These are this Wednesday’s top 10 seen analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations which we have seen from Wall Street research calls: AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Apollo Group…
Reuters: The Nielsen survey shows consumer confidence up in the US for the first time since 2007. Reuters: Obama’s financial reforms are advancing in Congress. Reuters: The pay czar said his authority…
Reuters: UBS (NYSE:UBS) will put in a new US chief. Reuters: Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) says “dark pools” help investors. Reuters: The US is welcoming the rise of the yuan. Retuers: Nelson Peltz’s…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 10.53 AM EST Activision-Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) “Guitar Hero 5″ is selling poorly. (Barron’s) Update 9.47 AM EST: BP’s (NYSE:BP) new chairman will make significant changes to the oil…
These are this Wednesday mornings top Wall Street analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen early this morning: Anglogold (AU) Cut to Neutral at Nomura. BP plc (BP) Cut to…
Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 1.1% to 9,800. The Hang Seng was up up 2.5% t0 21,325. Shanghai was closed for a holiday. At the open in Europe, the…
Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed. The Nikkei was down .6% to 9,674. The Hang Seng moved up .3% to 20,434. The market in Shanghai was closed. At the open in Europe,…
Douglas A. McIntyre Several consulting firms post annual figures for the world’s most valuable brands. The two best known are probably the Interbrand and BrandZ surveys. They are notably different, up until now at least.…
Reuters: The sell-off in Chinese stocks may be overdone based on earnings. Reuters: A report blamed the SEC for not doing its job investigating Madoff. Reuters: The Fed says the risks to…
BP (BP) said it has made a “giant” discovery of crude oil in its Tiber Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico. The well was drilled to a depth of over 35,000 feet…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are this Tuesday’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have links through to each with more detailed price/volume analysis over at VSinvestor.com: BP PLC (NYSE: BP) is up…
The Times of London claims that people within the British government turned over convicted Lockerbie bombing participant Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi to Libya as part of an attempt to secure a major…
Stocks is Asia were higher. The Nikkei was up 1.4% to 10,640. Toyota (TM) gained as planned to cut costs. The Hang Seng moved higher by .1% to 29,452. China Life (LFC)…
Markets in Asia rose. The Nikkei was up 1.8% to 10,383. The Hang Seng was up 2.3% to 20,407. PetroChina (PTR) was up sharply. The Shanghai Composite rocketed up 4.5% to 2,912.…
Reuters: The recession has badly hurt investments in green technologies. Reuters: Obama called for deeper China ties with the US. Reuters: BP’s (BP) profits fell sharply. Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) will…
