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Jefferies Sees 4 Huge Winners in Potential $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan

Posted: May 3, 2019 at 7:15 am

If there was ever an issue that everybody can agree on in a bipartisan manner, it’s the fact that our nation's infrastructure is crumbling. Everything from bridges and tunnels to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Conoco, Internap, Micron, Steelcase, Vulcan Materials, Wipro and More

Posted: March 21, 2019 at 8:50 am

Despite Fed Chair Jerome Powell and the FOMC signaling the Federal Reserve is going to be all but out of the rate-hiking business this year and most of next year, ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alphabet, American Water, Apple, Facebook, Macy’s, Southern Copper, Twitter, YY and Many More

Posted: December 6, 2018 at 9:10 am

Stocks were set to open lower on Thursday after Wednesday's market closures. The drop is on the heels of what already felt like a buyer's strike of a major sell-off ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Anheuser-Busch, Caterpillar, HUYA, Ligand Pharma, Verizon, Weyerhaeuser and More

Posted: October 29, 2018 at 9:10 am

The futures traded up big Monday morning as investors had the weekend to survey the damage to their accounts after the train wreck of last week. With earnings season for ...
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Thursday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: May 3, 2018 at 4:08 pm

May 3, 2018: The S&P 500 closed down 0.2% at 2,629.72. The DJIA closed flat at 23,930.70. Separately, the Nasdaq was down 0.2% at 7,088.15. Thursday was a down day ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Caterpillar, Comcast, Fitbit, Groupon, Mattel, Take-Two, Time Warner, Zynga and More

Posted: August 3, 2017 at 9:05 am

The Dow may have crossed 22,000 for the first time ever, but Thursday's opening bell was one in which stocks were simply looking for direction. Even with the bull market ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Cisco, Freeport-McMoRan, Microsoft, NetApp, SunPower, Urban Outfitters and Many More

Posted: November 17, 2016 at 9:10 am

Thursday morning was a one that was quite simply directionless, after a mild 50-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average from Wednesday. Maybe things got overbought after a seven-day ...
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15 Major Stock Winners Keep Winning From the Donald Trump Victory Trade

Posted: November 15, 2016 at 7:10 am

Now that the 2016 election has come and gone, the unexpected outcome has been a boon for dozens of major companies that are set to benefit from the coming changes in ...
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6 Major Infrastructure Stocks for a Trump or Clinton Win

Posted: November 1, 2016 at 7:25 am

If there was one word that could be used to describe the 2016 presidential election, perhaps "tension" is about as close as you can get. With the lines shifting between ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Gap, Intel, J.C. Penney, Kinder Morgan and More

Posted: October 9, 2014 at 8:50 am

Stocks were selling off marginally on Thursday morning after the Fed minutes prompted a rally on Wednesday. Yet again, investors proved how willing they are to buy overlooked or oversold ...
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A Solid Portfolio of Contrarian Stocks From Stifel

Posted: June 19, 2014 at 8:50 am

Crafty portfolio designs and names have come and gone over the years. Some have been good and some have been bad. The newest that we reviewed from a new Stifel ...
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Media Digest (12/3/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 3, 2012 at 6:45 am

China's PMI steps up in November. (Reuters) Greece begins to buy back some of its high-yield bonds. (Reuters) Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) may buy Virgin Atlantic. (Reuters) Martin ...
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Media Digest (12/13/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Bloomberg

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 6:35 am

Congress, close to a budget agreement, may avoid a government shutdown. (Reuters) Washington Mutual shareholders and creditors set a deal that could allow an exit from bankruptcy. (Reuters) The policy ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (INTC, BA, AZO, DD, EPB, LEN, TOL, BRN, DMND, VMC, OXGN, HBP, PNCL, ROSE, NBG)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 4:06 pm

US equity markets opened sharply lower this morning and continued falling before levelling off at around 200 pts down on the DJIA. The downturn followed closer examination of the European ...
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Martin Marietta Launches Hostile Bid for Competitor Vulcan (MLM, VMC)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 11:49 am

Construction materials company Martin Marietta Materials Inc. (NYSE: MLM) has launched a hostile takeover bid for larger rival Vulcan Materials Corp. (NYSE: VMC). The deal would be a tax-free exchange ...
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