Short sellers sharply increased their gamble that financial stocks would fall based on short selling data from NYSE and Nasdaq on the last day of November. Shorts pushed into Citigroup (NYSE:C), increasing…
Late Friday night, after a really poor market day, Hyatt Hotels issued an amended S-1 for its planned initial public offering. Because of last week’s market volatility, we are getting mixed signals…
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
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…
Reuters: Chinese investors are holding a large amount of gold. Reuters: Bernanke sees tighter policies as the economy improves. Reuters: The Congressional Oversight Panel says that the US plan to help homeowners…
These are this Wednesday morning’s top analyst upgrades and positive research calls that we have seen from Wall Street: Aetna (AET) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Amazon.com (AMZN) Raised to Buy…
Several consulting firms post annual figures for the world’s most valuable brands. The two best known are probably the Interbrand and BrandZ surveys. They are notably different, up until now at least.…
These are the top pre-market upgrades and downgrades seen early this Monday morning ahead of the earnings season rush: Best Buy (BBY) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. Capella Education (CPLA) Cut to…
Reuters: Obama proposed sweeping reform for financial industry. Reuters: A number of large banks repaid TARP. (JPM)(GS)(BBT)(COP)(STT)(AXP)(USB) Reuters: Consumer prices show inflation is in check. Reuters: China could still be a big…
These are among the top research calls and analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen early this Friday morning with over two hours until the open: Amgen (AMGN) Raised to Outperform at…
According to Reuters, Ebay’s (EBAY) shares are cheap by many measures but investors are avoiding the company, while Amazon’s (AMZN) are so expensive that investors are concerned. Reuters reports that the SEC…
Charter Communications (CHTR) was downgraded to "sell" at Citigroup. Honeywell (HON) was downgraded to "hold" at Argus. American Eagle (AEO) was startes as "buy" by Pali.
Updated: 31 October 2008 Not all companies and industries will be hit equally hard by the consumer credit crisis. Operations such as Procter & Gamble (PG), McDonald’s (MCD), and Wal-Mart (WMT) may…
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Wednesday morning in pre-market trading: Bristol-Myers (NYSE: BMY) cut to Neutral at Cowen. Marriott (NYSE: MAR) cut to Perform at…
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Thursday morning: Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Raised to Neutral from Sell at Goldman Sachs. Chico’s FAS (NYSE: CHS) cut to Sell…
