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Comments »Yearly Archives: 2012
Recent Credit Card Law to Blame for Higher Rates
Hyundai Elantra Wins Car of the Year
Volkswagen Hits Over 8 Million Units
John Hussman Would Like to Point Out Why Leading Economic Indicators are WRONG
Jim O’Neil on Dollar Divergence and What to Expect From the January Effect
A Look Into The Recently Red Hot Home Building Sector
Jeff Saut of Raymond James: Divergance is Welcome
He is surprised of the strength in the markets and points out the markets must not be done going higher as equities moved up despite a strong dollar.
Comments »Upgrades and Downgrades This Morning
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Sell from Neutral at Citigroup.
AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE: GAS) Started as Underperform and named as Bear of the Day at Zacks.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy with $460.00 price target objective by Argus; maintained Conviction Buy List and target raised to $550 from $520 at Goldman Sachs.
ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) Started as Underperform at Bernstein.
Barnes Group Inc. (NYSE: B) named as value stock of the day at Zacks.
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) Cut to Underperform at Bernstein.
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) Reiterated Buy at Goldman Sachs.
First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE: FR) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Hilltop Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HTH) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: IART) Cut to Hold at Argus.
International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT) Removed from US Focus List at Credit Suisse.
Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) Downgraded to Hold at Jefferies.
Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) Started as Buy at Needham.
Penn National Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) Added to the US Focus List at Credit Suisse.
PVH Corporation (NYSE: PVH) Started as Buy at Stern Agee.
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (NYSE: RBS) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Southern Copper Corporation (NYSE: SCCO) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.
Thoratec Corporation (NASDAQ: THOR) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
Gapping Up and Down This Morning
Gapping up
ACHN +34.5%, EBAY +0.3%, INHX +130.7%, FMCN +0.4%, QCOR +4.5%, STD +2.6%, VRUS +3.4%, QGEN +2.1%,
STO +1.6%, ORCT +18.1%, UL +1.1%, RBS +2.9%, ING +1.7%, BCS +0.7%, TESS +0.4%,
Gapping down
IPCM -1.4%, BHP -0.5%, NOK -2.3%, LULU -1.8%,
Comments »In Play and On the Wires
U.S. Equity Preview; CTRP, EBAY, HLS, INHX, IPCM, JOY, LULU, MMI, & RHI
Hedge Funds Continue to Play Risk on in Commodities
Investors Would Profit From Pay Pal Being Split From EBay
The IMF Now Says Europe May Avoid Recession
The IMF’s Lagarde says there is reason to be upbeat as many things have changed over the last 18 months.
Comments »UniCredit’s Stock and Offering Flounder; BAC on the Hook
Unicredit had a dismal showing for their stock offering. The stock tanked triggering a rights offering. If no buyers step up then the lead underwriter BAC may have to take down the position.
Comments »European Banks Will Now Be Allowed to Go Below Minimum Basel Cash Levels
China’s Market Rallies on Better Then Expected Lending and Money Supply
China’s lending increased much more than expected lending to a soft landing and better growth prospects.
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