While many investors and traders are going to be out, we have two key events to watch this week. The first is a hoped-for rate cut from the European Central Bank on…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. Alaska Air Group…
The federal government’s monthly unemployment numbers are gospel, at least to the financial markets. But they are revised at least once, often twice, after they are issued. An early signal of what…
Douglas A. McIntyre Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. AGL Resources, Inc. (NYSE: GAS) named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.…
US stocks opened higher this morning following an in-line report from ADP on US employment gains. There was little economic news out today, but we can anticipate tomorrow’s report on new jobless…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) named Bull of the Day and raised to Outperform…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADP) Started as Buy at UBS. First Solar…
Jon OggThis last week brought many new analyst calls in key stocks. At the end of each week we review research calls looking for the best gems, the calls that made serious…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE: ADP) Cut to Neutral…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Cut to Hold at Needham…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Adtran Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Reiterated Buy and $49 target at…
Standard & Poor’s may have done the inevitable move of a U.S. credit ratings downgrade and it may have followed with the downgrade of the insurance companies and with many government agencies…
Fitch and Moody’s kept the U.S. rating at Aaa (Reuters) Years of slow growth and aging populations in the West could hasten the rise of BRIC economies (Reuters) Google+ (NASDAQ: GOOG) and…
The odds that the U.S. will default on its debt on or after August 2 increase each day. Some credit analysts believe the odds are in favor of insolvency. In the event…
