The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning as investors did not pay attention to a report that the eurozone would allow its bailout fund to be used to recapitalize…
Oil is down about $3.00 to under $88.00 per barrel and the fresh move to a record low in yields in the 10-year Treasury Note is meeting a growing concern about ‘risk…
The world of master limited partnerships (MLPs) has brought great reward to investors in recent years. 24/7 Wall St. wants to know if the enthusiasm can stay in this sector this summer…
The first US pipeline to carry crude oil from the hub at Cushing, Oklahoma, to the US Gulf Coast will begin to be filled this weekend. The Seaway pipeline has been in…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday. AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR) named Bear of the Day at Zacks. The…
Increasing numbers of mutual funds have performances tied to huge investments in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). (Reuters) Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, is in China to address production labor problems. (Reuters) The European Union…
The Keystone XL Pipeline, a political football between environmentalists and oil firms that want to move more crude from Canada to the coast of Texas has a rival. According to the Wall…
Argus has made some basic changes to its FOCUS LIST of its analysts’ best ideas. Those which were added were Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL), Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS), Enterprise Product…
Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) have made a number of changes to the firm’s rating of oil & gas pipeline companies. The major changes were the addition of Williams…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACOR) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup. Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) named…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning, following on a positive debt sale by Portugal and some improvement in PMI numbers from Europe. ADP employment data did not meet…
It seems that most investors have started adding income or dividend reinvestment plans to their portfolios by using dividend stocks. With the yields of the 10-Year Treasury close to 2% and the…
Two pipeline companies have agreed to a 50-50 joint venture to build a new 149-mile offshore gathering system in the Gulf of Mexico. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) and Genesis Energy…
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) is cleaning out of its position in Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (NYSE: ETE). The MLP has announced that it has agreed to sell 22,762,636 common units…
This is an interesting point in time for the sector of Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). The oil and gas business could greatly unlock much of the domestic unemployment woes (and the trade…
