Stock Analysts

After Big Drop, Is it Time to Buy Hershey (HSY) Stock?

Shares of The Hershey Company HSY plunged almost 11% since Mondelez International, Inc. MDLZ issued a press release on Aug 29 stating that it is no longer pursuing the probable merger with Hershey. In June, Mondelez offered to acquire the Pennsylvania-based chocolate maker for about $22.8 billion. […]

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5 High Dividend Stocks to Bet Against a Rate Hike

Concerns over declining oil prices, slowdown in the Chinese economy and uncertainty over the Presidential Election have been dominating the stock markets recently. However, improved labor market conditions and an almost desirable inflation rate make it favorable for the Fed to raise interest rates. Janet Yellen’s much anticipated speech at the recent Jackson Hole symposium signals a possible rate hike in “recent months.” But the fact that rates will not be increased until the Election makes December a strong contender for the month of the hike. […]

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Gramercy (GPT) Sells 4 Assets, 2016 Asset Sales Total $1.3B

Gramercy Property Trust GPT revealed closing the sale of four properties, reaping gross proceeds of $206.7 million. The move comes as part of the company’s earlier revealed plan of disposing select non-core assets, subsequent to the merger with Chambers Street Properties. Notably, the four properties disposed this time, include three single-tenant office buildings in Princeton, NJ, Burlington, MA and Bloomington, MN and one single-tenant industrial facility in Phoenix, AZ. […]

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Array (ARRY) Presents Positive Cardiovascular Trial Data

Array BioPharma ARRY presented results from a phase II study on its pipeline candidate, ARRY-797, at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2016 in Rome, Italy. ARRY-797 is an oral, selective p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor, which is being evaluated in patients with lamin A/C-related dilated cardiomyopathy (LMNA-related DCM). […]

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5 Stocks to Buy on Record Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence surged during the month of August, indicating that the economy was rebounding after performing poorly during the first half of the year. Cheap fuel prices and a strong jobs market seem to have contributed toward improving the health of the economy substantially. This release adds to several such reports which are indicating that an economic turnaround in the second half of the year is well underway. […]