Stocks & Markets

November 30, 2009

MGM Mirage's High-Stakes Gamble

By Beth Jinks (Bloomberg) MGM Mirage (MGM), the Las Vegas Strip's largest casino owner, is counting on the Dec. 1 unveiling of the $8.5 billion CityCenter resort to ...

November 30, 2009

Stock Picks: Apple, eBay, U.S. Bancorp

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Kaufman Bros. rates buy Apple Inc. appears to have done well over the Thanksgiving weekend even without steep discounting and despite the release of ...

November 29, 2009

Can Stocks Keep 2009 Gains through December?

Stocks are in a final sprint toward the end of 2009. After nine months of favorable market conditions, equity investors face a further month before they can declare ...

November 27, 2009

Picks of the Week: Microsoft, H-P, Goldman, TiVo

Notable Wall Street analyst opinions on stocks in the news for the week of Nov. 23-27: Nov. 27 QLT Inc. (QLTI) RBC Capital upgrades to outperform from sector perform; ...

November 25, 2009

Marcial: LPS Thrives Amid Mortgage Malaise

For some niche players in the financial markets, the economic debacle and mortgage meltdown have been absolute boons. One big winner is little-known Lender Processing ...

November 25, 2009

Stock Picks: Microsoft, TiVo, J.Crew

Microsoft (MSFT) Collins Stewart rates buy Jefferies & Co. rates buy Credit Suisse rates outperform Analysts cautioned on Nov. 25 not to read too much into the coming ...

November 22, 2009

Stocks: Three Overstuffed Turkeys

Sometimes a stock looks so enticing that investors just can't help themselves. The market appetite is such that the stock rockets higher, leaving behind most ...

November 20, 2009

Picks of the Week: Intel, RIM, Wells Fargo

Nov. 20 Dell Inc. (DELL) Kaufman Bros. maintains hold Shares of Dell Inc. fell Nov. 20 after it reported weaker-than-expected revenue and profit for the third quarter ...

November 19, 2009

Stock Picks: Intel, Texas Instruments

Intel (INTC) Texas Instruments (TXN) LSI Corp. (LSI) Marvell Technology (MRVL) Bank of America Merrill Lynch downgrades to neutral from buy Microchip Technology (MCHP)...

November 18, 2009

Cadbury Bid May Be Sticky Business for Hershey

As children are often told in the candy aisle: Just because you want something doesn't mean you can have it. Hershey (HSY) would like to buy Cadbury (CBY). On Nov. 18,...

November 18, 2009

Stock Picks: RIM, Wells Fargo

Research in Motion (RIMM) BMO Capital Markets downgrades to market perform from outperform; cuts price target BMO Capital Markets on Nov. 18 downgraded Research in ...

November 17, 2009

Marcial: America's Car-Mart, a Lot to Like

America's Car-Mart (CRMT) and giant retailer Wal-Mart (WMT) have one common theme: They sell consumer products at the lowest price possible. Both are based in ...

November 17, 2009

Commercial REITs: Investing in a Shaky Market

Anyone who's been paying attention to Wall Street investment strategists' forecasts for 2010 knows that a potential avalanche of commercial real estate foreclosures ...

November 16, 2009

Low Interest Rates: Steroids for the Stock Rally?

Nov. 16 featured two events now familiar to traders: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told financial markets to expect low interest rates "for an extended ...

November 16, 2009

Marcial: Pros Bet Cadbury Will Melt for Kraft

How to play the Kraft Foods (KFT) vs. Cadbury (CBY) takeover chess game? With American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) of Cadbury easing from 52.66 a share on Oct. 22 to 50...

November 16, 2009

Stock Picks: Sprint Nextel, Gap

Sprint Nextel (S) Credit Suisse upgrades to outperform from neutral Credit Suisse upgraded wireless carrier Sprint Nextel on Nov. 16, predicting the company will stop ...

November 12, 2009

Stock Picks: Wal-Mart, Hewlett-Packard, Brocade

Wal-Mart (WMT) Standard & Poor's Equity Research reiterates strong buy; raises estimate S&P equity analyst Joseph Agnese said on Nov.12 that Wal-Mart's October-quarter...

November 9, 2009

Kraft: Is Cadbury the Missing Global Ingredient?

If you boil down the motivations behind Kraft Foods' (KFT) hostile bid for Cadbury (CBY), you reach an undeniable fact: People all over the world love candy, gum, and ...

November 8, 2009

Marcial: Pros Turn Cold on California Pizza

Almost everyone loves pizza, long an inexpensive mainstay for Americans. And with an economic downturn, you would expect pizza sales to be piping hot. Surprisingly, ...

November 8, 2009

Stocks: Five Market Mistakes to Avoid

Markets may have rebounded in 2009, but individual investors are still edgy and shell-shocked. Even as the broad Standard & Poor's 500-stock index remained up 56% ...

November 6, 2009

Picks of the Week: Berkshire, Starbucks, Cisco, MasterCard

Highlights of analyst stock opinions issued the week of Nov. 2-6: Nov. 6 Starbucks (SBUX) Jefferies & Co. reaffirms hold; raises price target Starbucks said its ...

November 6, 2009

Stock Picks: Starbucks, Fannie Mae, Nvidia

Starbucks (SBUX) Jefferies & Co. reaffirms hold; raises price target Shares of Starbucks Corp. perked up in premarket trading Nov. 5 after the chain said its ...

November 5, 2009

The Dark Side of the Productivity Surge

Rising productivity is usually one of the best things you can hope for in an economy. It means people are producing more for each hour they work. That's the path to ...

November 4, 2009

Stocks: Handicapping the Rest of '09

On Nov. 4, stocks rallied on hopes the Federal Reserve would make clear that interest rates would remain low for a long time. But, when a Fed statement was issued ...

November 3, 2009

Marcial: Gabelli's Top Five Bets

At the beginning of every quarter since 2006, investor Mario Gabelli's stockpicking team has gone out on a limb to highlight five stocks as its top choices for the ...

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