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Investing
Is Treasury Plan for Tax Inversion REALLY Trouble for Merger Stocks?
The U.S. Treasury has finally made its proposed effort to deal with the waves of corporate tax inversions that have created such a stir of late.
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Boosted the Market
thinkstockSeptember 17, 2014: Markets opened slightly mixed on Wednesday and traded in a narrow range around the break-even line until the FOMC meeting announcement in mid-afternoon. The word that interest rates would…
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Shored Up the Dow
thinkstockSeptember 15, 2014: Markets opened slightly lower on Monday after the OECD lowered its U.S. GDP growth forecast. The Empire State manufacturing index rose sharply in September. That rise was offset somewhat…
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Investing
Key Short Interest Changes in Defensive High-Yield Dividend Stocks
The short interest data for the August 29 settlement date is out, and we have decided to look at what is happening in the short interest of the go-to high-dividend defensive stocks.
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Media
Facebook More Valuable Than IBM
A great deal was made of the value of Facebook as it crossed the $200 billion market cap level. There is a powerful argument that Facebook is too expensive.
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Investing
Short Interest Swings in High-Yield Dividend Stocks
4/7 Wall St. reviews short interest in the higher-yield defensive dividend stocks for a sense of what short sellers may be thinking.
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Pushed the DJIA and S&P 500 to New Highs
thinkstockAugust 26, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday following a huge jump in durable goods orders, a better-than-expected report on consumer confidence, and a slowdown in home price increases. The DJIA hit…
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Health and Healthcare
ELIQUIS Approved for Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolisms
ThinkstockBristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the drug ELIQUIS, as a treatment for Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolisms. Each…
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Investing
3 DJIA Stocks at Real Risk of Hitting 52-Week Lows
Investors seem to have grown accustomed to seeing the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) hitting new high after new high in 2014. Only the recent market volatility has created a situation where…
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Carried the Market
thinkstockAugust 14, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday after a slightly worse-than-expected report on new claims for unemployment benefits. U.S. export prices were higher in July and natural gas prices rose about…
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Weighed on the Market
thinkstockAugust 12, 2014: Markets opened lower on Tuesday, took a brief turn into the green, and then settled into the red by mid-morning. Energy stocks led the decline as data on crude…
10:42am ET
Investing
Key Short Interest Changes in Defensive High-Yield Dividend Stocks
The short interest data is out for the July 31 settlement date. We often review the higher-yield defensive dividend stocks for a barometer of what short sellers may be thinking. The trends…
8:50am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Groupon, Micron, RingCentral, Target, Tesla, Monster, Pfizer and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street analysts for Wednesday, August 6, 2014. They include Groupon, Micron, RingCentral, Target, Tesla, Monster and Pfizer.
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Investing
Jefferies Picks Top Franchise Stocks to Buy
The analysts at Jefferies have done some fine tuning to their Franchise Picks list, which is their cream-of-the-crop list. These stocks had the largest upside to the Jefferies designated price targets.
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Sank the DJIA
thinkstockJuly 29, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday following a modestly better showing from companies reporting earnings before the opening bell. There was no major economic news today and everyone waits to…