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• Safe-Haven Stocks in Software: Nomura Monday, 9 Jul 2012 | 4:38 PM ET

  Concerns about Europe and slowing IT spending in North America were central in Nomura’s decision to trim estimates for numerous software companies on Monday. One analyst said that while the sector is suffering, they may be safe haven for investors.

• June Job Creation at 80,000; Rate Holds Steady at 8.2% Friday, 6 Jul 2012 | 10:41 AM ET

  

  The U.S. economy created just 80,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate held steady at 8.2 percent, reflecting continued slow growth in the economy.

• Apple Is Easily a $700 or $750 Stock: Strategist Thursday, 5 Jul 2012 | 3:59 PM ET

  

  Despite several factors weighing on Apple’s stock price, one analyst forecast that the company’s upcoming release of a new iPhone would be a homerun for the company.

• Europe to Stall Travel Stocks’ Takeoff? Analysts Debate Tuesday, 3 Jul 2012 | 2:58 PM ET

  

  Although both Expedia and Priceline.com shares have surged this year, Europe presents a big question mark for travel stock analysts.

• Analysts Debate Whether Wal-Mart Boom Will Continue Monday, 2 Jul 2012 | 3:30 PM ET

  

  Fifty years after Wal-Mart Stores opened its first retail location, its shares hit another all-time high. Despite this jump, two analysts disagreed whether the stock still had room to rise.

• Analyst to RIM: Time to Sell, It’s ‘Now or Never’ Monday, 2 Jul 2012 | 3:14 PM ET

  

  While Daniel Ernst, technology analyst for Hudson Square Research, argues that Research In Motion still holds value for potential buyers, though its sell-by date is fast approaching. 

• Living Wills: Are Banks Just 'Planning Their Own Demise'? Monday, 2 Jul 2012 | 2:28 PM ET

  

  With American banks enmeshed in a fight for survival, they now have to show what happens if they don't make it.

• Analyst on Nike: ‘I’m Going to Stay Away From It’ Friday, 29 Jun 2012 | 4:32 PM ET

  

  After Nike posted its first quarterly earnings miss in two years, one analyst has downgraded the company’s stock amid concerns of slowing orders for greater China.

• Facebook Is a ‘Money-Making Opportunity’: Analyst Wednesday, 27 Jun 2012 | 5:13 PM ET

  

  A month after Facebook’s botched initial public offering, Wall Street analysts released more than a dozen highly anticipated reports detailing what they think of the company’s potential. For one analyst, the answer is a “money-making opportunity.”

• Despite Slowdown, Best Is Yet to Come: McDonald’s CEO Wednesday, 27 Jun 2012 | 11:49 AM ET

  

  Jim Skinner McDonald's outgoing CEO told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that the best is yet to come despite a slowdown in the U.S. and Europe.

• Strong Housing Numbers, Still Slow Recovery Wednesday, 27 Jun 2012 | 10:00 AM ET

  

  The number of home buyers signing contracts to buy existing homes jumped nearly six percent in May to the highest level since April of 2010.

• Analysts to Zynga: It’s Time to Move the Farm Tuesday, 26 Jun 2012 | 1:21 PM ET

  

  While Zynga’s stock price is suffering, and user growth stalls, Neil Doshi, Citi’s interactive entertainment analyst says more mobile apps, and less Facebook reliance should get the game back on.

• As Pharma Ticks Higher, Managing Directors Share Picks Monday, 25 Jun 2012 | 2:02 PM ET

  

  Despite the flurry of debate surrounding ObamaCare, which the U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on later this week, two managing directors emphasized the new products that will be emerging from pharmaceutical companies’ pipelines soon.

• Carnival Shows No Signs of Improvement: Analyst Friday, 22 Jun 2012 | 4:19 PM ET

  

  With headwinds such as the euro zone crisis and higher fuel costs, Carnival saw second-quarter profits plunge. Is this a temporary setback or can we expect more of the same?

• Chesapeake Outlook Is ‘Less and Less Plausible’: Analyst Thursday, 21 Jun 2012 | 1:46 PM ET

  

  Despite news that Chesapeake Energy has named a new chairman and four other independent directors, one analyst told CNBC that the company’s current guidance is looking “less and less plausible every day.”

• A Sweet Spot for Corporate Bonds: Fund Manager Thursday, 21 Jun 2012 | 12:10 PM ET

  In a slow growth economy, corporate bonds will hold their own against equities, Mark Kiesel, Pimco’s global head of corporate bond management and manager of its Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund told CNBC.

• Is Buying Procter a Gamble? Wednesday, 20 Jun 2012 | 4:54 PM ET

  

  Procter & Gamble shares fell nearly 3 percent after fourth-quarter earnings and revenue forecasts were lowered. Analyst Joseph Altobello tells CNBC that this appears to be a P&G-specific problem because it is losing market share to competitors.

• Forget Apple, Microsoft's Tablet Will Hurt HP, Dell and Others: Analyst Tuesday, 19 Jun 2012 | 12:28 PM ET

  

  Apple doesn't have to worry about Microsoft's Surface tablet, but other hardware makers sure do, Brian Marshall, an IT Hardware Analyst for ISI Group, told CNBC Tuesday on Squawk on the Street.

• Stocks Close Higher Amid Fed Action Hopes Tuesday, 19 Jun 2012 | 4:47 PM ET

  Stocks rallied Tuesday amid optimism that the Federal Reserve will announce further steps to help the economy following their two-day meeting, but finished off session highs after reports that a German official said there were no plans to use the EU's rescue fund to buy bonds of troubled countries.

• Mark Cuban on His Facebook Shares: ‘I Took a Beating’ Monday, 18 Jun 2012 | 12:56 PM ET

  

  Internet pioneer Mark Cuban has already cashed out of Facebook, selling all of his 150,000 Facebook shares, Cuban told CNBC Monday on Squawk on the Street.