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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, BHP Billiton, CBS, Eli Lilly, GE, Halliburton, IBM, Schlumberger, Verizon and More

Posted: January 22, 2018 at 9:14 am

Stocks were lower on Monday, but perhaps not as bad as many might have worried about considering the government shutdown. What investors have to consider is that prior to the ...
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Friday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: January 12, 2018 at 4:08 pm

January 12, 2018: The S&P 500 closed up 0.7% at 2,786.12. The DJIA closed up 0.9% at 25,801.82. Separately, the Nasdaq was up 0.7% at 7,261.06. Friday was another strong ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Capital One, Chipotle, Electronic Arts, E*Trade, Mastercard, PepsiCo, Disney, Zynga and More

Posted: September 8, 2017 at 9:10 am

Stocks were indicated lower on Friday morning, with most of Florida now right in the crosshairs of Hurricane Irma. Investors should keep in mind that the major stock indexes still ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alibaba, Apple, Match, McDonald’s Netflix, Synacor, IAC, Check Point, Stratasys and More

Posted: April 18, 2017 at 9:10 am

Stocks were indicated lower on Tuesday, but this follows big gains on Monday. With this bull market more than eight years old, investors have shown for more than the past five ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Aflac, Carnival, JC Penney, Sunoco, Under Armour and Many More

Posted: February 27, 2017 at 8:50 am

Stocks were indicated to open moderately lower on Monday, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 are both effectively just under all-time highs after the rally has continued. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alliance Data, Autodesk, Biogen, Broadcom, Delta Air Lines, Finisar and More

Posted: December 9, 2016 at 8:55 am

After another record day for the markets yesterday, the futures are pointing once again to a higher open, and this week looks poised to go down as yet another winner ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AMD, Cliffs, Gap, KLA-Tencor, Regions Financial, Tyson Foods, Wal-Mart and More

Posted: October 7, 2016 at 8:20 am

Stocks were indicated to open lower on Friday, with the week having more down days. Despite all the election rhetoric, despite weak economic data, despite a coming tightening from the ...
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14 Top S&P 500 Stocks Raising Dividends for 25 Years, With More Hikes Expected

Posted: September 29, 2016 at 7:35 am

Investors have enjoyed many years of cheering for dividend hikes. Now there is some belief that after a seven and a half year bull market run that many companies will have a ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Aflac, Applied Materials, Dick’s, Gap, Noble, Teekay Tankers, Urban Outfitters and More

Posted: May 20, 2016 at 8:55 am

Stocks were indicated up on Friday, but the week looks like it is going to end in the red. The Dow is now over 700 points from the 2016 high from ...
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25 Companies Raising Their Dividends for 25 Years or More

Posted: May 11, 2016 at 8:05 am

Investors love when companies pay dividends. More specifically, they love companies that are raising their dividends year after year. There exists a classification of dividend payers known as the Dividend Aristocrats. These ...
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Aflac Beat Earnings Estimates

Posted: February 1, 2016 at 4:57 pm

Aflac Inc. (NYSE: AFL) has managed to beat earnings, to show how much the yen in Japan is hurting its numbers and to talk up its buyback and dividend. Shares ...
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Insider Selling Steady as Markets Remain Volatile: Aflac, Shake Shack, Raymond James, Range Resources and More

Posted: December 12, 2015 at 10:15 am

Numerous articles on financial websites cited rising insider selling this past week, and according to TrimTabs, November was the fourth highest month on record. Given the extreme volatility in September ...
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Is Aflac Still a Buy?

Posted: December 4, 2015 at 2:15 pm

Aflac Inc. (NYSE: AFL) recently gave its outlook, but considering a weakening yen over the past month, analysts have become wary. Janney Capital recently reduced its earnings per share (EPS) ...
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8 Great Value Stocks With Solid Dividends Under 10 Times Earnings

Posted: September 24, 2015 at 10:25 am

Now that stocks have finally sold off, the stock market is in price discovery mode for a proper valuation. Many stocks are starting to look incredibly cheap, based on common ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Monsanto, Schlumberger, SolarCity, Western Digital, Yelp, Abercrombie and Many More

Posted: August 27, 2015 at 8:45 am

Stocks bounced big on Wednesday, but unlike Tuesday, the rally held and gained strength throughout the day. Stocks were green on Thursday morning too. This trend of buying the pullbacks, ...
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