Lastest Stories by Jon C. Ogg

The Federal Reserve has been trying to get inflation closer to its 2% mandate for some time, but the current economy just isn't allowing it.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Apollo Global Management, BlackRock, Cloudflare, Green Plains, Microsoft, Oracle, Target and TJX Companies.
A fresh research report from Janney Montgomery Scott has substantially raised price targets across the universe of U.S. water utilities.
It might seem odd with the lower oil prices and with energy stocks in the tank that one of the industry giants might really want to commit to raising its dividend by any large amount right now.
SmileDirectClub had an absolutely dismal initial public offering, but some analysts say they see very high upside, now that the quiet period has concluded.
Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included American Water Works, Apple, Arconic, AT&T, Carnival, RingCentral, SmileDirect and Uber.
Here are six blue-chip picks (plus a bonus) from Wall Street analysts that received very favorable analyst coverage with above-consensus upside projections in the past week.
Nonfarm payrolls rose less than expected in September, but the should at least ease one more day's worries over the endless calls for a recession.
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Ambarella, Apple, Comcast, Costco, CSX, Domino's, Dish Network, Etsy, HP, 3M, Nike, PepsiCo and Snap.
RBC Capital Markets started Annaly Capital Management with an Outperform rating and a target price that signals big upside.
Sometimes there is a situation where bad news is good news in the financial markets. After the first contraction was seen in manufacturing this week, it turns out that services sector is slowing down...
Reports this week suggest that FireEye is working with Goldman Sachs to explore a potential sale of the cybersecurity company.
After weaker-than-expected manufacturing data was at a 10-year low and representing contraction, now the services sector is seeing some weak data as well.