Jon OggInvestors frequently get to see the analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street, but they often do not get to see when analyst downgrade stocks to when they say to sell a…
Investors and traders are always on the lookout for fresh Wall Street research ideas of stocks to buy, value stocks and dividend stocks. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls to find great…
During the height of the housing market collapse, the media tried to convince individuals and investors alike that the American dream of home ownership was dead. As the home building stocks plunged, investors became…
At the beginning of this year, we gave our readers an overview of the top stock picks for the year from various firms around Wall Street. After a tremendous run in the stock markets,…
ThinkstockChina reported a strong trade surplus for April. The problem is that few analysts believed information from the People’s Republic. Experts have been skeptical about China’s economic data for years. One reason is that…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaThe improvement in stock prices has done nothing to bring the investment in equities by individuals higher at all. As a matter of fact, participation in stock ownership has…
courtesy of The Car Spy, via Wikimedia CommonsShrinking Federal Budget Deficit The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued the first good news about the federal budget deficit since the 2008 recession and the huge stimulus…
courtesy of AOL, IncChina’s trade surplus is better than expected in April. (Reuters) With inflation below Federal Reserve targets, the central bank may have to increase bond buying. (Reuters) Some hedge funds move into…
ThinkstockWhat often happens after a stock (or a sector) runs to new all-time highs based upon hype and based upon current trends? You often see companies and their corporate insiders sell more shares. That…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following an unexpected 0.25% cut in Australia’s key interest rate to a new level of 2.75%. Japan’s Nikkei reopened today after a two-day holiday and buyers were…
ThinkstockThe experiment behind the craze of the virtual currency Bitcoin may soon be coming to an end. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is calling for regulators to look into whether Bitcoin should…
Private equity firms are taking profits in their portfolio holdings left and right. The third such instance today comes from General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP). It has been announced that Blackstone Group L.P.…
ThinkstockFollowing a dip to a year-to-date low of -22 in early March, Gallup’s weekly U.S. Economic Confidence Index has risen to match a five-year high posted in February of -8. The prior week’s index…
ThinkstockSoftbank is worried enough about the counter bid made by Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) that its founder and chief will visit the United States. It is a trip he…
ThinkstockStock markets around the world reached five-year highs. In other words, they are back to where they were before the terrible recession. The difference between now and 2007 is that the world was in an economic…