thinkstockMarch 26, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday but equity prices trailed downward all morning, finally going into the red in the early afternoon. If there was any momentum in today’s market…
As volatility continues to climb in the stock market, investors that buy quality dividend-paying industry leaders to place in their portfolios stand to weather a market correction much better than those with…
ThinkstockWhatever losses were seen from the Yellen guidance on the time for a rate hike cycle to begin were taken back by the stock bulls on Thursday. The market even ignored more…
ThinkstockIn the past, big banks and banks that took bailout money had to fret over each and every round of stress tests. That appears to be far from the case for the…
ThinkstockShort sellers made big changes in their bets against the major money center banks and brokers. Only one was too small of a change to notice, but short sellers increased their bets…
thinkstockMarch 11, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday and turned sharply lower in mid-morning trading as copper prices tumbled below $3 a pound, a level not seen since mid-2010. Because copper is…
Five years ago, many investors had thrown in the towel. The S&P 500 hit an ominous intraday low of 666 and closed at 676.53. The world was coming to an end, and…
J.P. Morgan Chase is being given quite a complement from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The firm's Erika Najarian reiterated her Buy rating on the bank, along with a $68 price target.
Jon C. Ogg In a new research report, the bank analysts at Deutsche Bank really do the deep-dive to find out which names are good for investors to buy now. Deutsche Bank has limited its…
ThinkstockU.S. trade with Russia amounted around $33 billion in 2013, down from around $40 billion the year before. Russia had a tough year and, the Winter Olympic Games notwithstanding, 2014 is shaping…
24/7 Wall St. screened the Deutsche Bank list for the top stocks with the lowest price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio on forward earnings. Seven top names were trading under a 10 P/E ratio on…
UBS attended the recent analyst day at J.P. Morgan, and its analysts came away with 10 specific items that they learned. These are interesting items for shareholders or investors considering taking a…
Jon C. Ogg These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, February 26, 1014. The include LinkedIn, Safeway, NII Holdings, Rangold Resources and EP Energy.
MLPs have become more prevalent in investor portfolios over the past couple of years. The problem is that this segment of the oil and gas sector has seen its valuations become lofty…
J.P. Morgan already has announced it will cut well over 10,000 jobs. If the bank's mortgage business continues to worsen and it closes more branches, the layoffs could reach close to 20,000.
