Credit Suisse hit the homebuilders… KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is down 2.3% at $16.60 on fairly thin trading volume after it was lowered to Neutral from Outperform. Pulte Homes (NYSE: PHM) Cut to Underperform…
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research notes this morning: Apartment Investment & Management Co. (NYSE: AIV) Raised to Sector Perform at RBC Capital. Cisco Systems…
The 10-Year Treasury Note is back at 4.00% for the first time since June 2009. The 30-Year is still under the 5.0% hurdle, but both of these levels may need to be watched here. …
Today’s version of the BioHealth Business Daily includes some less covered stocks because of the impact from the news flow today. We are seeing shares moving in Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS), Keryx Biopharmaceuticals…
It is hard to not notice the $1.70 gain in WTI NYMEX Crude to over $86.50 per barrel this morning. This is on the heels of new reports of economic recovery after last week’s…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may have already unleashed its iPad and already disclosed its first day sales of more than 300,000 iPad units. We have already seen many analyst calls this morning. We are focusing…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has released some first-day sales figures on the iPad. The numbers are huge and above the initial projections we were using of 250,000 to 300,000, but at the same time…
These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research notes this morning: Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank. Alcon Inc. (NYSE: ACL) Cut to…
Everyone likes to see the Warren Buffett stock holdings, particularly when there are changes. He has a different timeframe than most investors for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) because it’s “forever.” But…
This weekend’s roster of the Unusual Suspects has far fewer earnings previews due to the notion that earnings season is over and we are already getting ready for another earnings season. But there are…
The iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is 24 hours from being sold in stores. Last night came word that some 1,700 Apps were already available for the iPad and this Friday morning we…
The Labor Department has released its figures for unemployment and for non-Farm Payrolls for the month of March. The official unemployment rate was 9.7% and the change in non-Farm Payrolls was a GAIN of…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is in the news today because CEO Jamie Dimon issued a scathing letter to shareholders that effectively is attacking the current political climate in Washington D.C. If…
Investors love dividends, and big stable utility stocks often have some of the highest dividends of any class of stocks. There has just been one problem… Dividends or not, utilities are sucking power and…
After the surprise drop of 23,000 in ADP estimated payrolls for March, all eyes were on the Labor Department’s weekly jobless claims data. There was a drop of 6,000 on an adjusted basis to…
These are this Thursday’s top ten analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Aixtron Aktiengesellschaft (NASDAQ: AIXG) Started as Buy at UBS. BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) Cut to…
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) or Primerica Inc. (NYSE: PRI)?… The answer is both or either. The financial supermarket is about to have one less aisle. Citi is spinning off the life-insurance and mutual-fund brokerage…
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) just stumbled on its earnings report. The maker of BlackBerry smartphones posted earnings of $1.27 EPS and $4.08 billion in revenues. These are up handily from $0.90 EPS a…
Today’s version of the BioHealth Business Daily seems to be more influenced by outside factors more than big blockbuster news. Still we have many movers, some on news. Today’s cast members are Adeona Pharmaceuticals,…
The weekly supply data is out from the Department of Energy and the refining capacity data continues to be a standout from last week. The recent rise in oil prices may act as a…