Texas Instruments, helped earlier in the week by a favorable brokerage report, gained 1 1/2, to 146 1/2; National Semiconductor 1/2, to 15 1/4; ITT 1/2, to 48, and General Electric 1 1/2, to 79 3/4.
Consider this example from a brokerage report about America Online aol : "…leveraging the company's more than 22 million eyeballs".
Many investors learn analysts' opinions not from reading brokerage reports but from news media reports.
Much research in Asia consists of "flattering brokerage reports of large stocks in need of financing," Mr. Young said.
It gathered data on 38 countries from energy associations, bank and brokerage reports, investor presentations, the International Energy Agency and a score of other sources.
Every morning, in his rooms at King's College, Cambridge, he spent about half an hour in bed studying the financial pages and various brokerage reports.
I imagine that for some people, this might require stressful activities like poring over monthly brokerage reports, engaging in heartfelt conversations with financial advisers or even balancing a year's worth of bank statements.
The monetary terms of the lease were not disclosed, but average asking rents for Class B buildings in the area have been in the low $30's per square foot, according to brokerage reports.
Despite the addition of 2.7 million square feet of new Class A space, the brokerage reported, the vacancy rate for last year dropped 0.1percentt from the previous year's 8.5percentt.
At the same time, annual average asking rents rose to $22.77 a square foot from $21.22, with the rent for Class A space -- generally the most modern and best-located buildings, which is most in demand -- rising from $26.57 to $28.50, the brokerage reported.
The omission of information in brokerage reports is widespread.
