Why Facebook Share Trading Is Being Halted
Facebook shares are about to be halted by the sound of it. A report from Bloomberg noted that Facebook has asked companies which participate in trading of Facebook shares to stop trading shares at…
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Analyzing JetBlue Brand Damage From Pilot ‘Incident’ (JBLU)
JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) is probably going to come out of this crazy pilot scandal OK. That is what shares are indicating with a gain of nearly 2%. In something almost unprecedented, a…
Apple Insiders Sell Hundreds Of Millions in Stock (AAPL)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) even feels immune to insiders cashing out stock worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The stock is up on a down day for the broader market and that is impressive…
Freddie Mac Sees Mortgage Rates Rising to 4.5% in 2012
Freddie Mac is out with its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for March. The GSE’s report shows signs that the housing market is “awakening from its depression-like condition of the past few years…
QR Energy MLP Holders Selling $200 Million in Interests (QRE)
A filing from QR Energy, LP (NYSE: QRE) is going to allow selling unitholders to sell common units representing limited partner interests in the master limited partnership. The filing is for up to $200…
Customers Bancorp of Pennsylvania Files For IPO
Customers Bancorp, Inc. is the latest IPO filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The terms are not set other than that the offering will be for up to $115 million in common stock. …
When Closed-End Funds Buy Back Shares (CHN, FXI)
The China Fund, Inc. (NYSE: CHN) is a closed-end mutual fund rather than an exchange-traded fund. It also has traded in a sloppy manner where the fund often tracks its net asset value considerably. …
The Crazy $1,650 Apple Stock Call (AAPL)
The race for the $1,000 share price is still underway, but one call on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) almost sounds as though Apple-mania is in full swing. Shares hit a new all-time high today…
Analyst Downgrading Dollar Store Theme (FDO, WMT)
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) may be trading up after its earnings, but there is a call of caution that needs to be highlighted. Bank of America Merrill Lynch has downgraded the dollar…
Solar Woes Get To Blame Italy This Time (FSLR, TAN, SPWR, WFR)
Solar power just cannot get a break. The age of austerity is drilling holes in the solar economic viability business model. Today’s negative news flow stems out of Italy, where the nation is reportedly…
Short Sellers Call Victory Over Jos. A. Bank Earnings (JOSB)
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (NASDAQ: JOSB) has been a controversial stock for years and years. The mens apparel retailer has been targeted by short sellers for years and years as many investors believe…
Vocera Scores Hot IPO Debut From Hospital Communications (VCRA)
Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE: VCRA) is yet one more hot IPO that retail investors probably wish they had access to. The company is a provider of mobile communication solutions focused on addressing critical communication…
Annie’s… Anatomy of a Hot IPO (BNNY)
Annie’s Inc (NYSE: BNNY) was already going to be a hot IPO, but somehow this one went up, up, and away in the category of “hot IPOs” in its debut. After two price hikes…
The Inevitable Amylin Buyout (AMLN, BMY, LLY, ALKS)
If there was a merger candidate which ever made sense in biotech and pharma it is Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN). News from Bloomberg is out that the company has rejected an offer to be acquired…
SIRIUS XM Antitrust Suit… Prelude to Margin Squeeze, or a Price Hike (SIRI)
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is in the news after it filed a complaint against SoundExchange, Inc. and American Association of Independent Music (“A2IM”). The suit alleges that these two organizations are “unlawfully…
Dollar General Discounts Shares In Secondary Offering After All-Time High (DG, GS, KKR, BRK-B)
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) was previously in the news for announcing a secondary offering of 25 million shares. The offering has now priced at what seems a fair discount for the new share…
BATS Supports But Demotes CEO After IPO SNAFU
BATS Global Markets, Inc. sent out a press release last night to the media that sounds as though it is a passing of a vote of confidence. It is actually something else. BATS probably…
Durable Goods Gain, But Lag Estimates
The report on February’s durable goods rose again, albeit at a slower pace than expected. Orders rose by 2.2% to a seasonally adjusted $211.77 billion in a report from the Commerce Department. Dow Jones…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARNA, AONE, CIM, DTV, FSL, HTS, IACI, KMI, NVDA, PGR, CRM, VZ, WTW)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray. A123 Systems, Inc.…
Analysts Preview & Set Tone for RIM Earnings (RIMM)
Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is due to report earnings later on this week. Estimates have come down and there is a huge short interest that will almost certainly come into play right before and…