June 24, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and spent the day trying to move back to break even with Friday’s close. The U.S. markets got no help from Shanghai, where the…
Most people who have an IRA, 401(k) or an investing account have heard of the term “junk bonds” in some form or fashion. The media often calls this speculative grade or under investment grade…
Jon OggIt was just in May that the stock market was hitting new high after new high. Now interest rates have risen handily and the woes from the international economic front have started turning…
ThinkstockOCZ Technology Group Inc. (NASDAQ: OCZ) is now too small for most investors to even bother with. What is different today, and perhaps ahead, is that Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) is acquiring STEC…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsBased on the rumor that Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) will start the equivalent of a news feed (Reader) for its members, the market ought to be trading the social network’s…
thinkstockShortly after markets opened this morning, the DJIA was down more than 1%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were off even more. Index futures were even lower, so maybe the opening should…
ThinkstockIf you think that the United States is down, the move was even worse in China. Barron’s took its shot at a coming credit crisis in China over the weekend, but what stood out…
These are the top analyst downgrades, cautious research notes and stocks to sell from Wall Street for Monday, June 24, 2013. They include Anheuser-Busch, Deere, Clearwire and Walgreen.
ThinkstockEven the best firms on Wall Street sometimes lose their analysts, and when that happens they are forced to suspend their coverage on stocks until they can replace the talent. Oppenheimer has replaced its…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Monday, June 24, 2013. They include Advanced Micro Devices, Schwab, First Solar and Toll Brothers.
ThinkstockThe move to 2.53% in the 10-year Treasury is still near the lower end of the range of 1.5% to 5.1% since 2003. Of significance to the master limited partnership (MLP) analysts at Deutsche…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after yesterday’s bloodbath. There was no economic data of note released today in either Asia or the U.S. In Europe, the eurozone’s current account surplus was larger…
ThinkstockGogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO) has now opened for trading after a highly watched initial public offering during a week of turmoil. Most investors have worried about the big, unusual simultaneous decline in the price…
ThinkstockAlcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) was given some positive to mixed analyst coverage this week after the troubled communications equipment maker decided to focus on advanced communications as “The Shift Plan.” Now Standard & Poor’s…
Jon OggInvestors and traders are often on the hunt for fresh research ideas that will generate higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst research calls from Wall Street firms and…