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Russell 2000 Index Changes Positive for Multiple Mortgage Finance Players

Posted: June 13, 2019 at 9:55 am

The Russell indexes are rebalanced each year, and the latest preliminary rebalance announced recently. The final list is expected on June 14, and the formal rebalance will occur on June ...
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Insider Buying Jumps as Market Volatility Grows: Sears, IFF, Pulse Biosciences, PRA Group, Radius Health and More

Posted: March 26, 2017 at 10:25 am
Last updated: January 9, 2019 10:07 am

After weeks of sitting on the sidelines, insiders have been buying shares again in earnest, and the big drop in the markets last week, combined with higher volatility seemed to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: First Solar, Ford, Frontier Communications, JPMorgan, Macy’s, Yamana Gold and More

Posted: February 24, 2016 at 8:50 am

Stocks were indicated to open down again on Wednesday, stoking concerns that the rallies are still just selling opportunities. In the prior four years it was a "buy the dips" ...
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Despite Stock Market Highs, 13 Major Dividend Cuts

Posted: February 26, 2015 at 6:58 am

Investors have a lot to cheer about these days. The bull market is now six years old, the major stock market averages have hit new all-time highs, and most major companies seem ...
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The 52-Week Low Club for Tuesday

Posted: February 24, 2015 at 4:04 pm

February 24, 2015: Here are four stocks among the 51 equities making new 52-week lows today. PDL BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: PDLI) dropped more than 11% on Tuesday to establish a ...
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The 52-Week Low Club for Wednesday

Posted: February 18, 2015 at 4:04 pm

February 18, 2015: Here are four stocks among the 37 equities making new 52-week lows today. Fossil Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FOSL) dropped about 19.5% on Wednesday to establish a new ...
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Larry Summers May Have Saved Battered High-Dividend Mortgage REITs

Posted: September 17, 2013 at 8:20 am
Last updated: June 27, 2014 3:14 pm

It was no secret that Larry Summers, the former candidate to replace Ben Bernanke as the chairman of the Federal Reserve, was no big fan of the current easy money policies. ...
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In Defense of Mortgage REITS, Despite Rising Interest Rates

Posted: May 29, 2013 at 11:05 am
Last updated: December 20, 2013 10:13 am

We have extensively covered the risks brought on by higher interest rates against certain sectors of the stock market. The sector of mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs), with its ...
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Is QE Damning Mortgage REITs and Their Dividend Prospects?

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 12:47 pm

High yield investors have been chasing the attractive dividend payouts offered by the mortgage REIT sector for years and years now. Unlike the high payouts from telecom, tobacco, and utilities ...
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Deutsche Bank Shows Top Quantitative Small Cap Stock Screen

Posted: May 6, 2013 at 8:25 am
Last updated: December 23, 2013 9:33 am

Friday's nonfarm payroll report is hopefully the beginning of some consistent hiring by American companies. Typically, small cap stocks derive some of the biggest benefit from an improving domestic economy, ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALU, CTRP, D, FLTX, IDTI, NANO, ODFL, RVBD, S, UBS, VLO, DIS, WU, AAPL, ACI, OFC, ARR, ISRG, LOCK, PCS, WIT, LAD, ALL, URI, MPC)

Posted: October 31, 2012 at 8:45 am

The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls will be playing catch-up on Wednesday as the markets did not get a chance to react to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BPL, IDTI, LAD, MPC, PMTI, ALL, ARR, ACI, OFC, ISRG, COV, HMSY, JAKK, JMI, LOCK, LXFR, PCS, URI, WIT, YZC)

Posted: October 30, 2012 at 9:06 am

The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls are very thin this Tuesday as this is the second day that U.S. markets are closed today ...
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