Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Started as Hold at Jefferies. Amazon.com…
Superfund Gold, L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership and the fund is offering two separate series of limited partnership units under a designation of Series A and Series B. The A series is almost…
Eastman Kodak Company (OTC: EKDKQ) has announced the approval of a debtor-in-possession, or DIP, financing. The report shows that Judge Allan L. Gropper of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Southern District of New York) has…
Thursday is a fairly busy day for earnings expectations. We are expecting the following reports: Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP); Apache Corporation (NYSE: APA); Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT); Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU);…
Depending upon whom you ask, natural gas prices may be heading to under $2.00 per mmBTU. The Nymex front-month contract for natural gas is now March and the price settled down just over 4% at…
The world of shipping dry goods, sea containers, and oil and commodities has been in a very strange place so far in 2012. Dividend investors need to start evaluating whether or not they want…
The biggest thing to watch for in the FOMC Minutes is the effect of exceptionally low rates and other quantitative easing measures. The minutes show that the group does not expect agency securities sale staking place…
Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) may finally be realizing the benefits from a turnaround. The company beat earnings and gave solid guidance. The loss of -$0.05 EPS on the headline was actually $0.27 EPS…
American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) has released its data on delinquencies and write-off statistics regarding its U.S. Card Services unit. The data spans the last three months and the improvements are still mostly coming…
Dr. Pepper Snapple (NYSE: DPS) is becoming the darling stock for beverage investors. It has growth, and it leads the pack in dividends. If today’s post-earnings gains can hold up for the next couple…
ZyngaZynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is getting shelled after the social gaming company’s first earnings report as a public company. This sell-off is actually one that is deserved. We also wonder just how much the…
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) is being downgraded on valuation and on margin issues by Janney Capital Markets. The firm cut the rating to ‘Neutral’ from Buy and lowered its fair value price target objective…
Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) is running up more than normal after its quarterly earnings report. The $28 billion market value for this exploration and production company is up 3.5% from yesterday and the…
The Guggenheim Solar ETF (NYSE: TAN) has been a total dud due to the fact that solar shares are only liked now by short sellers and the White House. These stocks have turned out…
BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) is being downgraded at the top of its range. At $79.41, it has a 52-week range of $54.59 to $79.90. Today’s downgrade comes from Gabelli & Co. to HOLD from a…
DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) is far from Warren Buffett’s and Berkshire Hathaway’s only medical services companies of the current and past portfolio. This one was one of the prior favorites of Ted Weschler who recently…
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALNY) took a rather sharp beating yesterday on word that it was going to have a secondary offering. We now have details on that offering and it comes to 7.5…
The Empire state’s Federal Reserve District’s manufacturing index posted its third consecutive gain. Activity in the New York district rose to 19.53 in February from 13.48 in the month of January, considerably higher than…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANDE) named as Value stock of the…
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: LGF) was screened tonight by CNBC’s Jim Cramer on the MAD MONEY show. Lions Gate is in favor right now due to it scoring the film franchise rights to…