Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (DVN, ECA, STR, RSG, APC, AIN, AVB, BRE, CBST, DLTR, MEOH, SOA, SU, UDR)
These are some of the top pre-market upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning: Devon Energy (DVN) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. EnCana (ECA) Raised to Neutral...
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Exxon's Natural Gas Confession Bad For All; Maybe An Earnings Warning? (XOM, CHK, BP, ECA, COP, DVN, EOG, APC, UPL, STR, UNG)
At a meeting in New York this morning, Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) CEO Rex Tillerson said that his company is “losing our shirts” on natural gas production. Did he just notice that prices have...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APA, BAC, BRK-A, CLF, CSTR, CREE, CY, FITB, GILD, GFI, HAL, HIG, HBC, PHG, PVH, STI, UBS, VECO, WFC)
Source: Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls.Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) cut to Neutral at Macquarie.Bank of...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANDE, AINV, AMAT, BAC, BYD, CSTR, EXH, FSLR, HMA, KLAC, LNKD, MU, POT, HK, RCL, SNDK, CRM, SYMC, VMW)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning.The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANDE) Maintained Buy as Value at Zacks....
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T. Boone Pickens & BP Updated Stock Holdings (ANR, APC, COG, CHK, CNX, DVN, FLR, FWLT, HAL, MEE, OXY, STR, SLB, SU, RIG, WFT)
This morning we got to see the new equity holdings of T. Boone Pickens, via his BP Capital Management, L.P.,  as of March 31, 2009.  Some of the higher stakes look to be in Chesapeake Energy...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (AONE, ALU, AMSC, NLY, AAPL, CSCO, COH, CSTR, COP, DLR, IBM, LF, MMM, M, OPEN, POST, SIRI, SOHU, TRLG, ZOLT)
Source: Jon OggThis last week was very busy, and Friday’s disappointing trading day skewed many research reports.  Each morning we track analyst upgrades and downgrades and over the weekend we...
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Restructuring World: Major Spin-Offs From Major Companies (AIG, PUK, AMR, BAC, BCS, BP, GE, GENZ, HBC, LMT, MDR, MOT, STR, SUN, VZ, FTR, VSH)
Restructuring never ends in many large corporations.  After a week’s worth of reading through dozens of corporate deals in the pipeline and analyzing others which could be close, it seems that...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- February 8, 2013: Markets Start Higher, Hold on to Gains (DIS, CS, ARMH, BIIB, DFS, ATVI, CSTR, LNKD, RVBD, SPWR, AOL, APO, MCO, CCJ, L, NAT, WPP, ZNGA, ONCY, CZR)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning boosted by higher-than-expected trade balances in China (more coverage here) and in the U.S. (more coverage here). In Europe the big news came later in...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- August 21, 2012: Markets Lose Early Lustre (STP, ABB, NFLX, GLW, GRPN, URBN, TECD, BKS, MDT, ADI, DELL, INTU, KTCC, WTSLA, AEO, CHS, TOL, BBY, SPMD, DEXO, IMUC)
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning but by early afternoon all three had gotten stuck solidly in the red. The higher opening reflected little data and some new optimism about...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- February 19, 2013: Markets Keep Upward Momentum (GFI, APA, CSTR, WFC, BRK-A, CRMT, ESRX, NI, WIN, ADI, CF, DELL, HLF, AVI, CLH, DISH, LEAP, MGM, SODA, TOL, ODP, OMX, SPLS, NVGN, SPWR)
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning and managed to get within striking distance of five-year highs. There was little economic data released anywhere today, but what there was came...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 26, 2012: Markets Wiggle Higher Finally (AAPL, P, PSX, KMX, CME, RCL, AMZN, BYI, CLWR, CSTR, HLS, CMCSA, KKR, MRK, OSK, WY, PBR, BKW, HRS, L, LUFK, EDU, PCG, SNH, ACI, DV, CTCT)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat this morning following a disappointing quarterly report from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) last night (more coverage here) which weighed on Asian tech...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- February 7, 2013: Markets Flat to Start, Then Slide (BBRY, MCP, NOK, ABBV, GOOG, FMC, GMCR, IACI, TSO, V, YELP, ALU, BG, CI, MWW, NYT, PM, S, TEVA, ATVI, CSTR, LNKD, RVBD, SPWR, AOL, APO, MCO, XONE, SUTR, AKAM)
U.S. equity markets opened flat this morning, largely due to a slew of data from Europe that essentially cancelled any good news with an equal dollop of bad. U.S. unemployment data came out before...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 25, 2012: Markets Off to Good Start, But Lose Steam (CBST, ISIL, FB, BA, BP, ANGI, CLF, CROX, FFV, RRC, RYL, AET, ALK, AN, BG, CL, DNKN, NOV, POT, UAL, AAPL, AMZN, BYI, CLWR, CSTR, DV, HLS, ACI, CMCSA, KKR, MRK, OSK, WY, ZNGA, PSSI, MCK, NYT)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following the report on new jobless claims, which rose by 369,000, less than the expected 375,000 (our coverage here). In Europe, GDP in...
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CHRW: C.H. Robinson Keeps on Trucking
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We have written many times about why we believe the transportation companies that act more as brokers will perform better than their asset-owning...
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If Trucks Aren’t Carrying Anything, Who’s Buying Anything?
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Several times we have commented on the transportation names, both for their own investment merits and as an indicator of overall economic activity. Since...
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