Top Wall Street Analyst Upgrades: Disney, Petrobras, Others
These are the top analyst upgrades from select Wall Street research calls on April 29, 2013. They include Abercrombie & Fitch, Disney and Petrobras.
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Deutsche Bank Top Auto Stock Picks
courtesy of General MotorsDespite a first-quarter gross domestic product number that came in below expectations, the consumer is continuing to do his fair share to help drive the economy. One of the big components…
Consumer Sentiment Revision Moves Unexpectedly Higher
ThinkstockThis Friday marked the final Reuters University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment reading for the month of April. After a weak gross domestic product reading, the fix was already in and, this being a revision,…
New Monster Bond Fund from Jeff Gundlach and DoubleLine
ThinkstockJeff Gundlach is widely considered to be one of the top bond fund managers out there. He is also well-known for calling an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) short selling opportunity a couple hundred dollars…
New Senior Loan ETF Launched by First Trust
ThinkstockThey say there is an exchange traded fund (ETF) strategy for just about everything. Now investors can get exposure to the senior loan market as one method of protecting assets against rising interest rates.…
U.S. First-Quarter GDP Growth So Weak You Might Not Even Notice It
ThinkstockThe economic readings have come in weaker than expected, and that was leading up to a weaker-than-expected report on gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter. The Commerce Department showed that first-quarter GDP…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Boeing, eBay, SunPower and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Friday, April 26, 2013. They include Amazon, Boeing, eBay, SunPower and Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Major Companies That Refuse to Pay Dividends
Investors love dividends. This one investing component has comprised a major portion of total returns through time. The trend in recent years has been for companies to pay dividends and keep raising it. At the…
Better-Than-Expected DJIA Dividend Surprise from Johnson & Johnson
Wikimedia CommonsWe have now seen three Dow Jones Industrial Average components raise their dividend payouts to shareholders this week. The third is Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), which has just declared an increase in…
Goldman Sachs Now Sees Deeper 2013 Recession in Europe
Wikimedia CommonsGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has lowered targets and bashing objectives on many things. Today it is Europe, which follows the firm’s somewhat worrisome downgrade of copper expectations, and comes after hammering…
Weekly Jobless Claims Brings Very Pleasant Surprise
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department is out with its report on weekly jobless claims. Thursday’s reading amounted to a good change from the prior week, as the weekly claims fell by…
Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Intuit, MetroPCS and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, April 25, 2013. They include Apple, Intuit, MetroPCS and Procter & Gamble.
Short Sellers Fight Top High-Yield Dividend Stocks
Short sellers have increased their bets against some of the defensive high-yield dividend stocks, while paring down in others. As you will see, the dividend and stock performance matter here. We evaluated the April 15…
Odds Are Stacking Up Against Good U.S. GDP Report for First Quarter
ThinkstockThe Commerce Department is set to report the first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) at 8:30 a.m. EST on Friday morning. Odds are lining up against the economy, and the sentiment of fresh economic readings is…
Chevron Dividend Hike Outshines Exxon Mobil Dividend Hike
Jon OggChevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is yet again trumping oil and gas rival Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) ahead of both corporate earnings reports. Chevron already had a high yield dividend compared to Exxon,…
QUALCOMM Earnings: Great Might Not Be Good Enough
ThinkstockQUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) has been riding the smartphone wave for quite some time now. Its earnings report may be indicating that all trends either peak or need to take a breather before resuming.…
Why We Wanted More in the Dividend Hike from Exxon Mobil
Earlier today we had been predicting that a dividend hike was going to be announced by both Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) very soon. It turns out the dividend…
Why Citigroup Will Favor Stock Buybacks over Dividends
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) is defying the market trends so far on Wednesday as the company’s annual shareholder meeting. The bank is still in what will be a multiyear turnaround. At the company’s annual…
Expect Dividend Hikes After Exxon and Chevron Earnings
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. has been tracking companies that raise their dividends for quite some time. This week both oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) are reporting earnings. We…
MetroPCS Soon to Disappear: T-Mobile Takover Approved
ThinkstockShares of MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) are looking for direction on reports that its shareholders have approved the takeover by T-Mobile. It was hard to not notice that shares rose 2.3% just yesterday…