Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE: RATE) might as well have just changed its name to Bank-Hate. The personal finance content company guided revenues and earnings lower and shares are well below a prior 52-week…
Jon C. Ogg Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with a preview of its third-quarter Internet expectations this morning, and it is raising some price targets on key companies. Bank of America said that large…
Bankrate.com (NYSE: RATE) is out with a report showing a significant drop in financial security of Americans. Unfortunately, this drop is the largest in 11 months. To make matters worse, the drop…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Ace Ltd. (NYSE: ACE) Started as Buy at Stern Agee. American International…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday. Angie’s List, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) Started as Outperform at Raymond James. Bankrate,…
The major US stock indexes opened slightly lower this morning and continued drifting lower all day. The Chicago PMI report got the day started on the wrong foot, showing a decline in…
Even though the market for US stocks is at a four-year high, some 76% of Americans are not willing to invest more in equities. Only 18% of those surveyed by Bankrate.com (NYSE:…
Paul Ausick Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.…
Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE: RATE) is actually holding up better than many secondary offering and post-IPO investors might have considered today. The company announced after the close on Friday that its underwriters agreed…
Over the past month, a number of internet stocks have received new target prices from analysts. We’ve seen five targets rise: Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), LinkedIn Corp. (NASDAQ: LNKD), AOL Inc. (NYSE:…
A mere 17% of Americans believe that their overall financial situation is better now than it was a year ago. Only 19% say their net worth is higher today than it was…
Paul Ausick As the internet has developed over the past 15 years or so, a variety of business models have appeared — and some have disappeared. Revenue models are also different, running from advertising…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Bankrate Inc. (NYSE: RATE) Started as Buy at Citigroup; Started as…
The market for initial public offerings is one which is a bit on the ropes. Sketchy offerings from China, a soft market, and the news coming from Europe is all contributing to…
Jon C. Ogg Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE: RATE) is public again. The company priced its 20 million share IPO at $15.00 per share. This was right in the middle of the expected price range of $14…
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