Corporation are now sitting on billions and billions of dollars in their corporate treasuries.  They are keeping their share prices higher by returning capital to shareholders.  Most are certainly...
Earnings season is over.  Well, sort of.  We have the delayed reports and the reports from companies which have off-regular quarterly or fiscal earnings.  Next week we have AthenaHealth, Inc....
Most people who are in business put making a profit above maintaining a good image. They would like their customers to think well of them because it drives sales. But, being a pillar of public...
Today’s ratings news leads off with the downgrade by Moody’s of six Greek banks, including National Bank of Greece (NYSE: NBG). All six were lowered from ‘B3’ to ‘Caa2’. Anyone who is...
This weekend’s edition of the UNUSUAL SUSPECTS is an unusual list indeed.  We have many big issues to watch for the coming week.  Our cast of characters in the UNUSUAL SUSPECTS includes Apollo...
These are the top ten early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades from Wall Street early this Tuesday morning with more than two hours until the market opens. BHP Billiton (BHP) Raised to Buy at...
We have a little flurry of key earnings coming this week.  We have provided detailed earnings estimates with Thomson Reuters consensus figures, with our own color for the recent performance, the...
Source: ThinkstockThere is a big difference between a market rally and a bull market. Bear market rallies often happen when the stock market is so oversold that short sellers or deep value investors...
The economy remains in a climate with a very weak recovery.  There is still some good news though.  All of the recent calls for a “double dip recession” grew too loud and are now...
If you still believe that speculators cannot really drive markets up too far in any direction, take a look at the commodities market.  The continuous raising of margins in silver has taken out all...
These are the top ten analyst calls we have seen in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning: BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT) Raised to Outperform at...
Earnings season has been over for a few weeks now, but there are going to be several key earnings events in the week ahead. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to issue some brief previews on the companies which...
The airline industry has recovered solidly from a string of losing quarters, but it now faces another issue brought on by the discovery last week of an explosive device in an air-cargo shipment...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning.Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) Reiterated Buy and Raised...
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes:Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Neutral at Robert W. Baird; Cut to...