Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include American Airlines, Computer Sciences, Chevron, Coach, Duke Energy, Newmont Mining and Sprint.
Wednesday before the markets opened, Duke Energy reported disappointing fourth-quarter earnings.
Chris Lange Duke Energy is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, before the U.S. markets open.
Chris Lange As the earnings season winds down, 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the larger companies reporting in the coming week.
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.
Electric power generator AES doubled its quarterly dividend on Monday morning and announced an asset sale.
This Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include AK Steel, American Electric Power, Duke Energy, Qualcomm, Solazyme and Whole Foods.
Duke Energy reported disappointing third-quarter earnings Wednesday before the market open
Chris Lange Duke Energy will report its third-quarter earnings Wednesday before the U.S. markets open.
Chris Lange A new research report from Deutsche Bank says that utility stocks still are a solid bet in the low rate, slow growth environment.
Even though buyers will buy some weakness, the go-to defensive stocks also have been bashed with the stock market correction taking place.
What stands out more than rallying in a bad market is that Duke Energy and Consolidated Edison rallied on Tuesday, when markets were trying to recover.
A proposed wind farm and energy storage project could generate 9.2 million megawatt hours of electricity, enough to power 1.2 million homes.
Paul Ausick These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations covered by 24/7 Wall St. for Tuesday, September 16, 2014.
Duke Energy announced on Monday that it has committed some $500 million to a major expansion of solar power in North Carolina.
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