All bulge bracket firms and most major banking and brokerage firms cover each other in traditional analyst calls. Usually there is a coverage that involves trends in the sectors and the picks…
Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) will gamble on the smartphone industry with its buyout of Palm (NADSAQ: PALM) Reuters: The oil spill from a BP plc (NYSE: BP) rig is close to shore. Reuters: …
Short-sellers walked away from Citigroup (NYSE: C),dropping their position by 20% in the period that ended May 15. They could not have anticipated that the Treasury would sell a huge amount of its…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Reuters: Germany’s ruling party is keeping pressure on Greece to restructure debt. Reuters: The growth forecasts of the G20 do not make economic sense. Reuters: Oil moved higher on strong economic numbers.…
In a year in which many financial institutions gasped for air, the Federal Reserve transferred $47.3 billion to the Treasury – its “profit” in a sense. The Fed’s comprehensive income, the difference…
Over the last year as Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) sales have grown and expectations for its new products have blossomed, the company’s market value has increased by more than double as its stock price …
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS), in the shadow of an SEC investigation, beat earnings estimates handily. It was not a surprise after Citgroup Inc. (NYSE:C), Bank of Americ (NYSE: BAC), and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM)…
Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE : GS) Rajat K. Gupta, who is being investigated for insider trading, will not stand for re-election to the board. (WSJ) Symphony Asset Management and Bank of…
Based on early pre-market trading, Bank of America Corporation’s (NYSE BAC) failed to impress, although the number beat Wall St. estimates. It may be that the results of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) set the…
Reuters: The Fed backed “extending language” on rates. Reuters: About 60% CDS could be cleared centrally according to experts. Reuters: Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) and Symphony will link up on…
Just yesterday with so many stocks hitting new 52-week highs, we noticed that 10 of the 30 DJIA components had hit new 52-week highs. Two of those were Bank of America Corporation…
When investors see 52-week highs in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ, the obvious statement is “of course there are many stocks hitting 52-week highs.” But…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts seen trading actively on news or in reaction to peers. We have more detail and analysis over at VSInvestor.com with a…
