Aluminum

Gainers  1) NL Industries, Inc. (NL)- a holding company engaged in the component products (security products, furniture components and performance marine components), is trading at a price of $15.99, a dramatic change of 12.29% from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market...

Goldman Sachs is upgrading shares of Alcoa (NYSE: AA) to Buy, and is raising its price target on shares to $22, up from $17. In a note to investors, Goldman Sachs notes, "We are upgrading Alcoa to Buy with a 6-month price target of $22 (from $17). We view the structural industry change, driven by...

Goldman Sachs is upgrading shares of Alcoa (NYSE: AA) to Buy with a $22 price target, up from $17. In a note to investors, Goldman writes, "We are upgrading Alcoa to Buy with a 6-month price target of $22 (from $17). We view the structural industry change, driven by the de-linking of alumina from...

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) announced today preliminary results of its Maximum Tender Offer for its outstanding 6.00% Notes due 2013. As of the Maximum Tender Early Tender Date, which was 5 p.m. Eastern Time on April 28, 2011, the aggregate principal amount of 6.00% Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn...

Analysts are currently predicting a stock market pullback for a number of reasons. The recent earnings disappointments of Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) have investors bracing for an earnings season that is far below earnings estimates. Furthermore, the recent fiscal tightening...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) is “terrific. That stock is in bull mode. I'm a buyer, that management is fabulous." Cramer said that InterDigital Communications (NASDAQ: IDCC) shares “went up huge when I recommended it and I...

The market rebounded last week and erased nearly all of this year's negative move. Although the bulls have yet to take-out important 1335 resistance completely, they defended 1301 on multiple occasions in April and look poised to make higher highs into May. While volume has been...

Ma'aden, the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, and Alcoa (NYSE: AA) today announced they broke ground on their joint venture state-of-the-art rolling mill in Ras Az Zawr, Saudi Arabia. Upon completion, the rolling mill will be the most cost-efficient in the world serving packaging and flat-rolled...

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) announced today preliminary results of its Any and All Tender Offer, which is its tender offer to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 5.375% Notes due 2013.

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) announced today preliminary results of its Any and All Tender Offer, which is its tender offer to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 5.375% Notes due 2013. As of the Any and All Early Tender Date, which was 5 p.m. Eastern Time on April 20, 2011, the aggregate...

Real estate investment trusts are well off their earlier session highs, and this could be potentially troublesome if the market wants to keep advancing, before summer seasonality takes place, and volume tapers off. Names like iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate ETF (NYSE: IYR), General Growth...

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The largest aluminum producer in the world, Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) outperformed analyst consensus estimates for the first quarter of 2011. Alcoa announced earnings after the market closed on Monday. And yet, the company's stock price dropped more than 5%...

FT Alphaville had a couple of posts yesterday following up on a report about ETFs from the Financial Stability Board. The second post was mostly about iShares' response to the report. Among other things addressed were issues involving ETFs with swaps (and presumably other derivatives) and the...