Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CYTX), eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY), F5...
This morning you are getting the broader summaries without links to VSInvestor.com because of an issue at the hosting and publishing side that has caused a temporary outage.  Here are brief morning...
There were more downgrades in financial stocks, but these were the larger names that saw estimates or ratings cut by analysts this morning: Bank of America (BAC) Cut to Underperform at KBW. BB&T...
These are this morning’s top day trader alerts and active trader alert stocks for Monday.  We have more details on volume and price analysis on each stock covered at VSInvestor.com: Amicus...
After seeing Citigroup’s (NYSE:C) news this morning and listening to snippets of the conference call, it seems that at 9:00 AM when shares were down 2% would have been a much easier direction...
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we have seen from Wall Street firms with about two hours until the market open this Wednesday morning: AK Steel (AKS) Cut to...
Since 1926, dividends have contributed approximately 32% of the total return for the S&P 500, while capital appreciations have contributed 68%. Therefore, sustainable dividend income and capital...
It seems that Uncle Sam via Treasury and via Congress is going to give the markets what they want.  TARP, TALF, Bad Bank, aggregation, accounting rule exceptions, and the rest.  If you were...
A recent explainer by the Social Security Administration revealed a fascinating trend: the average filing age for Social Security benefits has been steadily climbing. However, many retirees still...
The market expects Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended June 2023. This widely-known consensus...
Social Security is a cornerstone of retirement income in the United States. While it’s not designed to completely fuel retirement, many people rely on it heavily in their golden years. The...
These are not all of the downgrades, butthese are some of the standout calls early this Tuesday morning: Acme Packet (APKT) Cut to Sell at Piper Jaffray. Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Cut to Neutral at...
This is one of the first rounds of the regional banks formally getting in line and formally receiving approval to participate in the $700 billion government TARP bailout package.  Prior to this it...
Experts have told The Wall Street Journal that they think several of the banks which failed the government’s stress tests are in the Midwest and Southeast. According to the paper, “Three people...
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we are seeing this Wednesday morning: Comerica (CMA) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein. Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) Raised to Outperform at...