If one firm can create interest around a stock, it is Goldman Sachs. Investors have followed its Conviction Buy List for years, but 24/7 Wall St. has tracked many major changes to…
ThinkstockThe saying is that if there is a trading strategy, then there is an ETF strategy for that as well. Now the markets are getting a new exchange-traded fund strategy aimed at…
Jon OggStocks have traded down from recent highs in light of a federal government shutdown and ahead of a debt ceiling expiration. Now investors and traders have to wonder which stocks to…
ThinkstockDespite Republican efforts to defund the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, it is looking increasingly likely that the program will begin enrollment into the new health care exchanges beginning next week, on…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.In the past 30 years, the hedge fund industry has shown phenomenal growth. Initially formed as true “hedges” against conventional investing, they morphed into vehicles for hedge fund portfolio…
ThinkstockHospitals and health care facilities to most of us are like the police station. You are glad they are there, but you don’t really want to go. When it comes to investing…
ThinkstockJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has issued a research call that calls for some very large upside in the hospital sector. We would note that most of these stocks have…
We have more of the special dividends and dividend payout accelerations ahead of the coming fiscal cliff. Companies are trying to maximize their tax efficiency ahead of the increase of tax rates…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as traders and investors tried to sort out their reactions to the re-election of President Obama. The initial reaction is that the U.S. economy is…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) reiterated Buy but raised target to $46 at Argus,…
ThinkstockElection Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin of about 3 to 2 (unofficial), but the percentage last seen was…
thinkstockOn the day that the Presidential election is happening, investors are throwing money into the inflation winners. The problem is that maybe this is not an inflation trade. Maybe it is a…
U.S. equity markets opened higher following a spate of moderately good news on U.S. employment. The ADP report showed job gains (more coverage here), and the report on new claims for unemployment…
U.S. equity markets re-opened for business in New York this morning after a two-day shutdown forced by Hurricane Sandy. Markets opened higher, but lost their energy by mid-morning. Asian markets were higher…
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) sells assets to improve earnings. (Reuters) Standard Chartered may lose its New York banking license over allegations it hid $250 billion in transactions tied to Iran. (Reuters) Acer…
