The 4 Stocks That Dominated the Market on Monday
thinkstockFebruary 10, 2014: Markets opened slightly lower on Monday, and trading was mixed most of the day with Nasdaq posting a small gain and the other two major indexes posting a small loss. New…
thinkstockFebruary 10, 2014: Markets opened slightly lower on Monday, and trading was mixed most of the day with Nasdaq posting a small gain and the other two major indexes posting a small loss. New…
ThinkstockMagicJack VocalTec Ltd. (NASDAQ: CALL) has been surging on Monday, on what appears to be no real news. The driving force is a newsletter plug from fund manager Whitney Tilson. What is so interesting…
Warren Buffett is often regarded as the greatest investor of modern times. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has become one of the largest conglomerates and holding companies in the world. Its growth has…
Tom Lee, the equity strategist at J.P. Morgan, thinks that the January sell-off was in large part a function of massive hedge fund and mutual fund manager selling. He also says that January being…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on is Monday, February 10, 2014. They include Fairway Group, J.P. Morgan, Red Robin and Vodafone.
ThinkstockInitial public offerings (IPOs) have skyrocketed so far in 2014, particularly for new biotech firms. According to the Financial Times, eight biotech firms raised a total of more than $500 million last week alone.…
ThinkstockSometimes analysts have to take heat for making bad calls. It is not uncommon for an analyst to make a pre-earnings call that simply misses the mark. Other times they make calls that would…
In Deutsche Bank's monthly quant view research piece, the firm looks for strategies that investors can implement to limit their exposure to emerging markets during this period of high uncertainty.
thinkstockFebruary 7, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday even following a weak report on non-farm payrolls. As with car sales and retail sales, bad weather got a big portion of the blame for the…
Wikimedia CommonsEven though there is a virtually unlimited supply of Internet searches available and only a limited (if very large) amount of oil and gas available, it would seem that oil and gas would…
We have already seen that Standard & Poor’s had downgraded Puerto Rico to junk bond status from investment grade. Now we have the same call coming from one of the other top ratings agencies.…
The equity strategists at Credit Suisse have used the sell-off to make some massive changes in their Top Picks list. Stocks are added in six sectors allowing a wide range of top new names…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on is Friday, February 7, 2014. They include AOL, Echelon, Fairway, LinkedIn and Lululemon.
thinkstockFebruary 6, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday and continue to post gains throughout the day. After a beating in January and the first week of February, traders were snapping up bargains, shorts were…
ThinkstockMost of the major mega cap biotechnology companies have reported earnings and the results almost across the board have been very good. The problem for many investors is many of the top names have…