Broadcom announce Monday morning that it plans to offer a full slate of 11 candidates to replace Qualcomm's board. The announcement follows Broadcom's rejected offer of $70 a share for Qualcom.
So far, Wall Street likes the thought of this merger. Still, many investors seem remain skeptical about a deal that is certain to face some of the toughest regulatory scrutiny.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Monday include Amazon.com, Biogen, Costco Wholesale, Kroger, Travelers and Wayfair.
A new Deutsche Bank research report makes the case that the semiconductor vendors themselves are very positive about the four major areas of concern in what is a highly cyclical arena.
The good news is that Qualcomm shares did not sell off handily on mixed earnings news. The bad news is that it may not be out of the woods yet.
Hedge funds cut their fourth-quarter investment in equities by 1%, with the biggest cuts coming to Procter & Gamble and Amazon. Bank of America and NXP Semiconductors were the most heavily bought.
Though earnings season is slowing down, there are still a few companies left in the mix that could put the wind back in the market’s sails.
While there are no guarantees, these four stocks look solid and offer investors a chance to buy the companies below their acquisition price.
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) had already made a serious change by announcing the acquisition of NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) as an accretive deal that will seriously diversify its reliance upon mobile chips…
A top new addition to the Jefferies Franchise Picks portfolio and four of the technology stocks that Jefferies views as its top high conviction picks.
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey is not alone in its praise of these three top semiconductor stock. They are widely covered on Wall Street and most firms are very bullish.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday morning include Apple, Coach, Encana, NXP Semiconductors, Sina and Under Armour.
A new Jefferies research report makes the case that while the semiconductors' recent run is a little long in the proverbial tooth, revenue growth is expected to accelerate through the last half…
We aren’t quite ready to travel like the Jetsons, but one thing is for sure, the autonomous or self-driving cars of the future are starting to knock on our investment doors now.
These are four very solid value buys to consider as we move into the second half of what has been a very up and down 2016.
Lee Jackson 
