It’s no surprise that the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power generating site is causing a re-thinking of global nuclear policy. It is not even surprising that it took a disaster of this...
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a 20-year renewal of Entergy Corp.’s (NYSE: ETR) Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Whether that’s good news or bad for Entergy remains to be...
An estimated 10 million customers could lose electrical power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, nearly a third more than the 7 million who lost power last year following Hurricane Irene. For utility...
It’s been nearly three years since Entergy Corp. (NYSE:ETR) first said it would spin off its non-utility nuclear power plants into a new company called Enexus. The state of New York’s public...
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we have seen from Wall Street early this Monday morning: AstraZeneca (AZN) Raised to Buy at UBS. BioMed Realty Trust (BMR) Raised to Outperform...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in early April 2024 that the Consumer Price Index rose 3.5%. This means inflation has now exceeded the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target for 37...
The utility sector has been a rather poor performer so far in 2012, as investors have sought growth and less dependence on high payouts, and higher dividend taxes could be a possibility after this...
Advanced Micro Devices (Nasdaq: AMD) is one of those stocks that’s always in the right place at the right time for chip demand, whether it’s gaming, blockchain or artificial intelligence...
Charles Schwab Bank is a subsidiary of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. The bank offers a variety of deposit products such as checking and savings accounts.Charles Schwab Bank is a member of the Federal...
The utility sector is a favorite of dividend and income investors.  The group was the best performing group of 2011 as investors snapped up higher dividends rather than Treasuries and CDs.  So far,...
Today’s ratings news leads off with the downgrade by Moody’s of six Greek banks, including National Bank of Greece (NYSE: NBG). All six were lowered from ‘B3’ to ‘Caa2’. Anyone who is...
These are some of the early bird Wall Street analyst calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning with over two hours to the market open: Calgon Carbon (CCC) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer. Entergy...
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we have seen on Wall Street this morning: Avon Products (AVP) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Cardinal Health (CAH) Cut to...
The utilities sector had been performing incredibly.  We recently highlighted the strong performance seen this year and over the last year with many of these names up 20% to 30% along with the...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning.AEGON (NYSE: AEG) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL)...