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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Broadcom, Coca-Cola, Conagra, Deere, Jumia, MannKind, Shopify, Take-Two, TJX, Tyson, Valero and More

Posted: May 14, 2019 at 8:55 am

Stocks were pounded on Monday after China retaliated with tariffs of its own to kick off a trade war. Tuesday was looking at a recovery in early indications, but only ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alcoa, Broadcom, Disney, Dow, Lyft, Netflix, Roku, Wingstop, Xilinx and More

Posted: April 2, 2019 at 8:55 am

Stocks closed up big the first day of the second quarter, after the Dow Jones industrials were already up 11% and the S&P 500 was up 13% in the first ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Abbott Labs, Boston Scientific, CME, DaVita, Skyworks, Spirit Air, AMD, Nvidia and More

Posted: November 28, 2018 at 9:10 am

Stocks were looking to open higher on Wednesday morning after Tuesday's bounce. While investors have seen numerous waves of selling in 2018, they also have seen lower upside after buying ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alphabet, Amex, Apple, Biogen, eBay, Ford, Microsoft, PPG, Roku, United Rentals, Valero and More

Posted: October 19, 2018 at 8:55 am

Stocks were indicated higher on Friday after another big drop on Thursday. That said, the gains are a fraction of what was lost and the mood of investors is to ...
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Why Merrill Lynch Sees Health Care Sector Offering Solid Growth, and as Value and Defensive

Posted: August 15, 2018 at 11:50 am

Each month brings new views from firms on Wall Street. This includes the actively followed RIC Report from Merrill Lynch, showing views on many sectors and many markets for the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AEP, Facebook, Microsoft, PayPal, Philip Morris, Spotify, Under Armour and More

Posted: July 20, 2018 at 9:10 am

Stocks were indicated lower on Friday on more China woes, but it's been a choppy time of late. The investing community has had less faith and has seen lower rewards ...
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Wednesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: April 18, 2018 at 4:08 pm

April 18, 2018: The S&P 500 closed relatively flat at 2,708.62. The DJIA closed down 0.2% at 24,748.14. Separately, the Nasdaq was up 0.2% at 7,295.24. Wednesday was a mixed ...
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Wednesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: January 10, 2018 at 4:08 pm

January 10, 2018: The S&P 500 closed down 0.1% at 2,748.18. The DJIA closed down less than 0.1% at 25,370.55. Separately, the Nasdaq was down 0.1% at 7,153.57. Wednesday was ...
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Analyst Sees 3 Red-Hot Medical Technology Stocks as Huge 2018 Buys

Posted: December 18, 2017 at 7:45 am

In almost all industries the one thing that continues to drive gains is innovation. Take the car industry as an example: Compare the Model T of 100 years ago to ...
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Monday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: December 4, 2017 at 4:08 pm

December 4, 2017: The S&P 500 closed flat at 2,639.28. The DJIA closed up 0.2% at 24,289.84. Separately, the Nasdaq was down 1.1% at 6,775.37. Monday was a somewhat mixed ...
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The Top 20 S&P 500 Companies Buying Back Stock in 2017

Posted: June 22, 2017 at 12:10 pm

Long-term investors have generally been a fan of stock buybacks and dividends. After all, dividends can account for about half of all shareholder returns over time. And buybacks can help ...
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Where Merrill Lynch Sees AI and Robot Stocks Going From Here

Posted: June 10, 2017 at 8:50 am

This past week, Merrill Lynch announced a few thematic investing ideas in its “A Transforming World” (ATW) report. As part of its work on ATW, the brokerage firm identified a ...
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Merrill Lynch’s Top Picks in Robot and AI Stocks

Posted: June 6, 2017 at 12:05 pm

Merrill Lynch recently took a thematic look at the investment landscape of how the world is changing and what might be the best plays going forward. As part of its ...
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The 15 Most Expensive Stocks

Posted: May 9, 2017 at 11:05 am

Investors use many metrics to determine the real value of a company’s stock. One common evaluation is a stock's share price and how that has performed over time. While other valuation ...
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Merrill Lynch Raises Price Targets on 4 White-Hot Momentum Stocks

Posted: April 20, 2017 at 8:25 am

Sometimes you do have to go with the flow, especially when the flow is going higher. While trading and owning stocks that have a ton of momentum can be a ...
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