Relational is going after L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LLL). From May 25 to June 16, Relational Investors and its affiliates have acquired enough stock to become the company’s top holder. A 13D filing…
Secondary offerings matter. They can raise capital for a company and they can help previous investors book profits. They can also cause severe pressure on shares. We have seen either indications of a secondary…
The solar stocks used to be leveraged energy companies. The sell-off after the energy bubble popped was as bad as it could get, and now many of these companies look like value stocks. The…
The stock market may have bounced after six straight weeks of selling, but things were getting bad enough that even the solid market leaders like Apple were being taken to the woodshed. 24/7 Wall…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) Cut to Neutral at HSBC. Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ:…
We have several companies on the move on news after the close on Tuesday evening. We are tracking moves in shares of the following: Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE); AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV); American…
The FDA is about to give some serious warning labels on cigarette labels. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI), Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO) and Vector Group Ltd. (NYSE: VGR) are…
You have likely heard of target date funds, those funds which mix between bond and stock allocations depending upon when your target retirement date happens to be. There are some new target date ETFs…
When it comes to the world of supercomputing, there is no other pure-play like Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY). It is also perhaps one of the forgotten companies of yesteryear by investors as desktop PCs…
Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (NYSE: IVR) has two things to address today, a super-high dividend yield and a secondary offering. This also spills over to the outlook for Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY),…
Shares in American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC) have been taking a beating since early April. The company’s largest customer, China’s Sinovel, has refused to pay for $56 million in wind turbine parts it received…
PetroLogistics LP has filed its paperwork with the SEC to raise $600 million in equity capital in an initial public offering. The company will list it common shares on the New York Stock Exchange…
The “services sector” is almost too broad to be counted when screens are conducted. Throwing in publishers, media, cable, travel, restaurants, auto-parts and advertising into a single screen feels like a kitchen sink screen…
We have already called Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) a great value stock before and after its last earnings report last week. Despite a choppy market, its shares have been rallying. Now this…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Amerisafe, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSF) Cut to Underperform as Bear of the Day at…
Investing in emerging markets was a good strategy in 2010. This year, however, many countries are confronting inflation, appreciating currencies, and, in some places, political and financial stability. There are sure to be impacts…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been in trouble as a stock since it broke under its 200-day moving average last week. Actually, it has been in trouble for a while. Analysts have mildly started…
Are analysts on Wall Street becoming fortune tellers? Or are they trying to force deals for their investment banking departments? Actually, the answer may be “yes” to both questions. It is not that often…
Investors need to consider one thing about investing in retail. This is quite likely to be the next bastion of dividend growth for investors seeking income to buffer market volatility in the shares. This…
A Goldman Sachs analyst has raised the coal sector from ‘Neutral’ to ‘Attractive’ this morning. The big gainer was Patriot Coal Corp. (NYSE: PCX) which was raised from ‘neutral’ to Goldman’s Conviction Buy List.…