ThinkstockMerck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) is seeing one more drug drive off the patent cliff. News was released on Monday by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA) that it and Perrigo Co.…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Companies can return capital to shareholders in many ways. Dividends are one of the favored methods. So is retiring outstanding debt, as it decreases the amount of capital…
ThinkstockShort sellers are continuing to keep their bets against many of the top defensive high-yield dividend stocks. Increased volatility in June and rising interest rates are obviously making short sellers get aggressive…
Short sellers are continuing to keep their bets against many of the top defensive high-yield dividend stocks. Increased volatility in June and rising interest rates are obviously making short sellers get aggressive…
ThinkstockAlthough Amgen Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMGN) $10 billion offer for Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ONXX) was unsolicited and not exactly a stalking horse bid, that’s what many observers expect to be the result.…
Short sellers have really made some big changes in their bets against the key high-yield dividend stocks that had been the darling of Wall Street. Many of these stocks are members of…
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…
This last week had much more volatility than what investors have grown used to. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to highlight the top analyst sector research calls of the week now that investors…
ThinkstockAs the pharmaceuticals industry looks toward restructuring and separation of undervalued assets, Jefferies analysts have prepared a highly proprietary sum of the parts analysis for their coverage universe to find the best…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a slightly upbeat report on eurozone manufacturing PMI. While not yet in positive territory, eurozone PMI rose as a whole and rose in most…
The bull market appears to still be alive and well for equities, but the risk of rising interest rates is plaguing bonds and investments tied to big dividends. What equity investors also…
ThinkstockShort sellers are have previously been all over the place when it comes to the high-yield dividend stocks. The May 15 settlement date is during what should have been (or could have been)…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. They include Eli Lilly, W.R. Grace, Intelsat and GlaxoSmithKline.
ThinkstockSony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) cuts forecasts for game console margins for the next several years. (MarketWatch) Sony also cuts targets for smartphones and camera sales. (Reuters) A complex Irish tax loophole helps…
ThinkstockOne of the downsides to a market that seems to go up every day is knowing what stocks to own or sell as the market chugs higher. One strategy for investors to…
