Raymond James Financial News

Carl Mahler stood before a group of fellow financial advisers recently and voiced frustration and fear that a fundamental tenet of investing had been proved wrong.

Who's Talking : Jeffrey Saut, Chief Investment Strategist at Raymond James. The Gist : Saut still believes in his recent predictions about the future of the U.S. equity market: U.S. stocks will follow the pattern of the 2003 recovery, when the market "flopped and chopped" until the fall, but "never gave up much ground." For that trend to hold, says ...

Of the 500 stocks in the S&P 500, fewer than 20 have actually risen in value in the economic downturn of the past 18 months.

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Shares of the following companies made notable moves in the stock market on Monday: Gainers Allscripts-Mysis Healthcare shares gained 12%. Raymond James upgraded the stock of the information-technology provider to outperform from market perform.

ATLANTA, GA, July 03, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Atlanta Business Chronicle has named JP Turner & Company, LLC one of Atlanta's Top 10 Brokerage Firms.

Synnex Corp. shares hit their highest point ever Wednesday as analysts lauded the company's growing profit margins, gains in market share and strong third-quarter guidance.

Excerpt from Raymond James strategist Jeffrey Saut's latest essay, published Monday : ...If the markets have embarked on a new worldwide bull market the "new leaders" are likely to be emerging and frontier markets.

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Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 1:45 p.m. in New York.

Planning for retirement is getting more and more challenging these days. Pensions seem to be part of the past and more companies are pulling their 401k matching programs.

The latest came courtesy of Raymond James, which boosted its rating on the stock to "market perform" from "underperform," and opined that ETFC has limited further downside.

Channelweb.com recently surveyed solution providers to get their take on the state of the networking market.

Shares of Analog Devices Inc. climbed Thursday after a Raymond James analyst upgraded the chip maker, saying it is "getting into fighting shape" by cutting expenses, which could boost its margins.

E*Trade Financial Corp. has garnered three upgrades in as many days this week. On Monday, Fox-Pitt upped the equity from Underperform to In Line, while FBR on Tuesday raised its opinion from Underperform to Outperform.

Airline sector's double whammy BNN Video Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2009 05:22PM EDT As a sick economy and stubbornly high fuel costs hobble airlines, BNN talks to Ben Cherniavsky from Raymond James to find out what an investor should do.

Canadian Western Trust Company has been appointed as trustee for all self-directed registered and education savings plans administered by investment dealer Raymond James Ltd., the company announced on Thursday.

Published: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 4:02 p.m. Raymond James & Associates has agreed to a censure and a $1 million fine to settle charges involving stock loan practices.

Lincoln National Corp. flew top insurance agents and company executives to a Maui resort the week before accepting almost $1 billion in U.S. bailout funds, two people with knowledge of the trip said.

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all purchasers of the common stock of Raymond James Financial, Inc.