SchaeffersResearch.com Market Observations 17 September 2010 Featured No Comment

Ford Motor Company (F) received a bullish note from the brokerage bunch on Thursday, as analysts at Barclays Capital upgraded the automaker from “equal weight” to “overweight.” Barclays said that F’s recent successes in the U.S. market have translated into strong earnings power for the automaker.Thursday’s positive analyst attention was a bit unusual for F, which currently sports five “strong buy” ratings, compared to six “holds” and one “strong sell.” In other words, most analysts are falling at the skeptical end of the spectrum when it comes to F.Nevertheless, as a result of the upgrade, option traffic was heavy on F on Thursday, as evidenced by the car company’s many appearances in the Schaeffer’s Most Active Options filter…(Read More)