Europe begins to more aggressively look for problems to its debt crisis as pressure from the rest of the world grows. (Reuters) Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) new tablet PC may be a serious…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWhether it’s the latest effort by the Federal Reserve to pump some liquidity into the US economy or it’s the IMF’s statement that Europe’s banks need another $440…
Demand for gold as a safe haven has driven demand for more places to store that gold. And it’s getting harder more difficult to find that storage, resulting in a boom of…
“Never apologize. It’s a sign of weakness” — John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) CEOs are rarely in the business of apologizing. They leave the…
Jon OggEach morning we review our top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research notes. We then look back over these at the end of the week to more closely…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) Removed from US 1 List but…
Moody’s cuts ratings of France’s Credit Agricole and Societe Generale as Greek debt trouble spreads. (Reuters) Federal Reserve may try to help the economy with more bond purchases. (Reuters) Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO)…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: MTGE) Started as Hold…
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) will need a new CEO soon, if the market’s reaction to the current plans of chief executive Brian Moynihan remains poor. Moynihan has said he will cut…
This morning’s report that Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) has downgraded its fellow banks’ earnings was based on fears that the European banking system is facing severe pressure from economic weakness on the…
Major banks and brokerage firms do not cover their own banks, for obvious reasons of conflicts of interest. They do, however, cover their peers and rivals. Many investors believe that the banks…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), Netlogic Microsystems,…
Carol Bartz resigns from Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) board. (Reuters) Lagarde disputes reports of an IMF study that shows a $372 billion capital shortfall among Europe’s banks. (Reuters) Bank of America’s (NYSE: BAC)…
There has to be a bottom to the current pessimism about the economy. US citizens have a pervasive sense of doom that affects the evaluation of the present and the immediate future. Businesses…
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) may settle charges made by several states over “robo-signing” practices. (FT) Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)…
