Keefe Bruyette & Woods

Few stocks have been immune from the broad market's two-day tumble. Among the punished are companies with direct exposure to the exchange traded funds industry. This week, shares of BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK), the world's largest assets manager and ETF issuer and WisdomTree Investments...

Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) underperformed in its July 13 second-quarter earnings report, but Keefe, Bruyette & Woods saw enough positive signals in the print to raise EPS estimates for the bank.  The Analyst Analyst Brian Kleinhanzl upgraded Wells Fargo from Market Perform...

A Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst zerored in on three reasons to be incrementally positive on the insurance holding company James River Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: JRVR) despite recent underperformance. The Analyst Keefe Bruyette & Woods analyst Meyer Shields upgraded James River...

Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded mostly flat in early pre-market trade. Data on nonfarm payrolls and unemployment rate for the latest week will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET, while data on wholesale trade inventories for January will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. Chicago Federal Reserve Bank...

Market volatility has returned in 2018, and that could be good news for online brokers. In fact, one analyst has upgraded two popular online brokers and says there could be earnings beats on the horizon. The Analyst Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Kyle Voigt upgraded TD Ameritrade Holding...

Bank Of The Ozarks Inc (NASDAQ: OZRK) reported fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday, with an EPS that fell in-line with the consensus estimate.  The Analyst Keefe, Bruyette And Woods' Catherine Mealor downgraded Bank of the Ozarks from Outperform to Market Perform and reiterated a $56...

Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade. A report on U.S. international trade in goods for November and initial jobless claims for the recent week will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 40 points to 24,828.00, while...

Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded slightly higher in early pre-market trade. The Consumer Price Index for November will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. The Federal Open Market Committee will announce its policy decision at 2:00 p.m. ET, while the Fed Chair Janet Yellen will hold a press...

Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade. Data on nonfarm payrolls and unemployment rate for November will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET, while the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index for December and data on wholesale trade inventories for October...

Despite posting strong second-quarter earnings, shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) took a plunge, closing down almost 6 percent on Tuesday. The reason was poor trading results, which were down 40 percent for the quarter. In response to the report, Keefe Bruyette & Woods analyst Brian...