Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse. Aeropostale,…
Freescale Semiconductor Holdings (NYSE: FSL) is going to be a disappointing private equity technology IPO if the pricing matters. That doesn’t mean that shares cannot rise, but the company’s initial public offering is only…
Spirit Airlines, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAVE) has priced its Initial public offering and the shares should begin trading today. At first look, Spirit is going to be a disappointing IPO despite this being one of our own…
Sirius XMSirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is far from a company without controversy. Yesterday came a company shareholder presentation with growth metrics ahead, but Moody’s lifted its bond ratings, and the report showed…
Very few people consider the financial ramifications of Memorial Day Weekend as one of the top financial events of the year when it comes to the travel and hospitality industries. This is the unofficial…
Today’s commodities report takes a look at the recovery in silver, another comeback for coffee, and some concerns about agricultural exchange-traded products. The price of silver is up about 4.5% at mid-day, having posted…
ZyngaLinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) came public and shares opened at a high enough premium that Jim Cramer called it a sham. There was one obvious issue that came up from this, and that is…
Today’s alternative energy news leads off with the exceedingly lackluster earnings report from the world’s largest producer of solar modules. We’ve also got more items on solar and wind power, plus an estimate of…
Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is bucking a trend. The company has just announced a follow-on offering of 5.3 million shares of common stock. Amazingly, the shares rallied on the news because of an…
Can any accounting out of China be trusted? This is what prudent investors have to start asking themselves. Since early this year a new report comes out nearly every week that reveals some alleged…
Insurance companies are becoming less popular than lawyers. Before you throw out the entire class of healthcare insurance, liability insurance, and property & casualty insurance, things might not be as bad as they seem. …
The May 13 , 2011 short interest data is now out and there were some significant changes in many of NASDAQ’s high-priced leaders. Some short selling went up and some went way down. We…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Cliffs Natural…
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is about to see even more shares come to the market. The company has filed with the SEC to sell up to an additional 11,500,000 shares. The offering would amount…
Uncle Sam is making a profit on AIG, sort of, so far… This huge highly awaited offering from American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has been priced and this should be considered an IPO…
Wednesday is setting up to be a busy day before what will turn into a long weekend in a hurry later this week. We have many key stock events to watch from earnings and…
Today’s commodities markets are being driven by a new report from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) essentially reversing its ‘sell’ report of scarcely six weeks ago. Copper prices remain near $4/pound, but there…
If you think Wall Street is confusing and even think that it is a game loaded against the little guys, then today is another day that will fuel more to that fire. When you…
Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) might have enjoyed any other day discussing a new factory in China as it expands closer to other end-markets, but today’s excitement is around a higher dividend for its shareholders.…
The alternative energy news for today leads off with (finally) a good quarterly earnings report and a new record conversion rate for flexible thin-film solar PV cells. Wind energy growth in China could be…