The move to online television is growing rapidly and we have some food for thought ahead of a three-day weekend here after reflecting on the data that came out this week. Some will argue that…
2012 is already seeing a wave of biotech mergers and many are expecting more mergers and more positive developments in the emerging-pharma sector. We have featured many top analyst favorite picks and highest upside candidates…
2012 may be a good year for hedge funds trying to raise more capital. After heavy degrees of scrutiny and after years of performance questions, hedge funds may attract another $80 billion of assets…
Renewable Energy Group Inc. (REGI) is set to come public next week if the market conditions allow. This will kick off the 2012 IPO wave and many IPO candidate companies (and of course their…
Imagine this… The CEO departure at Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) may actually be a positive development for the company. Stern Agee’s Margaret Whitfield and Tom Nikic maintained a Neutral rating on Urban Outfitters and…
The rumors that Standard & Poor’s is set to downgrade certain European nations after the close is putting pressure on financial markets this Friday. Is it fitting that it is Friday the 13th? Reuters…
The sentiment reading from the University of Michigan and Reuters survey came in at 74.0 for the preliminary figure. This is a gain from the 69.9 final reading of December and is still above…
If you have tracked enterprise software for long, you know that Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) has been taking market share from SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) for years and years. It has been taking it…
Today’s economic news is not going to be enough so far to drive stocks and bonds meaningfully higher or lower ahead of a three-day weekend. The November report on Trade Balance (the trade deficit)…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Friday (the 13th) morning. American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Started as Hold…
Linn Energy, LLC (NASDAQ: LINE) priced its secondary offering for 17 million common units at $35.95 per unit, in-line with yesterday’s closing price. The $611 million in gross proceeds before fees comes to a…
Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) has never been able to get its stock up off the floor after all this time. A research report from Zacks shows that nothing good may be changing soon…
It is not that often that investors get to clean up in a merger arbitrage spread any longer. The buyout of Inhibitex, Inc. (NASDAQ: INHX) by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) appears to be…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a bit of a disappointment on the surface as revenues came in under plan. Jamie Dimon and friends reported earnings of $3.7 billion, or $0.90 EPS,…
Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE: OFC) may be even worse than some investors have feared. After an incredibly poor performance in 2011, the commercial office real estate investment trust is going from what is a…
A bond auction in Italy may actually be some good news for the markets on this Friday the 13th. Italy’s bond auction came off with yields under 5% for this year’s first real bond…
Cinco Resources, Inc. has just joined the wave of energy outfits planning to come to market via an initial public offering. This is an oil and natural gas company focused on shale assets in…
Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) has gone from a story of great growth to growing pain. And in the scenario of the latter, shares are getting spanked on news from the Wall Street Journal that…
Usually board appointments are not major events for companies. Still, sometimes they matter for a company direction even if they do not generate moves in the stock price. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is naming…
JDA Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS) is showing some weakness in the logistics sector. The after-hours news from the company on guidance shows revenue for the fourth quarter is expected to be approximately $173 million. This…