The monthly reports from the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) rarely get noticed at all by investors and economists, but this should be watched closer than it is currently.
The Institute for Supply Management has released its September report of the Chicago Business Barometer, and it is ugly.
The latest TrimTabs report indicates that only 149,000 payrolls were created in September.
ADP has released its private sector employment for the month of September, and it showed an increase of 200,000 jobs from August.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Analog Devices, Barracuda Networks, Gap, Level 3 Communications, Petrobras, Autodesk and HSBC.
Independent research firm Argus has reviews of three of health care picks from its own Focus List in which it still sees significant upside ahead.
Credit Suisse and Wells Fargo each have an Outperform rating on Micron Technology ahead of its earnings report.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Ambarella, Apple, Bunge, McDonald's, Micron Technology and Occidental Petroleum.
Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Atmel, BlackBerry, Citigroup, DSW, JC Penney, 2U, TD Ameritrade and Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
This past week brought up many analyst calls with very aggressive price targets. Some of the calls were opportunistic due to a serious sell-off.
There were five analyst calls we tracked in the past week in which an analyst was willing to call for a stock to rise roughly 100%, and some even higher.
ThinkstockJames Bullard, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, was again outlining the case for higher interest rates. If you count the speech from Janet Yellen on Thursday signaling a hike…
Consumer sentiment has popped higher recently, suggesting that the worries of August and the start of September are less present in the minds of consumers.
The good news here is that the flash services PMI reading for September is still signaling a stronger growth report in the services economy.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis has released some slightly better news when it comes to gross domestic product (GDP) in the United States.
Stock pickers, particularly those with a focus on value and income stocks, are finding many great bargains out there.
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Caterpillar, Coca-Cola, Intel, 3M, Nike and Box.
Yellen's take is that inflation is now much more stable than it used to be, and that inflation is currently running at a very low level.
SolarCity is already the top U.S. solar power provider, and now the company announced that it is launching a new solar service for affordable housing communities.
ThinkstockInvestors are looking for any clue and any hint that they can get about the economic expansion right now. Is there expansion, or are global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures starting to indicate flat…