ThinkstockSometimes despite good earnings and outlooks, great stocks get caught up in sell-offs like the one we experienced from late February through much of April. What started as biotech sell-off turned into an “anything…
thinkstockWhile Wall Street firms hold and attend conferences for everything imaginable, often a very telling metric for the conference is attendance. At the recent CleanTech conference attendance was up 70% year-over-year. The analysts at…
ThinkstockFace it, we cannot live without water. The reality is that, on the supply side, the world is facing an insufficient supply of fresh water, the distribution channels are uneven, quality is vastly different…
Shares of beleaguered yoga-inspired apparel maker Lululemon Athletica got a boost Tuesday morning on new speculation it may be a takeover target. VF Corp. is the potential buyer.
Wikimedia CommonsOften the simplest and most subtle changes can turn an industry upside down. A recent change by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its language significantly broadens the definition of competitive segments in…
ThinkstockDespite much improved domestic production, a multitude of factors could converge to make the price of oil, and in turn gasoline, spike up. This comes as consumers are paying some of the highest prices…
Shares of London-based mining company Rio Tinto got a boost in premarket trading in the U.S. Monday after an analyst upgrade of the mining sector that also helped lift stocks in European trading.
courtesy of Sirius XM RadioShort sellers continue to hold huge positions not only in troubled companies like BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY), but also in such tech giants as Intel. As of April 30, the…
Wikimedia CommonsShort sellers continue to hold huge positions not only in troubled companies like J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP), but also in blue chips like AT&T Corp. (NYSE:T) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). As…
ThinkstockShares CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) retreated Friday morning, following the media company’s first-quarter report late Thursday. At issue was a 9% year-on-year decline in CBS’s entertainment division to $2.3 billion, which helped drive overall…
ThinkstockWith interest rates still hovering just above multiyear lows, we continue to monitor ways for investors to get higher yields without chasing higher risk. The UBS Dividend Ruler stock list is constantly reviewed, and…
A new research report from Jefferies points out that free shipping was part of most transactions in 2013, so the focus has shifted to faster delivery. These companies are the leaders in same-day delivery.
Avago Technologies announced that it has completed its acquisition of LSI Corp. The latter will cease to be publicly traded after the closing bell Tuesday, and Avago will replace it on the S&P 500.
London-based financial information services company Markit is hoping to challenge larger competitors Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters by raising fresh capital via an IPO in the United States.
Not surprisingly, shares of KBR took a hit in early trading Monday after the company announced its intention to restate its consolidated financial statements for the year 2013.
For more than a decade, Apple was at the forefront of innovation as its products revolutionized their markets. But it is clear that its product introductions have slowed down, each one less revolutionary than…
Beleaguered beauty products company Avon has struggled for years to turn itself around. When Sheri McCoy was brought on as CEO a little more than two years ago, she promised a turnaround.
T-Mobile reported a bigger-than-expected net loss for the first-quarter 2014 before markets opened Thursday. It also said it added a record number of new subscribers in the period.
Mylan reported first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday. The generic drug maker reaffirmed its full-year EPS guidance and hinted at an acquisition by the end of the year.
In a new research note, the Quantitative Strategies Team at Jefferies offers a look behind the curtain at some of the stocks that could see heavy buying as the month winds down.