Audit Integrity, a research firm, has come out with a list of the large American companies which are most likely to go bankrupt in the next year. The data behind the figures seem valid,…
These are the top ten analyst research initiations, upgrades, and downgrades we have seen from top Wall Street firms early this Wednesday morning: Biogen-Idec (BIIB) Started as Underperform at BofA/Merrill Lynch. Forest…
Back in mid-February we discussed the latest trend of big-name companies slashing their dividends and how the trend will likely grow. Well it is growing, and fast. In this horrible market, dividends…
These are some of the top downgrades and negative calls we are seeing from Wall Street analysts this Thursday morning: BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty (BPT) Cut to Sell at Citigroup. British Sky…
Bank of America (BAC) Falls to $4.72 on concerns that government might take over firm. Down from 52-week high of $43.81. GE (GE) Drops to $11.19 on concerns about recession and the…
Textron (TXT) Weak earnings outlook. Drops to $8.83 from 52-week high of $65.52. Eastman Kodak (EK) Poor earnings and layoffs. Down to $5.01 from 52-week high of $20.91. Black & Decker (BDK)…
Textron (TXT) Tough earnings and a downgrade from UBS. Falls to $39.77 from 52-week high of $74.40. IStar Financial (SFI) Bad quarter, higher loan loss provisions. Tumbles to $7.30 from 52-week high…
Douglas A. McIntyre We’ve had essentially a 500 point rally in the DJIA in just the last two days and oil is starting to lose its mo-mo. Yet some companies just refuse to participate in…
These are not all of the analyst calls affecting shares, but these are the initial calls we are focusing on early this Friday morning: Alliance Data Systems (NYSE: ADS) Raised to Buy…
These are not the only upgrades and downgrades on stocks this morning, but these are the main ones that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in early pre-market hours: Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) raised…
We have already noted the Van der Moolen (NYSE:VDM) exit of all NYSE Specialist activities and we’ve already covered some of the other key stocks where Van der Moolen acts as a…
Wednesday is much more than Halloween and it is more than the FOMC announcement date. We have an event that has been perhaps more influential to many key stocks than the upcoming…
Another pick that Cramer gave on CNBC’s MAD MONEY tonight as the "escape from the dollar and the U.S. consumer" and corporate refugee series is: Textron (NYSE:TXT) now at 40% of international…
If you look at the conglomerate short selling despite the actual rise in NYSE short selling, it appears that the short sellers finally decided that these large cap and mega-cap conglomerates were…