Buyers came back from the holidays ready to resume the buying we saw toward the end of last week. Volume finished fairly string with 5.2 Billion shares traded on the NYSE and 1.95 Billion shares traded on the Nasdaq. Commodity stocks ran higher with euphoria surrounding oil, gold, and metals/mining plays. We saw big gains from the likes of BHP Billiton ( BHP ) , Freeport McMoran ( FCX ), Transocean Ltd. ( RIG ), and Massey Energy ( MEE ) . We saw a barrage of positive W

Filed under: Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , General Electric (GE) , Amer Intl Group (AIG) , Harley-Davidson (HOG) , Analyst initiations Analyst upgrades: Bernstein upgraded Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC ) to Outperform from Market Perform based on relative valuation and expectations the company will repay TARP without a capital raise. The firm raised its target to $34 from $26. Thomas Weisel upgraded Ticketmaster (NASDAQ: TKTM ) to Overweight from

CHICAGO, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for GE, DOW, JNPR, HOG, and ZION. Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts are available at http://www.iotogo.com/s/083109A (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), Juniper Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: JNPR), Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: H

Critical Alerts for Intel, eBay, Harley-Davidson, Abercrombie Fitch, and Legg Mason Released By Seven Summits ResearchCHICAGO, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ — Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for INTC, EBAY, HOG, ANF, and LM.Seven Summits Strategic Investments’ PriceWatch Alerts are available at http://www.iotogo.com/s/080409C (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.)Today’s PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session: Before Market Opens: Economics: 8:30am ET Initial Jobless Claims for the week of 7/11 - Street expects 552K 9am ET Net Long-Term TIC Flows for May - Street expects $7.5B Earnings: Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB) - consensus EPS $0.97 Genuine Parts (NYSE: GPC) - consensus EPS $0.62 Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) - consensus EPS $0.25 Insteel Industries (Nasdaq: IIIN) - consensus loss $0.05 JPMorgan