Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include American Airlines, Computer Sciences, Chevron, Coach, Duke Energy, Newmont Mining and Sprint.
thinkstockFebruary 19, 2015: Markets opened lower for a third consecutive day on Thursday after Wednesday night’s report on a huge build in crude oil inventories. New claims for unemployment benefits rose less…
thinkstockFebruary 18, 2015: Markets opened lower again on Wednesday on some lukewarm news on industrial production and housing starts. When the FOMC minutes were released in the afternoon stocks posted a few…
Even with costs being slashed and share buybacks being halted, it appears that investors who have already taken a hit with share prices dropping should continue to get their quarterly dividend checks.
thinkstockFebruary 13, 2015: Markets opened higher again on Friday following better-than-expected GDP reports from the eurozone and higher market closes in Asia. Afternoon trading was light as traders got a headstart on…
Common sense would say that short sellers have made huge bets and boatloads of money as the stocks and commodities around the oil patch have suffered.
thinkstockFebruary 3, 2015: Markets opened higher on Tuesday on a report that Greece had to play nice with the rest of the eurozone by not demanding lenders to take a haircut on…
thinkstockFebruary 2, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday following a report that personal income rose in December. The other side of the coin was that personal spending fell. Crude oil prices rose…
A new research note from RBC points out that when looking at stock valuations from a dividend perspective, stocks have not been this cheap in the 15 years.
ThinkstockJanuary 30, 2015: Here are four stocks among the 181 equities making new 52-week lows today. Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV (NYSE: CBI) dropped more than 16% on Friday to post a…
Chevron reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year earnings before markets opened Friday morning.
Paul Ausick Before markets open Friday morning, Chevron is scheduled to announce fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 results.
thinkstockJanuary 28, 2015: Markets opened higher on Wednesday primarily on the strength of better-than-expected quarterly reports from Apple and Boeing. Equities got another brief boost when the FOMC announced that it would…
Common sense would say that short sellers have made huge bets and boatloads of money as the stocks and commodities around the oil patch have suffered.
thinkstockJanuary 23, 2015: Markets opened lower on Friday following a strong finish in Asia and higher equities prices in Europe the day after the European Central Bank announced its QE plan. Commodities…
