The Unusual Suspects for the Week Ahead (BKS, BRCD, CSKI, CIEN, FNFG, NAL, GENZ, SNY, LULU, ID, NFLX, NE, PBR, RTN, SKS, TTWO, THQI, CALL)
The cast of characters in this week’s Unusual Suspects is not any ordinary group of companies.  There are many key stocks to watch for investors that have carryover issues from last week or which...
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The Unusual Suspects for the Week Ahead (ABKFQ, AAPL, BHP, BX, DYN, BSX, DELL, ETFC, GENZ, HGSI, JKS, MELA, NBG, PBR, RAI, STX, ST, WMT, HD)
The list of Unusual Suspects for the week ahead is a rather different list.  Some are due with earnings, some have FDA events, and others just have shareholder specific events coming down the...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AVP, BAC, BBY, BA, DCI, FB, GS, HLF, KIRK, MS, MYGN, NUAN, PBR, RHI, ROST, SWY, SPLK, TJX, ZBRA)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday.Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) Cut to Sell at UBS.Bank of America Corporation...
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Brazil Olympic Stock Plays Feeling Lofty (EWZ, BRF, BZF, BBD, BRP, BTM, BAK, PDA, EBR, ABV, ELP, SID, CPL, ERJ, GFA, GGB, GOL, ITUB, NETC, PBR, TAM, TNE, TSP, VALE, VIV, VCP)
Investing into emerging markets where the Olympics are headed is supposed to be a safe bet, in theory.  Despite a flat close for stocks in the U.S. on Friday, Brazilian shares rose almost across the...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- June 19, 2012 (AKS, INTC, VLO, CPST, MSFT, ORCL, BKS, FDX, JEF, DFS, ADBE, JBL, JKS, GAGA, WAG, PBR, AFFX)
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as markets ignored a steep rise in short-term Spanish debt and focused instead on some encouraging news on new housing construction permits...
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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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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALU, ARMH, BBT, CHKP, CHK, C, CMA, DNDN, DEO, ETP, GRMN, GRPN, HIW, JCP, JNJ, NNI, PBR, RYAAY, SQNM, SIRI, SLG, TRIP, USM, VRTX, VNO, DIS)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) maintained Underperform at BofA/ML and maintained...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 7, 2013: Markets Open Higher, Chop to Higher Close (SAP, CLH, ANGI, SD, BIG, ALJ, PETM, MTN, CIEN, DANG, JRCC, KR, SFD, FNSR, HRB, P, WDAY, ANN, FL, AMD, PBR, FB)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and trickled lower most of the day as there was little news to follow generally good data from around the globe. In Japan, the central bank held...
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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 -- March 6, 2013: Markets Open Higher, Closed Mixed (JCP, ICE, BBY, QCOM, VVUS, GEVO, QIHU, SWHU, PAY, AEO, BIG, TFM, HOV, SPLS, STP, PETS, MTN, CIEN, DANG, JRCC, KR, SFD, MTG, PBR, BBRY)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but struggled to maintain even a flat performance compared to yesterday’s close. Before the markets opened this morning, the Mortgage Bankers...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 29, 2012: Markets Closed as Hurricane Sandy Aims at New York (WIT, OFC, LOCK, JAKK, URI, PBR, BKW, HRS, L, LUFK, EDU, PCG, SNH, APC, FMC, AGN, ADM, CAR, AVP, BP, JCI, JDSU, STX, YNDX, RVBD, OPNT, EBAY, CLH)
U.S. stock markets were closed today as New York City and the entire East Coast of the country from the Carolinas to Maine prepare to deal with Hurricane Sandy. In New York, the subway has been...
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Reviewing the New Smart Grid ETF (GRID, PBD, PZD, PBW, QCLN)
If you thought you might not see another green energy or less-dirty energy exchange traded-fund, there is a new ETF for you.  First Trust Advisors is launching the First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge...
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Unusual Call Option Trade in Cloudflare, par value $0.001 per share Worth $1,460K
An unusually large block of call contracts in Cloudflare has been bought.
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KBR: A Strictly Cash Business (KBR)
KBR Inc. (NYSE:KBR) reported third quarter earnings before the market opened today. The company posted EPS of $0.44 on revenue of $3 billion, virtually on target with analysts’ estimates of $0.43...
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First Solar: Can It Save the Solar Sector? (FSLR, CSIQ, LDK, TSL, TAN, ICLN, PBW, PBD, PZD, KWT)
Earnings from global leader First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) are due tomorrow, and while EPS estimates for the company have fallen from just over $2/share to $0.92/share in the past three months,...
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