Office REIT's

Stifel Nicolaus is out with its report today on Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE: LXP), upgrading LXP from Hold to Buy. In a note to clients, Stifel Nicolaus writes, "We are upgrading Lexington Property Trust to Buy from Hold as we think 1) the recent sell-off of 8% in the last month, one of the...

Stifel Nicolaus has upgraded Lexington Realty Trust (NYSE: LXP) from Hold to Buy and has established a $10 price target.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has a Neutral rating and a $21.50 price target on shares of Douglas Emmett (NYSE: DEI). In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "We hosted two days of meetings with DEI management and investors this week. The multifamily portfolio is the bright...

Bank of America has raised the price objective on Douglas Emmett (NYSE: DEI) from $20.50 to $21.50 and maintains its Neutral rating.

J.P. Morgan reduced its price target on Corporate Office Properties (NYSE: OFC) from $35 to $32 after updating its model. In a research report published today, J.P. Morgan states, "We are updating our OFC model to reflect its recent equity offering and consequently lowering our 2011...

FBR Capital upgraded SL Green Realty Corporation (NYSE: SLG) from “market perform” to “outperform.” SLG's shares closed at $82.44 yesterday. SL Green Realty's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 38.80%. Analysts at JP Morgan upgraded Swift Transportation Co LLC (NYSE: SWFT) from “neutral” to...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower this morning, as investors are awaiting economic data. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 53 points to 11,965.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index fell 6.40 points to 1,278.10. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 11.50 points to 2,235.50...

JP Morgan has lowered the price target on Corporate Office Properties (NYSE: OFC) from $35 to $32 and maintains its Underweight rating.

Below are the top small-cap REIT-office stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Caplease Funding Inc (NYSE: LSE) is 47.82%. LSE's revenue for the same period is $166.95 million. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at...

Rooting for the Canucks in these Stanley Cup finals is like rooting for Cobra Kai Dojo in the Karate Kid. They're thugs, they (literally) bit another player, and they let some third-rate defensemen knock a Bruin out for the playoffs with a concussion. They're dirty and they deserve to get smoked...

The Financial Sector is one of the strongest areas of the S&P 500 in today's session, currently trading up 1.3% from yesterday's close. Today's best performing stocks in that sector are: 1) Moody's (NYSE: MCO): Shares of Moody's are currently trading up 3.5% from yesterday's close to $40.80....

Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X (ETF) (NYSE: DRV) fell 3.40% on Tuesday as Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) gained 1.61%, and Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP) added 1.24%. iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Subindex Total Return ETN (NYSE: BAL) dropped 3.37% as cotton futures struggled. BAL closed at...

iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund (NYSE: EPU) broke its two-day losing streak on Tuesday. EPU gained 4.10%, and it closed at $39.07. Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X (ETF) (NYSE: DRN) jumped 3.43%, and closed at $72.28. In the real estate space, Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESS)...

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (NYSE: CLI) today announced that Continental Casualty Company, the country's seventh largest commercial insurer, has signed a new 19-year, 81,296-square-foot lease at 125 Broad Street in Downtown Manhattan. Continental Casualty Company is the primary unit of insurance...

SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) today announced that it has successfully refinanced 919 Third Avenue, which it owns in a joint venture partnership with New York State Teachers Retirement System. The new 12-year, $500 million mortgage, was originated jointly by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company...