NYSE Market News

For stock picking, I like to supplement my own analysis with experts’ opinion. One of the ways of doing it is to check out analysts’ recommendations. Apart from reading about upgrades and downgrades, I also pay attention to the initiation of new coverage of the stocks.

iPhone 5 is a smash hit, as expected and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is consolidating its position as the biggest company on the strength of this phone. However, let’s take a look at the other stakeholders who have their fortunes tied to this phone.

Analysts ratings play an important part in my decision making process for picking or dumping stocks. While I prefer to rely upon my own analysis and judgment, using analysts’ recommendations for confirmatory purpose, for my portfolio management, I have seen many people using these recommendations as the primary factor for portfolio decision making. With analysts’ […]

Markets have kicked off the week on a negative note. All the major US indices seem to have taken a clue from the global markets and are trading down. The main reason is the bleak growth outlook and weak economic conditions.

Markets are looking in buoyant mood and poised to end a fruitful week on a positive note. However, the mood in transportation sector seems to be gloomy. The sector index is down and it is not surprising since recently industry leaders like FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and UPS (NYSE:UPS) chose to slash their forecasts.

Transportation sector is one of the most telling indicators of a country’s economic health. And if we follow the latest news coming from this sector, then the things do not look particularly bright for the economy.

U.S. equity market is struggling for direction in trading today as investors remain on the sidelines after last week’s rally, which was sparked by the launch of QE3.

Markets are trading up today, thanks to the generous stimulus package announced by the Federal Reserve on Thursday. Individual stocks are also doing well with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) touching yet another all-time high.

Market is tugging along in an uncertain way with Dow Jones currently up by measly 0.23 percent, while NASDAQ is in green with barely 0.19 percent gain. However, even in this lackluster market, there are plenty of stocks gaining attention and scoring big volumes. Let’s have a look at today’s top volume busting stocks and […]

While it pays to carry out your own research while picking stocks for your portfolio, it is also equally important to keep track of recommendations given by expert analysts. So, let’s take a look at which stocks are being upgraded or downgraded by research firms: