ThinkstockOver the past five weeks, the 10-year Treasury bond yield has increased by over one-half of one percent from 1.66% to 2.17%. The overall equity market has rallied 3.8% during this stretch…
ThinkstockA new communication has been issued by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for medical device manufacturers. This may sound like it is out of a science fiction movie, but the…
Investors and traders are always looking for new research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each morning to find great ideas…
Jon OggArgus offers what is truly considered to be independent investment research. This gives the firm the lack of any or most of the traditional conflicts of interest that can be the case…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) was given positive comments on its new CEO but…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following the report that new claims for unemployment benefits had fallen by 37,000 to a level not seen since 2008 (more coverage here). The government…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far from Wall St. research calls this Thursday: ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) cut to Sell at UBS but raised…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. With tomorrow being one of America’s top holidays, there will be no…
ThinkstockElection Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin of about 3 to 2 (unofficial), but the percentage last seen was…
Jon OggThe markets are currently closed for trading due to storm concerns in the areas all around the surrounding New York City. Still, investors may want to review and consider some of…
Analyst calls often have many hidden gems in them, and sometimes the most interesting thing to take from these calls is what was not said. Credit Suisse came out this Tuesday with…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning but by early afternoon all three had gotten stuck solidly in the red. The higher opening reflected little data and some new…
Medtronic Inc. (NYSE: MDT) reported adjusted 2013 first fiscal quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $0.85 on $4 billion in sales before markets opened this morning. In the same period a year…
Paul Ausick The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following a negative reaction by a government official to a weekend report that Germany would support a sovereign bond-buying plan for the…
While most earnings have already been announced, we have a significant number of sector leaders reporting earnings this week. We have taken the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share and revenue estimates…
