Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Labor Department is responsible for measuring inflation, and it has just released its first reading with the June Producer Price Index (PPI). This is the measure of wholesale inflation,…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Friday, July 12, 2013. They include F5 Networks, Pfizer, Sprint, Kroger and Target.
ThinkstockBiotechnology stocks have had an extremely solid first half of the year. The analysts at Cowen Group point out that expectations are very high and many of the stocks have already made big moves.…
Wikimedia CommonsJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is now out with its second quarter company earnings report. The DJIA component is the first of the major banks to post earnings, with results of…
ThinkstockThe stock market may be challenging all-time highs again, but interest rates have skyrocketed and mortgage applications have hit a serious soft patch as a result. As interest rates rise, it drives up the…
courtesy of DellActivist investor Carl Icahn is trying to do whatever he can to win his buyout efforts for Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL). This fight has been a legendary fight in the world of…
MicrosoftAdvanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) has been on fire. First it was Wells Fargo Securities raising the safety flag calling for AMD to double. Now we are seeing two more simultaneous analyst upgrades…
Short sellers are continuing to keep their bets against many of the top defensive high-yield dividend stocks. Increased volatility in June and rising interest rates are obviously making short sellers get aggressive in some…
Jon OggShort sellers might have a hard time if they are just trying to say that the stock market is going down. Stocks keep rising again. But that is not true in all sectors,…
ThinkstockDo you want to live, or operate a business, in a state that is good for business or bad for business? It turns outs that the answer may depend on your politics. When elections…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Labor Department has released its weekly jobless claims for the past week. The first caveat is that this was a holiday week for the 4th of July, and this…
ThinkstockThe migration of data, video, music and other information to the cloud for safe storage and retrieval is becoming ubiquitous. While the process was slow and more difficult at first, it is now becoming…
These are the top analyst downgrades, cautious research notes and stocks to sell from Wall Street for Thursday, July 11, 2013. They include Wynn Resorts, Avago Technologies, Transocean and Lululemon.
Investors and traders are frequently looking for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each morning to find great ideas from…
ThinkstockThe biggest concern to investors in master limited partnerships (MLPs) has been rising interest rates. The MLP analysts at Oppenheimer point out that in four out of the past five times interest rates have…
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: SWHC) has been the beneficiary of very high gun demand for more than two full quarters now. Demand was already high, but the massacre at Sandy Hook and…
ThinkstockSeeing a U.S., Canadian or European bank file to raise cash in a debt offering is generally nothing unusual. But when a bank files for a debt offering this large, it stands out a…
courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) has reported adjusted earnings of $0.56 per share for its second quarter, with worldwide operating profits down 20% and its global margin down 2.7 points to 12.5%.…
ThinkstockThe world of master limited partnerships (MLPs) has thrived under the era of low interest rates and high energy prices and high drilling. Income investors have collected high payouts, some as income and some…
gemphotography/ThinkStockGolfers can get ready for another a rare initial public offering. ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. has submitted a confidential draft registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a possible initial public offering of its common…