These are this morning’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo. Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM)…
The music industry never saw the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPod coming. The iPod was an expensive toy when it was introduced in 2001. There was no reason to think it would do well.…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 10.53 AM EST Activision-Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) “Guitar Hero 5″ is selling poorly. (Barron’s) Update 9.47 AM EST: BP’s (NYSE:BP) new chairman will make significant changes to the oil…
Reuters: Corporate directors are on the hot seat over management pay. Reuters: The US healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year. Reuters: Capmark Financial filed for bankrupcy. Reuters: The land…
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is a true battleground stock. It has a loyal customer base, a cult-like stock following, and trades with a very high short interest. Shares are screaming today and…
DVD sales are flagging and rentals are up, news which is likely to be unwelcome at the major movie studios. The Digital Entertainment Group announced that in the first half of this…
Reuters: Obama pushed his economic message before the G20 summit Reuters: A Senate panel took up healthcare legislation. Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) missed a deadline for supplying information from Congress and…
Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) is dying if you read today’s headlines. Word from most media outlets today is that Blockbuster may close some 960 stores. Ouch. That sounds as though there will…
These are this Tuesday morning’s top analyst upgrades and positive research calls that we have seen from Wall Street research with about two hours until the market opens: ArcelorMittal (MT) Raised to…
Google’s (GOOG) YouTube may finally come up with a way to raise revenue. It streamed nine billion videos last month, but, by some estimates loses $300 million a year. The quality of…
UBS made some key analyst initiations in the Internet and entertainment sector this morning. As this is new coverage, they are not upgrades on a technical level. These “Buy” ratings are also…
These are the top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Friday morning with about two hours until the market opens for trading: Charles Schwab (SCHW) Cut…
Reuters: Microsoft’s (MSFT) results and forecast were weak. Reuters: CIT (CIT) may sell its aviation finance business. Reuters: Fatigue at the Fed is leading to questions about its expanded role. Reuters: Twitter…
Reuters: Airlines are cutting back on first class seating. Reuters: Xstrata wants merger talks with mining rival Anglo American. Reuters: Employers are cutting 401 (K) plans. Reuters: Brand loyalty is being hurt by…
These are ten of the top research calls from Wall Street’s analyst wave of daily upgrades, downgrades, and initiations this Friday morning: Applied Materials (AMAT) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Chipotle Mexican…
