Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AMD, Alibaba, AIG, Baidu, Broadcom,...
Stocks have been hitting all-time highs, even after the phase-one trade pact with China was signed. Tuesday’s return after the Martin Luther King extended weekend was seeing profit-taking ahead of the...
View Article15 Top ESG Stocks That Look Undervalued for 2020
If there is one theme that is taking over and garnering major interest from investors, the ESG theme has to be at the top of the list. While some investors might have called this “do-gooder” investing...
View ArticleFinancial Sector Routed on Oil, Coronavirus Worries
While energy sector stocks are taking the heaviest beating Monday, no sector is escaping unscathed. Turmoil in the energy sector is rippling through the financial sector as well. Investors shaved 9% of...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Adobe, AMD, Apple, BlackRock,...
Thursday’s market sell-off was a bloodbath, the worst trading day since the Black Monday crash of 1987, and it felt almost as bad as that day even though the percentage losses were only about half of...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Apple, BofA, Cinemark, Coupa,...
The Dow Jones industrials and S&P 500 were indicated to have a slightly positive open on Tuesday, but this is after a bloodletting session with a nearly 3,000-point drop in the Dow that was the...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Allstate, AT&T, ADP, Baker Hughes,...
Stocks closed more than 1.5% lower on Tuesday, and Wednesday’s opening indications called for a drop of more than 3% on the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500. Many investors are now...
View ArticleThursday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Bed Bath & Beyond, Ciena,...
Stocks closed down on Wednesday as the economic numbers are starting to show just how weak the economy is becoming, but a drop in jobless claims (to 5.25 million) has allowed stocks to rise less than...
View ArticleDo Warren Buffett Portfolio Changes at Berkshire Hathaway Show Any Panic?
This has been a brutal year for investors of all sizes. Individual investors often feel behind the curve, and even large hedge funds and institutional investors like Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:...
View ArticleHints of Big Dividend Cuts for Major Banks Overlooked in FOMC Minutes
When the economy went into panic mode and the insta-recession was becoming unavoidable, many major companies and small companies alike began taking immediate action to either maintain strong liquidity...
View ArticleBanks Hurt the Most by Fed Dividend and Buyback Limits
The Federal Reserve Bank’s report on its latest round of bank stress tests was released after markets closed on Thursday. Bank stocks had enjoyed solid gains Thursday, thanks to a proposed rule that...
View Article7 Bank Stock Dividends That Still Look Safe Heading Into 2021
When the Federal Reserve last week published the results of its latest stress tests on 34 U.S. financial institutions, the central bank also imposed some conditions on the banks to ensure that they are...
View ArticleWarren Buffett’s Stock Portfolio Saw Massive Recovery, Big Bank and Gold Changes
Whether it’s a bull or a bear market is still up for debate, with the economy still in a recession. What is not up for debate is whether the investing community cares what Warren Buffett is saying and...
View ArticleS&P 500 All-Time Highs but 40 Value Stocks Still Down Over 30% YTD
It seems amazing that the S&P 500 went from a continued raging bull market at the start of 2020, into the fastest recession of our lives, and then all the way back up to positive in record time....
View ArticleWarren Buffett’s Biggest Wells Fargo Dumping Dilemma May Be Tax Implications
When Warren Buffett buys or sells stocks of public companies on behalf of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B), investors often look closely at what’s driving the decisions. Berkshire Hathaway had...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, BP, CrowdStrike, Delta, Moody’s,...
Stocks were indicated to open slightly lower on Monday as profit-taking heading into the last day of November seemed to be the theme of the day. The Dow Jones industrials and S&P 500 are very near...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AEP, BJ’s, Clorox, Disney, HCA, Shake...
Stocks had a mixed week last week, but the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has markets excited, despite more shutdown efforts. Investors should keep in mind that the major equity indexes are still almost at...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Coca-Cola, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan,...
The futures traded higher Thursday morning after a wild Wednesday that saw a big market rally, with the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 hitting all-time highs. This despite the unrest in...
View ArticleWarren Buffet Sold These 8 Stocks in Q1 and All Have Done Well in Q2
On Wednesday, we took a look at five of the 13 stocks in which Warren Buffett lightened or sold entirely Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s (NYSE: BRK-B) stake in the first quarter of this year. Here we look at...
View Article4 More Stocks Where Buffett/Berkshire Hathaway is the Largest Shareholder
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) portfolio includes nearly four dozen stocks. In each of those stocks, Berkshire owns anywhere between a few tens of thousands to a billion shares,...
View ArticleEarnings Previews: Morgan Stanley, TSMC, UnitedHealth, US Bancorp
Two of the nation’s six biggest banks reported June quarter earnings before Tuesday’s opening bell. To no one’s surprise, both beat estimated earnings per share (EPS) and revenue levels. We covered...
View Article