NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) has signed a strategic partnership with the State of Qatar in a bid that may transform the Doha Securities Market. The visibility is aimed to make Doha’s…
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Friday morning: ADC Telecom (NASDAQ: ADCT) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. AnnTaylor (NYSE: ANN) raised to Outperform at FBR. Ashland…
In the 1990’s, carbon certificate trading was mostly unheard of. This has also been largely untapped by American companies and by the American public. Until Now. The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.,…
Goldman Sachs has issued a call on its asset manager universe, and says it’s time to go on the offensive. Its rating on the group is now attractive. The bulge bracket brokerage…
These are not the only analyst calls impacting stocks, but these are the top analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on this Friday in pre-market trading: Allegheny Tech (NYSE: ATI) cut to…
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has received approval from the SEC that will allow the exchange to launch its equity and index options market. The new exchange will be called…
Douglas A. McIntyre The NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) has made proposed rule changes this week that would allow the listing of Acquisition Companies (ACs) on the NYSE. They are describing special purpose acquisition companies, or…
Douglas A. McIntyre It looks like the American Stock Exchange, and ultimately the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NYX) after the two merge, is going to get some competition for all of the IPO’s in…
Douglas A. McIntyre We’ve seen the consolidation happening on the global exchanges. They are becoming larger and larger powerhouses, and some are coming under more and more scrutiny. This morning’s New York Post ran a…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer was discussing the rhythm of the markets being short sharp rallies followed by sell-offs. But he also had the CEO of NYSE Euronext, Inc.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Goldman Sachs has lowered estimates on many financial services players this morning: AllianceBernstein (AB) (buy); AMBAC Financial (ABK) (neutral); Blackrock (BLK) (buy); Calamos Asset Mgmt. (CLMS) (neutral); CME Group (CME) (buy); Franklin…
The Dubai International Capital fund has $15 billion to invest. Temasek Holdings, Singapore’s state-owned investment company, just put $2 billion into a new investment vehicle in China. According to the IHT "the…
According to Reuters, a study by America’s Research Group says most shoppers will wait to buy until late in the month, looking for sales. Reutes writes that Nasdaq (NDAQ) has opened its…
Nasdaq released short interest in stocks listed on the exchange for the period ending November 15 compared to the numbers on October 31. Short sellers made substantial bets that some financial and…
The NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ:NDAQ) has secured a deal which will expand "The PORTAL" to include a trading standardization for trading private placements under rule 144a. The founding members of The PORTAL…
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