Investors Focused on Retail Sales and Wages $WMT, $M, $MCD, $AMZN, $CMG Amidst overall strong Quarterly results, rising labor costs are a growing concern, with more than 12 companies in the S&P 500 mentioning them in conference calls so far this earnings season. Next week, several retailers including Walmart (NYSE:WMT) and Macy’s (NYSE:M) are due […]
Street Analysts See Strong Rally Into Year’s End $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Stocks bounced and held after pulling back Wednesday and Thursday The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) fell 14.3% Friday, retreating from its highest marks since February. Friday, Morgan Stanley strategists, whose warning about a “rolling Bear market” seemed to pay off this week after high […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Need Lots More Cash, What is Going to Happen? $TSLA, $MS Wall Street experts say, “Tesla will need to raise more cash”, it has some notions about how and when that may happen. Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) said that in addition to a capital raise in Y 2018, Elon Musk may also need an outside […]
Bitcoin (BTC) Briefing, Cryptocurrencies Making Gains Across Industries $BTCUSD, $ETHUSD, $USD, $MS In the market The talk in the cryptocurrency industry last surrounded Ethereum (ETH) as participants stand by and await the next stage of the digital coin’s development. The protocol also served as the starting point for a new fully regulated USD based stable-coin. […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk’s Credibility is ‘Shot’ $TSLA At 1st came the ‘420’ Tweet that funding was secured and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) may go private, then a statement that the money was not locked down after all. Then about 3 weeks later blogs that he cannot do it, so the deal is off. Welcome to […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Chairman said His EV Company “will remain public” $TSLA Late Friday When Wall Street Was Asleep, Musk Declared Tesla Will Remain Public Almost 3 weeks ago on 7 August, (NASDAQ:TSLA) Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, Tweeted from his care while driving to the airport, that he was planning to take the company private in […]
Elon Musk, Not Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), Engaged Morgan Stanley to Assist in ‘420’ Proposal $TSLA, $MS, $GS Elon Musk, 47 anni, has engaged Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) to assist him in his potential bid to take Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) private. Morgan Stanley is advising Mr. Musk, not Tesla, its board or a special board committee formed to to […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Institutional Investors Backing Away $TSLA, $MS, $GS Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s ‘420’ bid to take the fledgling EV maker private has taken another turn that has triggered trading chaos, as Morgan Stanley became the 2nd firm to suspend coverage of the stock. Recall that last week Goldman Sachs announced that it removed its Tesla […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $MA, $MS, $NEE, $USB, $V Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Street’s Top analysts outlook for Key issues for Monday, as […]
Financial Advisors Have to Take Notice of Cryprocurrency Investments $BTCUSD, $ETHUSD Perhaps the most interest among everyday investors in several years are cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum. But, the majority of financial planners are less excited. Wirehouses including: UBS (NYSE:UBS), Merrill Lynch Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) have forbidden their advisors from buying and selling […]
Big Banks Pass Fed ‘Stress Test’, Financial Sector Finishes Higher $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX Shares in the biggest US banks rose Friday after the Fed completed its annual stress test giving financial institutions the go-ahead for plans to return capital to investors through dividends and buybacks. The S&P 500 bank sector index was last […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Shareholders are Taking Aim at Elon Musk $TSLA, $MS Shareholder lawsuit filed in Delaware seeking class action status The lawsuit accused the board of corporate waste and Musk, the company’s CEO/COB, of unjust enrichment. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) said in a statement that the lawsuit “seeks to take the power from our shareholders and instead […]
Wall Street Banks See US Economy Growing to 4%, Not Collapsing $GS, $MS, $DB, $BAC, $HSBC, $JPM US Economy Continues to Boom under President Trump The International Monetary Fund (IMF) conducts its semi-annual health check of the world economy this week with investors worried that global growth is starting to fade after accelerating the most […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)Awards Musk $2.6-B for Failing to Make Cars $TSLA Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) granted it hypemeister founder a $2.6-B award, the largest-ever of its kind, underscoring the company’s outsize ambitions and how intimately connected its future success is to Elon Musk. If fully vested over the next 10 yrs, stock options would net him as […]
