ThinkstockEarlier this week we showed how a key market technician was showing concern that banks and financials are not participating in the rally. That is particularly troubling when you consider that the…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Wednesday, May 14, 2014. They include Akamai Technologies, Avago Technologies, Pandora Media and Randgold Resources.
More than once over the past two years, the 24/7 Wall St. team has tried to identify opportunistic times to effectively short the Treasury bond market. If the horrible reaction to Thursday’s…
ThinkstockWednesday’s big announcement is that the Federal Reserve did not object to the capital plans for some 25 of the 30 banks under review which were participating in the Comprehensive Capital Analysis…
In a new research report, the bank analysts at Deutsche Bank really do the deep-dive to find out which names are good for investors to buy now. Deutsche Bank has limited its…
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…
ThinkstockThe housing collapse and the banking collapse nearly brought on a total meltdown of the financial markets. Ever since, we have heard shrill cries of not having any financial institution that is too…
ThinkstockCurrency cycles and their changes against the U.S. dollar affect equity multiples because they reflect and drive capital inflows and outflows. Dollar cycles also influence earnings through a complex variety of channels…
July 10, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened barely mixed this morning after last night’s downgrade of Italian debt and a report that both China’s exports and imports declined in June. There was little…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. They include EMC, HP, ViroPharma and Deutsche Bank.
Wikimedia CommonsThomas Lee at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) was one of the last equity strategists to abandon his call for a correction back in the spring. On April 12, he…
ThinkstockWith the recent spike in long-term interest rates acting as a proxy for rising short rates, investors need to be focused on which banks are best positioned for a sustained rising rate…
ThinkstockWith the stock market trading at all-time and multiyear highs, the question on every investor’s mind is can the stock market go even higher? At 1,615, the S&P 500 is at 15.4…
ThinkstockThe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve said today that 4.2 million borrowers will begin receiving payments in the range of $300 to $125,000 beginning this week…
ThinkstockWe have reported in great detail about the importance of sector leadership in fulfilling the potential for a secular bull market rally. The Dow Theory maintains that major market trends depend on…
