These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from early Wall Street research calls. There were several banking and broker-on-broker cuts: Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:…
Barclays Capital’s banking research department has been busy going into the new year as it has issued new coverage on many of the European and global banks. Some of the ratings are…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was up .4% to 10,023. Honda (NYSE:HMC) and Sony (NYSE:SNE) rose but Toyota (NYSE:TM) dropped. The Hang Seng fell .3% to 22,495. Sinopec (NYSE:SNP) fell.…
Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was off .6% to 9,383. The Hang Seng fell 1.8% to 22,210. The Shanghai Composite was down 3.6% to 3,171. At the open in Europe, the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: House Democrats unveiled their healthcare bill. Reuters: Senators may extend home purchase credits until April. Reuters: China will launch a case against The Big Three auto companies. Reuters: Galleon paid Wall…
Reuters: China is having trouble managing supply and demand. Reuters: Geithner said the core programs of the TARP are ending. Reuters: Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) tripled it profits. Reuters: Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) will cut…
Reuters: GM says most of its cost cutting is done and its sales chief left. Reuters: Spot gold hit a record above $1,050. Reuters: The Senate healthcare bill weighs in at $829…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 2:44 Dell Inc. (NYSE: DELL) will launch a branded Android smartphone thru AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and possibly other carriers next year. Source today is from WSJ,…
Markets in Asia were up slightly with Shanghai closed. The Nikkei rose .2% to 9.692. The Hang Seng was up .7% to 29,564. At the open in Europe, the FTSE rose .6%…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Obama pushed his economic message before the G20 summit Reuters: A Senate panel took up healthcare legislation. Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) missed a deadline for supplying information from Congress and…
Reuters: Sales growth of Ford (F) and Hyundai topped other car companies. Reuters: The EU could slow a takeover of Sun (JAVA) by Oracle (ORCL). Reuters: Home sales and factory orders signaled…
It has been no secret that the CFTC is looking into many exchange traded notes and exchange traded funds that deal in the energy markets, along with other futures and other investment…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Video games hope to make a comeback with new titles and price cuts. Reuters: “Cash for clunkers” should help July car figures. Reuters: USB (UBS) shares should do well after it…
Reuters: Unemployment is causing further stress in the housing market. Reuters: The Microsoft (MSFT) deal with Yahoo! (YHOO) may have challenges with regulators. Reuters: Sony (SNE) lost money on weakness in its…
The following are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and volume analysis…
