Gannett will layoff 700 people which caused a torrent of negative press coverage Carnival and GM were both victims of concern about oil price changes. The Flame Index started as a research…
The “services sector” is almost too broad to be counted when screens are conducted. Throwing in publishers, media, cable, travel, restaurants, auto-parts and advertising into a single screen feels like a kitchen…
Earnings season is supposed to be over. Guess again. This coming week is going to feel like the earnings floodgates are open and the companies reporting have market-moving and sector-moving abilities. Monday…
S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (29 APR – 5 MAY) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 5May11 Close Price 29Apr11 Market Cap ($Mil) Novellus Systems Inc. NVLS 10.3 35.42 32.10 3162.8…
If you still believe that speculators cannot really drive markets up too far in any direction, take a look at the commodities market. The continuous raising of margins in silver has taken…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Raised to Hold at KeyBanc. Broadcom Corporation…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Archer Daniels Midland Inc. (NYSE: ADM) Cut estimates and maintained Outperform…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) Reiterated Buy at Argus. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.…
Earnings season is supposed to be over, but we have a packed week full of earnings due from off-calendar quarterly earnings reports. We have compiled Thomson Reuters estimates and added color where…
The rising dividend theme of 2010 is already continuing in 2011 and this looks to be another great year for investors seeking higher dividends. We have seen three fresh dividend hikes from…
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Raised to Buy at Stern Agee. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:…
We are now about as far away from ‘earnings season’ as one can get but that does not mean there are not some market-moving and sector-moving stocks due with earnings. Most earnings…
Online travel sites have been on fire and a trend of airline consolidation mergers has been very good to the travel and leisure sector in transportation. But what happens when United States…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Started as Neutral at Susquehanna. AstraZeneca plc (NYSE: AZN)…
