These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious notes we have seen early this Thursday morning from Wall Street brokerage firms with more than two hours until the market opens: Athenahealth…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street this Monday morning: King Pharma (KG) Raised to Overweight at Wachovia. Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM) Raised to Market…
The board of AllianceBernstein (AB), controlled by majority shareholder AXA, dumped longtime CEO Lew Sanders. The stock has been way down recently. Over the last year it is off over 70%, but…
These are some of the top downgrades and negative calls we are seeing from Wall Street analysts this Tuesday morning: Developers Diversified (DDR) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Federated Investors (FII)…
Many of the layoff announcements which came over the last several days were as unexpected as they were large. If a recession is measured by the rapidity and breadth of job losses…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades we are seeing from Wall Street this Thursday morning with about two hours to the open: First Solar (FSLR) Raised to Buy at Merriman…
According to Reuters, the Treasury will make $250 billion directly into banks. Ciitgroup (C) and JPMorgan (JPM) would get $26 billion each. Merrill Lynch (MER) and Bank of America (BAC) would each…
Legg Mason Inc. (NYSE: LM) is having a rough morning to say the least. The investment manager’s shares are being hit after Credit Suisse took an already cautious Neutral rating down to…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Friday morning: Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) Cut to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank. Calamos Asset Management (NASDAQ: CLMS) Cut…
If there is one seer and age-old timeless veteran in value investing, it is M.J. Whitman. His Third Avenue Management, LLC has filed its 13F with the SEC and it shows he…
Chimera Investment (NYSE: CIM) is an investment vehicle that is set up to invest in mortgages per its charter, although as we noted the day of the initial filing that this is…
Goldman Sachs has lowered estimates on many financial services players this morning: AllianceBernstein (AB) (buy); AMBAC Financial (ABK) (neutral); Blackrock (BLK) (buy); Calamos Asset Mgmt. (CLMS) (neutral); CME Group (CME) (buy); Franklin…
On CNBC’s MAD MONEY tonight, Jim Cramer did his SELL BLOCK where he makes calls for selling winners or losers. Tonight he focused on legendary portfolio manager Bill Miller of Legg Mason…
Krispy Kreme (KKD) Downgrades, bad numbers. You name it. Drops to $3.24 from 52-week high of $13.94. BearingPoint (BE) Consulting firm releases numbers late, and they are bad. Drops to $4.80 from…
Krispy Kreme (KKD) Down to $3.91 from 52-week high of $13.93. More bad earnings news. Office Depot (ODP) Projects earnings decline. Drops to $19.68 from 52-week high of $44.69. Circuit City Stores…
