ThinkstockThey say that some banks are too big to fail, but Italy is among the nations in the PIIGS, and it is simply “too big to bail.” That means Italy has to solve…
ThinkstockAccording to El Mundo, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) made an offer for Spanish telecom Telefonica S.A. (NYSE: TEF). According to a version of the article by translated by Google: Telefonica shares have started…
Jon OggInvestors and traders constantly seek new good research-driven ideas for stocks to buy and for stocks to sell. Some of these come from independent research and some come from the large…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Outperform and $600 price target by Credit Suisse.…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Air Lease Corp. (NYSE: AL) named Bull of the Day as “earnings takeoff”…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO) named Bear of the Day as expensive even after…
ThinkstockWhat happens when you put a vote out to the people about whether or not their benefits and public spending should be cut to appeal to international creditors? If you believe in…
Spain is starting to look more and more like Greece with protesters clashing with police in the capital. The difference is that Spain is a much more important economy to Europe and…
Spain is again taking the center stage, even after Greece’s Prime Minister Samaras was meeting with Angela Merkel of Germany. And now we have seen headlines on the broad tape that Spain is…
We have recently warned about a dividend bubble that is inflating in the high dividend yield stocks like the telecom giants. Both AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ)…
Egan-Jones Ratings is just the latest ratings agency to hit the PIIGS today. The ratings agency lowered the Kingdom of Spain’s ratings down to “CCC+” from “B.” What is perhaps more important is…
When this weekend’s announcement came out of a $125 billion bailout for Spain to prop up its troubled banks, most would have just assumed that this meant the ‘risk-on’ trade was due…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) Maintained Hold but cut estimates…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Raised to Outperform from Market…
The market has not proven to be a price stability mechanism nor has it proven effective in being a price discovery mechanism. In a world where headlines out of lands of the…
