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U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and got another boost following a meeting between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner to discuss a solution to the impending fiscal cliff. In...
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and bounced around the flat line for most of the day. It seems that everyone is waiting to hear what Ben Bernanke has to say at the...
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as European markets responded positively to reports that Greece is less likely to leave the eurozone. There was also speculation that China...
Today’s edition of the Closing Bell is being published shortly after 2:00 p.m. US markets are closed Monday to observe the Memorial Day holiday. We’ll resume our normal schedule next Tuesday. The...
Stocks started the day nearly flat before turning down on a poor report on US durable goods orders (more coverage here) and a slide in the Case-Shiller home price index (more coverage here). The...
There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS), Tractor...
US equity markets opened sharply higher this morning and have been able to sustain and even add to those gains throughout the day. Business and consumer confidence indexes in Europe were higher,...
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. AMC Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCX) Started as Sell at Stifel...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. AMR Corp. (NYSE:...
We have many carryover issues this Monday from last week and the weekend that will be feature issues to watch this week.  These are “The Unusual Suspects” for the week ahead.  Our cast of...
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. CME...
There are many stocks for active traders and day traders to pick from this Monday morning, and most are not on earnings.  We are tracking key trading action in 3PAR, Inc. (NYSE: PAR), Isilon...
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen early this Tuesday morning from Wall Street: Ameristar Casinos (ASCA) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. Bank of America (BAC) Started as...
These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive calls we have seen so far this Friday morning: Burger King (BKC) Started as Buy at Citigroup. HNI Corp. (HNI) Raised to Neutral at Goldman...
These are ten of the early bird analyst upgrades and downgrades we are seeing from Wall Street this Wednesday morning: Cogent Inc. (COGT) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. Pacific Sunwear (PSUN)...