These four top capital markets stocks offer solid upside to the Goldman Sachs target prices, and with all four paying out dividends, the total return potential is also a solid positive.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Akamai Technologies, Carlyle, Ford, General Motors, JD.com, Moderna, Netflix, Peloton Interactive, Raytheon Technologies, Target, Tesla and Visa.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations included Apollo Global Management, BlackRock, Cloudflare, Green Plains, Microsoft, Oracle, Target and TJX Companies.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations on Monday included Alibaba, Baidu, Blackstone, Comerica, Dollar Tree, IBM, KKR, Target, Whiting Petroleum and Williams Companies.
Three early morning explosions at a refinery in Philadelphia caused only a few minor injuries but could push gasoline prices higher as the summer driving season approaches its peak.
Paul Ausick The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday included Arista Networks, Carlyle, F5 Networks, Intuit, Oracle, Salesforce, Viacom, Viking Therapeutics and Wells Fargo.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday included Alphabet, Amarin, Apple, AutoNation, BlackRock, E*Trade, Etsy, Kellogg and PG&E.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Tuesday include Alliance Data Systems, Blackstone, Cognizant Technology Solutions, HCA, Paychex, Salesforce,com, Wynn Resorts, Yext and Zoetis.
The volatility that came back into the market with a lightning 10% sell-off in early February looks here to stay, so moving to a more defensive growth posture may be a solid…
Stocks were up big on Friday after a solid jobs report and less wage inflation. The major stock market indexes were indicated to open marginally higher on Monday as well. The bull market is now…
These four stocks are rated Buy and all have yields of 5% or more. They could be great total return candidates for the rest of 2018 and beyond.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Wednesday include Avis Budget, Blue Apron, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Domino's, Northrop Grumman, Pepsico, Rio Tinto, T-Mobile and Valero Energy.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Thursday include Apple, GE, Gilead, Humana, Oasis Petroleum, Sprint, Wynn, Yelp and Zynga.
The largest oil refiner on the East Coast filed for bankruptcy protection over the weekend. Philadelphia Energy Solutions' two plants have a capacity to refine 335,000 barrels a day of crude oil.
Paul Ausick The new Carlyle Group co-CEOs will have base salaries of only $275,000 each when they begin their jobs early next year. But each of the two stands to make much more.Â
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