Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included AbbVie, Apple, Arch Coal, FedEx, Ford, General Motors, Nvidia, Skyworks Solutions, Stitch Fix and World Wrestling Entertainment.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Alphabet, Amazon.com, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Ford, Goldman Sachs, Grubhub, New Relic, Pinterest, Snap, Tesla and Walt Disney.
Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Alphabet, Apple, AT&T, Biogen, CSX, Dow, Facebook, McDonald's, Microsoft and Tesla.
It is not unusual for stocks to sell off when there are major illness outbreaks or other global scares, but this is one of those situations when the current consensus is that…
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Adobe, BP, Caterpillar, CSX, Intel, IBM, NextEra Energy, Pinterest, Qualcomm, Snap, Twitter, Western Digital and Yum Brands.
Wedbush Securities has come out in defense of the weakness in the cruise line industry, noting that the sell-offs seen have perhaps been too extreme.
Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Abbott Laboratories, CSX, IBM, Netflix, Occidental Petroleum, Whiting Petroleum, Amgen, Gilead Sciences, Merck and Pfizer.
24/7 Wall St. noticed 11 key dividend hike announcements in September from large-cap companies that were too big to ignore.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday included American Water Works, Arconic, Cree, Dell Technologies, Humana, Merck, Qualcomm, Square, Tesla and Zynga.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday included Acushnet, Delta Air Lines, Devon Energy, Edison International, Hertz, Royal Caribbean, Sociedad Quimica and Zscaler.
Deutsche Bank has raised price targets on stocks of four top companies that posted outstanding results and had positive forward guidance. All make good sense for growth accounts with a reasonable investment…
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday include AMD, Alphabet, Amazon.com, Best Buy, Dollar General, Ferrari, Goldcorp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Square and Tilray.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Friday include Blue Apron, Energy Transfer Partners, Funko, Symantec, Tesla, Teva Pharmaceutical and TripAdvisor.
Thursday was a positive day for the broad U.S. markets. Again, the Nasdaq hit an all-time high in the session reaching closer to 7,800. The S&P 500 is still holding just below…
The world's largest cruise ship set sail recently. Royal Caribbean's 'Symphony of the Seas' is the fourth and largest of its Oasis-class ships to take to the seas.
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