UBS attended the recent analyst day at J.P. Morgan, and its analysts came away with 10 specific items that they learned. These are interesting items for shareholders or investors considering taking a…
Jon C. Ogg These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, February 26, 1014. The include LinkedIn, Safeway, NII Holdings, Rangold Resources and EP Energy.
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…
J.P. Morgan already has announced it will cut well over 10,000 jobs. If the bank's mortgage business continues to worsen and it closes more branches, the layoffs could reach close to 20,000.
Wikimedia CommonsThe next six years should be great years for the money management business, with assets under management reaching more than $100 trillion. This growth, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, will…
In a new report from Robert Baird, most of those top financial stocks are now fully valued. The analysts only have five stocks to buy that meet their criteria for outperformance in…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on is Monday, February 10, 2014. They include Fairway Group, J.P. Morgan, Red Robin and Vodafone.
For the second year in a row, Wells Fargo comes in number one as the most valuable banking brand, according to one of the world's leading valuation consultancy firms. American banks claim…
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…
ThinkstockThursday was another day that reminds investors just how sensitive the market can be in pullbacks after huge runs up. It was not the weekly jobless claims, but perhaps weak earnings and…
The U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council has begun looking at Berkshire Hathaway to determine whether the financial powerhouse is important enough to the global financial system to require supervision from the Federal…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsWednesday brought the week having all three days with a gain or a loss of triple-digits during the day in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Bank earnings were…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe stock gods decided to buy the dip on Tuesday, a day after the biggest sell-off in about three months. Despite a lack of market-moving economic reports, the…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is leading the wave of banks this earnings season with its fourth-quarter earnings report. But there may be more to this report than meets the eye.
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggWe are now well past the end of 2013, and many strategists have mixed targets for the stock and bond markets in 2014. The last year brought gains of 26.5% in…
