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Obscure Debt Deals Of Euro Zone Governments Raise Concerns (GS, DB)
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 12:55pm | 446The euro zone, which is having a tough time with the crisis in Greece, and the possible risk of contagion spreading to other fragile euro zone economies, has now landed into fresh round of trouble, according to a wall street journal report. According to the report, some euro zone economies have...
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GFI Group Estimates Changed At KBW
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 12:52pm | 160KBW analyst maintains its rating on GFI Group (NASDAQ: GFIG) at Market Perform. GFI Group reported fourth quarter earnings, and missed the KBW/consensus estimates due to their credit product revenue. Employee contracts partially offset this as they were renegotiated at lower prices. KBW put a...
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Edwards Life Sciences Corp. Maintains Buy Rating From Goldman Sachs (EW, GS)
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 12:00pm | 115Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) maintains its “Buy” rating on Edwards Life Sciences Corp. (NYSE: EW). Goldman came to this conclusion after it invited the CEO and VP of Investor Relations for an investor meeting in NYC. During the meeting, the analyst found some key points that reiterated the buy rating...
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch Maintains Goldman Sachs (GS) Buy Rating
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 9:58am | 148Bank of America Merrill Lynch brokers Guy Moszkowski, Sandra Goldschneider and Gian M. Kull maintained their Buy rating of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) with a price objective of $220. The analysts were quite positive in their analysis of Goldman Sachs when they wrote that, "GS is arguably...
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Barron’s Top 1000 Advisors For 2010 (WFC, MS, UBS)
Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 3:07pm | 125Barron’s has come up with its annual Top financial advisors list. Most of the top ranking advisors are from big firms like Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). Another notable common feature is that the majority of the advisors are well-seasoned professionals with...
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Morgan Stanley Executive Offloads $1.4 million shares (MS)
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 6:51pm | 108Thomas Kelleher, the co-head of institutional securities with Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), sold 15 percent of his stake in the firm. He sold 50,000 shares for $1.4 million. The executive still owns app. 313,800 shares and more than 200,000 stock options. Thomas was the Morgan Stanley’s (MS) chief...
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Incyte Extends Losses - Analyst Blog
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 2:55pm | 596Incyte Corporation’s (INCY) fourth quarter loss per share came in at 74 cents compared to a loss of 50 cents reported in the year-ago period. However, excluding one-time items, the company reported a loss of 41 cents per share, higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 35 cents. For...
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Charles Schwab Shares Moving On High Volume (SCHW)
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 1:41pm | 119Charles Schwab (NASDAQ: SCHW) stock is moving on high volume today after the shares were upgraded at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). The stock has gained 4.72% to $18.66 in today's trading. According to the Goldman analyst, improved earnings at Charles Schwab (SCHW) justify a higher share price. Goldman...
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Bankers Lured With Hefty Pay Hikes (BAC, UBS, GS)
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 10:45am | 244According to headhunters, the likes of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), and UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) are trying to poach bankers from competitors by offering almost double base salaries. UBS is poaching talent from rivals by paying as much as $470,000 to managing directors to join its securities unit...
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SCHW Upgraded To Neutral By Goldman
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 10:18am | 48Analysts at Goldman upgrade Charles Schwab (NASDAQ: SCHW) from "sell" to "neutral." The target price for SCHW has been raised from $16 to $18. SCHW’s shares closed at $17.81 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Best Deals For Today As Believed By Fast Money Final Trade (LVS, JPM, BUCY, VIX, GS)
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 8:42am | 198According to Fast Money Final Trade on CNBC, today’s best trades are likely to be the following: Guy Adami prefers to take a long position in Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS), while Karen Finerman believes that it is preferable to go long on JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM). Sandler O’Neill has upgraded JPM and...
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Goldman Sachs To Buy Metro International (GS)
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 1:55am | 60Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) intends to purchase Metro International Trade Services. Metro International runs a global chain of warehouses for various metals. Goldman Sachs has been a commercial customer of Metro for some years. According to the sources, the warehouser will retain its name and will be...
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Has President Obama Become A Sell? (NYSE:SPY), (NYSE:GS)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 4:30pm | 381During many administrations regardless of political party, the markets either rallied higher or sold off when someone important from the executive branch speaks. Since President Obama's inauguration he has normally appeared on the television at least once a day, often two or three times during...
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Another Day Another Dollar In The Profit Pot!
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 4:30pm | 291Below are a list of a few of the calls and trades done today. These were given in the Research Center and/or the Intra Day Stock Chat. Join now! 1. Call: Move up Monday based on technical signals and Friday reversal. Result: DOW up almost 170. Profit. 2. Call: FLIR Swing Buy At $26.30. Result:...
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Has President Obama Become A Sell? (NYSE:SPY), (NYSE:GS)
Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 3:37pm | 347During many administrations regardless of political party, the markets either rallied higher or sold off when someone important from the executive branch speaks. Since President Obama's inauguration he has normally appeared on the television at least once a day, often two or three times during...