Wall Street Awaits Fed Decision. The FOMC will be wrapping up their two day policy meeting
today and Wall Street will be watching closely. Economists are now more confident
now that the Fed won't signal the end of its QE program, but their policy
statement will be analyzed closely for any hints that the Fed may end their QE
program in the future or begin to raise interest rates.
Upgrades:
Adobe Systems (ADBE): BofA
Merrill Lynch raised their rating from Neutral to Buy and raised their target price from $47.00 to $57.00. Pre-market: 46.57 +3.21 (7.40%)
Ball Corp (BLL): RW Baird raised their rating from Neutral to Outperform and raised their target
price from $48.00 to $50.00.
Toll Brothers (TOLL): Argus raised their rating from Hold to Buy and placed a target price of $42.00 on the company. Pre-market: 34.49 +0.45 (1.32%)
Downgrades:
American Eagle (AEO): Citigroup lowered their rating from Buy to Neutral and lowered their target price from $23.00 to $21.00. Pre-market: 18.75 -0.41 (-2.14%)
Brown & Brown (BRO): William
Blair lowered their rating from Outperform to Market Perform.
News Corp (NWSA): BTIG lowered
their rating from Outperform to Neutral.
Pre-market: 31.75 +0.19 (0.60%)
Research in Motion (BBRY): Bernstein lowered their rating from Market Perform to Underperform and lowered their target
price from $15.00 to $10.00. Pre-market: 14.51 -0.33 (-2.22%)
Sprint Nextel (S): Macquarie
lowered their rating from Outperform to Neutral
and placed a target price of $8.00 on the company. Pre-market: 7.11 -0.21 (-2.87%)
Coverage Initiated:
Coca-Cola (KO): Credit
Suisse initiated coverage with a Outperform
rating and target price of $48.00. Pre-market: 41.05 +0.12 (0.29%)
Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS): Credit Suisse initiated coverage with a Neutral rating and target price of $50.00.
PepsiCo (PEP): Credit
Suisse initiated coverage with a Neutral
rating and target price of $87.00.
Teva Pharm (TEVA): Maxim
initiated coverage with a Buy rating
and target price of $56.00.
Earning Reports:
Actuant (ATU): Reported
EPS of $0.62 beating estimates by $0.04. Pre-market: 33.70 +0.62 (1.87%)
Adobe Systems (ADBE): Reported EPS of $0.36 beating estimates by $0.02. Pre-market: 46.40 +3.04 (7.01%)
FedEx (FDX): Reported EPS of $2.13
beating estimates by $0.18. Pre-market: 98.99 -0.49 (-0.49%)
La-Z-Boy (LZB): Reported EPS of
$0.30 beating estimates by $0.02. After Hours: 19.91 -0.37 (-1.82%)
Markets:
Futures at 7:31: Dow +0.10%. S&P -0.05%. Nasdaq +0.13%. Crude +0.17% to $98.62. Gold +0.31 at $1371.20.
Futures at 7:31: Dow +0.10%. S&P -0.05%. Nasdaq +0.13%. Crude +0.17% to $98.62. Gold +0.31 at $1371.20.
Europe:
London -0.53%.
Paris -0.71%.
Frankfurt -0.29%.
Asia: Japan +1.83% to
13245. Hong Kong -1.13% to 20987. China-0.73% to 2143. India +0.12% to
19246.
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