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After watching and looking through the EU Stress Test that was due today, we are so far seeing a rally in all the banks we had mentioned earlier as banks to watch. Only 7 of 91 banks failed the...
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The E.U. bank stress tests are due at 12:00 PM EST today, an interesting time considering that the U.S. will be the only active market. Many of the top banks are lower ahead of the reports, partly on...
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These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Raised to Outperform at FBR....
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Chances are good that you have heard of trading theories such as “The January Effect,” “The Super Bowl Effect,” and even the “Sell in May and Go Away!” trading strategies. What about...
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This weekend’s edition of the UNUSUAL SUSPECTS is an unusual list indeed. We have many big issues to watch for the coming week. Our cast of characters in the UNUSUAL SUSPECTS includes Apollo...
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A 404-point move up in the DJIA and a near 49-point run in the S&P 500 sounds massive at 3.9% and 4.4% respectively. When you look at the international markets, particularly some of the...
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Standard & Poor’s just hit the brakes on the markets, a day after cutting Greece and Portugal. The PIIGS are taking another toll, with the cut today being the long-term rating of the...
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Updated throughout the day. The EU may form its own version of the IMF (various) Dubai may have a deal to defer payments on $26 billion in Dubai World debt (CNBC) CCMP Capital agreed to buy...
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These are this Wednesday’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls early this morning: Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Raised to Buy at Needham. Banco...
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You saw the bank bailout in the U.S. in 2008 to 2009, now it seems that the great bailout is heading the way of Greece if the reports and if the rumors are accurate. As this is the E.U. and a Euro...
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First it was Iceland, then came the PIIGS… This is of course the acronym for Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain…. although this is really an issue of PIGS front and center without...
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Jim Cramer came out with his series of themes for 2010 on CNBC’s MAD MONEY this evening, and tonight’s theme was ‘Going Global.’ Despite the market being overbought and the negative news...
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Barclays Capital’s banking research department has been busy going into the new year as it has issued new coverage on many of the European and global banks. Some of the ratings are strong and...
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If today’s price action is of any indication for the full year, it seems that 2010 may be poised to be the year of the Irish banking sector. Today’s big winners were not just banking stocks,...
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Monday and Tuesday came the downgrades for Greece by ratings agencies. Now it is Spain’s turn, or at least the writing is on the wall. Standard & Poor’s has revised Spain’s outlook to...
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