April 4, 2016: Markets opened lower again on Monday following an expected decline in orders for new manufactured goods. Overseas, crude oil prices slipped and have continued to fall during the day.…
March 30, 2016: Markets opened higher on Wednesday as equity traders remain buoyant after Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s remarks on Tuesday. The tech and consumer discretionary sectors led the markets higher today…
Interest in the most heavily shorted stocks traded on the Nasdaq rose, for the most part, between the February 29 and March 15 settlement dates. Leading that trend was Intel.
We were intrigued by the recent strength of the value tech stocks, and we screened the Merrill Lynch database for companies in that part of the sector that were rated Buy.
Stocks that are outperforming the tech index are ones to look at for investors seeking portfolio additions for the rest of 2016.
March 10, 2016: Markets opened higher again on Thursday but couldn’t hold on after the European Central Bank made some big changes to its policy and then called further interest rates cuts…
Many of the most heavily shorted stocks traded on the Nasdaq saw their short interest dwindle between the February 12 and February 29 settlement dates. Yet a few stocks bucked that trend.
March 9, 2016: Markets opened higher on Wednesday with energy and tech stocks leading the way. There was little economic news as traders and investors await a Thursday announcement from the European…
Deutsche Bank has four top companies rated Buy that make very good sense for aggressive growth accounts looking to add networking technology companies.
It is time to take a look at the 2016 stock buyback kings, those companies that will spend the most buying back their common stock this year alone.
In the weekly report from Jefferies that highlights top value picks, we found three companies that also should be somewhat resistant to spike in volatility and make good sense for investors to…
February 16, 2016: Markets opened higher on Tuesday and stocks traded higher all day after posting nice gains last Friday. In Europe, ECB president Mario Draghi continues to say the bank will…
The resurgence at Cisco not only bodes well for these top companies, but industry peers of the company as well.
While younger investors probably would snicker some at the thought of adding the large cap old-school technology stocks to a portfolio, there is reason to consider them.
Cisco Systems was one of the few bright spots on what is a very negative day in the stock market.
Jon C. Ogg 
