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These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Outperform as the Bull of...
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Yesterday was Portugal helping out, today is Spain… Debt sales that is. A debt sale in Spain is so far being hailed as a minor success and this comes on the heels of a similar successful debt...
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Moody’s is at it again with yet another debt rating downgrade in the lands of the PIIGS. Today came a debt rating cut to four Irish banks and an Irish insurer, and the cut also included some of...
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Moody’s has been on a warpath this week downgrading the PIIGS. The calls are late. Very late. These should have been about as telegraphed as a replay of a World War II outcome. Moody’s...
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The woes of Europe continue, again… Get used to it. The markets are soft this morning on news that Moody’s is warning Spain of a downgrade to its Aa1 rating due to funding vulnerability, coming...
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Tracking European banks, particularly those in the lands of the PIIGS, often requires looking at individual national sovereign debt issues on top of banking-related news. That is the case in Spain...
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The banks in the lands of the PIIGS are seeing some bids yet again today. That makes three in a row of big moves in Ireland, and now we have Greece and Spain today. Some of the aid is coming from...
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These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Banco Santander S.A. (NYSE: STD) Raised to Overweight at HSBC. Broadcom...
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These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQ: APWR) Cut to Perform at...
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The markets may be headed lower on Friday morning after a sell-off in China, but the stocks of some of Europe’s troubled banks in the lands of the PIIGS are bucking the trend. Allied Irish Banks...
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These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. AOL Inc....
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These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Neutral at Robert W. Baird; Cut to...
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These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Allied Irish Bank plc (NYSE: AIB) Cut To Neutral From Buy By Goldman Sachs...
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Nearly every stock and ADR/ADS of European banking stocks are lower so far on Tuesday over concerns over debt levels and downside levels of recent stress tests not factoring in the right risks in the...
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The recent bank stress tests in the E.U. on July 23 were arguably a greatly watered down test. But the stress test did act as a buffer on the Euro currency even more than the economy. We would even...
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