thinkstockAugust 6, 2014: Markets opened lower Wednesday morning on overnight weakness in foreign markets. There was little economic data published today and the three major indexes traded in (barely) positive territory for…
Bernstein raised its rating on GE to Outperform after having had a prior Market Perform rating. Here is where the call gets very interesting: Bernstein raised its price target to $33 from…
Jon C. Ogg General Electric has ridden the bull market handily higher -- until lately. Now GE has broken a massive support line at the 200-day moving average.
Jon C. Ogg When General Electric first announced the spin-off of its North American credit card business, most observers were looking for the conglomerate to add about $3.2 billion to its coffers.
Synchrony Financial opened its first day of trading at $23.00 a share, right on the initial public offering price it set Wednesday for 125 million shares.
General Electric Co. and Synchrony FinancialGeneral Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) spinoff Synchrony Financial priced its initial public offering of 125 million shares at $23 at the bottom of the expected range of…
thinkstockJuly 28, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Monday following a couple of significant merger announcements early in the morning. The only economic news out today was pending home sales, which slipped for…
ThinkstockAs usual, when the earnings reporting window is open for companies, often the window for insiders to buy and sell stock opens up as well. With well over half of the S&P…
ThinkstockWe have counted 22 initial public offerings (IPOs) on the schedule for this week, including just two holdovers from last week. Of the dozen companies that actually made it to the markets…
The short interest data for the July 15 settlement date is out and we have compared the defensive dividend stocks, aside of utilities, to what has happened since the June 30 settlement…
Wikimedia CommonsIran remains a hot button issue for the West, although the situation has been very slowly deflating. Many public and private companies alike make disclosures in filings with the U.S. Securities…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms for Wednesday, July 23, 2014. They include DuPont, General Electric, King, Microsoft, Xilinx and McDonald's.
General Electric was maintained as Buy with a $29 price target at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, with the firm saying that the fundamentals are better than sentiment would suggest.
Jon C. Ogg thinkstockJuly 21, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday, stopping in its tracks the positive reversal we saw last Friday. There was no economic news today and the geopolitical news is dominated by…
ThinkstockThe Dow Jones Industrial Average has traded lower all day since tumbling about 0.7% in mid-morning. The index got a downward push thanks to McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) which has dropped 1.26%…
