Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Labor Department has two key readings out this Thursday — the Consumer Price Index and Weekly Jobless Claims. Headline inflation, the CPI, is mostly in-line with expectations for the…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, January 16.
The analysts at Piper Jaffray have returned from meeting with some of the top biotechs the cover, and they have gleaned some interesting morsels that could be huge as the year wears on.
Goldman Sachs has managed to absolutely crush its earnings expectations for the fourth quarter of 2013. The bulge bracket broker, or the bank holding company without a bank operation, is attributing its client franchise…
Courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.; photo by Chris RupertJ. C. Penney Company Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is raising the white flag of surrender on some of its operations. Late on Wednesday came word that the…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsWednesday brought the week having all three days with a gain or a loss of triple-digits during the day in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Bank earnings were the key…
ThinkstockAerospace and Defense are often lumped into one group when it comes to sectors and analysis. Unfortunately, this may be as simple reasoning because of how few large players there are in each. Sterne…
ThinkstockUsually when you see a 2030 or 2040 projection from an energy company, you would probably expect for the company making the presentation to be talking up their own book. So what happens when…
The buyout of Nest Labs by Google has created a boom for speculators looking further down and further up the supply chain of home automation systems.
Chelsea Therapeutics International is on the leader board for percentage gains on Thursday, with a rise of 111% or so. And it isn't even on news of a buyout. Can the company live up…
The recent Golden Globes had the best viewership it has had in years. One of the reasons is the exciting and provocative new programming coming out. 24/7 Wall St. took a look at what…
With earnings from AMD and rival Intel coming soon, and with Intel getting two key analyst upgrades in two days, we cannot help but wonder if AMD if finally back. Or better yet, is…
ThinkstockWholesale inflation was on the rise in December. The Labor Department released its Producer Price Index (PPI), showing a rise of 0.4% from the prior month and a rise of 1.2% from December 2012.…
ThinkstockAeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO) surged on Wednesday after reports that the apparel maker has approached at least two private equity firms to see if there is interest in acquiring the company. Bloomberg first reported…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, January 15.
Tech stocks are the kind of cyclical names that can still do well in a rising interest rate environment. They typically have very low debt, if any, and provide the kind growth potential that…
Bank of America has joined the banking ranks with its fourth-quarter earnings report. The stock was already about 2% within its 52-week highs, and now it appears to breaking above those highs after the…
ThinkstockGeneral Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) just couldn’t take being a serious dividend laggard any longer. Now that rival Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) raised its dividend by 25%, GM decided that it was time…
courtesy of 3D Systems Inc.3D printing is supposed to be the next big thing. We have noted earlier that it has been called the next bubble by some investors. Unfortunately, two 3D printing outfits…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe stock gods decided to buy the dip on Tuesday, a day after the biggest sell-off in about three months. Despite a lack of market-moving economic reports, the losses of…