These are some of this Monday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Cut to Neutral at UBS. AU Optronics Corp. (NYSE: AUO) Cut…
This week’s cast of characters in the UNUSUAL SUSPECTS of stocks to watch does not include any earnings previews. Those earnings have been given a separate calendar posted this morning. Our batch of stocks…
This coming week will be the launch of earnings season. After the week is up, there will have been five of the thirty DJIA stocks reporting earnings. The big earnings on deck are Alcoa…
Maybe the markets felt directionless for most of Friday ahead of earnings season, but the trading action of this week might make some wonder if a Double-Dip Recession is less likely. The economic recovery…
The government-owned China Development Bank has just made its third massive loan to one of the country’s solar energy makers, bringing its total commitment to about $17 billion. The combined size of the loans…
Prepaid financial services are coming back, a classic sign of the times that many people will be left with no credit at all or with very little credit for years. Green Dot Corporation (NYSE:…
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) has its old enemy, and perhaps new best friend, back in the market of suing smartphone makers after being dark for some time. The difference is that R-I-M…
Many stocks are on the move for day traders and active traders when you consider this is a summer Friday and earnings season is not yet started. Today’s top alerts are in ACE Limited…
These are some of the top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) Cut…
There are several stocks on the move in after-hours trading tonight. Some are on earnings and some are carry-over trades on the surface. We have reviewed the moves and added color in on after-hours…
If you trade triple-leverage ETFs, Direxion is no stranger to you. And if you recall reverse stock splits becoming mandatory due to wild price moves, Direxion is no stranger to you. The triple leverage…
Meredith Whitney called the first banking and financial implosion right. Then came the year-plus of a huge exponential rally where she stayed mostly very cautious in the sector for banks and large investment banking…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) and Warren Buffett are not supposed to be this controversial. In fact, Mr. Buffett would probably tell you he’d rather be boring. Yet, we now have two…
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has become a true battleground stock where bulls and bears fight it out to the death. With shares trading around $120.00, the Big-V is a concern: valuation. After all, with…
Retail sales reports for the month of June are arriving thick and fast this morning, but the news is lukewarm at best and the outlook for the back-to-school season is soft. Consumer worries over…
There is another fairly unusual list of active trader and day trader alerts out there this morning. We are seeing news and moves in Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C), DragonWave Inc. (NASDAQ: DRWI), Energy Conversion…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: Aixtron AG (NASDAQ: AIXG) Started as Buy at Sterne Agee Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:…
Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) (OTC-BB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) (OTC-BB: FMCC) have both just made their ‘public service announcements’ showing the new tickers for the shares of their common stock and for…
Legg Mason Inc. (NYSE: LM) has had a mixed track record of late. If there is one of several issues that can spook investors, it is the departure of a Chief Financial Officer. Right…
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) had a surprisingly small reaction today considering that when banks rise it tends to rise even more. Thomson Reuters, via PEHub, reported today that Citi has agreed to sell a…