ThinkstockThe European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BOE) have both voted to leave their key short-term rates flat at 0.50%. Despite the notion that Europe is still teetering on or in…
ThinkstockAs the pharmaceuticals industry looks toward restructuring and separation of undervalued assets, Jefferies analysts have prepared a highly proprietary sum of the parts analysis for their coverage universe to find the best opportunities. They…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaNow that stocks have started to sell off and now that interest rates have begun to rise, many investors are looking for bargains out there in the stock market.…
There remains some concern in the high dividend mortgage REIT sector. A fear of higher interest rates, compression of mortgage-backed securities valuations, and a lack of new mortgage-backed securities supply are all working against…
ThinkstockAthlon Energy may not be a household name in the world of oil and gas exploration and production. The company wants to change that, as it has filed to come public via an initial…
ThinkstockUnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH) is the largest health insurance provider in America. That makes it a number one target of the so-called affordable health care, or Obamacare, along with the other health insurance…
ThinkstockBanks that are undercapitalized tend to fail. It makes sense, as the statement seems obvious after all of the bankruptcy reports we have seen in recent years. What really stands out is that the number…
Courtesy EADS/AirbusFactory orders for the month of April have now been released from the Commerce Department. They were up 1.0%, short of the 1.4% expected by Bloomberg and short of the 1.5% expected by…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Canaccord Genuity is reiterating its Buy rating on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The firm ‘s T. Michael Walkley has updated expectations for May iPhone sales and compared these to Samsung and…
Credit Suisse is raising its expectations for the performance of the stock market. After a strong start to 2013, the firm also is calling for solid gains in 2014 as well. The firm’s Global…
ThinkstockThe news for this coming Friday’s unemployment and non-farm payrolls report is now expected to be a bit muted. ADP released its monthly jobs projection for the month of May, and the numbers really…
Since the end of April, the 10-year Treasury note yield increased more than 40 basis points and is up 35 basis points year-to-date. The financial services analysts at UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) have looked…
Jon OggInvestors and traders are usually on the lookout for new research ideas that will generate higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst research calls from Wall Street and from…
News is out almost daily of China and other nations stealing sensitive data in hack attacks and via corporate espionage efforts. Most of the time it is over bank security, utility and industrial information,…
ThinkstockBond and stock market participants have been fighting over exactly when the Federal Reserve will start tapering off on the bond buying under quantitative easing. These market participants have even gone as far as…
ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has become one of the greatest cloud providers for businesses out there, and now Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) is trying ever harder to catch up. This space is very crowded,…
Dividend stocks have come under fire of late as investors have started paring down their equity investments, which may have been treated like bonds. The risk of rising interest rates may be just too…
ThinkstockSterne Agee has been touting Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) lately with big potential upside for investors. The analyst team includes Alex Kurtz and Amelia Harris, who are talking up the opportunity ahead after meeting…
ThinkstockThe Labor Department’s Employment Situation report is due out this Friday. The investing community will get to find out whether they should have sold in May and gone away. This will be the last…
ThinkstockIt is a new month and we have yet another investment outlook from the de facto bond king Bill Gross of PIMCO. In this monthly appearance, “Wounded Heart” refers to capitalism’s overall quest for…