Sell ratings come in all sorts of disguises. Some are more harsh than others, but they generally catch the eyes of investors more than the endless parade of Buy or Hold ratings.
Comerica is one of the many banks that have not seen their shares fully recover from the highs prior to the Great Recession.
Jon C. Ogg Top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen Thursday morning include Abbott Labs, American Express, Apple, Citrix, ConocoPhillips, Kinder Morgan, Qualcomm, ServiceNow and Tesla Motors.
Wednesday's top analyst calls include AMD, Amazon.com, Celgene, Comerica, Fortinet, Gilead Sciences, Lennar, Netflix, Voya and Wayfair.
The top analyst calls for Monday include AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Nike, Cempra, Discovery Communications and HCI Group.
Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include CBS, Cisco, Comerica, Twitter, FedEx, Illumina, Linn Energy and NuVasive.
Given the market uneasiness, now is the time to stick with the large cap leaders, especially when they are expected to fare well in the coming rising rate environment.
It turns out that the latest round of market selling took more big banks back under their respective book values -- a point that acts as a homing beacon for value investors.
Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Bank of America, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Comerica, Nike and Vital Therapies.
Comerica released a mixed second-quarter earnings report before the markets opened Friday.
Chris Lange Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Avago Technologies, Citigroup, Electronic Arts, Ford, GM, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Computer Sciences, Keurig Green Mountain, Sarepta Therapeutics and Splunk.
Sterne Agee detailed in a report that Texas banks could have a negative reaction to oil prices, as lending to oil companies might spiral down the drain.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations covered by 24/7 Wall St. for Thursday, September 25, 2014.
Looking toward the end of 2014, Oppenheimer believes that equities are, in fact, still well positioned to climb.
