Diana Shipping Inc

NYSE: DSX
$3.00
-$0.02 (-0.7%)
Closing price May 3, 2024

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As Japan recovers from the devastating earthquake and its aftermath, the country will depend heavily on importing raw materials into the country and exporting finished goods. There are a number of...
A couple of large deals have now been completed in the shipping business, the latest of which is the partial spin-off by Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX) of 80% of its 55% interest in its subsidiary...
We’ve been watching the Baltic Dry Index, BDI, for a while now as it slides further and further down. The index, which measures freight rates for ships carrying commodity cargoes such as iron ore...
Seaborne shipping is experiencing a boom and bust period now as container shipping is having a difficult time meeting demand while dry bulk shipping continues its free-fall. The Baltic Dry Index, a...
The Baltic Dry Index, which tracks global shipping rates, has fallen for 24 consecutive days, its longest losing streak since August 2005. The BDI closed at 2,406 yesterday, its lowest point since...
For the past 40 years, the price of iron ore has been set annually in a negotiated deal between miners and buyers. Typically, the first large customer to cut a deal with a miner set the precedent for...
First it was Iceland, then came the PIIGS… This is of course the acronym for Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain…. although this is really an issue of PIGS front and center without...
Fitch Ratings joined in with a downgrade of Greece’s credit rating following a similar action yesterday by Standard & Poor’s. The downgrade this morning was to “BBB+” from...
Tickerspy’s Dry Bulk Shipping Stock Index (*DBULK) rose 5.1% today, beating the S&P 500 by 1.3.%.  Dry shipping stocks were given a boost by upgrades today.  Deutsche Bank upgraded Genco...
These are the top upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning: Expedia (EXPE) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Ford (F) Started as Buy at UBS. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Raised...
These are some of the top early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades we are seeing this Thursday morning: Cepheid (CPHD) Started as Buy at Needham. Charles Schwab (SCHW) Raised to Market Perform at...
These are some of the top analyst downgrades we are seeing from Wall Street this Thursday morning with about two hours to the open: Ashland (ASH) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. Borg Warner (BWA) Cut to...
These are some of the top upgrades we are seeing from Wall Street analysts this morning: Amgen (AMGN) Raised to Outperform at William Blair. Capital Product Partners (CPLP) Started as Outperform at...
Below is a snapshot of some of the key impact news affecting stocks in pre-market trading this Monday, January 7, 2008: AllianceBernstein (AB) noted as a hidden gem in Barron’s cover story....