Is Netflix Really a $225 Stock?
courtesy of Netflix Inc.If Wall St. got way too bullish and then way too bearish on one stock, it would be Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). Analysts and investors chased it all the way up,…
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Newest first · Page 340Stern Agee Remains Very Bullish as Housing Data Keeps Rising
Flickr, Images of MoneyThe housing data keeps rolling in stronger and stronger for the U.S. economy. What is at issue is whether investors should keep paying up and up for housing stocks. Rather than…
Sales of New Homes Struggled Last Month
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau this morning released data on new single-family home sales for February. Sales fell 4.6% month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 411,000, from an upwardly revised January sales figure…
Consumer Confidence Plunges Unexpectedly in March
ThinkstockThe Conference Board is out with its March 2013 reading of consumer confidence. This is much broader than the “sentiment” report from the University of Michigan, but it is also released later in the…
House Price Increases at Six-Year High
ThinkstockThe S&P/Case-Shiller home price index for January was higher for the 10th consecutive month. The 20-city composite rose 8.1% year-over-year, slightly below the consensus estimate for a gain of 8.2%, but above the December…
UBS Very Bullish on Unusual List of Housing Recovery Stocks (HD, LOW, TWO, FRC, AMP, C, CMCSA, F, GNW, MET, MHK, SWK, TWC, TJX, WFC)
ThinkstockEverybody in the business of writing, reporting or talking about stocks and the stock market has highlighted the spectacular run of the housing stocks since the March 2009 low. Every firm on Wall St.…
Huge Gain in February Durable Goods Not What It Seems
ThinkstockDurable goods is one of the more volatile economic readings because it involves so many big ticket items from so many different segments of the economy. The headline number on durable goods for the…
Housing Inventory Creeps out of the Shadows
ThinkstockIn January of this year, the shadow inventory of U.S. homes declined by 18% to 2.2 million units, from 2.6 million units in January 2012. Shadow inventory refers to the number of properties that…
Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (APC, AAPL, BSFT, CAT, EA, FIO, GMAN, BTU, RFMD, TI)
Jon OggInvestors and traders are constantly looking for new ideas that will generate profits. 24/7 Wall St. looks over research calls from all over to find great ideas, from value stocks to dividends to…
MLPs Raise Mountains of Capital (BWP, CLMT, CMLP, DPM, EPB, EROC, EPD, EXLP, HEP, HFC, LRE, MEMP, MCEP, CPNO, KMP, KYN)
ThinkstockMaster limited partnerships (MLPs) have been great vehicles for investors wanting to participate in growth and income-oriented investing. While these payouts generally are deemed return of capital rather than classic dividends, they have high…
China Slams Apple Customer Service
ThinkstockThe official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party fired a shot over the bow of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) yesterday, claiming that the company refuses interview requests and that Apple’s response to a critical…
Deutsche Bank Picks Best Money Center and Regional Banks (C, JPM, FITB, PNC, TCF, USB)
ThinkstockWe have reported in great detail about the importance of sector leadership in fulfilling the potential for a secular bull market rally. The Dow Theory maintains that major market trends depend on how the…
ZIOPHARM Joins Biotech Implosion Watch After Sarcoma Failure
ThinkstockZIOPHARM Oncology Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIOP) is on implosion watch. The small-cap biotech is indicated to be way down on a major disappointment on its Phase 3 trial of palifosfamide for the treatment of metastatic…
Hopes Dwindle for Eurozone Economic Recovery
ThinkstockStandard & Poor’s has put another nail in the coffin of the prospects of a recovery of the eurozone. The rating agency says it expects the region’s gross domestic product to shrink this year…
Big Cypriot Bank Depositors Should Brace for Big Losses
ThinkstockCyprus’s Finance Minister Michael Sarris told the BBC that large depositors with money in the nation’s banks could lose up to 40% in taxes and levies, much more than has been assumed recently. The…