Any time a hurricane hits, it can cause billions of dollars in damage to homes, cars, businesses, and other properties. The estimates for Hurricane Irene were growing higher and higher last week…
Will Hurricane Irene cost the United States $10 billion? $15 billion? Or even more? It really depends upon whom you speak with on this front. The expected damage count is growing now…
Share repurchase programs, or stock buybacks, have been and may always be a more questionable method of returning capital to shareholders than dividends. Many even disagree with the effect of buybacks. Still,…
There is a long-standing debate over the effect and impact of share buyback plans. What is not up for debate is that many companies have given big updates or announced new buyback…
There have always been questions about whether stock buybacks are an effective return of cash to shareholders. The theory is a simple one: reducing the number of shares outstanding boosts the price…
These are Wednesday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo. Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY)…
These are this Friday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street’s research calls: Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Outperform at FBR Capital (new target $130);…
These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street we have seen this Wednesday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Allergan (AGN) Started…
These are some of the top per-market analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing from Wall Street this Thursday morning: Best Buy (BBY) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Chubb (CB) Raised…
Financial stocks may have enjoyed sizable bounces from their lows in November and December, but not all analysts are following them up. The insurrance sector and some of the re-insurance names have…
These are the top research downgrades and negative analyst calls we are seeing this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open: Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Cut to Market Perform…
These are some of the analyst downgrades and negative calls coming from Wall Street this Wednesday morning: BB&T (BBT) Cut to Underperform at FBR. Chubb (CB) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. DealerTrack…
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Friday morning: Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse. Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH) Raised To Neutral at…
It is no great mystery that Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, NYSE: BRK.B) is still one of the most followed and most revered "long term value investors" on the planet. …
Back in the day when Merrill Lynch (MER) was minting money and the stock was at $98, it had made a run from $35 in early 2003. That was just this last…
