Strong 10-Year Treasury Auction
ThinkstockWhat generally happens after bond yields rise? At least some investors decide to go chase the yield at a new Treasury note auction and that is what we have just witnessed from the $20…
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Courtesy Herbalife Ltd.In a press release this morning, the National Consumers League (NCL) called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to “investigate recent allegations that the multi-level marketing company Herbalife is, in actuality, a…
Forensic Accounting ETF Names New A and F Graded Stocks (FLAG, HD, F, COL, TRIP, LMT, ANF, BRCM)
Jon OggThe Forensic Accounting ETF (NYSEMKT: FLAG) is still new and trying to gain traction in an ETF marketplace that is very crowded. What makes this one unique is that it “flags” accounting issues…
Credit Suisse Gets More Selective on MLPs, High Payouts Await (TRGP, GEL, ACMP, PAA, EPB, KMI, TTLP, EQM, CVRR, AMJ, KYN)
Thinkstock About a month ago, analysts at Credit Suisse AG (NYSE: CS) touted several master limited partnerships (MLPs) with Overweight ratings and raised price targets. The companies in that list included Targa Resources Corp.…
Ten Big Secondary Stock Offerings at Once, Almost $1.7 Billion Total (BNNY, TEU, EROC, ESC, HTWR, IMRS, STNG, SUI, WAGE, YNDX)
As the stock market keeps rising and rising, investors need to pay attention to how many companies are raising capital via secondary stock offerings. Some of these secondary stock offerings are for the benefit…
CEO Optimism Rises for Sales and Capital Spending, but Not for Jobs
ThinkstockThe Business Roundtable (BRT) released its first-quarter CEO Economic Outlook Survey for 2013, showing that average CEO economic expectations for the coming six-month period have improved for first time in four quarters. Unfortunately, CEO…
U.S. Crude Inventory Up, Gasoline Down on Refinery Maintenance
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories increased by 2.6 million barrels last week, bringing the total U.S. commercial crude inventory to 384…
Strong IPO Debut for Silver Spring Networks
ThinkstockSilver Spring Networks Inc. (NYSE: SSNI) is another strong debut for initial public offerings in 2013. Shares opened up 29% at $21.15, versus the price of $17.00 per share. Silver Spring sold only 4.75…
BofA/Merrill Lynch Top Five Small-Cap Alpha Stocks in the Russell 2000 (QCOR, ALK, ABFS, VHS, LEAP)
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) has released a Small-Cap Alpha Surprise list from Merrill Lynch of small-cap stocks from the Russell 2000 for March. Of the 23 picks, eight were in health care,…
Secondary Offering Doesn’t Outweigh Cash for Russian Search Engine
ThinkstockRussia’s largest search engine, Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: YNDX), announced a secondary offering of more than 24 million shares after markets closed last night, and the stock promptly fell 8%. But all is forgiven this…
UBS Offers Eight Stocks to Buy That Will Lead the Infrastructure Build Out (ACM, FLR, FWLT, JEC, PWR, TPC, URS, WG)
ThinkstockAfter spending almost a trillion dollars in stimulus money following the market meltdown and Great Recession that started in 2008, the American taxpayer did not get a whole lot for their money. Many people…
A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Down
ThinkstockU.S. sugar growers and processors have long been criticized for taking a disproportionate share of government support for sugar beet and sugar cane crops. And it appears that another substantial subsidy is on its…
Five Big Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades for Wednesday (BA, WAG, WMT, YUM, ZTS)
24/7 Wall St. has seen many analyst upgrades and downgrades this Wednesday, but there are several calls which really stand out in key companies. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) was reiterated with a “Buy” rating…
Retail Sales Make Sigificant Recovery in February Data
ThinkstockSo remember the very real impact from the payroll taxes on retail sales and consumer spending? The latest round of retail sales is magically showing that somehow the impact might have been very temporary…
UBS Stock Picks for the Next Stage of the Bull Market (CBS, TSO, NBL, VLO, APC, PKI, UPS, JDSU)
Typically in the investing world, if everybody expects an event, the opposite happens. In March of 2009 after a brutal sell-off had knocked the S&P 500 down almost 60% from its 2007 high, there…