Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has seen targets raised this morning by Oppenheimer to…
Jon Ogg2012 has been a great year for stocks. We have recently seen the NASDAQ return to 3,000 for the first time in a decade. The S&P 500 Index has also now…
Electronics research firm iFixit pulled apart a new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad and found parts from Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Apple’s greatest nemesis: Samsung. It is an example of how in the…
Rumors continue that the U.S. and UK will release some of their strategic oil reserves to help abate rising gas and oil prices. Gas prices increased again yesterday to $3.831, up from…
The U.S. will tap its Strategic Energy Reserve as a way to bring down gasoline prices. (Reuters) A large rise in iPad sales helps drive Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares to new highs.…
By now, most investors know that the large hedge funds are run by billionaires rather than millionaires. What many investors might not know is that some hedge funds are reaching the size…
JD Power released its smartphone and traditional handset customer satisfaction survey. For the seventh year in a row, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rated in first place. A second part of the research looked…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) briefly hit $600 per share this morning, and then as if a firing shot went off the investors and traders started taking profits. While some of the selling…
Jon C. Ogg China, India, and Brazil represent the strongest market opportunities for smartphone makers for the period form 2012 through 2016. International Data Corp. (IDC) says that China, which has overtaken the US as…
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has decided to enter the tablet PC race. It would be very late to the market, and damage to its brand because of a lack of popular smartphones will…
RealtyTrac says foreclosure notices rose last month. (Reuters) The U.S. and UK discuss releasing strategic oil reserves to bring down fuel prices. (Reuters) Volcker says new inflation would be harmful to the…
NokiaNokia (NYSE: NOK) will begin an assault on tablet computer industry. Late to the market? Damage to its brand because of a lack of popular smartphones will undermine prospects of strong sales. Nokia may believe it has…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reported to have subpoenaed documents from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) related to how the company incorporates the search engine from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) on Apple’s…
It was just yesterday that Jefferies raised its Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) price target to $699 from $599 in a research call. Now today we have Canaccord Genuity raising its price target to…
Jon C. Ogg The Nasdaq rose above 3,000 for the first time since December 2000. The extraordinary move was helped by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which makes up a large portion of the index’s value. But…
