Credit Suisse Adds New Stocks to Buy for 2014 Top Picks List
ThinkstockAs we head in to the final month of what has been a tremendous year for the stock market, the 24/7 staff is reviewing what the major Wall Street firms are recommending for the…
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Tech Stocks Winners for 2014 as Ad Budgets Focus on E-commerce
ThinkstockWith the huge performance and sales on Cyber Monday of almost $2.3 billion, topping Black Friday’s $2 billion, more and more advertisers are moving their budgets to target Internet sales. This is not going…
Jefferies Top Merger and LBO Stock Picks for 2014
thinkstockLeveraged buyout (LBO) activity within the specialty retail space has heated up over the past year and a half, with the completion of the Rue 21 takeout in October the most recent deal. The…
Five Analyst Stocks to Sell into Year-End and 2014
ThinkstockDuring a huge run in the markets like we have experienced this year, the rising tide tends to lift all boats. Often some of the boats that get lifted do not deserve to be.…
UBS Focus List Top Stocks to Buy Going into Year-End and 2014
ThinkstockAs we head in to the final month of what has been a tremendous year for the stock market, the 24/7 staff is reviewing what the major Wall Street firms are recommending for the…
Jefferies Has Top Sector Theme Stocks to Buy for 2014
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsWith 2014 on the horizon, the ongoing revival in the manufacturing sector, a moderating recovery in the housing sector and continued expansion in the energy sector are the primary organic…
Top Large Cap Stocks To Buy in Exporting for 2014
ThinkstockRobust export gains played an important role earlier in this economic cycle by lifting factory output and employment. However, this tailwind to growth subsequently entered a phase of steady deceleration from mid-2010 through the…
Merrill Lynch Sees Seven Stocks to Buy for Breakout Patterns
ThinkstockMany fundamental analysts will tell you the chart followers are nothing more than people reporting after-the-fact data. The reality on Wall Street is that a great chart pattern combined with solid fundamentals can give…
UBS Says Internet and Interactive Stocks Will Thrive in 2014
As Americans become ever more dependent on the Internet for everything from business to social needs, the top Internet companies continue their march to stay number one in their respective fields. The Internet Services…
Top Technology Stocks to Buy from the UBS Conference
ThinkstockWhen the top tech companies agree to present at a firm’s technology conference, that firm has the decided advantage of getting some behind-the-scenes due diligence in them. The UBS technology conference is one of…
Top Oppenheimer Health Care Stocks to Buy for 2014
ThinkstockHealth care has been a top sector for investors this year. The research team at Oppenheimer continues to believe that health care remains well positioned to deliver further market-topping returns in 2014. Earnings revisions…
Huge Reforms in China Could Lead to Big Upside for Top Chinese Stocks
ThinkstockLast Friday the Chinese government unveiled a 60-point reform plan designed to boost Chinese economic and social status to new levels. The agenda is an initiative to move China to a more free market…
If Wall Street Loves Technology Stocks, Why Are Hedge Funds Selling Them?
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsFor much of the past two years, technology has dominated both long/short exposure and long/short performance in the hedge fund world. This has changed over the past quarter with technology dropping…
New Top Stocks to Buy Under $10 with Big Upside
ThinkstockThe Wall Street firms that handle the bulk of retail accounts are always very careful about recommending stocks priced in the single digits. Typically they are fallen angels, or sometimes just the victim of…
Cowen Top Tech Stocks to Buy Are Also Top Cloud Computing Leaders
ThinkstockMore and more Americans are storing their music, video, pictures and data in the cloud through various public cloud providers. For many of the companies that provide this service, it is not their core…
Five Prime Takeover Candidates for 2014
ThinkstockMany Wall Street analysts and strategists are forecasting a rise in corporate earnings for the rest of the year and throughout 2014. That is music to the ears of stock investors. Rising earnings can…
Companies Behind Big Data Analytics: Stocks for the Future
ThinkstockBig data is starting to dominate how big business is done. Major corporations around the world are extracting everything from consumers’ changing tastes to spending habits. The companies that can supply big data analytics…
Top Broadband Speed and Infrastructure Stocks to Buy
ThinkstockThe need for speed, whether wireline or wireless, continues to drive the direction of most of the top companies in the Robert Baird Communication Services and Technology coverage universe. The quality of network marketing…
UBS Top Stocks to Buy for 2014: GE, GM, Citigroup and Six More
While the past two years were all about getting the house back in order, the UBS equity strategy team thinks 2014 is all about earnings growth. That should be sweet music to the ears…
Piper Jaffray Top Holiday Season Stocks to Buy from Santa
ThinkstockThe Piper Jaffray consumer research team was given some help from the technology research team and has laid out an initial holiday road map for investors in a new research report. They highlight what…