So what if oil is trading lower. Traders and investors have voted that they believe the bottom has finally been seen in natural gas, at least for the time being. Natural gas is higher…
Each and every morning 24/7 Wall St. covers the daily analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research and brokerage firms. It turns out that some analyst calls do make very large…
There has been very little activity in the initial public offering market of late. Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is largely to blame, as was the “Sell in May and Go Away!” theme which gripped…
The Greek elections went the way that the market participants were initially hoping for, but now the reality is setting in that Greece may ultimately not be able to stay in the Euro due…
OK, so the Greeks are trying to stay in the Euro for at least one more election cycle. The markets have sold off as reality sets in that it may be more expansive to help…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC. Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) Reiterated Outperform…
The Greek elections are finally here and the outcome is currently up in the air as Greek law prohibits poll results from being published in the country. We have been monitoring this for most…
Trusting anything out of Greece or any of the PIIGS nations is a bit difficult these days. With the weekend coming upon us, Greece is set to be the center of the world yet…
American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) is showing why its customer base is said to be the best in the credit card industry as far as credit metrics are concerned. The gains of the last…
Earnings season has been over for a few weeks now, but there are going to be several key earnings events in the week ahead. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to issue some brief previews on…
The markets are so far in positive territory ahead of the Greek elections, and yesterday’s major market gyration makes the S&P chart only that much more important. We are tracking the daily buy/sell pivot…
We already saw some weak manufacturing data from the New York Fed’s Empire Manufacturing data, but now we have a broader reading on the U.S. as a whole via consumer sentiment from the Reuters/University…
A new report from the U.S. Treasury called the Treasury International Capital Report is showing that, at least for now, China (and other nations in total) remains a net buyer of U.S. Treasury debt. …
There has been a significant slowing of growth measured in the June Empire State Manufacturing Survey which now shows that manufacturing hardly expanded in the month. With so many weak economic releases of late…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) Started as Buy at Citigroup. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
This is a rumor, panic, and euphoria market right now. There is chatter that the European banking entities are prepared to offer a coordinated move of assistance if the Greek elections cause a run on…
Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) is rumored to be back in play. If you will recall, this was the subject of a private equity buyout back during the private equity bubble and its $6.5 billion buyout…
While the media keeps putting the fear of Europe in you, stocks have bounced handily with the DJIA having bounced some 600 points in the last week and a half. Amazingly, some stocks are…
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) may have finally seen the bottom. That is at least what one analyst is calling today. Today’s rating change shows an upgrade at Citigroup to “Neutral” from a…
Here is a fresh take on the Eurozone and the Euro for you. With all of the talk about the PIIGS and the Euro, the angle always seems to be rather Greece, Spain, Portugal and…