FeedPosted Nov 25th 2009 7:45AM by Melly Alazraki (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the bell, International markets, Market matters, Tiffany and Co (TIF), Economic data, Deere and Co (DE), Oil, Housing, Federal Reserve

U.S. stock futures advanced Wednesday morning ahead of what is going to be a busy day full of economic reports before Thanksgiving. While investor sentiment is still upbeat following the Federal Reserve minutes and optimism about the economy, trading could be choppy today given the market is closed tomorrow. The market will reopen Friday for a short day.
U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday on lackluster economic data, namely the GDP revision downward. However, the losses eased after the FOMC minutes and the Fed raised its growth expectations for 2010.
Continue reading Before the bell: Futures higher ahead of housing, jobless data
Posted Oct 6th 2009 11:00AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Tiffany and Co (TIF), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Corning Inc (GLW), Research in Motion (RIMM), General Mills (GIS), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Marriott Intl'A' (MAR), Analyst initiations
Analyst upgrades:
- UBS upgraded Corning (NYSE: GLW) to Buy from Neutral and raised its target to $19 from $18.50, citing the improved LCD supply-demand outlook and improved sell-through ahead of the holiday season in China.
- Credit Suisse upgraded Newfield Exploration (NYSE: NFX) to Outperform from Neutral and raised its target to $48 from $44 citing valuation and improved asset quality.
- Stifel upgraded Newfield Exploration and Ultra Petroleum (NYSE: UPL) shares to Buy from Hold based on strong fundamentals and a long-term positive view for the E&P sector. The firm has a $50 target on Newfield and a $58 target on Ultra Petroleum.
- TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) was upgraded to Conviction Buy from Buy at Goldman.
- General Mills (NYSE: GIS) was upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
- Coca-Cola Femsa (NYSE: KOF) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill.
Continue reading Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: BP, CMCSA, GLW, MAR, RIMM, TIF, TJX ...
Posted Jul 24th 2009 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), CIT Group (CIT), Tiffany and Co (TIF), RadioShack Corp (RSH)

If you have ever seen news exhaustion at the end of a week, this was that week. The only surprise after seeing the post-earnings reactions last night was that the market didn't stay down hard. Coming into this morning, we had a 12 day consecutive NASDAQ winning streak. Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 9,095.51 +26.22 (0.29%)
S&P 500 979.78 +3.49 (0.36%)
Nasdaq 1,965.73 -7.87 (-0.40%)
Top 10 Analyst Upgrades/DowngradesContinue reading Closing Bell: Exhausted after a week of news, market remains more or less flat (CIT, MSFT, TIF, SPWRA, RSH)
Posted Jun 25th 2009 8:00AM by Alex Salkever (RSS feed)
Filed under: After the bell, Earnings reports, Tiffany and Co (TIF), NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE), Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF), Recession
Nike (NYSE: NKE) has thus far navigated this downturn exquisitely. It has maintained sales overseas, in particular in Asia. Nike's legendary supply-chain mastery and inventory management skills have likewise served it very well. So it was a shock when the shoe giant announced Wednesday that future orders had dropped by 12%, according to Bloomberg. Bummed out investors bid down Nike share's by nearly 5% in after-hours trading.
Granted, Nike faced difficult comps. During the Beijing Olympic Games last summer Nike togs were selling like hotcakes around the globe. And a chunk of the reduction in order value came due to currency fluctuations. But it's hard to deny that this quarterly earnings announcement was a bleak reminder that the "green shoots" may be more of a Washington creation than a reality in the global economy.
Continue reading Shoe drops on Nike
Posted May 30th 2009 12:10PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Dell (DELL), AutoZone Inc (AZO), Tiffany and Co (TIF), Costco Wholesale (COST), Staples Inc (SPLS), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO)
Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
Continue reading Earnings highlights: AutoZone, Costco, Dell, Heinz, Staples, Tiffany, Tivo and more
Posted Mar 28th 2009 11:40AM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Walgreen Co (WAG), Best Buy (BBY), Carnival Corp (CCL), Tiffany and Co (TIF), ConAgra Foods (CAG), Research in Motion (RIMM), KB HOME (KBH)
Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
Continue reading Earnings highlights: Best Buy, Walgreen, Tiffany, Research in Motion, KB Home and more
Posted Mar 23rd 2009 4:15PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: General Electric (GE), General Motors (GM), Citigroup Inc. (C), Bank of America (BAC), Tiffany and Co (TIF), Amer Intl Group (AIG)

Today saw a monster rally brought on by
Tim Geithner's Treasury plan to rid banks of toxic assets. Then a much "less bad" bit on the existing home sales showed a
gain of more than 5% because so many are distressed house sales. And now there is a new issue to consider: The bears have to be worried as key upside technical resistance levels were taken out in the last hour of trading.
Here are the unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 7,775.86 +497.48 (6.84%)
S&P 500 822.92 +54.38 (7.08%)
Nasdaq 1,555.77 +98.50 (6.76%)
Top Analyst Upgrades and DowngradesContinue reading Closing Bell: Suddenly, Uncle Sam is again a friend (BAC, C, AIG, GE, GM, TIF)
Posted Feb 18th 2009 12:55PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Forecasts, Other issues, Rants and raves, Competitive strategy, General Electric (GE), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Tiffany and Co (TIF), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Procter and Gamble (PG), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Recession, Financial Crisis
Continue reading Buffett says buy, then sells, Roubini says wait -- what's an investor to do?
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