NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Dec 13, 2011) - Today, [ www.BrightonMarkets.com ] announced new reports highlighting Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: [ ALTR ]) and Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ XLNX ]). Gain market insight with full analysis and research downloads available at [ www.BrightonMarkets.com/index.php?coa=ALTR&cob=XLNX ].

Upcoming macro-economic 'tides of influence' are buoyed by crisis both home and abroad. Spanish and Italian yields continue to climb as efforts by the European Central Bank have stopped short of establishing sovereign bond guarantees for any one country. The result is historic yields and a grave concern for the solvency of interbank lending. Markets were drawn to concerns over domestic policy stalemates producing downgrade risks. Despite the situation, there continues to be unique value and opportunity found within careful discretion.

Brighton Markets is releasing new coverage on Altera Corporation for its current position within the technology industry. Altera Corporation is a semiconductor company. Altera designs, manufactures and markets programmable logic devices (PLDs), HardCopy application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), intellectual property (IP) cores and development software. The full research report on Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: [ ALTR ]) is available here: [ www.BrightonMarkets.com/index.php?coa=ALTR ].

Brighton Markets has released research on Xilinx, Inc. for its changing role within the technology industry. Xilinx, Inc. (Xilinx) designs, develops and markets programmable platforms. The full research report on Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ XLNX ]) is available here: [ www.BrightonMarkets.com/index.php?cob=XLNX ].

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