Merrill Lynch Much More Optimistic for Upside in Major Utilities in 2019 and Beyond

Posted: March 30, 2019 at 9:10 am
Last updated: January 30, 2020 10:39 pm

Many investors flocked into the utility sector during and after the Great Recession. After all, this was a safety and defensive investing strategy, first and foremost. But the sector also ...
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As Recession Fears Grow, 15 Stocks to Survive a Stock Market Correction

Posted: March 22, 2019 at 1:45 pm
Last updated: January 30, 2020 10:59 pm

Friday brought on major selling in the stock market, with the Dow Jones industrials down over 400 points and the S&P 500 down almost 50 points earlier in the day. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, China Mobile, Duke Energy, Facebook, JetBlue, Oracle, Spirit Air, TCR2, Vivint Solar and More

Posted: March 11, 2019 at 8:40 am
Last updated: January 30, 2020 11:41 pm

Stocks were indicated to have a mixed open, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures up, but Dow Jones industrial average futures were lower due to a 10% drop in ...
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RBC Best Idea 2019 Utility Stocks for an Overbought and Overvalued Market

Posted: January 22, 2019 at 7:25 am
Last updated: January 31, 2020 1:47 am

The fourth-quarter selling barrage that brought the S&P 500 to within touching distance of a bear market was reversed by some backpedaling by Jay Powell, the head of the Federal ...
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5 Stocks to Move to If You Fear a Total Stock Market Meltdown

Posted: October 11, 2018 at 9:15 am
Last updated: January 11, 2020 4:34 pm

Uh oh, rates are rising, and so is the volatility index (VIX), as the market is teetering on the brink as we roll into the huge third-quarter earnings reports. After ...
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Fed Will Raise Rates This Week: 5 Top Dividend Total Return Stocks to Own

Posted: September 25, 2018 at 9:40 am
Last updated: January 11, 2020 5:23 pm

Higher interest rates are generally bad for bondholders if they hold longer dated debt with lower coupons, and that has been the case for many as overall interest rates have ...
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4 Safe Dividend Stocks to Buy If You Fear a Big Correction Is Coming

Posted: August 16, 2018 at 9:45 am
Last updated: January 11, 2020 7:18 pm

By any measure the stock market is overbought. On both trailing and forward earnings it is expensive, and while just a few stocks have made up most of the gains ...
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5 Huge Contrarian Analyst Calls With Big Upside Potential

Posted: July 31, 2018 at 9:40 am
Last updated: January 11, 2020 8:08 pm

Don't look now, but the momentum tech crowd has started to get a little trigger happy when it comes to selling after the Facebook disaster last week, and the tech-heavy ...
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Tesla, Square, Pandora and More Major Earnings Coming This Week

Posted: July 29, 2018 at 10:20 am
Last updated: January 11, 2020 8:13 pm

The second-quarter earnings reporting season is underway and most of the companies in the S&P 500 will be reporting in this time and setting a direction for the markets. With ...
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5 Stocks to Buy Now If You Are Worried About a Stock Market Crash

Posted: June 26, 2018 at 9:55 am
Last updated: January 11, 2020 9:54 pm

You get the sense the investors are pretty sure that the days of no volatility and calm markets that always seem to go higher are over, and it’s probably about ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Citigroup, Oracle, PTC Therapeutics, Starbucks, Tableau Software, Williams-Sonoma and More

Posted: June 20, 2018 at 8:45 am
Last updated: January 11, 2020 10:08 pm

The futures traded higher Wednesday morning, and while concerns over the potential for a full-out trade war continue to trouble investors, buyers look ready to jump in. Despite the big ...
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Disney, Groupon, Nvidia and More Major Earnings Coming This Week

Posted: May 6, 2018 at 10:15 am
Last updated: January 12, 2020 12:00 am

The U.S. broad markets rallied on Friday to close roughly even, although slightly lower, making this second consecutive week with a loss (excluding the Nasdaq). These past two weeks have ...
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8 High Dividend Stocks to Buy for Q2 Growth & Income

Posted: April 2, 2018 at 8:20 am
Last updated: January 12, 2020 1:52 am

Needless to say, most investors are not sad to see the first quarter in the rearview mirror. Two huge legs down in the major indices give investors a big hit ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Autodesk, Boeing, Duke Energy, GameStop, Harley-Davidson, Hasbro, Mattel, Starbucks, Yandex and More

Posted: March 29, 2018 at 9:05 am
Last updated: January 12, 2020 1:56 am

The markets closed down marginally on Wednesday, but the major indices were up on Thursday. The bull market is now over nine years old. While the trend of buying pullbacks ...
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10 Stocks to Buy Now in Case 2019 Bear Market Does Come

Posted: March 26, 2018 at 8:25 am
Last updated: January 12, 2020 2:05 am

Last Friday we posted a story that referenced the thoughts of Barry Bannister, the head of Institutional Equity Strategy and chief equity strategist at Stifel, where he and his team ...
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