Posts Tagged thursday

Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ANF, ARUN, CRUS, DGI, ECA, GPS, MOT, OTEX, SIRI, SYMC)

These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Raised to Accumulate at Standpoint.

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Spotting The Lying CEO

Public company CEOs are like politicians. They love to give out good news and avoid mentioning the bad

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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, ACI, CTXS, EQIX, JDSU, NVDA, FTO, SO, SYMC)

These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Market Perform at FBR. Arch Coal Inc.

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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CERN, CNQR, RDY, ETN, GCA, HGSI, LLTC, OI, POM, SWI, WFC, XLNX)

These are some of the top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning: Cerner Corp. (NASDAQ: CERN) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. Concur Technologies (NASDAQ: CNQR) Raised to Buy at Jefferies

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BRIC Alert: Brazilian Consumer ETF Coming (BRAQ, ABV, BRFS, GFA)

We are about to get a new ETF this week for investors who love chasing the BRIC trends for Brazil, Russia, India, and China.  The Global X Brazil Consumer ETF (NYSE: BRAQ) is set to launch this Thursday.  At the launch, the top 13 holdings will have a weighting of approximately 4.75% each.  Some of [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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More Big Drug & Biotech Mergers Likely (SNY, AMGN, BIIB, GENZ, BSX, JNJ, HGSI, DNDN, AUXL, VRTX, AMLN, LLY, WCRX, CBST)

Sanofi-Aventis SA (NYSE: SNY) was a bit of a stalking horse news item on a week that many investors and traders started taking off for a long weekend.  The company has tried to telegraph the possibility of making several U.S. acquisitions.  To make matters worse, or perhaps just more interesting, the company said that one [[ This is a content summary only.

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Senate Bill would extend Housing Tax Credit Closing Deadline

From Dina ElBoghdady at the WaPo: Bill would extend home buyers’ deadline for tax credit Home buyers hoping to take advantage of a lucrative federal tax credit would get three extra months to complete their purchases under a proposal introduced in the Senate on Thursday. I’ve wasted enough posts explaining why this was a poor use of taxpayers’ money .. but a three month extension to close

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Financial Reform: Final Senate Vote Soon

Update: Passed 59 to 39. From Brady Dennis at the WaPo: Senate clears way to vote on financial reform A final vote on the legislation could come later Thursday evening, congressional aides said

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What’s In That Wall Street Bill? Part Two

Last week was a busy one for Wall Street watchers, ending in a dizzying market whiplash on Thursday, the  Dow’s biggest weekly point drop since the free fall of October 2008, which left everyone wondering “What the heck was that?” Among those looking for answers are two of the federal agencies currently charged with Wall [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ATU, BP, GLW, ENOC, HLS, ITMN, MU, NWS, SNDK, RIG)

These are some of this Thursday morning’s top analyst research calls seen in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations: Actuant Corp. (NYSE: ATU) Raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Called as Buy at NCB Stockbrokers (UK) on recent weakness

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