Will Prana’s Implosion Go All the Way?
ThinkstockThe first question anyone might ask if a stock falls from more than $9 to less than $2.50 is whether it already imploded? Prana Biotechnology Ltd. (NASDAQ: PRAN) has done just that in the…
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Is a Nine-Day Winning Streak in Emerging Market ETFs Too Much?
ThinkstockHow long should a winning streak really last in the stock market? A casual market observer might think the market has a 50-50 chance of being up or down on any given day, so…
Full Payrolls and Unemployment Preview, Plus Six Pre-Jobs Indicators to Watch
ThinkstockThis Friday will bring the highly anticipated Employment Situation report from the U.S. Department of Labor. Investors get many previews of what the unemployment and payrolls reports look like, but the official Labor Department…
GrubHub IPO Price Range Raised, Strong Demand Despite High Valuation
GrubHub SEC FilingThe initial public offering (IPO) of GrubHub Inc. just got a bit pricier. The company is offering 4 million shares of common stock, and selling stockholders are offering an additional 3.03 million…
Retailers With the Most Facebook and Twitter Followers
Nearly every product, store, sports team, band, movie, you name it is on Facebook and Twitter. Savvy retailers understand that it is not just the young who use and are drawn to social media.
ISM Manufacturing Supports All-Time Highs on S&P 500, Maybe DJIA Too
ThinkstockThe March Manufacturing ISM Report on Business shows that the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) came in at 53.7%. Growth was reported in New Orders, Employment, Production and Inventories subcomponents. Supplier deliveries slowed in March.…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Coupons.com, Micron, 3D Systems, Splunk, Stratasys and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on the first day of April 2014. They include Coupons.com, Micron Technology , 3D Systems, Splunk and Stratasys.
On Health Risks, Are Coke and Pepsi Still Defensive Stocks?
For years Coca-Cola was considered a key defensive stock to own in a bad market. It is a Dow Jones Industrial Average component after all. Now health concerns over sugar-fizz water are weighing on…
The Star Wars Franchise Value Set to Surge Under Disney
With more and more plans coming to light for the next Star Wars feature film, Disney is about to show just what a steal it made in its acquisition of the franchise.
Analyst Shows Alcoa Shares Still Going to $15
Sterne Agee issued a flash note on Monday showing that, along with Alcoa's recent capacity curtailments in Rusal, the company announced it will shelve its plans to open a new smelter.
Yellen Speech: Backing Away From Rate Hike Timeline
ThinkstockJanet Yellen is still in her getting to know you phase of her tenure as Fed chairman. After spooking the markets at the last FOMC meeting on the timing of when interest rates will…
Big New Stock Buyback Plan From AT&T — 6% Off Its Shares
AT&T is already the highest Dow Jones Industrial Average dividend payer by far. Now it is making more waves with a big share buyback announcement, on top of a prior 300 million share buyback…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: BlackBerry, ING, Lululemon, MannKind, Vipshop and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on the final day of March 2014. They include BlackBerry, ING, Lululemon, MannKind and Vipshop.
The Argument for $75 Oil Should Be $95 Oil
Barrons.comThe oil industry may feel picked on by Barron’s of late. Master limited partnerships (MLPs) were not exactly given the biggest welcome mat in a piece about Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI). Now Barron’s…
Analysts Favorite Tech Stocks Trading Under $10
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations each morning of the week. Quite simply, the hunt is on for new ideas of stocks to buy and stocks to sell. Sometimes…
Three Big Weekly Analyst Sell Ratings: Pulte, Telefonica, Wet Seal
ThinkstockInvestors get to hear about Wall Street analysts issuing Buy ratings daily. They often do not get to hear about the Sell ratings. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst research reports each morning.…
Three Analyst Tech Stocks to Sell: BlackBerry, NetApp, Himax
Investors often get to hear about new Buy ratings from analysts, but rarely do they hear when to sell a stock. These were the three tech stocks to sell from Wall Street analysts this…
Analysts Issue Sell Ratings on Citi and Ambac
Investors often get to hear about Buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. But here are two financial "stocks to sell" from this past week, according to analysts.
CBS Outdoor IPO Arrives, CBS Arbitrage Ends
Wikimedia CommonsCBS Outdoor Americas Inc. (NYSE: CBSO), what has been the outdoor advertising subsidiary of CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) is now its own company — more or less. The company priced its initial public…
Personal Income and Spending Rise Handily
ThinkstockWe now have the report for personal income and spending for the month of February. This data is now effectively a month old, so we were only expecting the news to move markets if…