ThinkstockAfter markets closed on Tuesday evening, payment services giant Western Union Co. (NYSE: WU) reported third-quarter results that met the consensus estimate for revenues and beat the estimate on earnings per share…
Paul Ausick Jon OggIt is a new week, and stocks are back in the interest of the public after recent gains. Now investors have to decide which stocks are still buys, while also determining…
Jon OggInvestors often get to see many Buy ratings from Wall St. analysts, but they often do not see when these analysts give lists of stocks to sell nor when the analysts have very cautious…
ThinkstockCredit Suisse has reviewed and screened the holdings of 857 large cap mutual funds and has seen that technology is very well represented in the top holdings on average at this universe…
ThinkstockAn international money transfer company, Xoom Corp. (NASDAQ: XOOM), held its initial public offering this morning. The shares were offered at $16 apiece, above the estimated range of $13 to $15 a…
Paul Ausick These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) reiterated Buy and listed as “too cheap” at BofA/ML.…
U.S. equity markets re-opened for business in New York this morning after a two-day shutdown forced by Hurricane Sandy. Markets opened higher, but lost their energy by mid-morning. Asian markets were higher…
Jon OggThe top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls will be playing catch-up on Wednesday as the markets did not get a chance to react to the…
Hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman, who is chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, remains bullish on select equity investments. In a presentation at CNBC’s ‘Delivering Alpha’ conference this Wednesday, Mr. Cooperman’s take…
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is suffering beyond just a bad earnings report. With so many woes in Europe and with immigration fears abound, the expected digital growth ambitions going from…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Friday morning. BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Changyou.com…
News Corp (NYSE: NWSA) share dropped 3.5% as the company faced a large bribery and phone hack scandal in the UK and closed it New of the World paper. The stock was…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
