5 Companies With Surprise Upside Earnings
With Chinese stocks crashing another 6% and oil pushing $40 a barrel, sometimes we need to be reminded that good things still happen in the corporate world. And indeed they do, as the past…
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Investors eyeing the high valuation tend to get trigger happy with the sell button at the slightest amount of bad news.
5 Top Tech Companies That Will Benefit From Huge Chip Breakthrough
ThinkstockOne thing that never changes in the dynamic world of technology, and especially in semiconductors, is the ability for change and new product innovation. Since the beginning, chip technology has evolved for faster speeds,…
Top 3 Cities for Cash Home Sales All in Florida
ThinkstockIn May of 2015, cash sales comprised 31.9% of all home sales, down from 35.1% in May of 2014, marking the 29th consecutive year-over-year monthly decline. Cash sales fell by 1.9 percentage points compared…
AutoNation Gets Even Larger
ThinkstockThe trend for auto dealership consolidation is continuing. AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN) is currently the largest car dealership chain owner in America, and now it is getting a tad larger. The company has signed…
TJX Looks at New All-Time High After Raising Outlook
ThinkstockThe TJX Companies Inc. (NYSE: TJX) reported second quarter 2016 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The discount retailer reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.80 on revenues of $7.4 billion. In the…
4 Jefferies Top Value Stock Picks To Buy Now
ThinkstockAs we head into the last two weeks of the dog-days of August investors are presented with the usual routine of cleaning out portfolios and getting ready for what could be an interesting fall.…
New Housing Starts Return Pre-Recession Levels
ThinkstockThe U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Tuesday morning that new housing starts in July rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.206 million, an increase of…
Esperion Updates Phase 2 Study and Keeps Volatility Traders Interested
ThinkstockEsperion Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESPR) had a huge move in Monday’s trading session as the result of an analyst upgrade but it looks like this company has kept the rally alive into Tuesday with…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Agilent, SanDisk, SunEdison, Urban Outfitters, Walt Disney and Many More
Jon OggStocks were indicated lower on Tuesday due to weak retail earnings and due to Chinese stock market weakness persisting. While the bull market is over six years old now, the one trend that…
4 Top Pharma Stocks That Should Outperform Out To 2016
ThinkstockWith a very nervous market, and the end of summer doldrums upon us, it may be time to look for ideas that will make sense when the market heats back up in the fall.…
Are Home Depot Earnings Really Good Enough For All-Time Highs?
Wikimedia CommonsThe Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) reported its fiscal second quarter financial results before the markets opened on Tuesday. The home improvement giant had $1.71 in earnings per share (EPS) on $24.8 billion…
Should Walmart Really Be Hitting 52-Week Lows After Earnings?
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) reported second quarter 2016 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The retailing giant posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.08 on total revenues of…
Latest Boeing Tanker Snafu Crimps Schedule Even More
The Boeing Co.Four months ago the Government Accountability Office questioned the likelihood that The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) would be be able to perform enough testing on its KC-46A refueling tanker in time to…
The 10 Most Polluted Cities in America
More than 138 million people, nearly 44% of the U.S. population, live in areas where air pollution reaches dangerously high levels during parts of the year. While exposure to low quality air has declined…