Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AA, AXP, AMLN, AMAT, NILE, CSCO, ETN, HBAN, HSY, JCI, JNPR, KEY, LXK, LTD, PNC, TXN)
These are this Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls: Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Raised to Market Perform from Underperform at BMO Capital. American Express...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GE, FFIV, GRPN, PGR, REGN, CHKP, COP, DHI, ETN, HAS, PCH, XRX, AMLN, LSI)
Markets opened lower this morning following some reversals in Europe, not the least of which is the coming French presidential election. PMI readings from Europe and China were also weak. Asian and...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, SCHW, ETN, ETFC, FFIV, HBAN, LNKD, MJN, PIR, GOLD, SBAC, AMTD, TYC, DIS, BAC, C, JPM)
Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Cut to Neutral at BTIG.The Charles...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ABAX, ATVI, AFFY, AKAM, AIG, ETN, GILD, HNZ, IP, OXY, OMG, OC, PAAS, SWY, TTWO, TEVA, TPH, VMW)
Source: Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls.Abaxis Inc. (NASDAQ: ABAX) cut to Underperform from...
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Massive Amounts of Insider Selling Right Before Presidential Election (AMG, AFL, CBRL, CCI, ETN, EXPE, GOOG, KSS, KKD, N, PNR, RJF, RHT, RVBD, STX, SIRI, V, YUM)
Source: ThinkstockApparently many executives decided to sell shares right before the presidential election. This is not an assumption that anything is wrong in the companies because insiders can sell...
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24/7 Closing Bell (ORCL, RNOW, CAT, MCD, IVN, PAL, RGLD, MAT, SJM, SLE, CI, HS, ETN, LO, METR, NFLX, TXN, ADLR, MOBI, ASYS, SXCI, DRAM)
Stocks opened higher this morning, helped along by a host of merger announcements. Techs got boost when Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) said it would pay $1.5 billion for cloud-based customer service...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- May 21, 2012 ( AVP, PBR, SWY, BA, BBY, CPB, HAST, KKD, LOW, TECD, TUDO, AZO, GES, RL, WSM, TTWO, FB, CBE, ETN, WPRT)
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as what seems to be a declaration of love for Greece at the G8 summit meeting pushed down fears that the Greeks would leave the euro and...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- December 4, 2012: Markets Bounce Around, Remain Nearly Flat (DMD, IACI, LDK, ETN, DLTR, PBY, BIG, AZO, TOL, MTN, MFRM, P, FRAN, NOK, CHL, GPS, NFLX, DIS, UEPS)
U.S. equity markets opened essentially flat this morning on a day when not much new data was released. In Europe, unemployment data from Spain was awful, but not as bad as many had feared (more...
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The More Focused, and More Opaque, Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B, BNI, UNP, NSC, GS, GE, TIF, HOG, WMT, COP, XOM, WFC, RSG, DOW, ETN, WBC, MCO, WLP, UNH, GSK, SNY, GCI, WPO)
This was an important week for investment guru and billionaire watchers to see which gurus were holding which stocks.  The full public equity holdings of Warren Buffett via Berkshire Hathaway Inc....
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- February 4, 2013: Markets Slump on Europe Mess (YHOO, MRK, GOOG, CVX, BRCM, CYOU, GCI, HUM, GOLD, RCL, SPG, CLX, APC, BIDU, EW, YUM, AGCO, AGN, ACI, ADM, ARMH, BP, ETN, EL, K, SIRI, BBRY, APKT, ORCL, MHP)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as concerns about European markets reared up again. The U.K.’s PMI came in lower than expected and consumer confidence was lower, sending equities...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 30, 2012: Markets to Re-open Tomorrow (ACI, MPC, LAD, IDTI, BPL, AGN, ADM, CAR, AVP, BP, JCI, F, JDSU, STX, YNDX, BUD, MT, CNH, COCO, CMII, ETN, H, MA, PSX, CLX, WM, BP, BIDU, UBS)
U.S. stock markets were closed again today as New York City recovered from the damage brought on by Hurricane Sandy. In New York, both Nasdaq and the NYSE announced that the markets would be open...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 31, 2012: Markets Open Higher Only to Flatten Out (RVBD, S, UBS, D, VLO, BUD, MT, CAM, CNH, COCO, CMI, ETN, H, MA, PSX, CLX, WM, ALL, CZR, HTZ, MUR, APA, CVC, EXC, XOM, HCA, RGLD, F, WRC, PVH, WU)
U.S. equity markets re-opened for business in New York this morning after a two-day shutdown forced by Hurricane Sandy. Markets opened higher, but lost their energy by mid-morning. Asian markets were...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- February 5, 2013: Markets Recover from Yesterday’s Slump (CLWR, M, SWC, DRI, UNH, CYOU, GCI, HUM, GOLD, RCL, SPG, CLX, APC, BIDU, EW, YUM, AGCO, AGN, ACI, ADM, ARMH, BP, ETN, EL, SIRI, K, CMG, EXPE, GNW, TTWO, DIS, ZNGA, CVS, MRO, NUS, RL, SYT, TWX, DELL, OPXA, MHP)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and maintained their upward momentum for essentially the whole day. Lacking any really bad news from Asia or Europe, U.S. markets shrugged off a weaker...
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ETP Acquires Sunoco for $5.3 Billion (ETP, SUN, ETE, SXL)
Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (NYSE: ETP) announced this morning that it will acquire Sunoco Inc. (NYSE: SUN) in a cash and common unit deal worth $5.3 billion. The transaction gives ETP an entry...
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ETFs Strategies for the Top Ten 2014 Predictions of Bob Doll
Source: Jon OggBob Doll, Chief Equity Strategist and Senior Portfolio Manager of Nuveen Asset Management, is out with his ten predictions for 2014. His predictions are followed by many, and he scored...
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