White House Photo by Pete SouzaJust as Steve Ballmer prepares to depart as CEO of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), the guessing game over who will take the reigns at the troubled tech…
ThinkstockMany of the firms that we cover around Wall Street have become more positive on the prospects for improved capital expenditure (capex) spending by corporate America as the year progresses and into…
With stocks within a few percentage points of all-time highs and with the stocks in a confirmed bull market, we wanted to consider the effect of stock splits in a time when market…
ThinkstockWith the S&P 500 trading at near record highs, and the internals starting to look a little wobbly, it is important to be very careful in picking stocks now. Goldman Sachs market…
ThinkstockSlowly, but surely, cloud computing is changing the way that technology is applied. The analysts at Deutsche Bank in a new research piece, have taken a deep-dive into the model and note…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsA billionaire should be able to take a few weeks off in the summer, particularly one who works as religiously as Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer. His…
When we screen stocks at the Wall Street firms we cover, we always are anxious to provide our readers with the stocks that the top firms feel have the most upside from…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following smaller-than-expected gain in ADP’s employment report. Other data out before the opening bell also weighed on stocks, including a drop new mortgage applications and weak…
Jon OggInvestors 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…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning but lost steam in the afternoon to finish with a loss for the first Tuesday in a record streak of Tuesdays. In Europe, Spain…
ThinkstockCustomer relationship management firm Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) has agreed to acquire cloud-based marketing firm ExactTarget Inc. (NYSE: ET) in a deal worth $2.5 billion. Salesforce.com will immediately begin a tender offer…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened sharply lower again this morning, but this time reacting to yesterday’s comments by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that the Fed could slow its bond purchases in the next…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Friday, May 24, 2013. They include Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Marvell Technology and Procter & Gamble.
U.S. equity markets opened sharply lower this morning, taking a lead from Japan’s Nikkei, which fell more than 7% for the day. Japan’s government bond yields spiked until the Bank of Japan…
ThinkstockMost investors are aware of the fact that the stock market can be a cruel and fickle mistress. What is big and cutting edge one day, especially in the technology world, can…
