These are the top analyst downgrades, cautious research notes and stocks to sell from Wall Street for Tuesday, August 13, 2013. They include Allot Communications, Microsoft, Vical and First Solar.
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: BGC Partners Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) is up 48.3% at $5.71. B.O.S. Better Online Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ: BOSC) is up 20.3% at $3.85. Optimer…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning on a day that may be the least active of the year so far. The major Asian exchanges are closed today, with Shanghai and Hong…
ThinkstockWhen Nordic American Tankers Ltd. (NYSE: NAT) reported results this morning, the company started out by saying that it had “improved its relative position within the industry despite a weak market.” The…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning boosted by higher-than-expected trade balances in China (more coverage here) and in the U.S. (more coverage here). In Europe the big news came later in…
Last week’s decision by OPEC to continue to produce crude oil at the cartel’s official quota level of 30 million barrels/day had the knock-on effect of emboldening tanker operators to raise shipping…
Markets opened mixed this morning, with the DJIA showing much more strength than the S&P 500, which opened higher, or the Nasdaq, which opened lower. The S&P Case-Shiller house price index showed…
The CEO of Frontline Ltd. (NYSE: FRO) told Reuters that the demand for oil tankers is unexpectedly high right now as imports to China swell. This could be good news for other…
The Dow Jones Transportation Average has risen just 7.7% in the past five years, and barely 3% in the past 12 months. Not exciting, that’s for sure, except for the ride to…
The on-going damage in the world’s shipping business still has to wreak more havoc before it has run its course. The latest example is the fourth-quarter earnings report for Nordic American Tanker…
Paul Ausick Earnings season is starting to slow down a bit but we will still have some sector-moving earnings reports from major companies. 24/7 Wall St. has prepared earnings previews for the following companies: Charles River…
Just what does a cratering Baltic Dry Index mean? Frankly, it looks and acts as though it is signaling the next recession is here already rather than signaling that it is coming. …
If you watch underwritings in stocks, it would be literally impossible not to pay attention to the waves of secondary stock offerings from companies in the last 48 hours. Some of the key…
Nordic American Tankers Limited (NYSE: NAT) is often considered one of the better-run tanker players out there. For shareholders who bought shares in the last few days that might not feel like…
Jon C. Ogg An over-supply of product leading to a steep drop in price has claimed another victim. No, this is not a story about a solar PV maker, but about shipping, where ships that…
