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The earnings crunch is on this week. Among the scheduled quarterly reports from the financial sector are those from American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. The tech sector will be represented by earnings reports from IBM, Intel, Microsoft,...

Bob Doll, BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK) Chief Equity Strategist, believes Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) widely expected dividend is an inevitable. "Apple has had a massive run, at least some of it on the back of its massive cash flow on the balance sheet and the inevitable, that they will give us a dividend,"...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

This week will offer a good look at the state of the financial sector as many of the big banks share their fourth-quarter results. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) broke the ice on Friday, reporting a decline in earnings that was more than analysts had estimated. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Goldman Sachs (...

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Investor groups said to be vying for $9.65 billion in U.S. property loans held by Anglo Irish Bank include those led by Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), Centerbridge Capital Partners, TPG Capital and Cerberus Capital Management. The deadline for bids was yesterday. The Dublin-based bank was...

Earnings season ramps up this week with quarterly reports due from the likes of tech companies such as IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), big banks such as Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), and consumer goods giants such as PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and Johnson &...

Wells Fargo is out with its report today on BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), maintaining Outperform. In a note to clients, Wells Fargo writes, "We are lowering our 2011 adjusted EPS estimate from $12.83 to $12.66 and our 2012 adjusted EPS estimate from $14.58 to $14.35. For the period April 1 through June...

Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. Legg Mason (NYSE: LM) had its rating upgraded from Hold to Buy. At the same time, its price target was raised from $36 to $38. On Tuesday, Legg Mason added 0.5% to its value to end the day at $31.94....

Deutsche Bank has changed the price target on the following companies: Artio Global Investors (NYSE: ART) Hold, PT from $16 to $14 BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) Buy, PT from $230 to $225 Cohen & Steers (NYSE: CNS) Hold, PT from $33 to $34 Invesco (NYSE: IVZ) Buy, PT from $31 to $30 Janus...