World Bank Still Sees 2012 Global Growth, Maybe
The World Bank is not alone in making growth projections for the global growth situation. News out now maintains a stance of global growth in 2012, but not in Europe as the old continent…
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Jon C. Ogg
As Google Founders Sell Millions In Shares, They Still Keep Total Control (GOOG)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is a company caught somewhere in the middle of public companies and private companies as far as investors should be concerned. The dual class of shares allows the founders to…
As the World Burns… Buffett & Berkshire Spending Billions For Private Jets and Mortgage Assets (BRK-A, BRK-B, TXT, FIG)
If you have watched the flow of news out of Asia and Europe over the last month, you might have had a reason to think that the world was going to hell in a handbasket. One week…
Reality Sets In At Zynga: Virtual Farm Animals Are Boring (ZNGA, FB)
Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is feeling the wrath of an analyst call from Cowen today, with a neutral rating. It was not the formal call but the implication which matters here. The report cites…
Short Interest Changes in Cult Stocks & Controversial Stocks (ALU, STD, BAC, BKS, DNDN, DMND, FSLR, GMCR, GRPN, HGSI, LNKD, NFLX, RSH, RIMM, SIRI, FB)
Jon OggThe short interest data is out using the May 31 settlement date. As the market dropped so much in May, it is an interesting look to see what short sellers did in the…
Daily S&P 500 SPDR Stock Chart Pivots (SPY)
On this Tuesday we are tracking the SPDR S&P 500 (AMEX: SPY) which trades exactly like the S&P 500 and is the most liquid equity ETF with more than 160 million shares traded each day.…
Hedge Funds Get Large Outflows, Fund Managers Growing More Bearish
TrimTabs and BarclayHedge report each month about hedge fund inflows and outflows, and if you have been watching the tape you shouldn’t be surprised that the trend is toward ‘outflows’ of late. What is…
Analysts Jump on Carlyle Group With Mixed Bias As Quiet Period Ends (CG)
Private equity’s newest public company is none other than the giant Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ: CG). Now that 40 calendar days have passed those analysts who work at the underwriting firms are free to…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, AGNC, BX, BA, CG, C, DKS, ENS, HFC, KKR, LULU, NDAQ, TNAV, WABC)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated as Outperform with $675 price target at FBR; Maintained…
Texas Instruments Guidance Signals: Sales and Earnings Remain On Track (TXN, NOK)
Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ: TXN) is out with guidance in its second quarter business update. While the results are said to be “narrowed” they are narrowed equally between the high-end and low-end of the…
The 5 Unusual Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades of the Day (AKS, DUK, MCD, SKX, TPX)
24/7 Wall St. tracks the major analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research firms each morning. After looking through these calls and others that were either made during the trading or which were…
Fed Survey Details How Recession Sucked the Blood out of American Household Net Worth
The Federal Reserve report on consumer finances, which is conducted every three years and is backward looking, shows just how brutal the Great Recession was on American households. This will show how bad some…
What Analysts & Traders Think of Apple Going Into WWDC
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has its Worldwide Developers Conference starting today and the stock is trading up 1.2% or $7.01 at $587.33 against a 52-week range of $310.50 to $644.00. We wanted to share…
One More Analyst Says To Buy Semiconductor Pullback (QCOM, AVGO, ADI, RFMD, AMCC, MU, SNDK)
Sterne Agee’s Vijay Rakesh has advised that the significant semiconductor pullback from the end of April is a huge buying opportunity and he has reiterated his top picks. He also analyzed Taiwan’s May data, noting…
More Despair For Diamond Foods Holders, Risks Remain High (DMND, K, PG)
Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) is facing another round of the firing squad on Wall Street this Monday. Things are bad enough that this hit yet another 52-week low. Some are saying that this…
Daily S&P Stock Chart Pivots (SPY)
Today we are tracking SPDR S&P 500 (AMEX: SPY) which trades exactly like the S&P 500 and is the most liquid equity ETF as it trades over 161 million shares a day. The tracking…
Spanish Bailout Hardly Makes A Dent (EWP, STD, BBVA, NBG, TEF, CHU)
When this weekend’s announcement came out of a $125 billion bailout for Spain to prop up its troubled banks, most would have just assumed that this meant the ‘risk-on’ trade was due for blast-off on…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AKS, ATO, BRCM, BRCD, DUK, EMC, HA, HNT, IRM, MCD, NTAP, NVDA, SKX, SO, TPX, TWX, VAL, WPI, WY)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs. Atmos Energy…
China Weekend Economic Data: Weaker Industrial Production, Retail, and CPI
As if you had not guessed that China’s weekend releases of economic data were going to be weak after that surprise rate cut late in the week, the tally is out and it is…
24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (BSFT, FB, RAD, SNDK, STI, VE, VRA)
Jon OggEach morning 24/7 Wall St. releases the top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street firms. After reviewing those calls and other calls not covered in the morning summaries, we find that…