Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsGigamon Inc. (NYSE: GIMO) is the latest initial public offering (IPO) to hit the market. The recent selling may have muted some demand as the IPO priced within the expected…
ThinkstockWhen 3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) raised capital, the company signaled that it was going to make an acquisition in the 3D printing space. We now know that 1) the company was telling the…
Short sellers could have cleaned up by betting against the high dividend stocks in May and into June. Investors got a whiff of what rising interest rates might mean to their premium dividend stocks,…
These are the top analyst downgrades, cautious research notes and stocks to sell from Wall Street for Wednesday, June 12, 2013. They include Biogen Idec, Dean Foods, Kinross Gold and Wells Fargo.
Investors and traders are always on the hunt for new research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each morning to find great ideas…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of May 31 in the following large cap stock market shares: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockBond giant PIMCO has forecast that the chance of a global recession sometime in the next five years is greater than 60%. Analyst Saumil Parikh made the remark on behalf of the firm. In a…
ThinkstockGreece is no longer a developed nation. It was downgraded to “emerging market” status by index firm MSCI. The oldest civilization in the Western World is among the most primitive economically, and that will…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a sell-off in Japan after the country’s central bank made no change either in the key interest rate or in the amount of bond purchases it…
Jon OggInvestors may be overthinking the outcome of when, not if, Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve are going to start winding down or tapering the $85 billion in monthly bond buying. Again, when…
ThinkstockNews of escalating protests and violence in Turkey and the Syrian civil war conflict are both hitting at a time when emerging markets are already soft. The real risk in the eyes of investors…
ThinkstockThe next great short is apparently happening sooner than many market participants expected. As interest rates rise, investors are starting to get their heads handed to them if they were in longer-dated Treasury notes…
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 dividend-paying stocks…
ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) this morning reported an increase of 2.3 points in its small business optimism index, up from 92.1 in April to 94.4 in May. The NFIB noted that…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. They include Lululemon, Apple and Disney.