courtesy of the Federal ReserveTuesday will mark the first ever testimony to Congress by new Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen. One of the first things Yellen will address is the important contributions of Ben…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. They include Alcatel-Lucent, CenturyLink, Cisco Systems , FireEye and Infoblox.
Wireless telecom provider Sprint said that its fourth-quarter operating loss improved 22% to $576 million, and it ended the year with its highest ever number of Sprint platform subscribers.
thinkstockBoardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P. (NYSE: BWP) was a total disaster on Monday, and it has 24/7 Wall St. wondering just how many other Master Limited Partnerships and trust structures in the oil and gas…
ThinkstockRackspace Hosting Inc. (NYSE: RAX) was supposed to have its earnings report out after the close of trading on Monday. The big news is not that Rackspace managed to beat revenue expectations – Rackspace also announced…
ThinkstockGilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) is rising on Monday after two analysts made positive calls on the biotech giant. As a reminder, Gilead is now the world’s largest pure-play biotech as the market cap…
ThinkstockMagicJack VocalTec Ltd. (NASDAQ: CALL) has been surging on Monday, on what appears to be no real news. The driving force is a newsletter plug from fund manager Whitney Tilson. What is so interesting…
Cisco Systems is set to report earnings on Wednesday, February 12, after the close of trading. This could be a make or break quarter after its report last quarter. If Cisco has another weak…
Wikimedia CommonsBitcoin received a blow last week after the online exchange MtGox suspended withdrawals of bitcoins on its exchange. Now there is another foe that has arisen, and one that may seem a bit…
One Wall Street analyst note from Monday might lead you to believe that Hertz Global Holdings stock is fully valued. But if you look at the details, you get a different takeaway. It does…
Warren Buffett is often regarded as the greatest investor of modern times. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has become one of the largest conglomerates and holding companies in the world. Its growth has…
Apple may finally be free from outside activist shareholder pressure from the likes of Carl Icahn. In his newest letter to shareholders, Icahn appears to be backing off entirely from his push for share…
Tom Lee, the equity strategist at J.P. Morgan, thinks that the January sell-off was in large part a function of massive hedge fund and mutual fund manager selling. He also says that January being…
Micron Technology held its winter analyst meeting on February 7, and shares closed at $24.51 on Friday, against a 52-week trading range of $7.64 to $24.77. After the meeting we have seen several analyst…
ThinkstockThe first-quarter earnings season is starting to wind down, but the information technology (IT) analysts at J.P. Morgan are focused on four names that will be releasing numbers soon. The team suggests that it is…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on is Monday, February 10, 2014. They include Fairway Group, J.P. Morgan, Red Robin and Vodafone.
Declining oil prices will not be good for oil service stocks, and the analysts at UBS say to stay with the big-boys in the sector and avoid the smaller cap names that will be…
ThinkstockEarnings season is starting to wind down and now we are starting to see the later reports and the off-calendar fiscal reporting companies issue their earnings. Still, there are some key earnings reports ahead.…
ThinkstockAkamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) has been a top name to buy at Oppenheimer for some time. This last week their due diligence paid as the company absolutely blew out numbers. Akamai reported fourth-quarter…
courtesy of ZyngaZynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) took a bit of a reality check this week. After a stellar prior week on news of preannounced earnings and on an acquisition, investors and analysts alike were…