ThinkstockIt is usually interesting when Wall St. brokerage firms and research firms issue analyst coverage on each other. Sometimes the coverage is positive and sometimes it is negative. Many investors likely have to wonder…
courtesy Deere & Co.The Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) just delivered up yet another dividend hike. The company’s press release notes that this is the eleventh dividend hike since 2004. Deere last raised its…
ThinkstockCitigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) has a wide coverage of the financial universe, and that includes the banking giants. A report this Wednesday looks cautious on the firm’s coverage of the Canadian banking sector. The…
courtesy Boeing Co.The monthly report on durable goods is one of the most volatile reports you can get. The reason is that it involves the big-ticket items that are deemed to be long-lived rather…
ThinkstockLinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) is the social networking stock that just keeps on cranking out profits for its investors. Now that shares have risen to above $157 as of Tuesday’s closing price, this professional…
thinkstockFirst Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is leading shares lower this morning. The company has taken at least two severe analyst downgrades this morning. That is on the heels of a poor sales figure and…
ThinkstockCoach Inc. (NYSE: COH) is trading higher on Wednesday on unconfirmed reports from the site DealReporter that the luxury goods purveyor is exploring a sale of the company. The first thing we would note about…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) raised to Outperform with $15 price target at Credit Suisse.…
24/7 Wall St. has covered the coming spending sequestration and many of the threats and warnings that have come with the day of reckoning now looming and seeming almost unavoidable. President Obama calls the…
thinkstockFirst Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) is out with its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2012. The solar PV-panel maker said that its net sales hit a record $1.1 billion in the quarter,…
courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has long been criticized over its ridiculously high share price. With all of the pressure and media coverage that has been coming from activist investor activity, it should…
Last week’s release of the January FOMC meeting caused confusion due to so many Fed presidents and governors opining on how and when the FOMC might exit the quantitative easing of endless bond buying.…
ThinkstockApplied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) may be looking at a new chief financial officer, but one Wall St. bulge bracket firm has no concern here whatsoever. Applied’s shares have risen with the market today.…
ThinkstockA news announcement earlier this week has gone largely unnoticed, even though it might be a game-changer for Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) now that the computing world for processors is changing so much toward…
ThinkstockCrimson Wine Group Ltd. (OTC: CWGL) is the newest company to hit the markets around the trade of wine, beer and spirits. This is actually a spin-off that was just completed from Leucadia National…
courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveIt was just last week that we accused the Federal Reserve presidents and governors of wishing they could take back their wording and statements made in the January 20 to 30…
ThinkstockThe Conference Board has released its monthly report on consumer confidence for the month of February. This represents a major recovery to 69.6%. This is not only way above estimates, but it erases what…
KPMG has released a poll today showing bullish sentiment on the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) along with continued economic improvement in 2013. The report shows expectations for more investment in early- and…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe research team at the Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) unit Merrill Lynch is resuming coverage of the public financial exchanges. IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) was reinstated at Buy…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO) named Bear of the Day as expensive even after shares are…