S&P 500 at Five-month Peak (AA, CAT, BAC)
The S&P 500 put up a five-month intra-day high of 1,294.45 shortly before noon ET today. The index got a boost this morning from Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) which rose about 3.5%…
The S&P 500 put up a five-month intra-day high of 1,294.45 shortly before noon ET today. The index got a boost this morning from Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) which rose about 3.5%…
Has J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) managed to help further turn banks around in 2012? The sector which had no friends in 2011 is now actually the top bill in…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning. Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) Reiterated Buy and raised price…
Each January, 24/7 Wall St. forecasts the publicly traded U.S. companies that will have the highest profits in the year ahead. This year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is likely to pass Exxon Mobil…
CES – The Consumer Electronics Show is awash with new gadgets. Most will never see the light of day. Many will trigger tens of millions of dollars in manufacturing and marketing costs…
Olympus sues its CEO and former board members for $50 million in compensation, and shares rise. (Reuters) China’s trade growth hits a two-year low in December. (Reuters) Philips warns of Q4 weakness…
CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) is almost hard to fathom as a takeover stock, regardless of a report that SunTrust Robinson Humphrey thinks it would be a good takeover target for Wells…
It seems that most investors have started adding income or dividend reinvestment plans to their portfolios by using dividend stocks. With the yields of the 10-Year Treasury close to 2% and the…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) was recently named as one of the Top DJIA Stocks With Upside for 2012. The problem is that the target price from the consensus analyst reading…
Bill Gross’s PIMCO Total Return Fund has $1.4 billion in outflows in December, according to Morningstar. (Reuters) MF Global sold some assets to Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) before its collapsed. (Reuters) As…
If there is a banking and financial boutique that investors pay attention to, it is Keefe Bruyette & Woods. The firm is out with a note trimming fourth quarter bank earnings, handily cutting estimates in…
At the start of each year, 24/7 Wall St. reviews and updates price targets looking for stocks which offer the most upside or the least upside for the year ahead. After looking…
As each new year replaces the prior year, 24/7 Wall St. looks at the individual targets on all 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average price targets from Wall Street analysts to come up…
2011 was more or less a wash for stock performance when it was all said and done. There were several great stories and there were many duds. 24/7 Wall St. has compiled…
The retail industry, just off a successful holiday season, must now wait for data on how post-holiday sales went. The Monday after Christmas is one of the busiest of the year. Two…