JPMorgan

The company was on top of the world. Now it's on the cusp of bankruptcy, an asset shakeup, or some other development that will undoubtedly change the face of the BlackBerry maker. It all started with the simple announcement that Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) had hired a couple of banks to "...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are mixed this morning. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 3 points to 12,533.00 and S&P 500 index futures rose 0.90 points to 1,323.50. Nasdaq 100 futures gained 5.25 points to 2,541.50. A Peek Into Global Markets European markets were...

The new earnings season kicks off this week when Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and Novellus (NASDAQ: NVLS) report second-quarter results on Monday after the closing bell. That is followed by Marriott (NYSE: MAR) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) on Wednesday, JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) on Thursday...

J.P. Morgan is out with a research note this morning, where it suggests that traders look to sell calls against their long stock position in Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN). The JPM analysts cited a recent fundamental report, which stated that the company's analyst day arose more questions than...

JPMorgan reduced the price target for Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) from $27.00 to $26.00 and maintained a Neutral rating. JPMorgan analysts considers Unum Group stock to be among the most defensive stocks in the life group. The firm believes that deployment of excess capital for share repurchases should...

Rod Hall, James M Kisner and Rajat Gupta, analysts at JPMorgan, recommend an Overweight rating for Qualcomm (NASDAQ, QCOM), a provider of digital wireless telecommunications products. The stock has been trading at $36.16 and the target price is $40.50. The company beat analysts’ estimates in its...

Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) expect their 2010 revenue growth, with $978 million in Q2, to be in line with their 20% long term growth target. Although the midpoint Q3 guidance and details calculated by analysts at J.P. Morgan show minimum Q4 of$1.08, above consensus, they sense potential...

Analysts at JPMorgan released a research note earlier today on Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ: VECO). In their earnings preview, they expected "a strong print and for MOCVD order growth to continue." While noting concern on the supply-demand balance in the LED sector, they remained positive on its...

Analysts with JPMorgan published a research note yesterday highlighting a problem with Navistar International (NYSE: NAV)'s fuel efficiency tests. NAV recently announced results from independent, third-party testing which suggest that its new 2010 ProStar+ Class 8 tractor with the MaxxForce 13...

JPMorgan analysts feel that life insurance stocks would not trade in individual company fundamentals. Instead, they will continue to move as a sector on a macro trend, outperforming the broader markets over the next year. Though the firm feels that the equity market drop in 2Q10 would pressure...