August 9, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and bounced around below the break-even line most of the day. The day’s biggest economic news came from China, where the CPI…
August 8, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after China reported that its trade surplus narrowed to $17.1 billion in July, well below an expected surplus of $27.2 billion. Elsewhere…
ThinkstockAs we reach the midpoint in the year, we like to review the top stock calls from the major firms around Wall Street. The UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) Key Call list represents…
ThinkstockAlpha is one of those confusing terms used in the financial industry, but rarely defined. It is basically a performance measurement on a risk-adjusted basis. Alpha takes the volatility or price risk…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsAt the beginning of the year, we presented the lists from most major Wall Street firms of their top stocks to buy for the year. After one of…
U.S. equity markets opened barely higher this morning following a report that mortgage loan applications had fallen by 9.8% from the previous week, on top of a 7% decline for the prior…
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…
JonOgg/NYCMonster Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: MNST) might fit neither the bill of a major growth stock nor a value stock at this point in its cycle. Now that regulation and publicity has turned…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggInvestors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms. What investors often do not get to see is when analyst downgrade stocks to sell or…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning after the Bank of England left its key interest rate and asset purchase program unchanged (more coverage here). In Asia, China’s consumer price index…
JonOgg/NYCMonster Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: MNST) had been one of the great American beverage growth stories. With its earnings report on the heels of so much controversy about the safety of energy drinks,…
Jon C. Ogg U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning on relatively little economic data. In Europe, Germany reported that industrial production rose 1.2%, while a house price index in the U.K.rose 1.1% month-over-month. In…
ThinkstockThe U.S. government accuses China of stealing military secrets. (Reuters) Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to upgrade Windows 8 to boost sales. (Reuters) New York state will file charges against Bank of…
ThinkstockChina’s official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) falls to 50.6 in April from an 11-month high in March of 50.9. (Reuters) Sharp is expected to report a worse-than-anticipated loss. (Reuters) European Union regulations likely…
When we started off 2013, most of the Wall St. firms we follow put out their top stock picks for the year. We covered those various lists so our readers could get…
