The Dow Jones industrial average, the best-known barometer of the U.S. stock market, has been on a tear recently, gaining more than 16% over the past year. Investors have not yet recovered…
Solar stocks have been wickedly punishing for many shareholders after the oil bubble of 2008 popped and then again during the recession. A new dal may have just reset the value as…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse; Raised…
Today’s round-up of alternative energy news includes a new IPO filing from a well-known entrepreneur, some developments in batteries, and another federal loan guarantee for a large solar PV project. Biofuel maker…
Today’s commodities news leads off with report that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and its leading commodities strategist are recommending that investors abandon long positions in copper and platinum even as…
We have recently begun filtering out value stocks in a sector by sector screen ahead of earnings season. This latest batch is a commodities value screen, and we identified three clear value…
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) rejected a Nasdaq offer to buy it, which Nasdaq labeled as the best future for the older exchange. (Reuters) Corporate earnings may not be strong enough to support current stock…
The members of the Federal Reserve are more divided about what steps the central bank should take next to mute inflation and help the expansion. (Reuters) Americans are telling the Fed that…
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Swiss-based commodities trading house Glencore International AG is expected to conduct an IPO on the Hong Kong exchange around the end…
Swiss-based commodities trading house Glencore International expects to conduct an initial public offerin gon the Hong Kong exchange around the end of April. The company aims to raise $10 billion with this…
Japanese officials have confirmed 4,340 dead and 9,083 still missing as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country a week ago, according to London’s Daily Mail newspaper. Those…
Portugal’s debt was cut two levels by Moody’s (MarketWatch) Radiation levels rose at a reactor in Japan (Reuters) Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) will have a hard time taking over NYSE; Euronext (NYSE: NYX)…
There are several research upgrades and downgrades this morning that may feel meaningless in the overall scheme of things due to the international headlines coming from Japan and the Middle East. The…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Cut to Hold at Needham. Central…
Following the disaster in Japan, and particularly the explosions in one one of the country’s 53 nuclear power generating reactors, the reactions of other nations with nuclear power plants either built or…
