Jon OggThe pro-Japan quantitative easing trade is coming to an end. At least that is what Credit Suisse has telegraphed in its global equity strategy sector outlook. The firm’s Andrew Garthwaite calls it a…
thinkstockWith any other emerging technology, the cheaper it gets, the more it is accepted. Solar is the living proof of that. The good thing for investors that embrace a position of solar stocks in…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, March 20, 2014. They include First Solar, Oracle, Ulta Salon and Under Armour.
The ExOne Company (NASDAQ: XONE) is hurting its peers and rivals in the 3D printing sector. Investors have become used to warnings from this group, and now it seems as though the hype may…
Janet Yellen made a bit of a surprise on Wednesday in her FOMC statement and then again in her press conference. The 6.5% unemployment rate threshold has been lightly removed, in part due to…
courtesy of the Federal ReserveThe Federal Reserve under Janet Yellen may not be that much different than the Fed under Ben Bernanke – not yet at any rate. In her first formal two-day FOMC…
courtesy of OracleOracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) has managed what seems to be the impossible after Tuesday night’s earnings. The stock is back up to flat at $38.84. Its low Wednesday was $37.40, and the…
When it comes to his stance on eBay, activist investor Carl Icahn might be starting to understand that his fight to remove board members and to get a spinoff of PayPal is becoming futile.
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) remains a great value company that creates great computing and electronics products. The problem is that Apple remains very unexciting, and whenever CEO Tim Cook makes news…
ThinkstockFirst Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is hosting its analyst day on Wednesday. We previously noted three drivers behind its 9% gain earlier in the trading day. Now we have a release from First Solar…
Sprite.com/6mix-storyThe Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) may have Warren Buffett as a key investor and it may have just been named in a UBS top dividend list, but the company’s growth and its stockholder prospects…
First Solar is surging at the same time that the company is conducting its analyst meeting. There are three issues running the stock higher,and there are implications elsewhere to consider as well.
St. Patrick's Day may have come and gone for this year, but the analysts at biotech boutique shop Leerink have highlighted six Ireland-based firms that could be tempting takeover targets for large biotech and…
Enterprise Products Partners was the beneficiary of an analyst upgrade at Credit Suisse on Wednesday. What does Credit Suisse's John Edwards see here that is above and beyond most other analysts?
In a new report from J.P. Morgan, the analysts focus on the stocks that have groundbreaking technology and applications. are some of the top applied and emerging technology stocks to buy with strong upside…
For some time we have kept a close eye on the UBS Quality Growth at a Reasonable Price list (Q-GARP) of stocks to buy. 24/7 Wall St. screened the list for the stocks that…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on March 19, 2014. They include Compugen, Enterprise Products Partners, Juniper Networks, Suncor Energy and Yingli Green Energy.
courtesy of OracleOracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) has now reported its earnings, and we expected this to be a make or break for enterprise and large-scale IT companies. The report was 5% operating earnings growth…
Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) was supposed to release earnings after the close of trading on Tuesday. It looks like Adobe’s earnings report has come out early, with results of $0.30 in earnings per share…
ThinkstockMercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) saw its shares surge on Tuesday after reports that the defense contractor has put itself up for sale. The Wall Street Journal initially reported that is accepting bids and…