ThinkstockIn the round of 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it turns out that the activist and special situation hedge fund ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. made some big changes. First…
ThinkstockSometimes despite good earnings and outlooks, great stocks get caught up in sell-offs like the one we experienced from late February through much of April. What started as biotech sell-off turned into…
Jon OggEarnings season is far from over, but roughly three quarters of the stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index stocks have now reported their earnings for the first calendar quarter of…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday, April 11, 2014. They include Cisco Systems, Cogent Communications, Ford, Gap, Pier 1 Imports and Zynga.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Monday, March 24, 2014. They include Bank of America, NetApp, Stratasys, Symantec and Wells Fargo.
Shares of Symantec tanked Friday after the company said it had ousted its chief executive officer. But its woes highlight the emergence of a new generation of security-protection companies, such as privately…
Jon OggThe bull market is now more than five years old, and getting a repeat performance of almost 30% in the S&P 500 in 2013 seems next to impossible for 2014. Investors…
thinkstockMarch 21, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday but the Nasdaq sank quickly, bounced for a while, and finally settled solidly lower. It took the Dow and the S&P 500 until noon…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Friday, March 21, 2014. The include Apple, Boeing, Exelon, Herbalife and Symantec.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. They include Chevron, Gap, Merck, Microsoft and Zynga.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Monday, January 13.
The constant barrage of threats has turned what was initially a business designed for government security into one of the top areas in technology. Wall Street and portfolio managers are putting a…
While the past two years were all about getting the house back in order, the UBS equity strategy team thinks 2014 is all about earnings growth. That should be sweet music to…
Jon OggEarnings season may be winding down and the stock market may be close to all-time highs, but now traders and investors alike have to be considering how to position their portfolios…
ThinkstockPrivate equity firms have utilized the incredible market strength over the past couple of years to have initial public offerings on some of the deals that were put together before, and even…
