Month: December 2017

Verizon Communications Inc VZ , Ericsson ERIC and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Inc QCOM , have recently completed the first successful FDD (Frequency Division Duplexing) Massive MIMO (Multiple Input-Multiple Output) trial with a fully-compatible customer device. Verizon is a telecom giant in the United States, while Qualcomm and Ericsson are major network equipment providers. All the above-mentioned stocks carry a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) […]

Does morality matter to you? If yes, then you may abhor the idea of putting money into “sin stocks” that are into activities considered unethical. However, products or services in this space are relatively inelastic, and business is recession-proof […]

Aqua America Inc . WTR continues to expand its operation through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. […]

As the eventful 2017 comes to a close, we believe this is the right time to make your investment plans for the upcoming year. Investors can consider Marvell Technology Group Ltd. MRVL which has generated high returns for investors in the year so far and has the potential to exceed expectations in the next year as well […]

NutriSystem Inc. NTRI has adopted a multi-brand strategy for Diet Season 2018, offering a series of healthy-structured weight loss options. These include NutriSystem for 2018 and South Beach Diet for 2018 […]

Shares of Clovis Oncology, Inc. CLVS have been on a roll. This small biotech company is up 51.2% so far this year, outperforming the 3.5% increase registered by the industry during this period. […]

Investors have had a great time for most of 2017, as major market indexes broke records on multiple occasions and are on course to create new annual records. Earnings for the S&P 500 increased in each of the last three quarters, with the index likely to report more profits in the October to December time frame. […]

The save-haven consumer staples sector (including food and beverage stocks) has made investors skeptical. A sound U.S. economic picture and an upbeat consumer confidence data are anticipated to benefit the stocks in this sector […]

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. PLX announced that the European Commission (“EC”) has granted orphan drug designation to its pipeline candidate, PRX-102 (pegunigalsidase alfa). The small biotech company is developing PRX-102 for patients with Fabry disease, a rare inherited genetic lysosomal disorder […]

Alliant Energy Corporation LNT is currently focused on investing and adding more natural gas and renewable assets to its generation portfolio over the span of the next ten years. Further, the company has plans of upgrading some of its coal facilities for lowering carbon emissions. However, the cost of its current backlog of projects and future capital investments may rise due to delay, further hampering operation and increasing costs […]

Shares of Annaly Capital Management NLY have been performing well. In the year so far, the stock has rallied 21.4%, while the industry has gained 7.6%. This rally is anticipated to continue in the near term as well, as there are a number of favorable factors. […]

Patterson Companies, Inc. PDCO has had an unimpressive run on the bourses in the last three months, trading below the industry. […]

Looking back at 2018, it would not be incorrect to characterize this year as the one in which brick and mortar retail faced its gravest challenges. Always a formidable online presence, Amazon.com, Inc. […]

Applying the concept of New Year’s resolution to your portfolio would mean moving away from stocks that did not treat you well in 2017 to those that appear promising for 2018. Incidentally, SUPERVALU Inc. […]

The stock market has been on a spectacular run since Trump’s ascension to the Presidency. The Russell 2000 index, which was lingering at 1,195 at the time of Trump’s election on Nov 8, 2016, has surged nearly 350 points since then. Notably, so far this year, the benchmark has gained nearly 14%, with majority of the rally witnessed in the latter part. […]