TD Newcrest

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/02/09 -- Worldwide intelligence-based advisory firm Brendan Wood International (BWI)'s TopGun Press today released the results of its 30th annual Equity Research, Sales and Trading Report. The Brendan Wood Panel consists of over 200 of Canada's largest and most influential buy-side portfolio managers and traders who provided in-depth rankings of analysts, sales professionals and traders based on who they 'vote to pay' and why. The BWI Panel also nominated the most influential analysts on over 100 of Canada's largest stocks. A TopGun analyst is one who finishes in the top three in his/her individual sector. The 2009 study saw 33 TopGuns rise to prominence who were not in the top 3 last year, with 19 of those analysts being nominated as a TopGun for the first time in their careers. The 2009 TopGun Analysts ranking 1st in their sector are: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 2, 2009) - Worldwide intelligence-based advisory firm Brendan Wood International (BWI)'s TopGun Press today released the results of its 30th annual Equity Research, Sales and Trading Report. The Brendan Wood Panel consists of over 200 of Canada's largest and most influential buy-side portfolio managers and traders who provided in-depth rankings of analysts, sales professionals and traders based on who they 'vote to pay' and why. The BWI Panel also nominated the most influential analysts on over 100 of Canada's largest stocks. A TopGun analyst is one who finishes in the top three in his/her individual sector. The 2009 study saw 33 TopGuns rise to prominence who were not in the top 3 last year, with 19 of those analysts being nominated as a TopGun for the first time in their careers. The 2009 TopGun Analysts ranking 1st in their sector are: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

TD Newcrest upgrades Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) from Buy to Action List Buy.

TD analyst says, "We have several reasons for making Barrick our top pick among the senior gold producers: 1. The 42% return to our target price is the highest within the senior producer group. 2. Barrick’s P/NAV, at 1.49x, is below the senior average of 1.55x and only slightly ...

TD Newcrest downgrades TransAlta Corp. (NYSE: TAC) to Hold. Price target lowered from $25 to $22.

TD analyst says, "TransAlta’s Q3/09 normalized EPS of $0.28 was below our $0.46 estimate, recent consensus of $0.41 and Q3/08 normalized EPS of ...

Good morning. Stocks headed higher out of the gate on Monday on the back of some better than expected economic news out of South Korea (of all places). And before I could find my second Diet Coke of the morning, the Dow was pushing higher by more than 100 points. So, with traders assuming that if South Korea can grow its economy, the U.S. should be able to as well, it looked like Friday’s economic fears were long gone and happy days were here again.

But then it happened. At about 11:05 am eastern time, the rally abruptly ended and stocks began to dive in a manner we haven’t experienced since early March. Within 15 minutes the gains in the stock market were gone. And 30 minutes after that, the Dow found itself down triple digits.

Since I’ve gone out of my way lately to opine that stocks don’t make ...