The Fed has started the end of the near-zero rate cycle cycle, sort of.  But yesterday’s sudden discount rate hike to 0.75% from 0.50% is almost certainly a prelude to the Fed Funds rate hike(s)...
This week felt like a yo-yo of volatility, and frankly that makes it even better that it was a 4-day work week for the stock market.  Despite the huge rally today that was led by the financials,...
These are this Thursday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning: Acorda Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ACOR) Cut to...
Goldman Sachs is RAISING ITS 2008 GOLD FORECASTS factoring for a recession in the U.S. in both Q2 and Q3 2008, leading to a weaker U.S. Dollar target of $1.51/Euro (up from $1.35) over the next six...
We have provided links through on our day trading alerts page this morning.  Each stock is seeing active trading right before the open and brief explanations and analysis are offered at...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning: American International Group (AIG) Raised to Buy at UBS. Anglogold (AU) Raised to Outperform at...
There are many active stocks this morning with big price changes for active traders and day traders to look over.  We are monitoring shares of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE: AU), Arena...
It had been a while since the real gold bugs got to make their endlessly higher calls, but the latest surge ahead of and after QE3 in gold, silver and other inflation-hedging and monetary...
One of the major caveats related to gold mining and gold prices has been the rising cost of production. Higher labor costs, higher energy costs, and lower grade ores have all contributed to boosting...
These are not all of the analyst calls out there affecting shares, but these are the top 10 analyst we are focusing on this Monday morning: Anglogold (NYSE: AU) Raised to Buy at UBS. Apollo Group...
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls:Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus. AngloGold...
Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning.AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Raised to...
US equity markets opened a bit higher this morning, after futures trading pared early morning gains. Early optimism, however, was not to pan out, following some rather downbeat remarks from the...
Below are some of the key general calls we are looking at in early pre-market trading: Anglogold (NYSE: AU) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS. Cephalon (NASDAQ: CEPH) downgraded to Underperform...
Less than two weeks ago we were given an exclusive interview with Tom Winmill of the Midas Fund (NASDAQ: MIDSX).  Winmill told us he believes that gold will reach $1,700/ounce in 2011 and he also...