This week we featured a list of the six cheapest DJIA components as of Monday’s close. The basis was how discounted the share prices have been to the consensus analyst price target…
As stocks rise, analysts generally lift their price targets on key stocks. As stocks fall, analysts generally lower their price targets. It is a game on Wall St., but it is a…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St.research calls this Friday morning. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray. Caterpillar Inc.…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning following European Central Bank president Mario Draghi’s promise to “do whatever it takes to preserve the euro” (our coverage here). What he…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday morning. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) cut to Neutral at UBS. Avon Products…
The three major US stock indexes opened mixed this morning with the Nasdaq Composite slightly negative on an unexpectedly weak earnings report from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) (more coverage here). A weak…
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) this morning reported second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $2.54 and $17.37 billion in revenue. EPS rose from $1.57 in the same period a year ago, while revenue…
Paul Ausick U.S. stock futures are mixed ahead of the opening bell. Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 futures were about 0.5% higher, while Nasdaq futures were lower by about the same amount.…
The three major US stock indexes opened roughly flat this morning as Spanish 10-year bond yields rose to 7.5% and Moody’s cut Germany’s outlook to ‘negative’ after the markets closed last night…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will shrink the connector for the iPhone 5. (Reuters) Greece presses for billions of euros in budget cuts before aid payments. (WSJ) Eastman Kodak loses several patent disputes, which…
The three major US stock indexes opened modestly lower this morning as there was little news out of Europe and Asian markets closed mixed. Traders were waiting to hear more from Fed…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT): Cut to Neutral at Citigroup. Caterpillar Inc.…
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has just done exactly what we expected with a dividend hike. We recently highlighted that it was one of only a few remaining DJIA stocks which will hike…
Jon C. Ogg The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning, but only the DJIA remained negative until the afternoon. Economic news from Europe was mixed ahead of a G7 meeting related to…
Westport Innovations Inc. (NASDAQ: WPRT) is going to be a winner from the move that would generally be considered a goal of the Pickens Plan for an energy policy. The maker and…
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