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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Carnival, Caterpillar, Darden Restaurants, Fiserv, KeyCorp, Micron, Phillips 66 and More

Posted: June 21, 2019 at 10:21 am

The market opened lower this morning after posting an intraday all-time high for the S&P 500 yesterday. Concerns over Iran after allegedly shooting down a U.S. Air Force drone and ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Arconic, Chipotle, GrubHub, Halliburton, Humana, Yelp and Many More

Posted: December 20, 2018 at 9:00 am

Stocks fell apart after Wednesday's FOMC decision was viewed as less-hawkish but not dovish, although Thursday's early losses came back to a slight positive indication for the day's trading. One ...
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JC Penney, PG&E Plop into Thursday’s 52-Week Low Club

Posted: November 15, 2018 at 4:04 pm

November 15, 2018: Here are four stocks trading with heavy volume among 306 equities making new 52-week lows by mid-afternoon on Thursday. On the NYSE advancers were leading decliners by ...
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15 Stocks With Massive Dividend Yields of 10% or Higher

Posted: September 21, 2017 at 7:45 am

It is no secret that investors love collecting dividends from their investments. Almost half of all total returns through time can be attributed to dividends. Many investors also count on ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Exxon Mobil, International Paper, JC Penney, Lululemon, Ulta Salon and More

Posted: December 2, 2016 at 9:05 am

Despite a 4.6% unemployment reading, the number of nonfarm payrolls added in November was more or less in line with expectations. Stocks were indicated to open marginally lower on Friday, ...
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Huge Sheryl Sandberg Trade Highlights Furious Insider Selling: Facebook, Shake Shack, Adobe and More

Posted: July 10, 2016 at 10:15 am

As the markets continued their roller-coaster movement, many top executives saw the markets trading again back up near all-time highs after an outstanding jobs report finished the week on Friday. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Gold Fields, Humana, Intel, PayPal, Yelp and Many More

Posted: July 8, 2016 at 8:50 am

Stocks were looking for direction ahead of the payrolls report, and the numbers for June blew out expectations to the upside after a very negative report in May. Last week's ...
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Ares Capital Moves to Acquire American Capital, Excluding Mortgage Management

Posted: May 23, 2016 at 11:40 am

Both Ares Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: ARCC) and American Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. According to the agreement, Ares Capital will acquire ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: BioDelivery, Merrimack, Silver Wheaton, Valeant, Weatherford and More

Posted: October 27, 2015 at 8:45 am

Stocks were indicated marginally lower on Tuesday, but investors just keep proving that they want to buy the pullbacks. That trend has been in place for four years now. The ...
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The 52-Week Low Club for Tuesday

Posted: April 28, 2015 at 4:04 pm

April 28, 2015: Here are four stocks among the 46 equities making new 52-week lows today. Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) dropped about 1.3% on Tuesday to post a ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AIG, Align Tech, Cliffs, Cyber-Ark, MannKind, Micron and More

Posted: October 20, 2014 at 8:45 am

Stocks were lower on Monday morning after IBM issued a spoiler alert on its earnings report. Last week's bounce has shown again that investors still are willing to keep buying ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Enbridge, NOV, Freescale, Twitter, Verizon, Windstream and More

Posted: July 30, 2014 at 8:40 am

Stocks surged higher on Wednesday morning despite new sanctions in Russia. A strong ADP payrolls report was tempered by the notion that it won't make the FOMC more aggressive on ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Arch Coal, ADM, Citigroup, Myriad, Sirius and More

Posted: February 5, 2014 at 8:55 am

February is acting as though it wants to carry on in January's volatility and downward momentum for stocks. Earnings season also created selective winners and losers. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, BBVA, Kors, PotBelly and More

Posted: October 29, 2013 at 8:30 am

We are in the thick of earnings season, a deal was made in D.C. and stocks are challenging new all-time highs almost daily. So how do investors know which stocks ...
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Sterne Agee Sees More Book Value Risks for High-Yield Dividend MBS REITs

Posted: September 5, 2013 at 9:35 am

The analyst team at Sterne Agee has updated its book value estimates for the high-yield mortgage-backed securities (MBS) real estate investment trust (REIT) sector. The move is based on rising ...
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