Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsGigamon Inc. (NYSE: GIMO) is the latest initial public offering (IPO) to hit the market. The recent selling may have muted some demand as the IPO priced within the expected…
ThinkstockWhen 3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) raised capital, the company signaled that it was going to make an acquisition in the 3D printing space. We now know that 1) the company was telling the…
Short sellers could have cleaned up by betting against the high dividend stocks in May and into June. Investors got a whiff of what rising interest rates might mean to their premium dividend stocks,…
These are the top analyst downgrades, cautious research notes and stocks to sell from Wall Street for Wednesday, June 12, 2013. They include Biogen Idec, Dean Foods, Kinross Gold and Wells Fargo.
ThinkstockWith the summer conference season in full swing, investors will head to Chicago for the Deutsche Bank Industrials conference this week. Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) analysts expect investors to be focused on freight…
Investors and traders are always on the hunt for new research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each morning to find great ideas…
ThinkstockMaster limited partnerships (MLPs) have provided investors with some of the best market returns so far in 2013. The Alerian MLP Index has gained 20% through June 7, versus 16.3% for the S&P 500.…
courtesy of NBN at German WikipediaAltria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) may have given guidance on Tuesday of adjusted earnings per share of $2.35 to $2.41 for the full year for earnings growth of 6%…
thinkstockIs First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) stealing a page from the playbook of Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA). A fresh automatic shelf registration statement was issued by the top solar player in the United…
Newcastle Investment Corp. (NYSE: NCT) is one of the harder to analyze mortgage-backed securities REITs that pays investors a high dividend yield. It is confusing because Newcastle manages senior housing properties but also derives much…
Jon OggInvestors may be overthinking the outcome of when, not if, Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve are going to start winding down or tapering the $85 billion in monthly bond buying. Again, when…
courtesy of Google Inc.It is official news now that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has decided to acquire Waze to enhance and maintain its dominant position with Google Maps. The news was confirmed on the official…
The recent rise in long-term interest rates is crushing the high dividend mortgage REIT sector, as investors are looking to pare down their exposure to riskier assets and assets that will be hurt in…
MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been a magic stock in 2013, despite the woes of Windows 8. A new update is going to fix many of the missteps of the new operating system. And…
ThinkstockThe only economic report on Tuesday is the report on wholesale trade, which is a figure for April. Inventories were up by 0.2% to $504.8 billion for the month, matching the Bloomberg and Dow…
ThinkstockNews of escalating protests and violence in Turkey and the Syrian civil war conflict are both hitting at a time when emerging markets are already soft. The real risk in the eyes of investors…
ThinkstockThe next great short is apparently happening sooner than many market participants expected. As interest rates rise, investors are starting to get their heads handed to them if they were in longer-dated Treasury notes…
ThinkstockOver the past month, interest rates have bounced off of their 2013 lows, with the U.S. 10-year yield quickly rising from 1.66% to more than 2.20%. This has been a negative for dividend-paying stocks…
ING U.S. Inc. (NYSE: VOYA) has now been public for long enough that the analyst quiet period from the underwriting firms has ended. We are seeing mixed official analyst coverage, but note that Barron’s…
ThinkstockThe world of biotech investing is always a difficult one. Often a binary event, such as a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval or a life-saving capital raise is the difference between not…