Whether we are in a bubble or not is still an outstanding issue, but many of the gold miners and producers are seeing their stocks now trading above what is the consensus analyst price…
Credit metrics are still continuing to show modest improvements across the land, yet recent government action via a Department of Justice antitrust suit has put the hit on shares of American Express (NYSE: AXP)…
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) was seeing an elevated bit of options and stock trading yesterday and the shares are performing well again today. Today’s performance is from Lazard Capital Markets reiterating its…
It is almost routine now that Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) trades lower. Whether it is ongoing fears about Ireland as a whole or whether it is a fear that the bank will…
This week will mark some key retail sales data for the month of September-2010 in same-store-sales. So far we are seeing some positive trends from many of the retailers and there are some expected…
In what many will view as another instance of the regulation-happy European Union getting smacked-down, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee has delayed until December 2011 a ruling on how to calculate greenhouse gas emissions…
Standard & Poor’s has released a very positive dividend development trend for 2010 that covers roughly 7,000 public shares that report dividend information. It is no small sum. The third quarter of 2010 saw…
2010 has turned out to have some great winners so far. Sure there are some losers, and some big losers. But there are many winners. Some of the top IPOs we wanted to review…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this morning. We are tracking moves in Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDX), Gymboree Corp. (NASDAQ: GYMB), Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN), MEMC Electronic Materials…
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as…
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) traded higher in the after-hours session after the company gave an update to its buyback program. The company said that it would begin purchasing common stock during the current quarter…
The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has just reported strong earnings growth and frankly it helps to highlight just why BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) is willing to pay so much to acquire Potash Corp.…
If you have heard buyout rumors of Skype ahead of its IPO, this newest addition to the Skype team may have you scratching your head a bit. Skype S.A. has just named Tony Bates…
Master limited partnerships are a unique investment class for the dividend-oriented and for the income-oriented investor alike. As they are MLP’s, they generally pass cash down to investors at higher rates than traditional dividends,…
Online travel sites have been on fire and a trend of airline consolidation mergers has been very good to the travel and leisure sector in transportation. But what happens when United States citizens hear…
Now that oil has bested the $82.00 per barrel mark and rallied about 15% in six weeks, investors are trying to figure out what is next. We are tracking the the United States Oil…
The companies that own bricks-and-mortars casinos have never been big fans of online gambling. In this they have been on the same side as the US Congress, which, in 2006, passed a law that…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this morning. We are tracking moves in Actel Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTL), Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB), Array BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRY), GTSI…
You have to love it when there are two high profile calls on the same topic that effectively say the exact opposite of each other. That is the case when it comes to research…
These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Cut to Hold…