It is not often that you see industry predictions for a virtual doubling in spending, but that is what Gartner Research is forecasting for semiconductor capital equipment in 2010. If Gartner is…
These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street firms we have seen with about two hours until the market opens: Citigroup (C) Started as Buy at…
These are this Friday morning’s top Wall Street analyst upgrades and positive research calls: AK Steel (AKS) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. Bristol-Myers (BMY) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo. Cree…
Morgan Stanley has made several key downgrades in technology, as well as a few lesser upgrades. Both IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) were downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight. Also…
These are the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street this Monday morning with about two hours until the market opens: Franklin Resources (BEN) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen this Tuesday morning from Wall Street: Aruba Networks (ARUN) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan. CommScope (CTV) Raised…
KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) is the second largest US-based semiconductor cap-ex stock by market cap, or at least out of the go-to universe we track with Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) ahead of…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious calls we are seeing this Thursday morning: Affymetrix (AFFX) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. Air Products (APD) Cut to Neutral at…
These are the top downgrades and negative analyst calls we are seeing this Thursday morning: Kelly Services (KELYA) Cut to Sell at Citigroup. KLA-Tencor (KLAC) Cut to Equal-weight at Morgan Stanley. Lam…
Today was another ugly day on Wall Street as sellers are winning over the conviction that the rumors that the bear was dead might be grossly exaggerated. You’ll probably recognize many chip…
These are not all of the calls we are seeing in pre-market coverage, but these are ten of the calls impacting shares this Tuesday morning: Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) raised to Overweight from…
These are the early bird calls we are seeing in telecom, media, and tech: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley. Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ: AEIS)…
These are not the only impact analyst calls affecting stocks this morning, but these are the ones that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: Agilent (A) raised to Buy at Banc of America. Bed…
Truckers led the drop after a fake $100 oil print and after a YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ: YRCW) acquisition write-down, pulling down Arkansas Best (NASDAQ: ABFS) and others. With no surprise, airlines followed…
LAM Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) has released a partial earnings release, but due to its ongoing options review it is only showing earnings. Revenue for the period was $684.6 million, compared to estimates of…
Douglas A. McIntyre 