The three major US stock indexes opened somewhat higher this morning as investors paid little attention to last night’s downgrade of Spain’s banks (more coverage here). With little economic data on tap…
24/7 Wall St. has compiled earnings previews for some of the top companies reporting in the week ahead. Estimates have been taken from Thomson Reuters for consensus earnings and targets and we…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Buy at Auriga; target raised to…
Markets opened higher this morning following a solid report on US retail sales. Reports on both consumer and small business confidence both showed improvement in February (more coverage here and here). In…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. ACE Ltd. (NYSE: ACE) Added to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs. Apartment…
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) has now released its earnings for its fourth quarter and the mend continues to be mixed here on first look.While comparable retail segment net sales were up…
Jon C. Ogg Earnings season is over for the most part, but we still have many companies that are widely held stocks due to release their earnings for the week ahead. We are tracking earnings…
US equity markets opened lower this morning, but after the first hour or so of trading, the three major indexes moved to positive territory where they remained for the rest of the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning. AON Corporation (NYSE: AON) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.…
Major indexes reacted positively to this morning’s non-farm payrolls report and the drop in the US unemployment rate from 8.5% to 8.3%. Expectations for the unemployment rate had been no better than…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Friday morning. Apache Corporation (NYSE: APA) Started as Outperform at Credit…
Stern Agee has some previews ahead for earnings and same-store sales trends in the retail sector. The firm’s Margaret Whitfield and Tom Nikic have some previews ahead of the retail earnings wave…
Imagine this… The CEO departure at Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) may actually be a positive development for the company. Stern Agee’s Margaret Whitfield and Tom Nikic maintained a Neutral rating on Urban…
Jon C. Ogg Equities opened modestly down this morning and the three major indexes have stayed within a few points of flat all day. The NASDAQ composite has remained in positive territory as the technology…
When it was announced that Glen Senk was leaving Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) as Chief Executive Officer and as a board member after some 18 years, it was simply explained as “to pursue another…
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