Quantitative easing is forcing investors into riskier assets as Ben Bernanke and the FOMC attempt to manufacture some inflation and after the US Dollar weakness. We are seeing big moves in gold and oil…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of inTEST Corp. (NASDAQ: INTT), MercadoLibre Inc. (NASDAQ: MELI), Monolithic Power Systems…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has grown massively and arguably has the coolest products on the market from iPads to iPhones and on. As the company has grown and grown, it has also become much…
These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Outperform with $410 at Baird (expanded details). Boston Scientific Corporation…
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) managed to post a raw and real profit this morning. The satellite radio monopoly reported that third-quarter earnings were $67.6 million, which rounds up to $0.01 EPS. Its…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is indicated higher on a research note this morning from Robert W. Baird. The firm initiated coverage with a Outperform rating, but the more important issue is the price target…
The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TRV) is the Dow Jones Industrial Average component which many investors manage to overlook or forget about it being a DJIA member. The insurance giant has announced an expansion into…
We already got past the election news in a hurry. Now we know what the FOMC’s version of quantitative easing, or QE2 by many in the press, will look like. The Fed had been…
Dollar stores are still king… Unemployment is expected to remain high, or at least ‘under-employment’ will reign as a continued theme ahead. This presents a challenge for many retailers out there which are seeking…
CIA World FactbookIn its first fiscal quarter of 2011, ending June 30, 2010, India posted GDP growth of 8.8%, the country’s highest growth rate in 3 years. Manufacturing grew a whopping 12.4%, compared with…
Last April Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) agreed to a merger with CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL), then known as CenturyTel, for $10.6 billion in CenturyLink stock and assumption of $11.8 billion in Qwest’s…
The elections are over and the Republicans took over the House but not the Senate as expected. Today is D-Day for Quantitative Easing or QE2… Decision Day. Now it is time to deal with…
We are continuing to see a mixed picture in oil and byproduct inventory levels in the United States. Some is seasonal, and some may be due to outside demand issues. This morning’s data from…
Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) is supposed to be a toxic mortgage winner in the land of Real Estate Investment Trusts. The REIT is also a serial capital raising entity, which keeps selling shares…
Pot is still not going to be legal in California for recreational use. PROP 19 failed to win enough votes on a low voter turnout and California will not have to worry about whether…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of BP plc (NYSE: BP), Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CADX), Fushi Copperweld,…
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) is feeling some of the secular trends that many have feared. All those free and bundled GPS and personal navigation services on smartphones are taking away from its model. The…
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. CACI International (NYSE: CAI) Cut to…
There are still many companies waiting to come public via initial public offerings in 2010 with just under 2 full months until the end of the year. We wanted to review some of the…
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) has announced a five-year strategic relationship with Facebook. The timing of this is odd considering its earnings are due today, but the company and other game publishers have all…