Short Sellers Hit Attack Mode in SIRIUS XM (SIRI)
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is an interesting stock in an interesting space in time. After two big positive analyst calls just last week, it is interesting to see that the as…
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Pre-IPO Fund Debuts In Listing From Keating (KIPO, NPTN, SZYM, GSVC)
Keating Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIPO) is debuting in trading today. The closed-end fund is a pre-IPO fund and it had approximately $77 million in assets as of September 30, 2011. If you recall, we…
Intel Warning Knock… Market Inefficiency Reigns (INTC, TXN, ALTR, WDC, SMH, AMD, MU)
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) may be a recent position added to the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) stock holdings portfolio, but the semiconductor and processor giant is now issuing an earnings warning. If you…
The ‘Double’ Call in Human Genome (HGSI)
Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSI) is not getting much of a boost despite being called as stock which could manage to double in price over the next 18 months by Barron’s. Usually such…
Questions Resurface Over At Diamond Foods (DMND)
Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) had a huge day on Friday after a research report indicated that the company’s accounting review would not yield much in irregularities in payments to walnut growers. A report…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, AZO, BWP, BA, BYI, EPB, DD, EW, KND, LEN, LLTC, PCS, PLL, PNM, PSB, SAP, TOL)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform at BMO Capital Markets. AutoZone Inc. (NYSE:…
Are Tobacco Dividends Still Safe Beyond 2012 and 2013? (MO, RAI, LO, PM)
24/7 Wall St. has just released its 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio for investors. While we have many names we have featured as buys in our income and defensive stock sectors, this is the first…
GE Issues Big Surprise Dividend Hike… The 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio Grows Again (GE, BRK-A)
24/7 Wall St. has just this week released its 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) was one of the members of that dividend portfolio. The conglomerate has just come out…
Salvation For Diamond Foods, Perhaps (DMND, PG)
Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) is acting as though it is set to have a full accounting resolution with almost no impact at all from its ongoing review. This may be a bit of…
Bracing for the FOMC: 3 Years of Zero Rates, QE3, and 2012 Election
The Federal Open Market Committee is set for Tuesday, December 13. This meeting will mistakenly be deemed as less important than other meetings because the FOMC is being grossly overshadowed by the shenanigans of…
Reuters/Michigan Sentiment… Americans Caring Less & Less About Euro Woes
A reading of sentiment in America from the University of Michigan is out this Friday, and frankly it may be indicating that perhaps Americans are just starting to care less and less about the…
Confusing Research in Potash Sector (POT, MOS)
So much for that pricing power and planned recovery of potash and fertilizer prices. Sort of… A report, a confusing report, from Goldman Sachs this morning is panning the estimates for the two key…
Best Buy’s Value May Be Too Compelling… To Some (BBY)
Chasing a stock just because it appears to be a “value stock” is often a painful exercise that damages investors. Still, sometimes the value of a company is just too difficult to ignore. That…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (C, COST, DO, DNDN, GOOG, HGSI, MCP, NTES, NR, POM, PCYC, SHLD, SIRI, TXN, YHOO)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) Started as Equal-Weight by Evercore Partners. Costco Wholesale Corporation…
A Dual Upgrade of Sirius XM Radio (SIRI)
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is trading higher after a set of analyst upgrades this morning, well at least a set of two positive research calls. The satellite radio giant was initiated in…
Huge Premium M&A For Blue Coat… More Security Deals (BCSI)
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCSI) is joining in the M&A bandwagon. The provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions has announced that it has agreed to be acquired San Francisco-based private equity…
TCV Unloading K12 Shares (LRN)
K12 Inc. (NYSE: LRN) has just filed to sell up to 4 million shares of common stock for a selling holder, which would be just under $110 million based upon the most recent price of…
Two Big Semiconductor Warnings (TXN, ALTR)
You have been hearing about forecasts coming down for the fourth quarter and for the full 2012 outlook in many cases by research groups. Today’s news pretty much sums it all up. Warnings have…
Gold Could Have Been Worse (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, GGN)
Gold took it on the chin today because the Euro Zone bailout is not looking quite as robust nor as inflationary as many market participants have been hoping for. Living with disappointment is just…
Over 5 Years Later… Ford Reinstates Its Dividend (F, GM)
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has been halted for NEWS PENDING with a last trading price of $10.73. The move was already on the heels of a 3.16% drop today and we had been…