Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is still the darling of Wall Street and Main Street. While Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) gets rolling with its Streak tablet and while Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) gets its Slate launched,…
There is a prevailing belief that higher oil prices act as a tax on the poor and middle classes because everyone pays the same for gasoline and energy regardless of income. If that is…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) Started as Buy at Citigroup. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:…
Investors generally look to low price-to-earnings ratios to find “Value Stocks.” The trick is to avoid companies which look like value but may actually be in a state of decline. This is where value…
ZAGG Incorporated (NASDAQ: ZAGG) is getting crushed today due to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and a feature of its iPad2 that Steve Jobs himself debuted today. ZAGG makes the invisibleSHIELD and makes skins for…
PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) almost seems odd that its shares are trading higher after making such a premium acquisition. The electric utility is paying more than $5.5 billion to acquire the second largest U.K.…
Investors love huge biotech opportunities for growth. Investors also love to get paid in the form of dividends. Unfortunately, the terms “dividend” and “biotech” never match up. While some hopes have been out there…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. AstraZeneca plc (NYSE: AZN) Cut to Neutral at UBS. CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP)…
Are the credit ratings agencies still viable? If you can believe it, there is a new round of warnings for credit rating downgrades in the lands of the PIIGS. As if you didn’t know…
ThinkstockIf you have been a frequenter of coffee shops in recent months, chances are that you have noticed that coffee prices have gone from high to higher. Ditto for coffee at the grocery stores. …
J. Crew Group Inc. (NYSE: JCG) is perhaps one of the more strange mergers out there involving retail and private equity. TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners offered $43.50 to acquire the company…
Retail may be getting another good month of numbers for February 2011 if Retail Metrics is correct. The research firm noted, “Expectations for discounters, department stores, drug chains and specialty apparel all moved higher…
YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) announced a deal that saves the company from bankruptcy, but the deal also dilutes holders yet again. The troubled trucking giant reached a deal with creditors and with union…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. A123 Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML. Boston Scientific Corporation…
Earnings season may be winding down but there are still sector-moving companies due to report earnings this week. We will be watching earnings for AutoZone Inc. (NYSE: AZO), Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ: TECD), Dendreon…
Gold has seen a major run-up even before the Middle East and North Africa strife. This has lent support to many gold mining stocks and gold royalty players as well along with the growing…
Just as passenger and freight traffic have begun to improve for the world’s airlines, rising crude oil prices have thrown a monkey wrench into the airlines’ hopes of profitability in 2011. The International Air…
Jon OggThe short sellers seem to be increasing bets in some sectors while decreasing their bets elsewhere. We are again seeing a record low in the short interest while others are seeing steady gains. …
The Commerce Department has some slightly concerning data on income and spending as it pertains to growth and GDP as 2011 gets off to a start. Personal income rose by 1.0% and spending was…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Cut to Neutral at UBS. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B)…