It is always helpful for investors when a Wall Street firm will actually take a stand and say certain ideas look good right now. Here are the Oppenheimer Portfolio Strategy six best…
Dow Chemical reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday, sending shares up sharply in premarket trading.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, January 28, 2014. They include Apple, Dow Chemical and Sally Beauty.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, January 22, 2014.
ThinkstockInvestor activism has taken on a different path in the last eighteen months or so. Large companies are no longer off limits, and activists have been able to make changes at companies…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockHistory shows that years following sub-2% GDP growth tend to be good for stocks, but near-term exuberance, with investors focusing again on momentum stocks, could signal a pause after the big rally from…
Courtesy Boeing Co.The Merrill Lynch Technical Titans List was formerly known as the Most Attractive Buy List and was introduced in February 2006. It is designed to identify common stocks that are…
August 5, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, lacking any major news of interest from around the globe. In Europe, eurozone non-manufacturing PMI rose slightly even though German PMI was…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Monday, August 5, 2013. They include Chubb, Dow Chemical, Teva Pharmaceutical and Qualcomm.
courtesy of FordAll of the Wall Street firms we cover, especially the large bulge bracket firms, have an extensive equity coverage list. In many cases the large firms cover more than 500…
Thinkstock The U.S. equity strategists at Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) who cover S&P 500 stocks with exposure to China have long argued that China’s impact to S&P earnings is mostly through…
ThinkstockBig companies often invest in research and development to promote growth and profitability. Yet this expense can sometimes be a waste. For every Intel or Merck, which invests wisely, there is an…
ThinkstockCorning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The specialty glass and technology products maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.30 on revenues of…
The markets may have topped and are acting choppy after Fed speak and after North Korean rhetoric, but U.S. investors can count on several big dividend hikes that we see as being…
Dividends and income growth drive value and income investors alike. Companies raising their dividends often keep investors far longer than companies that refuse to reward their shareholders by returning capital to them.…
