After largely shying away in the previous period, short sellers returned to many of the leading biotech and emerging pharmaceutical stocks in early February. The largest upswings happened to BioMarin Pharmaceutical and Amgen.
In a new research report, the retail team at Stifel did an outstanding job of finding which traditional retailers had actually matched every metric in their Omni-Channel scoreboard. Five top names did extremely well.
Most Wall Street firms run model portfolios for their institutional and retail clients. Here are stocks that recently were added to the Piper Jaffray Model Portfolio.
Shares of Plug Power surged in premarket trading Wednesday after the fuel cell maker revealed that it had received a big order from Walmart for additional hydrogen fuel cells for its lift truck fleets.
Yandex, which operates the largest search engine in Russia, has teamed up with Google in a deal that will allow each company's advertising clients to bid on the advertising inventory of the other.
Like any good momentum stock, electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors continues to rocket higher, defying critics, short sellers and even some of the major firms on Wall Street. What's not to like?
24/7 Wall St. has seen a marked increase in the number of stocks being cut to Underperform or Sell, and some of them have been the darlings of momentum traders for the past couple…
Piper Jaffray took a large chunk out of its model portfolio, and in the process eliminated some high-profile names. Here are the stocks that recently got the axe from the Piper Jaffray Model Portfolio.
As the stock market races to new highs, all investors seem to ask the same question. With this much positive momentum, how do I stay involved? How do I not get scorched if a…
Shares of drugstore operator Rite Aid dropped about 3% in morning trading Monday. This after the stock it a new multiyear high on Friday following last week's news that it had signed a major…
Networking giant Cisco Systems has posted three very poor quarters in a row. If the analysts at Oppenheimer are right, the next quarter could easily make it four. The question is whether Cisco’s rivals…
In a new research report, the analysts at Deutsche Bank unveil their "what to buy now ?" list for large cap stocks. We picked a top names from each sector listed in the report,…
Weibo, the Chinese social-media platform often compared to Twitter, may go public in the second quarter. The move comes as the government cracks down on the expression of politically sensitive messages online.
By Matthew YoheMatt Yohe at en.wikipedia CC-BY-3.0, from Wikimedia CommonsWhile the irony of Steve Jobs being honored on a U.S. postage stamp is not lost on anybody in the technology world, it certainly highlights…
Engaged Capital, an investor in Abercrombie & Fitch, said it has nominated five directors to the retailer's board. This is part of the investment company's ongoing efforts to prompt Abercrombie to sell itself.
In a new research report, Deutsche Bank analysts start coverage on some of the top machinery names on Wall Street. Here are their four top machinery stocks to buy that may offer investors a…
Despite last year's sequester and numerous walls of worry to climb, the defense and aerospace stocks have shined. In a new research report, UBS suggests that most of the money has been made.
In a new research report, the analysts at Stifel make the case that while residential housing construction should remain strong, non-residential may have a lot more upside from this juncture in the market.
ThinkstockDespite posting better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year results recently, along with a dividend hike and a plan for additional share buybacks, PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) investors are not happy. Shares have fallen to a nine-month low…
ThinkstockWeakness in France, the second largest nation in the eurozone, put a damper on business activity in the 18-nation bloc overall, according to Markit’s Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index. The eurozone PMI fell from 52.9…