ThinkstockAs if gold isn’t getting bashed enough, CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) will raise its margin requirement on the Comex on Monday to $8,800 for a standard 100-ounce gold futures contract. That…
Paul Ausick Investors and traders are usually on the lookout for new research ideas that will generate higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst research calls from Wall Street and…
Jon OggInvestors often get to see the various analyst upgrades and Buy ratings issued by Wall Street firms. What investors often do not get to see is when analyst downgrade stocks to sell…
Jon OggInvestors and traders alike are usually on the lookout for new ideas that will generate profits. 24/7 Wall St. looks over research calls from Wall St. and beyond to find great…
ThinkstockDeutsche Börse and CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) talked about a merger of the two big exchanges, and then apparently they did not. The consolidation of the sector has left some exchanges…
ThinkstockYahoo! Bans Telecommuting For some reason, investors and the rest of the world are fascinated by the decision of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) management to halt the ability of people to work…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockItaly’s gridlocked national election causes markets around the world to fall. (Reuters) Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) will cut more jobs. (Reuters) Samsung’s wide use of Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android…
courtesy of YouTubeYahoo! Inc.’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) revenue rises in the fourth quarter, but only slightly. (Reuters) Detroit probably will file for bankruptcy. (Reuters) Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) will put $250 million into…
ThinkstockThe IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) is about to get a serious makeover. With its $9.4 billion market value, the futures exchange is acquiring the NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYSE: NYX). This is no…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsIntercontinentalExchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) announced this morning that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYSE: NYX) in a stock and cash transaction valued…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, probably as a reaction to the news that Italy’s prime minister has said that he will resign after a new budget is agreed to (more…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) raised to Outperform at Baird. Advance…
It was widely expected on Sunday that Hurricane Sandy was going to create closures of the major financial exchanges on Monday October 29. What was not know was the status for Tuesday,…
24/7 Wall St. has been monitoring news stations and exchange news ahead of the landfall for Hurricane Sandy on the eastern seaboard. As we have multiple locations, we will still be publishing…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat this morning following a disappointing quarterly report from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) last night (more coverage here) which weighed on Asian tech stocks particularly.…
