Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) is surging this morning on news that it will get to compete even more with Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). The operator of box DVD rentals has formed a joint venture…
HCA Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HCA) reported earnings that appear massive on the surface, and it is because of gains from the purchase of the part of HealthONE it didn’t already own and from asset…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Monday morning. AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. Aetna,…
Capstone Turbine Corporation (NASDAQ: CPST) is filing to raise capital. The market cap before the filing was $361 million and the filing is for up to $100 million in a mixed securities offering. The…
Enerkem Inc. has filed its paperwork with the SEC for an initial public offering. The company did not list any terms of the IPO but its filing is for up to $125 million in…
Caesars Entertainment Corporation is supposed to be one of the Top 17 IPOs to Watch in 2012. That remains the case, but it is not because we have such admiration nor because of great…
Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) was halted pending news. Most investors would have assumed it was about a lawsuit or around an earnings warning. It is far worse. Micron has announced the death of…
Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) has been halted as of 13:33:53. The reason is NEWS PENDING per the NASDAQ website. (More to Follow)
Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) is out with its weekly rig counts for the oil and gas sector. In the last week, the United States saw a drop of 11 rigs down 1,997 rigs. …
This week there have been many attempts to judge whether or not a New England Patriots win or a New York Giants win would be better for the stock market. Frankly, if you are…
Homebuilders have been on the mend and the fresh strength in the economic data on jobs and services is only going to help that. Still, when is a great move just too much. Not…
Fed Funds Futures are not widely used by Joe Public, and much of the public may not even understand or know what these are. The layman explanation is that they predict when the FOMC…
They say there is an ETF for just about any investing strategy and just about any sector. Today, there are five new ETFs hitting the market from BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) under its iShares ETF…
The Institute for Supply Management has issued its reading for January non-manufacturing and the data is strong. Very strong. At 56.8, this is the best reading in almost a year. Dow Jones was only…
TrimTabs is out with its newest round of investment research and it is calling for investors to buy gold and silver for the long-term on what it calls a dollar cost average basis. While the…
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is enduring yet another downgrade this morning. Today’s cut came from Jefferies & Co., who cut an already cautious rating of “Hold” down to the rating of Underperform. …
Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: THLD) almost screens out as though it was being acquired. How many times does non-buyout news drive gains north of 70%? In emerging pharma and biotech, it happens more than in…
There was a huge surprise from the Labor Department this morning to the upside. The non-farm payrolls grew by a whopping 243,000 and that was far higher than almost all economists were projecting and…
Trimble Navigation Limited (NASDAQ: TRMB) is managing a surprise gain this morning which has the stock in striking distance of a 52-week high. Not bad for a company in a sector under fire from…
The fertilizer sector has been plagued this last year by lower than expected demand and pricing issues from emerging markets, but the long term fundamentals remain strong. The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has suffered…