These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. They include Apollo Education, Ford, GM, Alkermes and Cognizant Technology.
ThinkstockWednesday’s big announcement is that the Federal Reserve did not object to the capital plans for some 25 of the 30 banks under review which were participating in the Comprehensive Capital Analysis…
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner received the top grade in Glassdoor's new "Highest Rated CEOs 2014." The rating is based on employee answers to the question, "Do you approve of the way your…
thinkstockMarch 13, 2014: Markets opened lower on Thursday after China reported industrial production, fixed asset investment, and retail sales well below expectations. U.S. retail sales came in a bit better than expected…
ThinkstockShort sellers made big changes in their bets against the major money center banks and brokers. Only one was too small of a change to notice, but short sellers increased their bets…
thinkstockMarch 11, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday and turned sharply lower in mid-morning trading as copper prices tumbled below $3 a pound, a level not seen since mid-2010. Because copper is…
ThinkstockWhat would appear to be an obscure initial public offering from LVB Acquisition Inc. is much more important than it might seem. This is actually the old medical devices company Biomet, and…
In a new research report, the bank analysts at Deutsche Bank really do the deep-dive to find out which names are good for investors to buy now. Deutsche Bank has limited its…
thinkstockFebruary 27, 2014: Markets opened slightly lower on Thursday following a weaker report on new jobless claims and a more encouraging report on durable goods orders. Traders chose to follow the lead…
MLPs have become more prevalent in investor portfolios over the past couple of years. The problem is that this segment of the oil and gas sector has seen its valuations become lofty…
thinkstockFebruary 11, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday anticipating that new Fed Chair Janet Yellen would not announce any significant diversion from current Fed policy. And in another expected development, House Republicans…
ThinkstockAn analyst at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has raised its price target on Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) from $12 to $15, a jump of about 36% from the stock’s trading…
Jon OggStocks were crushed Monday, with the Dow closing down 326 points to 15,732.80 and with the S&P 500 down 40 points to 1,741.89. A very weak Institute for Supply Management report on manufacturing was blamed, as…
The S&P 500 has dropped more than 5% in 2014, and virtually all of that has come in the past week. Much of the blame has been put on financial risks in…
The old saying is that financial stocks are indicators of broad market strength or weakness, so that makes it imperative to watch what short sellers are doing. 24/7 Wall St. has tracked…
