These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations of new coverage which we have see from Wall Street this Monday morning: ALCOA (AA) Cut to Underperform at FBR. Bed Bath &…
Many market experts expect this earnings season to do little to set the tone for the rest of the year. They assume that companies have been pounded into submission and that this…
According to Reuters, Obama must get Americans to spend now and save later to help the economy, and consumers are wary of spending. Reuters reports that the SEC will consider restricting short…
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) has come out with earnings and losses which are as dismal as a vacation in hell without any water and without any flame retardant. But the good news is…
Douglas A. McIntyre Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is leading off the deluge of earnings report for the Q1-2009 earnings season today. Historically, many traders have thought that Alcoa could be used as a measuring stick…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, some members of Congress were unhappy with Defense budget cuts. Reuters reports that Americans are more optimistic about the economy since Obama came into office, according to a New…
According to Reuters, HSBC (HBC) has a successful rights offering to raise $18.9 billion. Reuters reports that a deal for IBM (IBM) to by Sun (JAVA) is near collapse. Reuters writes that…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street this Tuesday morning. As you will see, many of the upgrades are not exactly the most positive…
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) has priced its offering of 150 million shares of common stock at $5.25/share. That represents a discount of about 23% to yesterday’s closing price of $5.48/share.  At the same…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are the top upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts so far early this Thursday morning: Alcoa (AA) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. Aqua America (WTR)…
According to Reuters, Obama faces backlash due to AIG (AIG) compensation issues which could set bank his efforts to salvage the financial system. Reuters reports that Lehman will put two of its…
On CNBC’s Stop Trading segment today, Jim Cramer said that he ran the worst case scenario on all of the DJIA components, and the worst level he can come up is 5,320. …
The Dow Jones industrial average, or DJIA, is perhaps the mostly widely recognized index in the world. When people talk about “The Market” in cabs and in bars, and on the phone,…
The Chinese government-controlled mining and metals company Chinalco is putting $19.5 billion into publicly traded peer Rio Tinto (TRP). A billion dollars of the cash will go to buying back a piece…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen this Thursday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Air Products (APD) Cut to Hold at KeyBanc.…
