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SingMee.com Is a Revolutionary New Way to Send a Song, Listen to Your Music Collection, Favorite Radio Station, or Listen to a Live News Broadcast Using ANY TELEPHONE From Anywhere in the World
BloggingStocks: Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) makes it easier to search for websites, e-mail messages, passages from books and videos. Where you haven't heard much about Google's search capabilities -- or Google in general -- is the music business.
But, that's about to ... Read more
BloggingStocks: RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK) is profitable again! The online media company that provides music and other entertainment cut its way into the black, getting rid of the costs that were getting in the way. It wasn't much of a profit, only $1.5 million for ... Read more
RealNetworks, Inc. (NASDAQ:RNWK) is a digital entertainment company that provides digital media services and software. It is known for Rhapsody, a subscription- and advertising-funded music service that offers downloads and on-demand streaming services; RadioPass, an Internet radio subscription...
JP Morgan gave the Internet Software & Services industry some bad news as it announced a downgrade on one of its stocks.
RealNetworks Inc. (RNWK) [Chart - News - Analysis] was downgraded from Neutral » Underweight on 9/11/2009. FYI, JP Morgan uses the following rating scale when analyzing stocks: Overweight, Neutral, Underweight.
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RealNetworks Inc. has an average analyst recommendation score of 2.8 and competes with Symantec Corporation (SYMC) [Chart - News - Analysis] and Citrix Systems, Inc. (CTXS) [Chart - News - Analysis]---two other stocks in the Internet Software & Services industry that have average analyst recommendation scores of 2.2 and 2.9 respectively.
Analyst recommendations are averaged and scored using the following rating scale:
- 1.0 = Strong Buy
- 2.0 = Buy
- 3.0 = Hold
- 4.0 = Sell
- 5.0 = Strong Sell
Why are Upgrades and Initiations Good and Downgrades Bad?
One event that is almost certain to get a reaction from Wall Street is an analyst upgrade or downgrade. Everyone is looking for an edge in the stock market, and quite often, traders turn to stock analysts to get that edge.
Upgrades and coverage initiations are typically good for stocks because they show that analysts either believe that the stock is going to perform better in the future or that the stock is worth covering and providing analysis on.
Downgrades are typically bad for stocks because they show that analysts believe that the stock is going to perform worse in the future.
A stock analysts is a person---typically employed by a large bank, investment firm or analysis company---who devotes his/her life to learning and making predictions about a company and its future performance.
Stock analysts sift through company reports and filings, talk to company management, probe customers and competitors and basically do whatever they can to find out if a company is healthy and growing or sick and shrinking. Because this is incredibly demanding work, stock analysts typically only monitor one or two companies at a time.
BloggingStocks: Analyst upgrades:
FBR Capital upgraded Ann Taylor (NYSE: ANN) to Outperform from Market Perform to reflect a recovery in the missy sector and the company's product improvement. The firm raised its target on shares to $19 from $13.
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