The Hawkish Rate Hike Call Gets Even More Hawkish
The FOMC should be raising the Fed Funds Rate from the 0.00% to 0.25% benchmark it has up to 1% by the end of summer. That is what the hawkish Thomas Hoenig, President of…
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Jon C. Ogg
A Win for FuelCell Energy (FCEL, PCG)
FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) is not the biggest household name in alternative energy stocks, but is up this morning on a contract win. The maker of ultra-clean power plants using renewable and other…
Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, BP, XIDE, JAV, JOYG, SNWL, STP)
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) bankers have, according to Bloomberg, estimated that its Asian life insurance unit would be valued between $32 billion and $36 billion after an IPO. While perhaps less than…
Mixed Jobless Data Ahead of Unemployment
The report for Weekly Jobless Claims did show a drop, just not one that shows a robust labor market. There was a 10,000 drop to 453,000, but that is based on the prior week’s…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALXN, ACAS, ATHN, BCSI, CERN, SCHW, CL, FMCN, NVDA, PG, RVBD)
These are this Thursday morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. American Capital, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS) Cut to Sell…
Opportunity Knocks: Turning Around 3 Large Biotechs (AMGN, BIIB, GENZ)
Biotech is the land of promise for emerging players. It is also the land of stagnation for well established and sturdy giants. Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN), Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB), and Genzyme Corp.…
More Futility in Solar Land (CSIQ)
There are two words that investors fear inside of public companies:accounting irregularities. That is what is hitting shares of Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) this morning. The company said it was delaying the release…
Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, AMGN, AAPL, ARNA, CSIQ, DIVX, SNIC, MON)
It looks as though none of this morning’s major day trader and active trader alerts are on raw earnings announcements. On the move are shares of American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG), Amgen Inc.…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CA, DE, HME, JBL, JOYG, LVS, MGM, MON, RFMD, S, SPWRA, WYNN)
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in the morning hours from Wall Street research notes: CA Inc. (NYSE: CA) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs. Deere &…
As Metals ETFs Expand (PPLT, PALL, PHYS)
The ETF universe for metals is getting larger in new assets. ETFS Physical Platinum Shares (NYSE: PPLT) and ETFS Physical Palladium Shares (NYSE: PALL) are getting larger via share sales. This is not having…
7 Stocks For The Great Value Hunt (MRK, LLY, EXC, NOC, LLL, NLY, NEU)
Stocks may have bounced from their lows and gone lower of late, but there are still many down and out value stocks out there where shares may have been overly punished from the highs…
Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, BP, EVVV, RSH, IRE, AIB, NBG)
Today’s day trader and active trader alerts are not at all based on earnings, yet we have many key movers early this Tuesday morning: American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is down almost 3%…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AIB, CCE, CSX, GR, HAL, KALU, LVS, NDAQ, NSC, PCLN, UNP, PANL, V)
These are some of the top analyst calls seen with upgrades and downgrades in Wall Street research notes this Tuesday morning: Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) Raised to Buy at Societe Generale. Coca-Cola…
The Unusual Suspects (AIG, AZN, BRK-A, BRK-B, MCO, C, GNMK, IEP, LGF, SI, STP, PHYS, SNF, EWP, TEF)
We have an unusual cast of characters in this week’s version of THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS for the week ahead, with almost none being tied to earnings. Some of the key stocks to watch with…
Buffett and the Ratings Agency Political Dragnet (BRK-A, MCO)
Warren Buffett may not be immune to the world of political inquiries and those looking for more “What really happened?” answers out there. CNBC and others reported last night that the head of Berkshire…
Politics and Offshore Drilling (BP, CVX, XOM, RDS-A)
At President Obama’s news conference yesterday, he admitted that he and his administration’s response to the blow-out of the BP plc (NYSE:BP) Macondo well in the Gulf was wrong. At the same time, he…
Chicago Purchasing Managers, Prelude to Weak ISM
If you were wondering how long it would take for all the trouble in Europe to spill over into manufacturing orders, wait no longer. It already has. At least that is what the indication…
Top Day Trader Alerts (AAPL, BCSI, BP, CKXE, GES, JTX, MENT, OVTI, VVUS)
Today’s day trader and active trader alerts are moving some on earnings and some on other news. The big pre-market movers seen early this morning are Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Blue Coat Systems (NASDAQ:…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (IRE, BCSI, FNFG, MON, OVTI, PG, RHT, TGT, WFC, WMT)
These are some of this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Raised to Buy at UBS. Blue Coat Systems…
SunPower/AUO J-V Only Prelude to More Solar M&A Activity (SPWRA, SPWRB, AUO, WFR, AMAT)
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) is following the trend of deals in the solar sector. This is a Joint Venture rather than real M&A, but it has announced a definitive agreement to form a…