The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wednesday included Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific, CME, DaVita, Skyworks Solutions, Spirit Airlines, Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday included Adobe, Bank of America, Boston Scientific, Facebook, Las Vegas Sands, Merck, Tilray, TJX Companies and Valero Energy.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Thursday include AIG, Baxter, Cisco, Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Energy Transfer Equity, Juniper Networks, National Oilwell Varco, Phillips 66 and Valero Energy.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Wednesday include Bank of America, Honeywell, IBM, Lululemon Athletica, Oracle, United Technologies and Wells Fargo.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Tuesday include Abbott Labs, Delphi, Lululemon, Netflix, Nordstrom, Sirius XM, Disney and Windstream.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Thursday include Abbott Laboratories, Baxter International, Cisco Systems, National Oilwell Varco, Nucor, Procter & Gamble and Target.
A new research report from JPMorgan makes the case that lowering the corporate tax rate could be huge for many large cap companies, including in the medical technology industry.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday morning include Charles Schwab, Merck, Nokia, Viacom, Waste Management and Windstream.
It may have been the time of "sell in May and go away," but it seems the short sellers were neither strongly for nor against the notion.
One thing is for sure, the insiders at major companies continue to buy shares even as the S&P 500 creeps closer and closer to last year's all-time highs.
Here are eight well-known stocks with either unusual or massive gains seen in their short interest as of the May 13, 2016, settlement date.
However, one medical supply company stood out, as short sellers piled on Baxter International in the first two weeks of the month.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday morning include 3D Systems, Apple, Applied Materials, Chipotle Mexican Grill, CSX, PepsiCo and Red Hat.
Baxalta is scheduled to report fourth-quarter and full-year results before markets open on Tuesday.
Trey Thoelcke It's no big secret that hedge funds had a rocky third quarter. However that did not stop them from adding certain equities to their holdings in hopes of boosting their returns.
