Webster Financial (WBS) was upgraded today by analysts at Barclays Capital and the stock is now at $12.89, up $1.36 (11.8%) on volume of 512,867 shares traded. The brokerage u...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

BloggingStocks: Analyst upgrades: Keefe Bruyette upgraded Blackstone Group (BX) to outperform from market perform following the company's Q3 results and maintains an $18.50 price target on shares. Baird upgraded Astec (ASTE) to outperform from neutral ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Analyst upgrades: FBR Capital upgraded AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) to Market Perform from Underperform on valuation following the company's Q4 results but lowered its target on shares to $134 from $137. Citigroup upgraded Calpine (NYSE: CPN) to Buy ... Read more

I thought the readers of TBP might be interested in where we are with the development of our bank ratings and also which banks we actively follow as part of the IRA Advisory Service. Of note, we’ve also built a new theme park for our consumer users: www.irabankratings.com. Over the past four years,  we have established [...]

I thought the readers of TBP might be interested in where we are with the development of our bank ratings and also which banks we actively follow as part of the IRA Advisory Service. Of note, we’ve also built a new theme park for our consumer users: www.irabankratings.com. Over the past four years,  we have established [...]

I notice that Jim Cramer is yowling on TheStreet.com today, pounding the table on US Bancorp (NYSE:USB) and Webster Savings Bank (NYSE:WBS).  Jim, how much you want to buy?  These institutions are going to be shoveling money into the furnace for another 3-4 quarters.  We’ll have a post up on TBP tomorrow [...]