Stock Analysts

Monsanto (MON) Tops Q1 Earnings, Gives FY 2017 Guidance

Monsanto Company MON reported better-than-expected first-quarter fiscal 2017 (ended Nov 30, 2016) results. Over the last three months, shares of this Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock recorded a return of 1.50% – outperforming the negative return of 1.17% recorded by the Zacks categorized Agriculture/Products industry. […]

Stock Analysts

Spark Therapeutics Gets $15M Milestone Payment from Pfizer

Spark Therapeutics ONCE received a $15 million milestone payment from partner Pfizer Inc. PFE for achieving a pre-specified safety and efficacy profile in the phase I/II study on SPK-9001, which is being evaluated for the treatment of hemophilia B. Spark Therapeutics’ share price has gained 60% in the past one year compared with Zacks classified Medical-Biomedical and Genetics industry’s fall of 22.1% […]

Stock Analysts

4 Stocks in Focus as Consumer Electronic Show 2017 Begins

The annual Consumer Electronic Show (CES) begins today in Las Vegas and will run through Jan 8. The show will celebrate its 50th anniversary and is anticipated to keep attendees and tech enthusiasts mesmerized with new gadgets, devices and innovative concepts. Despite the absence of some big names like Apple and Tesla, this year’s show has gained significance due to its gargantuan size. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

The Silverfern Group Invests in Waste Services Group, a Leading Australian Waste Management Company, in Partnership with The Riverside Company

The Silverfern Group Invests in Waste Services Group, a Leading Australian Waste Management Company, in Partnership with The Riverside Company PR Newswire MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 5, 2017 MELBOURNE, Australia , Jan. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The Silverfern Group, a leader in non-traditional global direct investment, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Waste Services Group, in partnership with The Riverside Company. […]

Economic Data

ADP Jobs, Jobless Claims Both Surprise to Downside

Thursday, January 5, 2017 Due to the New Year holiday week, the monthly ADP ADP report that usually comes out on Wednesday was released ahead of today’s bell, instead. A total of 153K new private-sector jobs were created in the month of December, far lower than the 168K analysts had expected. November’s big jobs-producing month has been revised down slightly to 215K. […]

Technicals

3 Reasons Why Pier 1 Imports (PIR) is a Great Momentum Stock

Many investors like to look for momentum in stocks, but this can be very tough to define. There is great debate regarding which metrics are the best to focus on in this regard, and which are not really quality indicators of future performance. Fortunately, with our new style score system we have identified the key statistics to pay close attention to and thus which stocks might be the best for momentum investors in the near term. […]