Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs. Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR)…
The 30 Year Treasury yield is up to 3.42%, up from 3.18% the week earlier and up from 3.09% a month ago. The 10-Year Treasury yield is 2.30%, up from 2.03% a week ago…
Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) is out with its rig counts and the gains in the United States were small against a large drop in Canada. BHI Rig Count was up 11 rigs in…
During some points in the market cycle, gold is a hedge against the dollar. Sometimes it is a risk-on trade that follows the stock market as though it was its own sector. And during…
lululemonThis coming Thursday should be an interesting earnings day as we have earnings due from both Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) and Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU). Nike is far larger with a $51 billion…
Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) is set to report earnings this coming Tuesday. It was only a few months ago that they were being mistreated as “the next MF Global” by Wall Street. To…
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is set to report earnings this coming Tuesday after the close and this may be one of the most important earnings reports in Larry Ellison’s future. Last quarter was nothing…
Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) is set to report earnings on Monday and Wall Street and Silicon Valley will be watching closely. Shares are within about 5% of their recent highs, but the stock…
Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD) is leading the gainers list this morning. With less than 25 minutes until the open we have seen some 300,000 shares trade hands and the gain is up…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has been an incredible performer in 2012. If you can believe it, it has almost now doubled from the low of $4.92 in December. The question to ask…
In our daily upgrades and downgrades we noted that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) was raised to Buy by the research team at Argus this morning. Frankly, the call feels late because Microsoft has been…
Inflation is running tame, or at least within acceptable guidelines of inflationary targets. The Labor Department has reported that February consumer prices rose by +0.4% on the headline data. The Core CPI which eliminates…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has seen targets raised this morning by Oppenheimer to $700 and…
Everyone loves Warren Buffett’s sage advice. Almost everyone at any rate. But what about Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) as an investment. We have argued that perhaps the Berkshire Hathaway empire needs…
Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: THLD) has been one of the top performing stocks of 2012. Not just in emerging pharma and in biotech, but across the board. Now we have some more good news…
SciClone Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN) has filed to raise capital, some for the company and some for its existing shareholders. The filing with the SEC includes the sale of any combination of common stock,…
LifeLock, Inc., is one of those companies that has a broad appeal to the public. It helps protect consumers against identity theft and credit fraud, and it is able to do so on a…
Jon Ogg2012 has been a great year for stocks. We have recently seen the NASDAQ return to 3,000 for the first time in a decade. The S&P 500 Index has also now reached 1,400…
By now, most investors know that the large hedge funds are run by billionaires rather than millionaires. What many investors might not know is that some hedge funds are reaching the size of large…
Demandware, Inc. (NYSE: DWRE) priced its IPO today and the premium price of $16.00 was above the $12.50 to $14.50 per share price range. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to track this one throughout the…