M&A activity picked up in the second half of 2009 as the market moved up and access to capital for big companies improved. Corporate debt offerings soared and banks began to make…
Short sellers sharply increased their gamble that financial stocks would fall based on short selling data from NYSE and Nasdaq on the last day of November. Shorts pushed into Citigroup (NYSE:C), increasing…
Shares in Sprint (NYSE:S) were up more than 10% at one point yesterday after Barron’s argued that the stock was undervalued. One article and the telecom company’s market cap was up almost $1.5…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts. We have more detailed data and analysis over at VSInvestor.com via links on each story and stock: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
Reuters: The Treasury says the TARP loss will be $200 billion less than expected. Reuters: Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) will respond to the Kraft (NYSE:KFT) offer on the 14th of December. Reuters: Five AIG…
These are Friday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this morning in Wall Street research calls: AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Broadcom…
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) reported earnings of $0.17 EPS as a headline, but the clean number is $0.23 EPS on a non-GAAP basis and $12.9 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters had estimates…
These are this morning’s top day trader alerts and active trader alerts in stocks early on Thursday. We have more details and analysis over at VSInvestor.com for each stock: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:…
These are this Thursday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: AmerisourceBergen (NYSE: ABC) Started as Buy at UBS. ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) Cut to Neutral at…
Reuters: Senate Democrats unveiled their healthcare plan. Reuters: Hedge fund manage Griffin has rebounded from losses. Reuters: GM must pay its debt and become profitable before an IPO. Reuters: Kraft (NYSE:KFT) is…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is defying the old status quo of big technology companies which do not pay what most would consider real dividends. Today’s quarterly dividend hike to $0.1575 from $0.14…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. Updated 12.43 PM EST: Apple may hire its own video game developers to create iPhone and iPod products (Apple Insider) Updated 11.57 AM EST: Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) may…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 10.30 AM EST: PALM (NASDAQ:PALM) shares are up on speculation that Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) or Nokia (NYSE:NOK) will buy the faltering handset firm (VSInvestor) Former Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS)…
Reuters: China’s economy may be hurt as its stimulus ends. Reuters: Warren Buffett says the financial panic is over. Reuters: Former bankers are considering buying failed banks. Reuters: The SEC is expected to…
3Com Corp (NASDAQ: COMS) rose over 30% to a yearly high of $7.52 after Hewlett-Packard, the PC maker, announced plans to buy 3Com for $2.7 billion. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD)…
