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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Intel, Sprint, Abercrombie, Analog and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, January 2.
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Regulatory Costs Driving Bank Earnings Lower, QE Impact Too
While the Volcker Rule did not hit banks as hard as many expected, that is not to say that the big banks are off the hook in 2014. Sterne Agee has lowered…
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Services
The Most Heavily Shorted Stock in America
courtesy of Sirius XM RadioWhat’s not to like about Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI)? The satellite radio company created from the 2008 merger of Sirius and XM Radio has a market…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Consumer Ratings of America’s Top Four Banks
ThinkstockThe American Customer Satisfaction Index has released its ranking of the nation’s top four banks, which include J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Another Bitcoin Virtual Currency Crush from China, via Baidu
courtesy of BaiduBaidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is likely one of the key reasons that Bitcoin has been able to rise handily and gain more adoption. After all, when the largest search engine…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Could Volcker Rule Change Best Bank Stock for 2014?
Public domain via Wikimedia CommonsWith an expected vote due next Monday on the so-called Volcker rule, one question on big bank stocks is whether the impact of that rule has been fully…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
BofA Raises $500 Million for Green and Renewable Energy Projects
ThinkstockBank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) is having a bit of an unusual bond sale, and it is something we might have overlooked had it been anything else but this. The bank…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Which Big Bank Is the Best Stock to Buy for 2014?
ThinkstockThe country’s largest banks have had a pretty good year so far in 2013 and an even better trailing 12 months. Nothing seems to be able to quench investors’ appetite for bank…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Moody’s Cuts Ratings of J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Other Big Banks
ThinkstockFour of the largest U.S. banks saw their ratings from Moody’s Investors Service cut on Thursday. The agency cited the reduced likelihood that the government would help Bank of New York Mellon…
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Investing
UBS Sees Hedge Funds Selling Health Care and Buying Financial and Energy Stocks
ThinkstockThe UBS proprietary institutional flow data indicates that hedge funds are increasing exposure to financials and decreasing exposure to health care. Given that health care has outperformed significantly year to date, hedge…
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Investing
Jefferies Screens Top Stocks to Buy with Rising Business Orders
Courtesy Boeing Co.The third-quarter earnings season has been a very successful one. Most companies have beaten earnings expectations this quarter, continuing a long streak of better-than-expected earnings reports. The U.S. equity research…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Will Endless Bank Charges and Settlements Kill the Economy?
ThinkstockBankers are still not very well thought of after the financial meltdown, even if they might not have ben that well thought of before the meltdown. Still, at some point the public…
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Economy
Ten Trends the Washington Compromise Will Not Change at All
ThinkstockA deal between Democrats and Republicans has supposedly been reached in Washington, D.C., to end the government shutdown and to end the debt ceiling expiration. While many people expect that this will…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
No Thrills in Bank of America Earnings
Brian Katt / Wikimedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation LicenseBank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. The investment bank and financial services giant posted…
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Investing
The Only Seven Earnings Reports That Really Matter
Wikimedia CommonsThe general investing public will spend much of its energy waiting for earnings from famous companies such as Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP). These are…