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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: BofA, Micron, Starbucks, Twitter and More
These are this the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, January 8.
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Technology
Twitter Stock Still Reacting to Morgan Stanley Downgrade?
courtesy of TwitterShares of Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) tumbled 4% Monday following a downgrade to Underweight by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). The stock continues its slide today, dropping another 6.5% with no…
11:25am ET
Technology
Morgan Stanley Wary About Twitter’s Prospects
When a firm that co-managed an initial public offering (IPO) cuts its rate on the stock that it recently backed, people notice. That is what happened Monday morning with shares of Twitter.
8:54am ET
Commodities & Metals
Morgan Stanley Dumps Global Oil Trading on Russia’s Rosneft
Courtesy RosneftGlobal mega-bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) said late Friday that it has agreed to sell its global oil trading business to Russia’s state-controlled oil giant OAO Rosneft for an undisclosed sum.…
9:10am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Could Volcker Rule Change Best Bank Stock for 2014?
Public domain via Wikimedia CommonsWith an expected vote due next Monday on the so-called Volcker rule, one question on big bank stocks is whether the impact of that rule has been fully…
9:00am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Citigroup, Exxon, Sprint, Tiffany and More
ThinkstockStocks have pulled back ahead of the jobs data, and investors need to be considering how to position their portfolios going into year-end and 2014. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many Wall Street…
7:25am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Moody’s Cuts Ratings of J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Other Big Banks
ThinkstockFour of the largest U.S. banks saw their ratings from Moody’s Investors Service cut on Thursday. The agency cited the reduced likelihood that the government would help Bank of New York Mellon…
8:30am ET
Investing
UBS Sees Hedge Funds Selling Health Care and Buying Financial and Energy Stocks
ThinkstockThe UBS proprietary institutional flow data indicates that hedge funds are increasing exposure to financials and decreasing exposure to health care. Given that health care has outperformed significantly year to date, hedge…
8:55am ET
Investing
Why Credit Suisse Sees Tiffany, Morgan Stanley, EMC and CBS Beating Earnings Expectations
ThinkstockAs the third-quarter earnings season gets underway, investor angst has been fueled on several fronts, not least by the continued showdown in Washington that has threatened to hijack global equity markets. As…
5:54pm ET
Media
Twitter Decides NYSE Listing Is Better Than NASDAQ
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsIn the midst of the start of earnings season and in the midst of a Fitch credit ratings warning to the United States, a key decision has been made by the…
8:40am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Major Banks May Have More Risk Than Reward: Will Short Sellers Pounce?
ThinkstockAfter the market implosion of 2007 and 2008, the major U.S. banks were all reeling from the same disease. The housing bust and the slew of horrible mortgage backed securities deals that…
8:30am ET
Investing
Top Stocks to Buy as Leading Market Analyst Predicts 1,750 for S&P 500 in 2013
The equity strategy team and the market analysts at Deutsche Bank are starting to feel pretty comfortable that the rest of this year and beyond could really start to show some positive…
10:55am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Should the Big Banks Really Face Another Credit Downgrade?
ThinkstockThe big banks have gone to considerable lengths to mend the weaknesses that they were in before, during and after the recession. The public perception of the big banks is not very…
11:30am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Is J.P. Morgan Chase Facing a Systematic and Forced Breakup?
Wikimedia CommonsBeing an executive at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) can be no easy job at the moment. This is one of only a few large institutions that could have…
8:15am ET
Technology
Why Weakness at Cisco Systems May Hurt These Top Tech Stocks Soon
courtesy of Cisco SystemsDespite the fact that Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) actually reported revenues in line with street expectations last week, the network giant guided fiscal first quarter 2014 below the…