Several research firms publish data on corporate reputations each year. It is not difficult to predict which companies are likely to be on the section of these lists where there has been…
Reuters:Â Â Microsoft (MSFT) is putting more R&D in India. Reuters:Â Â CIT (CIT) confirmed that it rasied $3 billion. Reuters:Â Â Bernanke said Fed can control inflation. Reuters:Â Â California lawmakers agreed to a state…
E*TRADE Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC) has been the worst of the online brokerage stock. With some of the crazy mortgage products it offered, it is no wonder. And the stock has paid…
After looking through the short interest changes for the end of May. We saw unusual gains in short selling increases in Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN), DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS), E*TRADE Financial Corp.…
These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious notes we have seen early this Thursday morning from Wall Street brokerage firms with more than two hours until the market opens: Athenahealth…
American companies are increasingly offering products for $1 or less. Some are among the largest firms in the United States such as Wal-Mart (WMT) and McDonald’s (MCD). Other are smaller but use…
We noticed how short sellers had increased their bets against banks and financials, even if this was right at the time that the big short squeeze came via a huge market rally. …
Citigroup has initiated coverage of the discount and online brokerage universe this morning. There is a mix of coverage in the call rather than a positive or negative for the whole group.:…
We now have all three of the large online brokerage giants out with their monthly metrics for Janury. We wanted to compare E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC), TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:…
There are an extremely small number of companies which are likely to do relatively well during the recession, either because they are the market share leaders in their industries by a wide…
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: AMTD) has been caught up in much of the same malaise affecting other financial and brokerage firm stocks. The company posted a drop of more than 20%…
Douglas A. McIntyre It seems that the appetite for online brokerage firms to do selective M&A deals is not entirely dead. TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD) has announced this morning that it is acquiring much smaller…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we are seeing this Wednesday morning: Comerica (CMA) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein. Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein. Iron…
This is the new official 48-hour period to be known in the future as GOVERNMENT BACKSTOP DAYS. While financial stocks are a big beneficiary of this, the moves being seen in online…
Today was a strange day in the markets because of the Uncle Sam bailouts, but there are many stocks which showed activity on their charts exhibiting breakout or reversal patterns. Whether they…
