These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Buy at Janney (late yesterday). Amazon.com…
The weekly Department of Energy inventories data came out this morning. There seems to be good news for those looking for price stability as crude oil inventories went up and capacity rates…
Crude oil prices are off more than 20% from their high of $87.15 on May 3rd. The major contributor to that slide are serious concerns over sovereign debt primarily in the European…
Hell may have frozen over in the world of oil and gas. Shares of oil refinery companies seem to have finally turned a corner. In this aspect, we would be watching Valero…
These are this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
The weekly data from the Department of Energy has some very big surprises, some of which are bullish for oil and some of which are good for the consumer. The key ETFs…
The weekly supply data is out from the Department of Energy and the refining capacity data continues to be a standout from last week. The recent rise in oil prices may act…
If you have followed the oil patch, the news from the refining sector has been abominable. Overall, we have seen many weeks where the United States refining capacity was not even running…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
Toward the end of 2008 (and even sooner), ethanol may have seemed like a fad that came and went. Then came the dull year of 2009 that seemed as though it would…
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
We are starting to see some elevated options trading that appeared on the unusual volume screens. Many of these are pre-earnings trading and some are on other expectations. We have more detailed…
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) may have caused some irreparable harm to itself and to shareholders this week. Losing money is just not something that the investing public was ready to stomach. …
Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN) has signed a definitive agreement with a subsidiary of Holly Corporation (NYSE: HOC) to sell Holly its 85,000 barrel/day refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for $65 million. The sale…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are ten of the early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades we are seeing from Wall Street this Wednesday morning: Cogent Inc. (COGT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. Pacific Sunwear (PSUN) Raised…
