed by many, and he scored a 7.5 out…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.When the Black Friday weekend shopping craze ended, J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) did not waste any time announcing that same-store sales for the month of November had jumped…
courtesy of TwitterShares of Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) tumbled 4% Monday following a downgrade to Underweight by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). The stock continues its slide today, dropping another 6.5% with no other news…
ThinkstockThe Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opened today in Las Vegas and it is nothing if not big. It’s also a place for big announcements, and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) CEO Gary Shapiro did…
ThinkstockIn much of late-2013, investors wanted to see economic reports which showed small growth which was too small to keep the Fed from lifting its quantitative easing measures. Then the markets rallied handily when…
Monday’s announcement by AT&T that it would allow rich companies that push a lot of bits through AT&T's pipes to subsidize costs to end users is an end-run around the long-standing debate about net…