UBS High-Yielding Dividend Ruler Stocks Raising Dividends Now
The analysts at UBS expect S&P 500 dividends to grow at least 12% this year. The UBS Dividend Ruler stocks list is one of the research reports that 24/7 Wall St. keeps close tabs…
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AIG, GM, Rite Aid, Synta, Disney and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. They include AIG, General Motors, Rite Aid, Synta Pharmaceuticals and Walt Disney.
Index Cheat – Both Google Stocks Stay After Split in S&P 500
Ok, when indexes break (change) their rules they start setting investors up for serious disappointment and confusion down the road. S&P Dow Jones Indices has announced a revised treatment of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)…
Citron Hammers Fuel Cells — Plug Power in Particular
ThinkstockApparently enough is enough when it comes to stocks experiencing exponential gains. Citron Research has issued a Stocklemon report on the high-flying Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG). Beware from here as well … Citron…
Is American Superconductor the Next Big Alternative Energy Winner?
If you are an active trader or an investor in renewable energy stocks, the move seen in fuel cell stocks and other alternative energy and renewable energy stocks has been nothing short of amazing.…
FINRA Offers Dire Warning to Bitcoin Owners — or Victims
FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, has issued a new investor alert to caution investors that buying and using digital currency such as Bitcoin carry risks, and that the platforms that buy and sell…
Puerto Rico Surprise: Scores With Upsized Bond Offering
ThinkstockPuerto Rico has started to be referred to as one of the PIIGS of America. The island nation, or protectorate, actually now appears to be conducting a very successful bond offering as investors are…
Why Citigroup Thinks J.C. Penney Is a Buy Now
J.C. Penney is usually pounded in the news, so it tends to stand out any time you see any analyst upgrade in this battered retail stock. And it really stands out when that upgrade…
Merrill Lynch Changes to Small and Mid-Cap Alpha List
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is making changes to its Small and Mid Cap Alpha List, a list of companies that have $1 billion to $5 billion market caps at the time of inclusion.…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AMD, Apple, CDW, Facebook, J.C. Penney and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. They include AMD, Apple, CDW, Facebook and J.C. Penney.
Deutsche Bank Predicts 5% Stock Market Correction
In March 2013, the S&P 500 transitioned into a secular bull market. Since 1950, the average secular bull market started from a mid-teens P/E and lasted about 2.5 years on average. The bull markets…
Should Apple iTunes Be Allowed to Get Exclusive New Releases From Major Artists?
Apple has begun pressuring major record labels to conduct new releases exclusively through the iTunes store. Could there be antitrust issues here if this were to become the norm?
Top 10 IPO Filed: Virtu Financial Inc.
Earlier this year, Virtu Financial Inc. was named as one of the 24/7 Wall St. Top 10 IPOs to Watch for 2014. We had the very first filing as one of a confidential filing…
Zoe’s Kitchen Files for IPO
ZoesKitchen.comZoe’s Kitchen is coming public. The casual dining restaurant chain has filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct an initial public offering. Filing amounts may change by the time IPOs…
More Woes in Coal at Walter
ThinkstockWalter Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WLT) is getting to find out all over again about the woes of coal. Its stock sold off with the sector last week after a Goldman Sachs analyst downgrade, and now…
Petrobras Raising Billions in Capital Again — at the Lows
ThinkstockPetróleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras for the rest of us, has embarked upon another large capital raise. While this is nothing compared to its huge equity offering of the past, it is still…
After 777 and 787 Dreamliner Concerns, Is Boeing’s 13% Stock Drop Too Much?
Wikimedia CommonsInvestors often look at a 5% or a 10% correction in the stock market as their chance to buy in. They consider it “on sale” if a bull market theme is intact. But…
Meet the New $1 Billion Banana Empire
Ask yourself one question: How much should a banana empire be worth? It is a very legitimate question, and the answer is simply "less than you might think." News broke on Monday that Chiquita…
Is HBO GO “True Detective” Outage From Password Sharing?
There has been an uproar over an HBO GO outage during the season finale for the "True Detective" series. As the simulcasting service is for those HBO subscribers with set-top boxes or other subscription-based…
Buyback ETF Manager Has Three Top Buyback Stocks Now
Some investors love dividends, while others prefer share buybacks to drive the shares higher through time. 24/7 Wall St. recently had a chance to speak with Minyi Chen, who is the portfolio manager of…