These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. They include Chevron, Gap, Merck, Microsoft and Zynga.
There are certainly reasons for the sell-off we have experienced. Not the least of which is profit-taking after the biggest year since 1997. However, other indicators may point to a long awaited and needed…
ThinkstockGoldman Sachs and other investment firms warned that the market was getting more and more at risk of a 10% stock market correction, with the caveat that stocks would resume the bull market thereafter.…
ThinkstockMost stocks are having a rough start in 2014. This should not be a shock considering the international dynamics in the stock market, plus the DJIA rose more than 26% and the S&P rose…
courtesy of NBN at German WikipediaAltria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) has decided that it better continue playing catch up in the trend of moving towards e-cigarettes. The company’s Nu Mark subsidiary announced on Monday morning…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 140 points after a dismal ISM manufacturing report on Monday. It is now down more than 1,000 points from its high.
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said Monday that its report on business in the manufacturing sector showed much weaker growth than expected, though it managed to expand for the eighth consecutive month.
RadioShack is actually ticking up on the admission by the company that it has to shed its very outdated image. But investors should ask what the ultimate cost will be in capital spending to…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Monday, February 3, 2014. They include Facebook, Manitowoc, Rio Tinto and Zynga.
The cold start to winter has led to spiking power demand and prices. Based on a new research report from the Utility analysts at Credit Suisse, here are the top utilities stocks to buy…
Jon OggIf the January Barometer is any guide, stocks could be in for a rough 2014. The 2013 gain of over 29% in the S&P 500 and the gain of over 26% in the…
ThinkstockPlease note that this article has been updated to account for deletions and updates on the list of stocks that could double. The bull market run in 2013 was so strong that many analysts…
CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ: CYTR) saw its shares get punished on Friday for a secondary offering. Frankly, the pricing of the deal was such that it punished every single shareholder who was buying into the…
ThinkstockFriday is a strange day in the markets. The month of January is closing out with the first monthly January loss in three years, after a huge 2013 of course. Yet there were six…
Six IPOs hit the market Friday , and three of them were biotechs. What stands out is that these emerging pharma deals came on the heels of a wildly successful biotech IPO on Thursday.
The Quantitative Strategies team at Jefferies closely monitors the index changes. 24/7 Wall St. screened the Jefferies list of stocks that will see major position adds for the rebalance. Some of them are among…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Friday, January 31, 2014. They include Amazon.com, Citrix Systems, Google, LabCorp and Raytheon.
The equity team at Jefferies has pulled their best ideas for clients to review while the market is mired in a sell-off. These focus stocks to buy represent the best value the firm has…
Super Bowl XLVIII is likely to be a huge draw in 2014. It is also expected to be a bonanza for several companies that could be huge winners as a result of the game.…
Wikimedia CommonsLarry and Sergey are out with fourth quarter earnings for Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). perhaps the news reports of the sale of the Motorola unit this week should have been a tell that…