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Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) was given a solid vote of confidence on Friday, as Goldman Sachs upped its rating on the natural gas company to “conviction buy” from “buy.” The brokerage said it was placing WMB on its conviction buy list “with 35% total upside to our $28, 12-month target price. An...

Boeing (NYSE:BA) has announced plans to ramp up production of its ever-popular narrow-body 737 jet.  BA currently completes 31.5 jets per month and will be aiming to increase that number to 35 by the end of 2012.  There seems to be a sense of urgency within Boeing as this is the company’s second...

As everyone knows, most investors continue to use stocks (as opposed to options) for their primary investment tool.  Although options volume continues to grow each year, there are still a lot of people who do not understand what all the fuss is about.  Well hopefully, I can give you a quick rundown...

The Chicago Board Options Exchange, which is right across the street from where I’m sitting as I write this, is bringing their shares to market tomorrow, 11.7 million of them initially under the ticker CBOE. They are looking to raise at least $339 million with Goldman Sachs as the lead underwriter...

Earlier this week, Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN) narrowed its second-quarter earnings guidance, lifting the lower end of its range to 60 cents per share from 56 cents.  The expected range is now 60 to 64 cents per share, compared to analysts’ estimates of 61 cents.  The company’s earnings are...

Cusick’s Corner As I wrote on June 8th, typically the market action of late can generally be described as some small buying on lows, followed by a market recovery and then the market usually just gets pounded at the end of the day. Well, not today. The market actually ended on an upswing. As...

Cusick's Corner The Euro is up -- overseas markets showed strength. There has been some flight from safety today – Gold is down, Dollar down and money has flowed to other sectors like Energy. BP is up after yesterday’s plunge in the stock (see Implied Volatility Movers) and Transocean (RIG) has...

For more information on how the Hotlist tool functions, refer to this article. One name at the top of today’s OptionsHouse Hotlist is Altria Group (NYSE:MO).  The stock is up 1.4% today, which is actually underperforming the 2.3% rally in the broader market. Almost 55,000 options have traded in the...

Cusick’s Corner We are experiencing some whippy action into the Midday, but it has been within Friday’s range. The lows are continually being challenged throughout today’s session, but there’s no major follow through, indicating that the potential for a late push to the upside could possibly be in...

Analysts at Longbow Research initiate coverage of Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) with a "buy" rating. The target price for HOG is set to $40. HOG’s shares lost 1.73% to close at $32.34 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here

Analysts at Raymond James upgrade Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) from "underperform" to "market perform." Share of HOG closed at $35.17 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here.

Analyst Gerrick L. Johnson at BMO Capital Markets has released an update on Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG). The company reported its first-quarter results on Tuesday. According to BMO capital Markets, the first-quarter results reported by the company gave further hints of stabilization and...

At 12:50 p.m., Dow gained 28.64, or 0.26%, to 11,120.69, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 8.51, or 0.71%. The Nasdaq composite index added 17.21, or 0.69%. The industries that are driving the market today are: Advertising Agencies: The top gainer of the day, this industry...

Today the US market brightened as large companies like Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) and Coach Inc (NYSE: COH) posted impressive quarterly results and beat expectations. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 28.64, or 0.26%, to 11,120.69, Nasdaq added 17.21, or 0.69%. Some of the few narrow...

Analysts at Deutsche Bank maintain their "hold" rating on Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE: HOG). The target price for HOG is set to $33.50. Harley Davidson’s clean Q1 EPS came at “$0.48 (ex. a restructuring charge, and a Medicare Sub D tax charge), well above our $0.29 estimate and consensus of $0.26,”...