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.
ThinkstockInvestors are starting to be less concerned that high-yield dividend stocks could get crushed by a rising interest rate environment. Chairman Bernanke and the Federal Reserve have been getting more vocal that…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) was given positive comments on its new CEO but…
Government Properties Income Trust (NYSE: GOV) may be offering new shareholders another chance to get in. The government-property management REIT announced on Monday that it has commenced a public offering of 7,000,000…
Jon C. Ogg 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…
Investors are chasing up rent-based assets because they are searching for yield. Earning 2% per year by lending Uncle Sam money is not enticing, so investors are still on the prowl for…
There are a wide variety of REITs involved in non-residential property ownership and management and a few of these are our focus today. These include general office space, technology company office space,…
These are some of Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) added to Strong Buy List at Zacks. Bank…
When the summer selling was reaching a first climax in August, 24/7 Wall St. released “The Great Dividend Portfolio” for dividend investors who search for both high-yield and some degree of safety…
What on earth are investors supposed to do when T-Bonds offer almost zero income? Interest rates are now so low that the price-risk in long-term Treasury bonds is too great. Ben Bernanke…
We are tracking many movers in the pre-market trading session this morning. The moves are mostly to do with earnings and today’s top movers are as follows: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Brocade…
We are tracking many movers in the after-hours session, mostly on earnings reports. The movers and shakers are Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG), Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS),…
Jon Ogg24/7 Wall St. generally reports on ten to fifteen analyst calls each morning as the top analyst calls of the day, but after we go through these at the end of…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the…
It is time for The Daily Dividend, and we have one that every investor should care about. There is a way to make money off of Uncle Sam and off of your…
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