You have seen the floodgates opening for secondary offerings dues to the market strength, but we are also seeing more legitimate filings from private companies looking to come public via an initial public offering. …
Today’s BioHealth Business Daily has many new names and less followed companies, but there are some of the larger movers to consider today as well. We are seeing news-related moves in many stocks from…
It has been some time since we have seen any new declarations of war in the market of graphics chips. That may be about to change. Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) is expected to launch…
When oil was targeted by the CFTC for position limits, many did not want to believe that this would come to the gold market and to other metals. We believe that this is coming. …
The weekly jobless claims from the Labor Department are still headed in the right direction, albeit they are still very high for historic levels. The weekly claims came down by 14,000 to 442,000 for…
These are the some of the top research call summaries for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street analyst calls this Thursday morning: Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Started as Buy at Deutsche…
The Treasury bond market weakness is tied in part to a poor US Treasury auction of $42 billion in five-year notes at Wednesday’s auction with a high rate of 2.605% on a bid-to-cover ratio…
Today’s BioHealth Business Daily has many names you might not be as familiar with, but there are some of the larger movers to consider today as well. We are seeing news-related moves in many…
Congressman Barney Frank and Senator Chris Dodd are not wasting any time after health care reform. In a press conference this morning, the two well-known Democrats said financial reform was next on the agenda…
If you have followed the oil patch, the news from the refining sector has been abominable. Overall, we have seen many weeks where the United States refining capacity was not even running at 80%. …
Updated throughout the trading day…. This was out yesterday throughout the day but there have been rumors that Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) may ditch the WebOS for Android. Hardly seems fathomable, problems at Palm…
We are getting more and more dividend hikes in 2010. Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) finally declared its first dividend. ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is hiking its payout. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is volatile,…
We have had at least 3 IPOs pricing today. On deck are Calix Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: CALX), MaxLinear Inc. (NYSE: MXL), and First Interstate BancSystem Inc. (NASDAQ: FIBK). What makes today interesting is that…
These are this Wednesday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from early morning Wall Street research notes: Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. CONSOL Energy (NYSE: CNX) Raised to…
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is living up to its promise, or at least trying to live up to the promise of selling some $10 billion in assets. According to reports from Reuters and from Dow…
Today’s BioHealth Business Daily is full of some of the names you might expect to see, but it also has some unusual names as well. We are seeing share price moves in Accuray Incorporated…
Warren Buffett likes to buy companies with a very long time frame. In fact he likes the “Forever” trades. It seems that Buffett decided booze was a good deal. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.(NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A)…
These are this Tuesday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from early morning Wall Street research notes: American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE:…
The secondaries are coming! The secondaries are coming! Actually, that should be that the secondary offering wave is still coming on strong. Early last week we gave a deep review of 16 secondaries and…
Since the end of 2009, we have moved far beyond the waves of cost cuts and dividend cuts. Since then we have shown that many companies would actually raise their dividends or start new…