On the cover of the Friday, April 12, 2024 edition of The Wall Street Journal, the headline read: “Cost of Owning a Home Soars”. The article cited one family whose home insurance costs had risen...
Our screen today is for companies with an attractive Returns on Equity (ROE) in the consumer goods sector.  It is our view that ROE is one of the better quick indicators of a well-managed company. ...
Today’s issue of the “Closing Bell” is out early as we join many of you in an early start to the holiday weekend. Data in today’s report was compiled between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. ET.The three...
These are the ten top Wall Street analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have this Wednesday morning: Aflac (AFL) Cut to Hold from Buy at Citigroup. Campbell Soup (CPB) Raised to...
There are many stocks on the move this morning for active traders and investors.  Stocks on the move are ARM Holdings, plc (NASDAQ: ARMH), Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA), Best Buy...
There are other calls out there, but these are ten of the early morning analyst calls that we are focused on this Friday 13th: Aflac (NYSE: AFL) Started as Buy at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. Allied...
We have many earnings still dribbling out this week.  While none may move the whole market, some may move their underlying sectors.  We have tracked earnings estimates, added in price data, and...
Earnings season has mostly wound down, but as always at least some major companies are reporting earnings.  Some are actually market-movers as well and it is a short week with earnings out only...
Raging fires and severe drought in Russia have led to the government imposing a temporary ban on wheat exports beginning August 15th. The country claims to have sufficient stocks, but cannot afford...
The bulls ran for cover today as commodities and financial stocks are pulling the market lower.  After two huge ‘sell the news’ earnings reactions were followed by even more ‘sell the news’...
When you see a ten-day sell-off and a capstone panic day with what is a 300-point sell-off in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the first reaction is that no one wants anything and that every stock...
This may be a short and choppy week, but we have many bits of news for active traders and day traders this Tuesday morning.  We have included news and given a summary of the moves in the following...
It’s another rough trading day in the stock market.  It is bad enough that the DJIA is down over 3% to decade lows and under 7,000… But even almost all of the defensive stocks are down today. ...
When it comes to defensive investing, food and beverages are two of the go-to sectors for getting equity market exposure but protecting your assets.  The logic is simple enough: “You gotta eat and...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning.Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Maintained Underperform at Credit Suisse....