There have been plenty of stories in the past few weeks about the $2 trillion in cash that US corporations are sitting on. The money is not being invested in hiring or…
The defense sector has been under pressure as the future military spending is moving away from the giant expense items. This week’s news was that $100 billion is the target goal to…
2010 has been called the year of dividend by us, but it seems that share buybacks in earnings season are still alive and well. Of the buybacks we have tracked in various…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Buy at Janney (late yesterday). Amazon.com…
These are this Wednesday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Top Picks at FBR Capital; but shares were…
The annual Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations report from the Congressional Research Service shows that the US is still by far the world’s leading arms merchant. A summary of the document…
Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK) shares are rising strongly today while most of its peers are falling, after the company won a massive government contract that market participants are seeing as the sole…
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Axsys Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXYS) in a deal that is at a high premium if you consider the recent rally. But…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Tuesday morning: Allergan (AGN) Raised to Overweight at Thomas Weisel. China Unicom (CHU) Raised…
These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious analyst research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Wednesday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Astec Industries…
The rate of downgrades versus upgrades is still coming out with a much more negative bias from Wall Street. These are some of the downgrades and negative research calls we have seen…
Jim Cramer wants people to sell all of their stocks. Even though the market may keep falling, that might not be a practical solution for everyone. There are several things investors can…
These are some of the top analyst downgrades or negative calls we are seeing this morning, and you’ll notice that brokerage firm stocks are again the targets of many downgrades: Citigroup (C)…
This week is going to be the key earnings reporting week for companies tied to aerospace and defense sector stocks. If there is one area that everyone is expecting to hold up,…
We are full fledged into earnings season now, so most news coverage will point to the current earnings environment and guidance. There are of course drug developments and other contracts awards. Below…
