Garmin Pulls a Rabbit Out of the Hat (GRMN)
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) has surprised many savvy investors and speculators who were betting against the company. That surprise has lasted some time and shares are now going to be at a new 52-week…
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ASX, AAPL, BX, BRCM, CIEN, CMA, DELL, DNDN, DANG, GILD, MDT, MOS, EDU, SPIL, TSM)
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (NYSE: ASX) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
Chesapeake Revenue Shocker Trumped By Production Cuts (CHK)
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) is a very complex company and is one of the top natural gas players out there. The earnings report is shocking on the surface, but the reaction is not…
Low Interest Rates Threatening Your Pension
Have you been wondering what these extremely low interest rates are doing to pension plans? Quite simply, they are driving up funding obligations of employers. Fitch Ratings issued a report noting that companies with…
Brocade Manages To Be Positive With Earnings (BRCD)
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) has an unusual reaction to its earnings reports. Shares are responding favorably to growth. After many disappointments in the company’s earnings history this should feel like some fresh…
Dell Shares Play Game of Giving Back On Earnings (DELL)
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is playing a bit of market give-back after its earnings. The PC-maker and IT-services player reported earnings of $0.51 EPS and $16.03 billion in sales. Some consensus reports were at…
Second Look: Chelsea Not Dead Yet (CHTP)
Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHTP) looks dead. In all actually, there is still some hope here. Ultimately, the drug under question could be approved even if the FDA panel follows the recommendation that…
How High Can Wesport Innovations Go? (WPRT, CMI, CLNE)
Westport Innovations Inc. (NASDAQ: WPRT) is a stock in a true conundrum. The stock keeps rallying and hitting all-time highs, but it is at valuations which would drive investors nuts just using traditional investment…
DJIA 13,000… Briefly; NASDAQ 3,000 Next?
Tuesday brought on the 13,000 milestone for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It has yet to hold on any solid basis and it remains unknown if the DJIA 13,000 mark will truly draw the…
Elevated Put Trading Continues, But In Different Manner (MMC)
McMoRan Exploration Company (NYSE: MMC) is seeing some elevated put options trading this Tuesday and it stands out because option activity was elevated last Thursday in a different manner. Last week on Thursday it…
When Accounting Woes Hit Big Oil (WFT)
Weatherford International (NYSE: WFT) is supposed to be a solid oil services outfit. It turns out that it may be a misfit when it comes to accounting. After a 12% drop, it still has…
Top Earnings Previews For Wednesday (ADI, ANGI, SAM, CHS, CLH, ESRX, FLR, GRMN, HPQ, LTD, PAAS, SINA, TJX, TOL, ZLC)
This week is still slated to be busy for earnings reports. We have compiled earnings previews for the following stocks reporting Wednesday: Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI); Angie’s List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI); Boston Beer…
Honda Faces ATV Recall (HMC)
Honda Motor Company (NYSE: HMC) has a much larger portion of its business tied to car sales in America rather than ATV sales. Today’s news may not even be a blip financially for the…
Full 360-Degree Earnings Preview For Dell (DELL, HPQ, AAPL)
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is set to report earnings after the closing bell, and investors will paying close attention for any clues on how the report sums up Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) as well. …
Should Radioshack Just Go Private? (RSH, S)
RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) is in trouble. You probably know that already. Consider something else for a moment… The company’s annual earnings filing shows that smartphone migration will continue to hurt the company’s gross…
P&C Insurers Face Above-Normal Tornado Expectations In 2012 (ALL, PGR, BRK.B)
Before you hit the panic button too hard, ask yourself just how accurate you think the weatherman is. All cynical thinking aside, AccuWeather.com is calling for an above-normal year of tornado activity in 2012. …
Greek Deal Good! Or Bad? (GREK, NBG)
The fact that Greece is signing a deal to secure bailout funds to remain in the Euro without a ‘hard default’ on its debt is supposed to be good news. Every delay along the…
Confusion Remains In Rambus Patent Cases (RMBS)
Rambus, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) is by definition a patent troll. The company is constantly in lawsuits in the United States and in international courts with makers of DRAM and other aspects of memory in…
Wal-Mart’s New Big Problem: A Broken Stock Chart (WMT)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has a new problem other than a disappointing earnings report. Unless the world’s largest retailer sees an immediate stock price recovery, this one now has a broken chart. For…
IBM Makes the Chart Review of the Day (IBM)
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) is our chart review of the day from CandlestickForum. IBM is forming a Rounded Bottom, and identifiable bullish price set up. It is based upon the formation being…