Dollars absconded with again by the State Department this time….
Comments »Monthly Archives: September 2011
Monsanto Miffed by Rootworm
Five Unlikely Defense Contractors
More On Switzerland’s Bet to Peg to the Euro
International Paper Wins Battle to Acquire Temple Inland for $3.7 Billion
FLASH: U.S. Markets Break to New Lows For the Day
No downside acceleration yet. Perhaps this may be a temporary bottom. We can only hope at this point.
Comments »J.P. Morgan upgrads SodaStream $SODA to Overweight
Comments »J.P. Morgan is upgrading SodaStream International (NASDAQ:SODA) to Overweight from Neutral with a $50 price target. Full story…
ISM Services: Previous 52.7, Mkt Expects 51, Actual 53.3
S&P Gives Higher Rating to Sub Prime Loans Over U.S. Treasuries
10 Dividend Stocks Up Double Digits This Year
Citigroup Cuts Earnings Estimates for the S&P
FLASH: U.S. Futures Suffer Nuclear Winter Into the Open
Starbucks Looks to Triple Down on China Locations
Sunoco Would Like to Exit the Refinery Business
Carlyle Files for IPO While They Still Can
FLASH: Europe Pares Gains
FLASH: Kramer Says “Don’t Buy …We are not done yet “
Not even go to names like MCD or KO. quite a different tune form past weeks….
Looking for support @ q050-1075 S&P.
Gold is the only buy even up here…..
Comments »Upgrades and Downgrades This Morning
Upgrades
AAPL – Apple target raised to $545 at Canaccord Genuity
UBS – UBS AG added to Focus List at JP Morgan
CIT – CIT Group upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Evercore Partners
CS – Credit Suisse upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Keefe Bruyette
AMID – American Midstream Partners initiated with a Buy at Citigroup
SODA – SodaStream upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan
APC – Anadarko Petro upgraded to Focus Stock from Outperform at Howard Weil
TEA – Teavana initiated with an Outperform at William Blair
GPRO – Gen-Probe upgraded to Buy at Canaccord Genuity
X – U.S. Steel upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup
MDVN – Medivation upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Leerink Swann
DV – DeVry upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank
Downgrades
TZOO – Travelzoo ests and target lowered to $72 at Wedbush
WFC – Wells Fargo downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette
SUN – Sunoco reinstated with an Underperform at BofA/Merrill
MCD – McDonald’s removed from Key Calls List at UBS
BBY – Best Buy downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray
LDK – LDK Solar downgraded to Sell at Argus
IR – Ingersoll-Rand upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS
PEG – Public Service downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie
HOG – Harley-Davidson removed from Short-Term Buy list at UBS
CBSH – Commerce Public Service downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie
BBY – Best Buy downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray
Comments »Gapping Up and Down This Morning
Gapping up
TTM +3.1%, Fear, IBN +1.4%, Anxiety, GDX +0.9%,
Gapping down
MT -4.7%, HBC -3.6%, NOK -3.5%, NVS -3.5%, BAC -3.4%, TOT -3%, CS -11%, BBVA -2.8%, SAP -2.6%, RIO -2.5%, BHP -2.4%, BBL -2.1%, BP -1.5%, UBS -8.7%, LOGI -8.2%, RBS -7.6%, DB -6.3%, ALU -6%, ABB -5.8%, ALV -5.6%, MRVL -5.4%, STD -5.1%, BCS -4.7%,
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