These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street firms early this Thursday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Finish…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst calls with upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street firms this Thursday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: AutoDesk (ADSK) Started…
These are the early bird analyst calls from Wall Street that we have seen early this Wednesday morning with about 3 hours until the market opens: Allianz (NYSE: AZ) Cut to Neutral…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we have seen from Wall Street this Thursday morning with about two hours until the open: Eaton (ETN) Cut to…
Being in the mutual fund and institutional money management business is almost as bad as being in commercial banking. Several companies in the industry have lost half of their assets between redemptions…
These are not all of the research calls affecting shares of stock, but these are some we have our eyes on this Monday: Alliance Bernstein (AB) Raised to Outperform at KBW. Arkansas…
There were more downgrades in financial stocks, but these were the larger names that saw estimates or ratings cut by analysts this morning: Bank of America (BAC) Cut to Underperform at KBW.…
A fed filing today from FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC. (NYSE: BEN) indicates that Chairman of the Board Charles Johnson sold 400,000 on June 13 in two transactions at $104.78. The value of the…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Thursday morning: Archer-Daniels (NYSE: ADM) cut to Hold at Citigroup. ASM Intl NV (NASDAQ: ASMI) started as Underperform at Jefferies.…
There was some interesting news over at Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN) today. The company manages the Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc. (NYSE:TDF), a closed-end mutual fund run by legendary emerging market investment manager…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are not all of the analyst calls affecting shares, but these are the initial calls we are focusing on early this Friday morning: Alliance Data Systems (NYSE: ADS) Raised to Buy…
Goldman Sachs has issued a call on its asset manager universe, and says it’s time to go on the offensive. Its rating on the group is now attractive. The bulge bracket brokerage…
Late Friday there was an interesting form "RW" filed with the SEC for a "withdrawn securities registration." There was an original filing to bring Templeton Russia/Eurasia Fund public via an initial public…
Douglas A. McIntyre Goldman Sachs has lowered estimates on many financial services players this morning: AllianceBernstein (AB) (buy); AMBAC Financial (ABK) (neutral); Blackrock (BLK) (buy); Calamos Asset Mgmt. (CLMS) (neutral); CME Group (CME) (buy); Franklin…
ABK cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.ADVNA cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.BBY started as Mkt Perform at Wachovia.BEN cut to Mkt PErform at FBR.BG cut to Neutral at HSBC.CC started as…