A new Reuters poll of economists does not offer much hope for an improvement in the nation’s financial condition. Many see unemployment topping 10%. The news service reports that “Median forecasts now…
Short sellers may have taken a bath in companies such as Citigroup (C) and GE (GE), but they increased investments in many companies to record levels. At the end of February, shares…
GE (GE) Growing concern that financial division will have heavy write-offs. Drops to $6.85 from a 52-week high of $38.52. MetLife (MET) One of many insurance companies being pulled down by AIG (AIG).…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades we are seeing from Wall Street this Friday morning with more than two hours until the open: Cavium Networks (CAVM) Started…
Baidu (BIDU) Looks like a little run-in with the Chinese government. Down to $130.51 from 52-week high of $418.22. Avis Budget (CAR) Downgraded by Barclays on debt concerns. Off to $.88 from…
Baidu (BIDU) Looks like a little run-in with the Chinese government. Down to $130.51 from 52-week high of $418.22. Avis Budget (CAR) Downgraded by Barclays on debt concerns. Off to $.88 from…
These are some of the top analyst downgrades we are seeing early this Monday morning: Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies. Helen of Troy (HELE) Cut to Hold…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst calls we are seeing this Friday morning: Boston Properties (BXP) Raised to Outperform at FBR. DreamWorks Animation (DWA) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. Duke…
According to Reuters, the US Treasury may buy interests in large banks following the model set up by the UK. Reuters reports that IBM’s (IBM) earnings strength helped calm tech investors. Reuters…
MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) is joining the other major financial stocks of late with its shares getting clocked this morning to new multi-year lows. Last night, the insurer said earnings would be…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the top upgrades from Wall Street analysts we are seeing this Friday morning with about two hours to the open. Burlington Northern (BNI) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.…
Goldman Sachs has issued a call on its asset manager universe, and says it’s time to go on the offensive. Its rating on the group is now attractive. The bulge bracket brokerage…
It is going to be hard to get traders to care about mere upgrades and downgrades on a day when the Federal Reserve did an inter-meeting emergency rate cut to stave off…
These are not the only impact analyst calls this morning, but these are the top calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) downgraded to SELL from Hold at Citigroup.…
Tonight on CNBC’s Mad Money, Jim Cramer said the S&P finally hit a new high after 7 years but he’s still saying the DJIA will still run another 1,000 points to 14,548. …
