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These four stocks are rated Buy and all have yields of 5% or more. They could be great total return candidates for the rest of 2018 and beyond.
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.
With insiders committing capital at record levels in the indices, some interesting opportunities may be available.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms for Monday, July 14, 2014. They include Apple, Schwab, Google, Nasdaq, TripAdvisor and Wells Fargo.
The $42.9 billion merger between medical device makers Medtronic and Covidien was officially confirmed early Monday morning. The deal is a so-called tax inversion.
At this time last year, the sentiment on Wall Street for the medtech sector was very poor. The bearish sentiment that prevailed in January of 2013 is gone, but expectations are still tempered. That...
Source: ThinkstockAs we head in to the final month of what has been a tremendous year for the stock market, the 24/7 staff is reviewing what the major Wall Street firms are recommending for the...
Source: Jon OggEach morning 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens and dozens of Wall Street analyst research reports looking for fresh ideas for investors and traders. Some are stocks to buy and others are...
Source: ThinkstockIntuitive Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) has been the darling of momentum investors for years. Yesterday it gave short sellers the data they have waited for. Sales of its da Vinci...
Source: ThinkstockIn 2012, the S&P 500 Healthcare Equipment & Supply index was up 15.1%, while the S&P 500 was up 13.4%. However, it was in-line with the broader S&P 500 Healthcare index, which was...
Source: Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsEarnings season is upon us once again, and we will get to see if the highly paid analysts are actually doing their job or if they are just chasing the herd....
Source: Jon OggThe top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls are very thin this Tuesday as this is the second day that U.S. markets are closed today due to...
Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday.Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.Armour...
McDonald’s Corp.’s (NYSE: MCD) board of directors approved a 10% increase in the company’s quarterly dividend on common stock, to 77 cents a share. The new dividend is payable Dec. 17 to...
The quarterly ExpertRECALL Index released today indicates that more than 123 million medical device units were recalled during the second quarter of 2012, an eight-quarter high. The medical device...