These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street analysts for Wednesday, August 6, 2014. They include Groupon, Micron, RingCentral, Target, Tesla, Monster and Pfizer.
The analysts at Jefferies have done some fine tuning to their Franchise Picks list, which is their cream-of-the-crop list. These stocks had the largest upside to the Jefferies designated price targets.
thinkstockJuly 29, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday following a modestly better showing from companies reporting earnings before the opening bell. There was no major economic news today and everyone waits to…
U.S. Food & Drug AdministrationA purported herbal sexual health supplement called O.M.G. has been found by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to contain generic sildenafil, the active ingredient in Pfizer…
Drug giants Merck and Pfizer reported better-than-expected second-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday morning.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms for Monday, July 28, 2014. They include AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Pfizer and Xerox.
The short interest data for the July 15 settlement date is out and we have compared the defensive dividend stocks, aside of utilities, to what has happened since the June 30 settlement…
thinkstockJuly 21, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday, stopping in its tracks the positive reversal we saw last Friday. There was no economic news today and the geopolitical news is dominated by…
The short interest data for the June 30 settlement date is out, and there were selectively an increasing number of shares short in our go-to list of defensive high-yield stocks that are…
Wikimedia CommonsThe Merrill Lynch team updated their Alpha Surprise stocks list for July, and they added some top stocks on Wall Street. We screened the list for the most liquid names that…
thinkstockJuly 2, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Wednesday with the S&P 500 starting just barely in the red based on Tuesday’s close. None of the major indexes made a big move today,…
thinkstockJune 26, 2014: Markets opened lower for a fourth straight day on Thursday and spent much of the day trying to reach the break-even line. Claims for jobless benefits fell slightly last…
thinkstockJune 25, 2014: Markets opened lower for a third straight day on Wednesday, but led by tech and healthcare stocks equities headed higher soon after the bell sounded. The disappointing GDP reading…
The short interest data for the first two weeks of June show that short interest was higher in almost all our go-to list of defensive high-yield stocks that are not utilities.
A new research report from Merrill Lynch documents some top stocks that have underperformed the overall market, some to the point where there could potentially be a snap-back rally
