James Faucette

Fintech company GreenSky LLC (NASDAQ: GSKY) traded on a public market for the first time in late May. The equity's "quiet period" expired Monday, and multiple Street analysts released research reports to clients. The Analysts Sandler O'Neill's Christopher Donat...

First Data Corp (NYSE: FDC) hosted its investor day Tuesday morning, and the presentation was mostly cheered by Street analysts. The Analysts Bernstein's Harshita Rawat maintained an Outperform rating on First Data with a price target lifted from $22 to $24. Morgan Stanley's...

With the stock down 14 percent year-to-date, one analyst said Thursday that Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) may have more long-term earnings power than the market realizes. The Analyst Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette upgraded Corning from Equal-Weight to Overweight and raised the price...

Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) confirmed it will acquire Sweden-based iZettle, a financial technology startup that sells credit card readers with a presence across Europe and South America. The move pits Paypal directly against Square Inc (NYSE: SQ), according to Morgan Stanley. The Analyst...

LendingClub Corp (NYSE: LC) shares plunged nearly 14 percent Wednesday but began to recover Thursday after the Federal Trade Commission accused the firm of deceptive practices. Even now, though, the Street’s bulls aren’t retreating. The Rating Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette...

As an investment asset class, bitcoin gained momentum in 2017, rising 1,300 percent.The crypto also began to gain traction as a medium of exchange. Despite the hype surrounding bitcoin, one analyst at Morgan Stanley doesn't see the digital currency posing a real threat to Paypal Holdings...

The optical space boasts multiple demand drivers from facial recognition, telecom companies looking to expand bandwidth, and the industrial/semicap sectors requiring optical products, Morgan Stanley says. But at the same time the optical space has been challenged by fragmentation, a highly...

Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) hit a new multiyear high of $45.10 Thursday morning after the company's fiscal second-quarter earnings report came in better than expected and the low end of management's Q3 guidance exceeded Wall Street forecasts. The Analysts Morgan...

Peer-to-peer lending company LendingClub Corp (NYSE: LC) hosted its 2017 Investor Day on Thursday. The optimistic message relayed at the event was tempered by the muted guidance issued by the company, according to a Morgan Stanley analyst.  The Analyst Morgan Stanley analyst James...

Shares of Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) erased early morning losses Thursday and were trading higher by around 0.50 percent in reaction to the company's third-quarter earnings report and guidance. Morgan Stanley: 'Unsurprisingly' Strong Quarter Morgan Stanley's James Faucette maintains an...