These are some of the positive calls and upgrades we have seen from analysts this morning: ACE Ltd. (ACE) raised to buy at Goldman Sachs. Annaly Capital (NLY) raised to overweight at…
This morning we are seeing a massive gain on the heels of the US government seizure tied to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Those shares are halted and Warren Buffett has just…
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Wednesday morning in the early pre-market hours: Alcoa (NYSE: AA) cut to Neutral at JP Morgan. American Capital (NASDAQ: ACAS)…
Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) has filed with the SEC to raise up to $345,000,000 in new capital via the sale of common stock. Concurrent with this offering, the company will sell…
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) has priced its public secondary stock offering of 60 million shares of common stock at $16.15 per share. The gross proceeds are about $969.0 million before…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are not all of the analyst calls affecting shares but these are ten that we are focused on this Thursday morning: Annaly Mortgage (NYSE: NLY) cut to Hold at Citigroup. CommScope…
ValueAct Capital Management is a leading activist fund that acquires shares in public companies to influence their boards to make certain actions or to fix current problems. In an SEC Filing, the…
Shares of Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) are being pounded this morning. The reason for the selling isn’t on its own news. Competitor Thornburg Mortgage (NYSE: TMA) has fallen some 60%…
MFResidential Investments, Inc. submitted an IPO filing on Tuesday. The total proposed maximum aggregate amount in securities is listed as $250,000,000 in securities, although this number is merely for filing purposes. The…
Octavian Advisors, LP, a global alternative investment management firm managing over $1 Billon in assets, has hired Arif Gangat as Managing Director and Oscar Mockridge as Director to focus on international distressed…
We are full blown into earnings season now. These are not all of the stocks in the news, but this is a good portion of the news in individual stocks for traders…
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) has set the price for its public offering of 51,000,000 shares of common stock at $19.25 per share. All of the shares are being offered by…
Chimera Investment (NYSE: CIM) is an investment vehicle that is set up to invest in mortgages per its charter, although as we noted the day of the initial filing that this is…
The Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) this morning announced that it has closed upon the Blackstone Credit Liquidity Partners L.P. and has secured capital commitments of more than $1.3 Billion. If you look at…
CAM cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.CYPB started as Buy at Citigroup.DMAN started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.ENB raised to Outperform at CIBC.ERTS started as Buy at Goldman Sachs.ETFC cut to Neutral…
