Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) initiated coverage today on the U.S Life Insurance industry. While they do have some Buy recommendations in the current report. their bias is decidedly bearish. If the…
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) is trying to get dwindle down its massive pension exposure. The company announced that it is offering some select salaried retirees a lump-sum payment option. It is…
The appointment of former politicians to large public companies’ boards is regularly called into question. Just recently, following the scandal at Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) when CEO Aubrey McClendon made investments in…
Oil has hit an extraordinarily low price, below $90 a barrel for WTI crude. That is the lowest level since October. It shows no inclination to spike back up. PMI data from Europe and China actually…
A quick review of the 25 largest US IPOs ever shows how badly Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has done in early trading. Most of the company’s on the list have tremendous revenue, traditional business…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR) named Bear of the Day at Zacks. AGCO Corporation…
We are entering into the last waves of the normalized quarterly earnings reports for companies with December 31 quarter-end dates, and we are entering the first waves of the earnings reports from…
It is rare for one of America’s largest companies to lose a third or more of its sales in a brief time. When it happens, it is usually either because of market…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Started as Neutral at Goldman…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Neutral at Credit…
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) has raised close to $1 billion. If no over-allotment shares are exercised, this figure is closer to $970 million. The insurer sold 18.35 million shares at $54.50…
Updated throughout the day. “American International Group Inc.’s appointment of Mark Tucker as chief executive officer of its Asian unit shows AIG may eventually be planning a takeover bid of Prudential Plc’s…
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen from Wall Street analyst reports: AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Equal-Weight at Barclays. American Express (NYSE: AXP) Raised…
These are this Tuesday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this morning in Wall Street research calls: Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) Started as Outperform at Wells…
These are the early analyst downgrades and cautious research calls seen from Wall Street firms this Wednesday morning: Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) downgraded to Neutral at RW Baird. Cintas (CTAS) downgraded to Underperform at…
