These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) Raised to Outperform at Baird. Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE)…
Earnings season is in full swing and the peak will occur next week. We have several DJIA components reporting earnings along with several other companies which are equally as important to the…
Bonds may be closed for Columbus Day, but the U.S. stock market is open and there are many movers to watch. Some of the most active stocks or largest moves seen in…
Earnings season is just getting underway and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 11,000 on Friday. There are many stocks to watch outside of earnings this week. The cast of characters in…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) Target raised overseas by UBS. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA)…
Many investors chase famous and well-known portfolio managers’ newest stock picks. After all, if you can piggyback on Warren Buffett, Bruce Berkowitz, and others… why not? Morningstar has shown some of its…
The earnings floodgate is still open next week, and frankly it looks like there are even more S&P 500 companies reporting earnings than there were this week. The big earnings are (in…
Banks’ repayments of TARP preferred stock and warrants continue to turn a profit for the U.S. Treasury Department, according to analysis by SNL Financial done by By Andrew Schukman and Russ Yates.…
These are this Wednesday’s top ten analyst calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in early Wall Street research calls: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Outperform at BNP Paribas (overseas). ARM…
Reuters: Toyota (TM) told regulators it is looking at how to fix 1.2 million Corollas. Reuters: A Chinese export body said a rise in the yuan would be destructive. Reuters: China Mobile’s…
CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT) is out of bankruptcy, has John Thain as its new CEO, and is trying to get on with life in ‘the new normal’ in a sector where…
Douglas A. McIntyre Not surprisingly, CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) filed with the SEC a form NT 10-K… That is a non-timely annual report notification. The company said it would be unable to file its…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) will recall the Prius. Reuters: UBS (NYSE:UBS) posted a profit. Reuters: Nissan posted a profit and raised forecasts. Reuters: JAL will maintain its ties with AMR (NYSE:AMR).
They are a perfect pair. Disgraced former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain will join CIT (NYSE:CIT), the lending firm disgraced by a Chapter 11 filing, as its new chief. Thain’s partner in…
John Thain, former co-president of Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and CEO of The New York Stock Exchange and Merrill Lynch, who was virtually shamed into retirement after Merrill was bought by Bank of America (NYSE:BAC),…
