We have many stocks on the move in the after-hours session.  Today was the largest day for S&P earnings this earnings season.  Some of these volume spikes are massive.Acme Packet, Inc. (NASDAQ:...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Friday morning. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Cut to Underperform...
These are ten of the top Wall Street analyst upgrades we are seeing from this Friday morning with more than two hours to the open: Borg Warner (BWA) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. Coinstar (CSTR)...
These are some of Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls.Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. ARM Holdings PLC...
A barrel of oil contains about six times as much energy as a thousand cubic feet of natural gas. By that metric, at today’s WTI price of around $90/barrel, natural gas should cost $15/thousand...
It has been almost exactly two years since Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) completed its $31 billion merger with XTO Energy to create the largest natural gas company in the US. Exxon’s shares traded...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this morning.Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (NYSE: AEM) Cut to Hold at Canaccord Genuity. Avalon...
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) recently joined the waves and waves of public companies which filed their 10-K annual reports with the SEC.  We often dig through these and other reports to find tidbits...
Reported strong consumer spending over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend pushed stocks up sharply at the opening this morning and gains have been held throughout the day. New home sales figures were...
Source: ThinkstockThis might be one of those times that’s it difficult to tell the players even with a scorecard. The battle for control of the living room is about to be joined in earnest as big...
US equity markets opened lower this morning, but after the first hour or so of trading, the three major indexes moved to positive territory where they remained for the rest of the day. There was talk...
If you believe that an energy policy in the United States can happen in the coming years, there is almost no way that natural gas can be ignored.  The massive shale plays, the nat-gas acquisitions...
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning as investors were disappointed at the downward revision to first-quarter US GDP growth from 2.2% to 1.9%. A better-than-expected showing by...
Markets opened slightly lower this morning and spent the morning trying to decide on a direction. The Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index rose more than expected, but even that...
We have reported at great length recently on the lists put out by Wall Street firms that highlight their best of the best picks. Whether it is the “Conviction Buy List,” a “Focus List,” or...