These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Tuesday, June 17, 2014. They include DSW, Expedia, Orbitz, SanDisk, USG and Williams Companies.
ThinkstockMonday has been a busy day for The Williams Companies Inc. (NYSE: WMB). The firm announced this morning that it will pay $6 billion for the portion of Access Midstream Partners LP…
Paul Ausick In an announcement on Sunday, Williams Companies said that it has agreed to acquire the 50% general partner interest, along with 55.1 million limited partner units, in Access Midstream Partners from Global…
Paul Ausick These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Monday, June 16, 2014. They include AMD, American Express, Dish Network, Exelon, GNC, Medtronic and Micron Technology.
The world of master limited partnerships has been rocked lately, and the news has not been good. Now there are two small MLP mergers to consider, and this could at least rekindle…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsFacebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is getting the wish that many index investors have been hoping would happen. In fact, many index traders were expecting that Facebook would be…
ThinkstockHistory shows that years following sub-2% GDP growth tend to be good for stocks, but near-term exuberance, with investors focusing again on momentum stocks, could signal a pause after the big rally from…
ThinkstockThe impact of a rising interest rate environment on the performance of energy master limited partnerships (MLPs) has become a growing topic of interest among investors, given the 137 basis point (bps)…
ThinkstockEconomic numbers, the strength of the U.S dollar and geopolitical events all drive the price of oil. This summer all three have combined to not only move the price of West Texas…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. They include Intuitive Surgical, Palo Alto Networks and T-Mobile US.
ThinkstockMaster limited partnerships (MLPs) have provided investors with some of the best market returns so far in 2013. The Alerian MLP Index has gained 20% through June 7, versus 16.3% for the…
ThinkstockOver the past month, interest rates have bounced off of their 2013 lows, with the U.S. 10-year yield quickly rising from 1.66% to more than 2.20%. This has been a negative for…
ThinkstockA strong stock market has the oil and gas master limited partnerships (MLPs) on fire in 2013, which already offer high dividends or distributions as income and return of capital. MLPs underperformed…
Williams Companies Inc. (NYSE: WMB), a large operator of midstream natural gas facilities, this morning lowered its profit outlook for 2012 and 2013 and raised it for 2014. The company also affirmed…
Paul Ausick 24/7 Wall St. has partnered with The Chart Lab to bring exclusive technical analysis which is identifying what are currently the weakest and strongest stock charts of the energy sector from the…
