Investors are on the hunt for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls to find great ideas from value stocks to…
Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNRC) is seeing another instance where insiders are selling out of shares in a secondary offering. The power backup generator company is selling 9 million shares of common stock. Morgan…
ThinkstockAs the economy starts to pick up, major works projects that had been on the drawing board are starting to be initiated. Everything from the construction and installation of oil drilling rigs to large…
ThinkstockAmerican Water Works Co. Inc. (NYSE: AWK) just delivered on yet another big dividend hike under its corporate governance plan for shareholders. The top water utility in America has raised the dividend paid to…
thinkstockSunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) released its corporate earnings shortly before the close rather than after the close, and the result is that another big solar move higher may be underway. The company beat on…
Wall St. analyst calls very frequently are directional. In short, they tend to upgrade or downgrade stocks in the same manner because they theoretically have access to the same information. That is not the…
Earnings season is still in overdrive. Many companies are meeting or just beating earnings expectations, but the bias has been toward coming in light on revenues. We have seen many corporate earnings crush stocks…
ThinkstockCredit Suisse has changed its targets and estimates for the electric utility sector. The move will have dividend watchers on the lookout, but the firm effectively is asking if a momentum trade could overpower…
ThinkstockAs the country slowly has emerged from the gut-wrenching recession of 2008 and 2009, several industries have helped to lead the recovery. We have covered in great detail not only the reemergence of the home…
ThinkstockSilver Spring Networks Inc. (NYSE: SSNI) is another strong debut for initial public offerings in 2013. Shares opened up 29% at $21.15, versus the price of $17.00 per share. Silver Spring sold only 4.75…
ThinkstockAfter spending almost a trillion dollars in stimulus money following the market meltdown and Great Recession that started in 2008, the American taxpayer did not get a whole lot for their money. Many people…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) was making key dividend news this morning because in the Jeff Immelt annual letter to shareholders the company promised $18 billion to be returned to shareholders this year via…
courtesy Deere & Co.The Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) just delivered up yet another dividend hike. The company’s press release notes that this is the eleventh dividend hike since 2004. Deere last raised its…
ThinkstockCaterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is showing that the slowdown is continuing rather than abating. The company reported disappointing quarterly sales figures in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing for the trailing three-months ending in…
ThinkstockIt has been estimated that $2.75 trillion will need to be invested in America’s aging infrastructure by 2020 to get our crumbling roads, bridges, highways, water systems and power grids back up to par.…