ThinkstockAlpha is one of those confusing terms used in the financial industry, but rarely defined. It is basically a performance measurement on a risk-adjusted basis. Alpha takes the volatility or price risk…
ThinkstockWhen U.S. crude oil supplies remain very high, U.S. drivers can usually depend on gasoline pump prices to fall. That has not been happening in the U.S. for about 2 months now,…
Investors and traders seem to be constantly looking for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each morning to…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsTrading at the NYSE Euronext’s NYSE MKT exchange was halted briefly today. What is important here is not that the trading halt barely last two minutes, but that more than…
Jon C. Ogg U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but struggled to maintain even a flat performance compared to yesterday’s close. Before the markets opened this morning, the Mortgage Bankers Association noted a 14.8%…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) started as Outperform at Leerink Swann. Best Buy Co.…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe research team at the Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) unit Merrill Lynch is resuming coverage of the public financial exchanges. IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) was reinstated…
ThinkstockDeutsche Börse and CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) talked about a merger of the two big exchanges, and then apparently they did not. The consolidation of the sector has left some exchanges…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesMarket rumors and speculation has been about that other exchanges would either go private or would merger together after this mega-exchange merger between NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX)…
courtesy of YouTubeYahoo! Inc.’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) revenue rises in the fourth quarter, but only slightly. (Reuters) Detroit probably will file for bankruptcy. (Reuters) Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) will put $250 million into…
ThinkstockByron Wien announced his predictions for 10 big surprises for 2013 this week to kick off the new year. Wien is now vice chairman at Blackstone Advisory Partners, and this was his…
U.S. equity markets opened flat to lower this morning as the clock ticked down to the final hours in negotiations related to the U.S. fiscal cliff. Share prices edged upward for most…
U.S. equity markets opened flat to higher again this morning following the third revision to U.S. GDP growth in the third quarter and the report on new claims for unemployment benefits (more…
ThinkstockThe IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) is about to get a serious makeover. With its $9.4 billion market value, the futures exchange is acquiring the NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYSE: NYX). This is no…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsIntercontinentalExchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) announced this morning that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYSE: NYX) in a stock and cash transaction valued…
