ThinkstockAs Fat Tuesday quickly turns into Ash Wednesday, Lent will take place from Wednesday, February 13 to Saturday, March 30 in 2013. It may not seem like much on the surface, but…
ThinkstockBanks have been back as a flavor for investors for a while. After all, Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) was the best performing stock of all 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Wikimedia CommonsGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has lowered its rating on equities in general, although this is really just over the near term rather than in the long term. The near-term rating has…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockWhen you are an industry leader and one of the largest companies in the country of Sweden, employing more than 100,000 workers, it seems almost impossible that a turnaround would ever be…
ThinkstockWhen well-known analysts make a major price call, investors and Wall St. usually listen. Outspoken bank analyst Richard Bove has done just that. The former Ladenburg Thalman and Rochdale securities analyst recently landed at…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE: ATK) cut to Market Perform at FBR Capital…
courtesy of NetflixWall St. analysts chase price targets on the way up with higher and higher price targets. On the way down, they also keep lowering and lowering their price targets for…
Wikimedia CommonsBoeing Co.’s (NYSE: BA) lead director, Kenneth Duberstein, finally gets a chance to lead. With the company’s CEO James McNerney fighting for his job because of growing and severe problems with…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) posts disappointing iPhone sales numbers for the most recent quarter. (Reuters) The International Trade Commission will review Apple patent claims against Samsung. (Reuters) Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) probably will…
Wikimedia CommonsCiting solid growth and a surging demand in the need for professional content, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) upgraded the U.S. media sector to Attractive from Neutral today. The bulge…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning with the Nasdaq Composite slightly higher, while the DJIA and the S&P 500 were lower. Earnings from several U.S. financial institutions were due today and…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe stock market is mixed Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.25%, the Nasdaq up 0.16% and the S&P 500 up 0.09%. Today’s sole winner is…
Wikimedia CommonsGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The investment bank and financial services giant reported quarterly diluted earnings per share (EPS)…
Paul Ausick courtesy of Facebook Inc.The World Bank cuts its outlook for 2013. (Reuters) Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) releases a search feature to be used among members, and Wall St. is unimpressed, sending shares…
ThinkstockWith banks having been the best DJIA sector in 2012, the outlook versus the valuation has started to play a game of catch-up as we are getting deeper into earnings season this…
