ThinkstockStocks have closed at record levels yet again, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) came only a point or so shy of 17,000 ahead of this week’s key Labor Department report on payrolls…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms for Tuesday, July 2, 2014. They include Alcatel-Lucent, Apple, FireEye, JDSU Uniphase and solar stocks.
Does the level of 17,000 on the Dow Jones Industrial Average really mean anything at all on a technical basis? The real answer is no, but the trading action may seem to signal something different on…
ThinkstockT-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) may have won over many new wireless customers as portraying itself as the ‘uncarrier’ for wireless subscribers. Now it turns out that a Federal Trade Commission complaint has been…
Yodlee S-1 SEC FilingWhat happens at new all-time highs in the stock market? Outside of everyone seeming to be more happy, you generally start to see more market-sensitive initial public offering filings and pricings.…
ThinkstockTuesday brought two manufacturing readings for measuring the U.S. economy. The data might be considered mixed when you look at the Markit PMI reading versus the ISM Manufacturing Index. Still, both point to a…
Microsoft has completed its acquisition of the handset unit from Nokia. But Sterne Agee's Robert Breza rates Microsoft only as Neutral, and he has decided to ratchet down Microsoft's earnings expectations.
Twitter just took a serious step in its future. Anthony Noto, who left Goldman Sachs back in May, will join Twitter as its chief financial officer.
Enough time has lapsed since the initial public offerings of Arista Networks and JD.com that the analysts from the underwriting companies have now been freed up to initiate research coverage.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms on Tuesday, July 1. They include Amicus Therapeutics, Juniper Networks, Netflix, MannKind and Xerox.
The second quarter of 2014 has come and gone, which means that we are now already half way through 2014. The five-year bull market has managed to continue making its gains. The Dow Jones…
24/7 Wall St. wanted to take a look at the best and worst stocks of the DJIA and the S&P 500 Index so far in 2014. While we looked at the performance, we also…
King Digital Entertainment PLC (NYSE: KING) seems to be running on up and up, and shares are back near a post-IPO high. Monday’s gain was massive, up at 14.5% at $20.45 in late-day trading. The…
ThinkstockMannKind Corp. (NASDAQ: MNKD) has seen its shares surge on news that it has finally won U.S. Food & Drug Administration backing. This FDA approval for Type 1 and 2 diabetes is being hailed…
ThinkstockWith all the quantitative easing in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and elsewhere, you would think that trajectory for the global recovery and global growth is well on track. It turns out that…
Oppenheimer is out with its favorite ideas for stocks to buy. The most interesting part of the report is that there are three buy ideas from Oppenheimer's favorite stock sectors: Facebook, Hess and Delta…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms on Monday, June 30. They include Charter Communications, DaVita Healthcare, DreamWorks Animation, FedEx, Wells Fargo and Yahoo!
Sometimes stocks trading under $10 have incredible upside price targets from analysts. Lower-priced stocks are often among the riskiest, but some investors feel like there is larger room for upside.
Walt Disney was a beneficiary of the anti-Aereo ruling from the Supreme Court last week, but the media and entertainment giant keeps chugging ahead and firing on all cylinders.
ThinkstockThe rise and fall of health care stocks is often hard to grasp, particularly in a world where the health care laws are creating some large potential winners and losers. Many investors guessed that…