ThinkstockLast week Merrill Lynch hosted its 30th annual Metals and Mining conference in Barcelona Spain. While there was an overall positive tone at the conference, the big miners left investors more concerned…
Jon OggInvestors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms. They often do not get to see when analyst downgrade stocks. We review many fresh research…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) cut to Sell at Citigroup. Allegheny Technologies Inc. (NYSE:…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following a better-than-expected PMI reading from China (more coverage here) that was mostly untempered by lower-than-expected PMI readings from Europe (more coverage…
The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled today that the U.S. did not illegally dump a type of specialty steel into the Chinese market beginning in 2010. China imposed 19.5% tariffs on the…
The coal sector may not yet have found a bottom, or at least the prior gains from the bottom may be short-lived. That is the word from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch this…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN) raised to Buy from Underperform with $13 target…
Jon OggApparently having a short selling strategy under a hedge fund exchange-traded fund model has been working. This week we received notice that the assets under management for AdvisorShares ActiveBear ETF (NYSE: HDGE) hit a record…
Commodities news today features another processing plant acquisition, the latest projections on demand for steel, and more increases in the price of wheat. Gold and silver continue to make new highs today,…
These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut…
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Allegheny Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ATI) Raised to Buy at BofA/Merrill Lynch. American Dairy Inc.…
These are the ten top analyst calls we have seen early this Tuesday morning with about two hours until the open: Allegheny Tech (ATI) Cut to Sell at Citigroup. Apollo Group (APOL)…
As you will see today’s gains of 10% and more on both the DJIA and the S&P 500 Index, we wanted to explore which stocks greatly outperformed the markets today. We’d note…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we are seeing this Friday-crash morning: Allegheny Tech (ATI) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank. Baidu.com (BIDU) Target Cut to $260 from $350…
Scripps (SSP) Newspaper stock takes big hit on earnings. Falls to $7.17 from 52-week high of $147.78. McClatchy Newspapers (MNI) Another newspaper company with problems. Sells down to $4.30 from 52-week high…
