This coming week may be a shortened week for Thanksgiving, but there are still going to be some key earnings to watch. We have compiled a brief list of earnings we will be watching…
Secondary offerings and capital raises often add pressure to a stock. Don’t tell it to Kodiak Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE: KOG). The company raised the size of its stock offering and debt offering…
The Conference Board’s report on October’s Leading Economic Indicators showed a better than expect gain of 0.9%. September’s indicator was revised to +0.1% from +0.2%. Dow Jones was only looking for a gain of…
Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) has witnessed a slide that has been almost impossible to combat. The company has denied that it has excessive exposure to Europe and it even went as far as…
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) has been a high-beta stock with a 100+ P/E ratio and it can be very volatile around earnings. The customer relationship software outfit reported that its third quarter earnings and guidance…
After 2 upgrades this week, Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM : NASDAQ) is getting a cautious call to bring things back to reality. Canaccord Genuity lowered estimates and its lowered its price target to…
These are some of Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Market Perform at KBW. Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) Raised…
Central banks are contributing to world gold demand. The latest data from the World Gold Council indicate even more changes among the nations holding the most in gold reserves. Those are also some of nations…
CNBC has broken news that Ralph Wentworth of Relational Investors has taken a 1% stake in Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) and more importantly that he has been given a seat on the board of…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) saw some unusual support today, while the broad market was weak, based upon comments from Solarhybrid in Germany. The developer has said that it wants First Solar to be…
AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR), the parent of American Airlines, is already in trouble and many worry that the air carrier is a potential bankruptcy candidate. Right before the closing bell came news that S&P…
The SEC has cracked down on a pre-IPO scam that targeted investors looking to buy into pre-IPO shares of companies like Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, Bloom Energy, Fisker, and Groupon. The emergency enforcement action alleges…
Yelp! Inc. has just filed for its initial public offering. The initial paperwork lists no terms but the preliminary amount is for up to $100 million. While the YELP ticker has been taken, it did…
Angie’s List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) is entering the world of public companies and the initial public offering raised $114 million. This is a consumer review website and it claims to have over 1 million paid subscribers…
The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is joining in on the stock buyback bandwagon. This is not a traditional share repurchase in the open market because the 21.3 million shares being repurchased are actually from…
TravelCenters of America LLC (NYSE: TA) is already a #1 (Strong Buy) rating by Zacks, but now it is being called the VALUE stock of the day at the same research firm. We wonder…
The Labor Department is showing that weekly jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 388,000 versus a Dow Jones forecast of about 397,000. This may still be too close to the 400,000 mark to make…
These are some of Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Raised to Buy with $47 target at Argus. Carnival Inc. (NYSE: CCL) Started as…
Spain’s 3.5+ billion Euros 10-year debt auction was a bad auction and the yield went off at 6.975%. This is almost at the 7% threshold and the auction was looking for 4 billion Euros. …
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) reacted to today’s Fitch ‘warning’ about Eurozone contagion spreading to U.S. banks the worst of all of the “too big to fail” financial institutions today. What is odd is that…