U.S. equity markets opened higher following a spate of moderately good news on U.S. employment. The ADP report showed job gains (more coverage here), and the report on new claims for unemployment…
U.S. equity markets re-opened for business in New York this morning after a two-day shutdown forced by Hurricane Sandy. Markets opened higher, but lost their energy by mid-morning. Asian markets were higher…
Jon OggThe top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls will be playing catch-up on Wednesday as the markets did not get a chance to react to the…
The preliminary estimates for the damage of Hurricane Sandy seem to be coming in the $5 billion to $10 billion range. This of course can grow, but this is what we have seen…
Jon OggThe top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls are very thin this Tuesday as this is the second day that U.S. markets are closed today due…
flickr / gsfcEarlier today we outlined some of the risks which were seen in overseas trading of the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance sector and for the reinsurance sector. Now we have…
Major European equities markets are trading lower today as investors are waiting to see the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the heavily populated U.S. East Coast. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 is down…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) named Bull of the Day at Zacks. Armour…
If Hurricane Sandy remains a Category 1 hurricane, property and casualty insurers may end up be on the hook for damages more than the reinsurers. We have seen an estimate of damages from…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) raised to Outperform as Bull of…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as markets were getting primed for the afternoon’s statement from the FOMC. Tomorrow’s announcement on interest rates from the European Central Bank…
The three major US stock indexes opened mixed this morning following the unemployment report from the Eurozone, which showed that the 11.2% rate had remained unchanged. The Eurozone consumer price index was…
The major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following a weak report on non-farm payrolls (our coverage here). The lack of any further data to chew over left the markets with…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday. AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR) named Bear of the Day at Zacks. The…
Argus has made some basic changes to its FOCUS LIST of its analysts’ best ideas. Those which were added were Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL), Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS), Enterprise Product…