The Actual Value of Bitcoin Might be Zero $BTCUSD ,$MS, $GLD The lack of people and businesses willing to accept it as a means of payment indicates that its actual value might be nothing aka Zero, according to an analyst from Morgan Stanley Current Bitcoin is trading at: A Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) analyst sent a research […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations Special Report: Morgan Stanley Vs Goldman Sachs $MS, $GS Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a Special Report from Wall Street’s Top analysts upgrades, […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $CTRP, $JNJ, $MS, $YUMC Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets Top analysts upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Tuesday, as follows: Ctrip.com International Ltd. (NASDAQ:CTRP) was […]
Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) Dips on Profit Taking, Maserati IPO Speculation. $RACE Note: The short interest is extremely low for RACE with fewer than 1% of shares on loan, indicating that investors who seek to profit from falling equity prices are not currently targeting Ferrari. Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) shares gaped lower at the open Thursday as an analyst […]
Morgan Stanley Notes: Bitcoin Cannot Match Gold as Inflation Hedge $GLD, $BTCUSD, $MS, $GS Bitcoin is better than Gold and is probably better than conventional fiat (paper) currencies as a medium of exchange. But the conventional view that this new cryptocurrency is also superior to Gold as a hedge against inflation and uncertainty still needs […]
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) HEFFX Highlights Morgan Stanley is on a mission to combine the best of machine learning, predictive analytics and workflow technology with the human touch provided by its 16,000 financial advisers. Despite the popularity of robo-advisers, clients still want a human being to help them navigate complex life questions, according to Naureen Hassan, […]
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) HEFFX Highlights Morgan Stanley double-upgrades Kingfisher on expected strategy flop Voices.com, the largest global voice over online marketplace, today announced an $18 million growth investment from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, the growth-focused private investment platform within Morgan Stanley Investment Management. This represents the Company’s first institutional investment since its founding in 2005. […]
US-China Trade Deal Reveals Key Corporate Winners $V, $MA, $AXP, $LNG, $JPM, $MS, $TSN Beef companies, credit card firms and LNG (liquefied natural gas) exporters emerged as potential corporate winners Friday in the wake of trade agreements reached between the United States and China. Initial reaction on the US stock market was subdued after the announcement […]
Wall Street’s Top Analysts Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations $BA, $COF, $MS, $VRTX Daily HeffX-LTN reviews Wall Street analysts research reports to find new investing and trading ideas for our readers. Some reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid. Below is a list of Wall Streets top analysts upgrades, downgrades and initiations […]
Expert: “US Banking Sector Safe Enough for Deregulation” $MS, $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX The United States banking industry is in a total safe state and it is ready for some deregulation to sustain development, former Chairman/CEO of Morgan Stanley John J. Mack says. Time to cut the “Red Tape” The regulatory oversight now is dramatic […]
Dublin, a Future Hub for Financial Firms Fleeing Brexit $BAC, $HSBC, $GS, $MS, $JPM Britain’s plans to leave the EU have a Silver Lining is expanding daily along the banks of the River Liffey, a likely post-Brexit refuge for London’s City banking operations. Dublin’s financial district stretches for nearly a mile on both banks of […]
Major US Investment Banks Prepared for Election Volatility $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX The major US investment banks, including Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), JPMorgan Chase & Co.(NYSE:JPM) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.(NYSE:GS), are bracing for potential confusion and disorder on financial markets in the wake of Tuesday’s US Presidential election. Bank preparations ahead of the US election […]
This Week on Wall Street, Bank Earnings in the Headlights $JPM, $GS, $MS, $BAC, $DB, $USB Banks are definitely in the headlights this earnings season, and there is caution in the market, Q-2 was not strong economical. Financials have been the worst performing of the 10 major S&P 500 sector groups this year, down nearly […]
Elon Musk Buys His Company’s Stocks & Bonds on Credit, Pledges His Shares $TSLA, $SCTY, $GS, $MS Elon Musk is Risky Business SolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ:SATY) has tried in vain since October 2014 to lure individual (retail) investors to the solar-power business by pitching $214-M of what he dubs “solar bonds” through the company’s website. The […]