2009 was the year that dividends were cut or went on hold. 2010 is becoming the greatest year of increases and initiations of dividends that the markets have ever seen. There are…
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Started as Hold at Citigroup. ATP Oil & Gas…
The next major change coming to the US health-care industry is due to take effect on January 1, 2011. The health care reform act includes a restriction on how much an insurer…
The stock market’s recent sell-off and snap-back recovery have not stopped dividend hikes. There were two big ones this morning. The unexpected dividend hike came from UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH). An unexpected,…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on March December 31, 2010 after the close. These have been broken down into 3 groups of…
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) Cut to Neutral at UBS. A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) Raised to…
Everyone likes to see the Warren Buffett stock holdings, particularly when there are changes. He has a different timeframe than most investors for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) because it’s “forever.”…
Many analysts have been updating their price targets on various key stocks, and it is always interesting to see what the truly independent research analysts have for price targets on major stocks. …
These are this Tuesday’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls during the pre-market hours. It is more skewed to downgrades, something we have not seen…
Short selling is seen for many reasons, but universally traders tend to track short selling to track the biggest changes in the short interest twice each month. Whether these are hedges, forward…
This weekend we will get to see the annual letter to shareholders from Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A). We expect a far more confident Buffett than what we…
We already gave a full run-down position by position in the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) holdings as of December 31, 2009. What is interesting is that this round of 13F…
This is the list of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) public equity holdings as of December 31, 2009…. so these are his positions going into 2010. We have broken these into 3…
These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) Started as Sector Underperform at Scotia. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM)…
These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) Cut to Neutral at Macquarie. Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) Cut to Neutral…
