Many research firms and brokerage firms maintain a list of best ideas for the year, and these often get updated quarterly or as companies reach a target or as they fall out of favor.  This week came...
An appetite for risky assets that has sent small-cap and emerging market stocks and junk bonds flying since March now is getting more scrutiny from a market heavyweight.  Greg Peters, head of credit...
Source: thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing:SemiLEDS Corp. (NASDAQ: LEDS) is up 26.6% at $1.62.Bovie Medical Corp. (NYSEMKT: BVX) is up 26.5% at $3.53.PokerTek Inc...
Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday.ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Neutral at...
The major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following some weak data on European unemployment. Buyers tried to come back but low volume so far has kept trading lower, and a last-minute rally...
Yesterday saw many stocks hitting 52-week lows and then a sharp recovery with a low to high swing of more than 500 DJIA points.  Here are some of the stocks that hit 52-week lows today: Alpharma...
It has been almost impossible for most stocks to avoid the carnageand mayhem of late.  It is interesting just how many widely held stocks have broken under the $10.00 share price level today.  This...
Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning.Broadsoft Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT) raised to Buy at Goldman...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning.Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) Raised to Outperform at Leerink Swann....
Pre-market signals were weak today, and once trading opened, the signals got stronger. The DJIA has traded down more than -200 points for most of the day, with financial and energy stocks the hardest...
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and a spate of decent news on U.S. housing kept markets in the green all day. The S&P 500 index finished the day’s session within sight of it’s...
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following an agreement between the government of Cyprus and the “troika” of the IMF, the EU, and the ECB (more coverage here). There was no economic...
It is a big day for analyst research calls.  These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning.The AES Corporation...
There are some additional important analyst calls which were not on the early bird list over an hour ago.  Here are some additional upgrades, downgrades, and initiations of new coverage from Wall...
There are 8 earnings reports on the release calendar for Tuesday, 4 before U.S. markets open and 4 due after markets close. The following table is based on data from Briefing.com and includes a...