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With most portfolio managers way underweight the gold miners, some of the top gold stocks have taken off and caught many on Wall Street by surprise.
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Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls include Altera, Anadarko Petroleum, Atmel, GrubHub, Potash, Rackspace and Seadrill.
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Source: ThinkstockGold futures closed below $1,650 an ounce on the Comex last night, sharply lower than the $1,700 or so the yellow metal fetched at the beginning of December 2011, but well above the...
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Source: courtesy of NetflixUBSÂ A.G. (NYSE: UBS) admits fraud in the Libor case and will pay $1.5 billion. (Reuters)Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) says a large number of recalls have not hurt sales....
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U.S. equity markets opened lower again this morning following Senator Harry Reid’s comments that negotiations on the U.S. fiscal cliff were not going well. In Asia, markets reacted badly to the...
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Source: thinkstockEver since that day in August when Knight Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: KCG) got slammed with a $460 million loss due to a nasty trading program error, investors have been waiting for...
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Source: ThinkstockThe market was down Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.06%, the Nasdaq down 0.26% and the S&P 500 down 0.20%. Today’s winners are a coffee company reporting...
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Source: ThinkstockUpdated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire:Virtu Financial is the most likely buyer of Knight Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: KCG). (WSJ)Jeff Zucker will become the new CEO of...
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Source: thinkstockA new deal to aid Greece may lead eventually to the forgiveness of some of its debt. (Reuters)The Obama administration decides not to name China as a currency manipulator....
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U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as traders and investors return from a long holiday weekend. In Asia, the Bank of Japan released minutes of its last meeting, which included a discussion...
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The stock market is down Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.57%, the Nasdaq down 0.09% and the S&P 500 down 0.47%. Today’s big movers were winners, however. The winners...
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Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday.Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO) cut to Neutral at Janney Capital.AK...
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Source: ThinkstockMarket maker Knight Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: KCG) has shut down equities trading today after a backup power source failed at its offices in New Jersey. The failure is not affecting...
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The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, and never really got untracked all day. Spanish 10-year bond yields fell 28 basis points to around 5.51%, while Spain again demurred on...
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The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following a report that economic sentiment in Germany came in better than expected (more coverage here) and that U.K. inflation was lower...
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