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Private Credit Market Sees Opportunity Amid Donald Trump's Tariff Policies, Moody's Reports
Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 3:40pm | 430President Donald Trump‘s tariff policies are said to be providing a significant boost to the private credit market. What Happened: This comes as companies are projected to shift operations to the U.S. and decrease their dependence on global supply chains, as per...
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This Boston Beer Analyst Turns Bullish; Here Are Top 5 Upgrades For Today.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - 9:18am | 418Top Wall Street analysts changed their outlook on these top names. For a complete view of all analyst rating changes, including upgrades and downgrades, please see our analyst ratings page. Jefferies analyst Kaumil Gajrawala upgraded The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (NYSE:SAM) from Hold to Buy and...
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Debt Ceiling Standoff Fallout — Fitch Ratings Puts US AAA Rating On Negative Watch
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 10:14pm | 411It was Wall Street that showed the first signs of cracks on Tuesday as debt ceiling stand-off continued to drag on without any resolution. Now, as politicians on both sides appear to drag the impasse to the wire, Fitch ratings, on Wednesday, placed the ‘AAA’ Long-Term Foreign-Currency...
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Thousands Of Meta Workers Receive Poor Performance Ratings, Signaling Potential Layoffs: Report
Saturday, February 18, 2023 - 11:29am | 580Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) has reportedly given poor ratings to thousands of employees in the company's latest performance reviews. The leadership team at Meta "expects the ratings to lead more employees to leave in the coming weeks...
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How AMC Juggernaut 'The Walking Dead' Will Live On
Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 7:40am | 491AMC Networks (NASDAQ: AMCX) saw its stock climb from 2011 to 2015, in large part thanks to the popularity of “The Walking Dead.” The company will now have to rely on spinoffs and other content as it says goodbye to its ratings giant. What Happened: AMC Networks announced its popular...
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How Analyst Ratings Can Help You Pick The Right Stocks
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 11:22am | 694Traders are known to have strong convictions on how any given stock is going to perform. Most traders are also seasoned enough to take these passing opinions on future price action with a grain of salt. Nonetheless, there are those whose informed opinion might just be worth listening to....
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Fitch Ratings Downgraded Its Rating On Freeport-McMoRan To BBB- With A Negative Outlook
Monday, January 11, 2016 - 4:55pm | 190Shares of Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE: FCX) tumbled to a new 52-week low of $4.24 on Monday. The company's rating was downgraded by Fitch Ratings on Friday afternoon with a Negative outlook. Fitch Ratings announced after Friday's market close that it downgraded the Issuer Default Rating...
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Piers Morgan Holding on, Thanks To Twitter?
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 4:21pm | 627Piers Morgan was replacing some big shoes when he stepped in at CNN, Ted Turner's brainchild and current Time Warner (NYSE:TWC) subsidiary. The results have been mixed, but Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) has helped keep his name and brand alive. Marc Berman, editor-in-chief of TV Media Insights,...
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The Ratings Agencies, Part I: Experts or Charlatans?
Sunday, August 21, 2011 - 11:58am | 970I hate hypocrites. It's no secret. I've stated it on countless occasions in previous commentaries. Supposedly, the Western legal system (the literal “foundation” of our democracies) “hates hypocrites” as well. To be specific, supposedly our legal systems don't allow a group of people to call...
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Socio-Economics Put China and India at Higher Investment Risk Than The U.S.
Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 5:44pm | 1461By EconMatters This week has turned out to be Wall Street's wildest week since 2008. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 519 points on Tuesday, Aug. 10, but then went up 423.37 points. But overall, Dow has now lost more than 2,000, or 16% since July 21, less than three weeks ago. The...