The FOMC is out with its highly anticipated minutes of its last meeting. While there is some clarification and some expansion of their comments along with Ben Bernanke anticipation, we would remind readers that…
The U.S. Treasury has just conducted a $21 billion 10-year Treasury note auction, which may spook some investors. Interest rates have already risen on the long-end of the yield curve in anticipation that the…
ThinkstockFirst Majestic Silver Corp. (NYSE: AG) has been crushed along with silver and gold players in recent weeks and months. In fact, its stock price has been cut in more than half. Apparently enough…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsBlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) chief Larry Fink has joined in on the theme that it is time to exit long-term bonds. His thesis is mainly the same that you have…
ThinkstockWholesale inventories posted a fairly decent drop in the May, which may create further room for improved restocking activity into and exiting the summer months. Inventories were down by 0.5% at the wholesale level,…
ThinkstockIt looks like Internet stocks are going to be back in focus on Wednesday. Citigroup’s Mark May, who is the former Internet analyst at Barclays, has issued new coverage of key internet stocks. Citigroup’s prior…
ThinkstockIntuitive Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) has been the darling of momentum investors for years. Yesterday it gave short sellers the data they have waited for. Sales of its da Vinci robotic surgical system have…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. They include EMC, HP, ViroPharma and Deutsche Bank.
ThinkstockData centers are the backbone of the Internet. Gartner estimates that given current rising levels of data use, global data center demand will rise 7% on a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) from now…
Restoration HardwareA filing was made last week by Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RH) to allow its insiders and backers to sell shares in a secondary offering. While the stock has almost doubled since…
ThinkstockIntrexon Corp. has filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow the company to come public in an initial public offering. No formal financial terms have been set for the initial…
Adrian Pingstone, via Wikimedia CommonsFedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) may soon have a new friend and foe alike. Market rumors have been out on Tuesday that activist investor Bill Ackman may be taking a large…
ThinkstockPerhaps you are tired of hearing about the credit ratings of the PIIGS in Europe or maybe not. It turns out that Standard & Poor’s has downgraded the sovereign credit rating of Italy to…
2013 has been a stellar year for stock investors, and long-term bond investors have been finding out that they actually can have real losses. After a very volatile June, many investors may have been…
ThinkstockThe Bureau of Labor Statistics may have released its key employment situation last Friday for the month of June, but there is an interesting report showing the May data on total number of job…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) is closing on its acquisition of Clearwire on Tuesday, and the company is still becoming a part of Softbank. Some investors may only consider Sprint a…
ThinkstockThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its newest forecasts for global growth in its World Economic Outlook (WEO), and the expectation is that emerging markets are going to lead to even slower global…
ThinkstockThe Conference Board has released its latest Employment Trends Index (ETI), showing that employment edged higher in June, although there is some real concern here about the forward trends. The report may seem to…
ThinkstockSterne Agee has downgraded many targets on its mortgage REIT sector. Investors can find extremely high-yield dividends here, often north of 10%, but the risk versus reward often can be too much for many…
ThinkstockMiddle East instability has long been the geopolitical trigger for oil pricing. As tensions continue to rise in Egypt, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has soared over the $103 level and the price spread to…