ThinkstockAmerican Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) is seeing something rather strange in its trading activity on Friday. Its shares are rallying, despite the company spending some $3.3 billion to acquire more cell tower…
ThinkstockWhat generally happens when industries have only regional providers or merely a whole slew of competitors? Usually it boils down to mergers for size and scale, then outright acquisitions to eliminate competition.…
ThinkstockWith the S&P 500 trading at near record highs, and the internals starting to look a little wobbly, it is important to be very careful in picking stocks now. Goldman Sachs market…
August 1, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as PMI readings in Europe bounced generally higher and China’s PMI improved slightly to remain positive. In the U.K., the Bank of…
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ThinkstockThe intense battle for the wireless customer and the consumer dollar heated up in the first quarter of 2013. Surprisingly, smartphone activation, which is a key data point for the carriers, actually…
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ThinkstockWireless continued to be a strong performing sector in the first quarter. While competition continues to squeeze margins, the need for speed and data is becoming the most important part of the…
ThinkstockFor more than four years the wireless tower stocks were among the most impressive gainers, even as the markets sputtered back and forth. They became the darlings of the momentum traders and…
Jon OggThe week ahead is going to have many key earnings reports. Retail is heavily represented, while technology and banking giants are non-existent. Some of these are stocks which can move big…
ThinkstockPortland based boutique brokerage firm Pacific Crest securities came out today with an extremely bullish call on the wireless and tower sector. While starting four companies with an Outperform rating and initiating…
ThinkstockAmerican Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) and SBA Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: SBAC) have enjoyed significant gains over the past year. Actually, make that the past three years. The growth of data usage has…
ThinkstockWhen any industry grows at a breathtaking speed, there are always big winners and big losers. Motorola and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) once dominated handset sales, now that world belongs to Samsung…
Many investors keep looking at the gains in Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) and in Clearwire, but the cellular tower outfits really seem to be winning here. If Softbank, via Sprint, is…
