Jon OggThe Forensic Accounting ETF (NYSEMKT: FLAG) is still new and trying to gain traction in an ETF marketplace that is very crowded. What makes this one unique is that it “flags” accounting issues…
Thinkstock About a month ago, analysts at Credit Suisse AG (NYSE: CS) touted several master limited partnerships (MLPs) with Overweight ratings and raised price targets. The companies in that list included Targa Resources Corp.…
As the stock market keeps rising and rising, investors need to pay attention to how many companies are raising capital via secondary stock offerings. Some of these secondary stock offerings are for the benefit…
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) has released a Small-Cap Alpha Surprise list from Merrill Lynch of small-cap stocks from the Russell 2000 for March. Of the 23 picks, eight were in health care,…
ThinkstockRussia’s largest search engine, Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: YNDX), announced a secondary offering of more than 24 million shares after markets closed last night, and the stock promptly fell 8%. But all is forgiven this…
ThinkstockU.S. sugar growers and processors have long been criticized for taking a disproportionate share of government support for sugar beet and sugar cane crops. And it appears that another substantial subsidy is on its…
24/7 Wall St. has seen many analyst upgrades and downgrades this Wednesday, but there are several calls which really stand out in key companies. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) was reiterated with a “Buy” rating…
Typically in the investing world, if everybody expects an event, the opposite happens. In March of 2009 after a brutal sell-off had knocked the S&P 500 down almost 60% from its 2007 high, there…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and reiterations seen by 24/7 Wall St. from the key Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) reiterated Buy with $100 price…
ThinkstockTeenagers do not use personal computers to access the Internet as much as they once did. Since almost every American has a cellphone, and many of these are smartphones connected to 3G and 4G…
ThinkstockGoogle Privacy Violations Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) admitted that as it collected data for its street mapping initiative, it collected private data from unprotected Wi-Fi systems as well. The penalty for the action was…
ThinkstockBoeing Co. (NYSE: BA) gets permission from the FAA to test fly its troubled 787. (Reuters) Job openings rose in January, according to the Labor Department. (Reuters) President Obama will meet with CEOs on…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe DJIA winning streak continues, S&P 500 does not… The S&P 500 Index might have closed down slightly with a 3.74 drop breaking its 7 day winning streak, but the Dow…
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Crossroads Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDS) is up 32.1% at $3.85. OCZ Technology Group Inc. (NASDAQ: OCZ) is up 21.2% at $1.60. CKX Lands Inc. (NYSEMKT:…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning but never managed to hold a position in positive territory. Despite a significant drop in U.K. industrial production in February, the country’s trade deficit was narrow than…