Month: October 2017

On an inorganic expansion spree, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated DGX has recently entered into yet another acquisition agreement. The company has decided to purchase Fresenius Medical Care’s medical laboratory business, Shiel. Although financial terms of the deal have been kept under wraps, Quest Diagnostics expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter of 2017, subject to customary regulatory approvals. […]

Jabil Inc . JBL reported better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter 2017 results wherein both the top and the bottom line surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate and recorded year-over-year improvement. […]

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. […]

Traditionally, October is the most volatile month for the broader market. The daily percentage change in the month is 1.44% compared with 1.08% for the other months. Historically, the period between the end of April and the end of October, had been the worst “six months” for the Dow and the S&P 500, while the period between June-end and October-end is considered the worst for the Nasdaq […]

Radius Health, Inc. RDUS announced that the first patient has been enroled in the phase I study on pipeline candidate, RAD140. RAD140 is a nonsteroidal selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) which is being evaluated for the treatment of hormone receptor positive breast cancer. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hurricanes, tensions with North Korea and even the high-profile cyber thefts at Equifax and the Securities and Exchange Commission failed to rein in the equity market’s nine-year Bull Run. U.S. stocks, in fact, wrapped up third quarter on a high note, with most of the major indices scaling fresh intraday highs […]

American Express Co. AXP has approved a 9% hike in its quarterly dividend to 35 cents per share. […]

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? […]

Advanced Accelerator Applications S.A. AAAP announced that the European Commission has authorized the marketing of its drug, Lutathera (lutetium oxodotreotide) for the treatment of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NET) in adult patients. […]

Alphabet Inc. ’s GOOGL Google has decided on Oct 4 as the day for its Hardware event. A number of news sites have leaked some details […]

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. […]

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? […]