Below are the top 10 pre-market analyst calls that 247wallst.com is focusing on: Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) cut to Neutral at JP Morgan. BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) Cut to Market Perform from…
These are not all of the calls we are seeing this morning, but these are the top calls that we are focusing on this Thursday morning in pre-market activity: Aruba Networks (NASDAQ:…
"There are no second acts in American lives"–F. Scott Fitzgerald Several former Countrywide (NYSE: CFC) executives are starting a new company, with the support of financial company Blackrock (NYSE: BLK) to buy…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to The New York Times, JP Morgan (JPM) is in talks to raise it bid for Bear Stearns (BSC) from $2 to $10. Reuters writes that analysts now see a steep…
BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) is one of the more well thought of asset managers out there. It typically doesn’t have to respond to market rumors, but there were rumors abound that BlackRock…
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…
Press reports are saying that Merrill Lynch (MER) may have to raise more capital to offset huge Q4 losses. Merrill Lynch & Co. is in talks with Chinese and Middle Eastern sovereign-wealth…
Douglas A. McIntyre (ABT) Abbott Labs $0.69 EPS vs $0.68 estimate; guidance looks soft.(ASD) American Standard $0.84 EPS net, but $1.05 before items; estimates were $1.08. Spin-off/sale remains on track. (BLK) Blackrock $1.80 EPS vs…
MONDAYMattel (NYSE:MAT)Novellus (NASDAQ:NVLS)Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG/ADR)W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) TUESDAYJohnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC)Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER)Novartis (NYSE:NVS/ADR)Pharmaceutical Product Development (NASDAQ:PPDI)SLM Corp. (NYSE:SLR)State Street (NYSE:STT)Coca Cola (NYSE:KO)Wells fargo (NYSE:WFC)Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) WEDNESDAYAbbott Labs (NYSE:ABT)Altria…
AOB started as Outperform at CIBC.AUY started asOutperform at Credit Suisse.BGFV cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.BJ raised to Equal Weight at Lehman.BLK started as Outperform at Wachovia.CCL raised to Overweight at…
If you are a hedge fund manager that is classified as a fund of funds operation, you are probably crunching some numbers to see what you think your operations are worth. BlackRock,…
Douglas A. McIntyre (BEXP) Brigham Exploration increased natural gas production guidance from 42-45MCF to 44-46MCF.(BLK) Blackrock will acquire the fund of funds business of Quellos for up to $1.7 Billion.(BSC) Bear Stearns has report in…
