Year: 2016

Value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. After all, who wouldn’t want to find stocks that are either flying under the radar and are compelling buys, or offer up tantalizing discounts when compared to fair value? […]

Will Owens Corning Be A Great Stock for Value Investors? Value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. After all, who wouldn’t want to find stocks that are either flying under the radar and are compelling buys, or offer up tantalizing discounts when compared to fair value […]

The recent Fed rate hike, along with the Trump factor, is aiding the banking sector to emerge from the adverse impact of the prolonged low-interest rate environment. The improving interest rate environment will assist in top-line expansion of the banking firms, besides easing the pressure on net interest margin. Amid such background, a careful selection of banking stocks by looking at fundamentals should enable investors to easily make money […]

Value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. After all, who wouldn’t want to find stocks that are either flying under the radar and are compelling buys, or offer up tantalizing discounts when compared to fair value? […]

Online and mobile video consumption is increasing by the day and Alphabet Inc. ’s GOOGL Google remains strongly positioned in this space with its YouTube platform. Year-to-date, the stock has outperformed the Zacks Internet-Services industry. […]

Shares of Horizon Bancorp HBNC surged over 50% year to date, significantly outpacing the 35.3% gain for the Zacks categorized Northeast Banks industry. The price reaction largely reflects the post-election euphoria and the latest Fed rate hike that has undoubtedly placed the financial stocks among the biggest winners. […]

Today is the last trading day of the year and hopefully you must have taken stock of your portfolio. At the end what really matters is the return. Knowing which sector can provide the best investment opportunities in 2017 could just make your calculations easier […]

There is some good news for Android users who are avid Mario fans. Nintendo Co., Ltd. […]

The year 2016 will long be remembered for the great turnaround of small cap stocks. Small-cap stocks clearly emerged as the winners of 2016 after an impressive recovery in the second half of the year helped the major U.S. benchmarks to end the year on a strong note […]

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. ICON remains skeptical about its full-year performance as it slashed its sales guidance and reiterated its earnings expectation for 2016 during the third quarter 2016 conference call. The lowered view was due to delayed timing in some new men's programs and difficult macro conditions in Europe. […]

NCR Corporation NCR is a stock that has lived up to its promise and delivered. Investors should therefore hold on to it as they ring in 2017. Over the last six months, the stock has surged roughly 46.2% and crushed the Zacks categorized Computer-Integrated Systems industry, which increased just 13.4%. […]

Accenture Plc. ACN is gathering momentum from its positive earnings surprise history and strong fundamentals. Also, shares of Accenture have been steadily trending higher on a year-to-date basis […]

Shares of Groupon Inc. GRPN fell 4.86% to close at $3.33 on Dec 29, its lowest level since Jul 6, 2016. […]

In the last five trading sessions, the Aerospace-Defense industry saw a mixed performance on the bourses and a generous flow of funds from the Pentagon. Clearly, a 0.7% drop in the S&P 500 Aerospace & Defense (Industry) Index in the timeframe and a 0.4% fall in the Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense Index resulted in a weak share price performance […]

Shares of Cempra, Inc. CEMP plunged 57.3% after the company announced that it received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the FDA relating to the company’s new drug applications (NDAs) for oral and intravenous formulation of candidate solithromycin. Cempra’s share price has lost 91.6% so far this year, underperforming the Zacks classified Medical-Drugs industry which has witnessed a decline of 25.3% […]

Citing sources familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported that the incentives “sought” by Apple Inc. AAPL to set up manufacturing facilities in India are likely to be reviewed by the Indian government next week. Since the last year, Apple has been increasing its focus on India to claim a greater share of the vast smartphone market, of which it reportedly holds only 5% as of now. […]

Value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. After all, who wouldn’t want to find stocks that are either flying under the radar and are compelling buys, or offer up tantalizing discounts when compared to fair value? One way to find these companies is by looking at several key metrics and financial ratios, many of which are crucial in the value stock selection process […]