Jefferies Very Selective on Defense and Aerospace Stocks for 2017
While the run in defense and aerospace stocks was good for shareholders, many on Wall Street are starting to take a more cautious view on the sector in 2017.
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Jefferies Positive on Energy for 2017: 3 Large Cap Dividend Stocks to Buy Now
These Jefferies picks make sense for investors as they all have solid upside potential and outstanding core business silos, and they all pay a dividend.
4 Red-Hot Software Stocks to Buy Before Q4 Earnings Reports
While there is no guarantee any of these software companies surprise to the upside, the stars appear to be aligning for all of them, and the odds based on past performance look good as…
Huge Michael Dell Purchase Highlights Insider Buying: Dell Technologies, Accelerate Diagnostics, Loxo Oncology and More
With the first earnings starting to hit the tape last week, the windows for insiders at public companies are starting to slam shut. Volume was nothing compared to in the weeks leading up to…
Massive Technology Trades Highlight Insider Selling: Barracuda Networks, Facebook, Adobe Systems, Autodesk, Square and More
As we suspected, it now appears that many top insiders at companies put off selling shares last year, and moved their sales into 2017, and there is a very good reason.
Jefferies Is Out With The 10 Top Internet Themes for 2017
In a recent research report, Jefferies outstanding internet analyst Brian Fitzgerald highlighted 10 top themes for the internet for 2017, and some of them are directly related to Donald Trump becoming president.
Merrill Lynch’s 5 Stocks to Buy for a Stronger Dollar
With the dollar getting stronger almost daily, it makes sense for investors to buy stock in companies with the bulk of their profit coming from their U.S. businesses.
Merrill Lynch’s 4 Red-Hot Stocks to Buy With Up to 75% Upside Potential
Chasing stocks in an overbought market is dangerous. With that in mind, overbought markets can go higher. These stocks hold the proverbial big risk, big reward handle.
Large Cap Giants Dominate Baird Top Tech Ideas for 2017
Despite the Baird prowess in small and mid-cap coverage, many of their top picks in technology remain the mega-cap leaders, and with good reason.
SunTrust Has 5 Contrarian Favorite Power/Utility Stocks to Buy for 2017
The halcyon days of huge gains for the utility sector are over, but it always makes sense to keep a weighting of these stocks in a well-rounded portfolio.
JPMorgan Makes Big Changes to US Analyst Focus List for January
These are five top new picks that the JPMorgan team likes this month. All make good sense for growth portfolios.
$60 to $70 Oil Could Mean Huge Upside for Top Oilfield Services Stocks
While nobody knows exactly what this year will bring, oil prices appear solidly over the $50 a barrel level, so a push to the $60 level is not out of the question in 2017.
Jefferies Has 5 Top Biotech Stocks to Buy for 2017
Needless to say, the past two years have been rough on biotech. The question for investors is which of the stocks hold the best potential in 2017.
Jefferies Makes First Big 2017 Change to Franchise List Portfolio
Many of the top firms we cover here at 24/7 Wall St. are already tweaking their high conviction stocks lists for 2017, and many are trying to take into account macro changes that could…
Dogs of the Dow Could Be a Huge Winner Again in 2017
There is an investment vehicle that may offer investors a way to stay in equities, get paid solid dividends and have the potential for outperforming total return.
Huge Energy Trade Kicks Off 2017 Insider Buying: DCP Midstream, Och-Ziff Capital, TransEnterix, Amicus Therapeutics and More
The volume of insider activity has started to dry up as we get closer to the fourth-quarter earnings reports, and as usual, it could stay low most of the month of January.
Gigantic Tech and Financial Trades Dominate New Year Insider Selling: Google, Adobe Systems, Charles Schwab, Ingersoll-Rand and More
We saw a ton of insider selling last week, as insiders, hedge funds and other institutional accounts appear to have waited until 2017 to sell shares, with the notion that nominal tax rates soon…
4 Top Banks to Buy With Potential to Beat Q4 Expectations
These four banks may be just the kind of institutions that could benefit from a solid debt-trading scenario. Any increase in overall business could push earnings above current expectations.
These 5 Biotech Stocks Could Be Big Takeover Targets in 2017
A new Jefferies research report makes the case that five top biotech companies may be right in the cross-hairs of the biotech giants or perhaps large pharmaceutical companies.
Jefferies Has 4 Red-Hot Top Consumer Discretionary Restaurant Buys for 2017
A new Jefferies research report, while conceding that near-term fundamentals for many of the top companies in the restaurant arena are difficult, focuses on four top new money buys for 2017.