Wednesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included AbbVie, Albertsons, DuPont, Exxon Mobil, Home Depot, KB Home, Mastercard, Palantir and Twitter.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Best Buy, CarMax, Elanco Animal Health, General Motors, Home Depot, Intercontinental Exchange, JD.com, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble and Vonage.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included AbbVie, American Electric Power, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Arconic, Baidu, Best Buy, Co-Diagnostics, Cree, Exelon, Home Depot, NRG Energy, T-Mobile and Walmart.
U.K. tobacco giant Imperial Brands has slashed its dividend. Will American tobacco companies follow suit?
Altria's share price is falling. Its investments have been busts, and hedge funds and shareholders are getting cranky. Even the dividend hasn't made investors happy.
With investments in booze, pot, tobacco and e-cigarettes, Altria has the sin category just about covered. However, the COVID-19 outbreak may indicate that the cost of sin has limits.
Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Akamai Technologies, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Boeing, BP, Comcast, Duke Energy, Gap, Kinder Morgan, Lyft, Occidental Petroleum, Snap, Tesla and Walt Disney.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Accenture, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Cerner, CNOOC, Delta Air Lines, Ford, GoDaddy, Kinder Morgan, Newmont, NuStar, United Airlines and Visa.
Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included American Express, ADT, Gilead Sciences, Logitech, PACCAR, Regions Financial, Stamps.com and Vivint Smart Home.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Casper Sleep, CME, Deere, Domino's Pizza, Home Depot, Nike, RealReal, Salesforce.com, SolarEdge Technologies, Sunrun and Walt Disney.
Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Advanced Micro Devices, American Electric Power, Analog Devices, CenturyLink, Dish Network, Herbalife, NextEra Energy, NRG Energy, On Semiconductor and SolarEdge Technologies.
It is not unusual for stocks to sell off when there are major illness outbreaks or other global scares, but this is one of those situations when the current consensus is that…
The Wuhan Coronavirus has escaped China, with the number of cases and the death toll rising. The economic impact beyond the loss of life and suffering is real in many stocks, sectors…
The Wuhan Coronavirus has already left China and hit neighboring countries, the U.S. and even in Europe in Australia. As the death toll and number of infected are rising each hour, the…
Craft Brew Alliance shares more than doubled on Tuesday after the firm announced that Anheuser-Busch agreed to expand their partnership in the form of a merger transaction.
Chris Lange 
