Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaNetflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) saw its upgrade and rally cycle halted by an analyst downgrade from BofA/Merrill lynch this morning after the firm cut its Buy rating all the way down…
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has its key RIC Report out this week effectively telegraphing what would be The Great Rotation away from bonds. The report is titled “The Bond Era Ends” and it…
P&GProcter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) is trying to fight shareholder activism at the moment as Bill Ackman has been trying to attract more attention to his calls against the path that P&G has been…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have been reiterated with an Outperform rating with a $750 price target this morning by Credit Suisse, but things are not going the way for Apple shareholders. In fact,…
The Conference Board is showing a rather different picture from what the U.S. Labor Department showed with the unemployment rate almost magically dropping to 7.8% in September from 8.1% in August. Today’s Employment Trends…
Stocks are lower so far on Tuesday as small business confidence dipped and as the European situation is back in focus. Right now seems like a market dominated by charts ahead of earnings season,…
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (NYSE: EW) is the big disappointment of the day on Tuesday after the company lowered its TAVI sales guidance for the third quarter. What is so interesting is that some analysts are…
Workday Inc. looks like it is going to be well received under strong investor demand. At least that is what the price range is telling us. The human resource software provider is set to…
RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) is all doom and gloom. Isn’t it? Maybe not. Bank of America Merrill Lynch has actually raised the formal investment rating to Buy in coverage this Tuesday. This was a…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaNetflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) had risen handily on the back of two analyst upgrades, sending shares up from $56 to about $73.50 in less than a week. The momentum was strong.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Outperform with $750 target at Credit Suisse. Baidu Inc.…
The National Federation of Independent Business has released its survey results for the month of September and the month was described as yet another month of low expectations and pessimism for the small-business community.…
Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) may still want to remain an independent company, but the troubled truck and engine maker has managed to avoid a proxy fight. The price reaction on Monday is indicating…
The U.S House Intelligence Committee may be giving a gift to U.S.-based communications equipment providers. Before thinking that the gift is free, it is important to realize that for every action there can be a reaction. A…
Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) is confirming prior news showing that late-stage trial data analysis showed the the primary endpoints in cognitive and functional were not met in the two Phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled…
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NYSE: PANW) is holding up rather well considering that the recent IPO is going to be selling shares. On Friday afternoon we saw a filing that Palo Alto filed to…
The big banks are going to be rather important to watch this earnings season for the third quarter of 2012 as shares have risen handily from their lows. While banks almost never offer guidance…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaNetflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) had seen an amazing week after analysts helped to push shares up from about $54 to $66 with positive research calls. Now we have shares on the…
The coming fiscal cliff represents a huge hurdle for America. Government and private sector forecasters have warned that the expiration of tax cuts, along with hundreds of billions of dollars in government spending cuts,…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. Today’s calls are light perhaps due to the Columbus Day holiday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE:…