These are the few upgrades and downgrades we have seen this shortened Wednesday.  As we are in the holidays, the analyst community has largely gone quiet until after the first of the year. China...
24/7 Wall St. has been conducting a search for value stocks for investors.  Our review today is around the base metals and industrial metals segment, a very cyclical segment compared to other...
The markets are currently shaky and investors are looking for cover.  While many seek defensive stocks and while many seek high dividends to offer equity exposure with some safety, one area that...
These are this Thursday morning’s top analyst upgrades and positive research calls seen from Wall Street: Foster Wheeler (FWLT) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. Genworth (GNW) Raised to Buy at...
Stock Tickers: NUE, STLD, X, RS, AKS Nucor Corp. (NUE-NYSE) has a bit of a surprising news this morning: a steel company issuing an earnings warning. It now expects that earnings for the second...
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Goldman Sachs is out with a call raising its steel company earnings targets after above expectation steel prices and tighter supplies that represent a physical steel shortage. It sees some US steel...
United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) is surging after its earnings report. While earnings were half of what they were a year ago, the report was “less bad” than analysts expected. The full...
These are ten of the top analyst calls in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) Started as Top Pick at RBC....
The coal sector may not yet have found a bottom, or at least the prior gains from the bottom may be short-lived. That is the word from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch this morning as the firm made two...
The metals and materials sector, including miners, has been hit hard by the weaker global economy. China’s manufacturing slowdown, the turmoil in Europe, and slow growth in the US have caused...
These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Started as Underperform at BNP...
These are ten of the individual analyst calls seen out there this Thursday morning ahead of a 3-day weekend: Aetna (NYSE: AET) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs. Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Raised from Sell to Hold...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning.AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Reiterated Buy and $83 target at BofA/ML....
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this morning: Central Garden (NASDAQ: CENT) raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray. China Sunergy (NASDAQ: CSUN) raised to Hold at Jefferies. El Paso...