These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Neutral at Macquarie. Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Raised to Equal-weight…
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is seeing some real volatility in the after-earnings trading session this evening. The networking, communications and now data center giant in tech reported first quarter non-GAAP earnings of $0.42…
Did retail investors catch the top of the market? Many individual investors missed the huge market gains from the lows in early 2009 and now many are playing catch-up. Fresh data from Morningstar this…
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) keeps having problems with its upcoming 787 Dreamliner. The freshest news out is that a 787 Dreamliner caught fire on a test flight and was forced to make an emergency…
DCP Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: DPM) has priced its public secondary offering of 2,500,000 common units at $34.96 per common unit for gross proceeds of close to $87 million. The partnership listed the use…
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: EEP) has priced its pending public secondary offering of 5.2 million Common Units. The deal priced at $60.12 per unit, raising more than $300 million in the offering. The…
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Raised to Perform at Oppenheimer. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:…
Diamonds come in many shapes and sizes, and to add to the mix in valuations they come in various color grades and have grades based upon how perfect the diamond is by inclusions. Valuing…
Picking stocks for a decade is no easy task. It might as well be for a lifetime because there probably will be two more bear markets and two more bull markets between now and…
The stock market and the commodities markets have so far supported QE2. Longer-dated bond yields have risen as a result as the extra $600 billion applies only a few percentage points of the allocation…
Earnings season is getting thinner on which companies are reporting earnings, but we still have 5 key earnings due the rest of the week. Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC), Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO),…
The rare earth oxide, rare earth element, and rare earth minerals segment is continuing to see a surge. Some could be tied to the expectations of a new ETF driving ownership interest up, but…
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is defying gravity this morning. An analyst downgrade this morning came from Gabelli & Co., yet SIRIUS XM is seeing its shares up right after the open this…
The stock market may be challenging 2-year highs, but not Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF). Dean Foods is hitting 52-week lows if the pre-market activity remains at current levels. The company reported that profits…
These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Comverge, Inc. (NASDAQ: COMV)…
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) did what was close to inevitable: it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company said that it was unable to raise additional capital as an alternative…
Uranium miner Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ) reported third quarter EPS of $0.20 today on revenue of $419 million. Revenue was down -19% from the same period a year ago and EPS was down -17%,…
Gold is hitting record highs now that we are seeing above $1,400.00 per ounce on COMEX. The translation to all gold producers is that production is that much more profitable. Exploration companies have that…
Analyst calls often move stocks, or at least they highlight some of the issues for investors. Today is seeing a contra-reaction from analyst calls out of Zacks Research calling W. W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:…
When US airlines reported third quarter earnings last month, the results were impressive and their share prices received a nice boost. The good news mostly continues to roll in, as the carriers have now…