Economic Data

New Construction Data Upbeat

Boy oh boy — literally one week from one of the most disastrous weeks of stock market trading, including two quadruple-point drops in the Dow, one of which was the index’s biggest point-drop in history, we now sit atop a week that may be the best performer for the Dow since November 2016. For the S&P 500, we may be seeing the strongest single week of trading since 2011. […]

Economic Data

What a Difference a Week Makes!

Friday, February 16, 2018 Boy oh boy — literally one week from one of the most disastrous weeks of stock market trading, including two quadruple-point drops in the Dow, one of which was the index’s biggest point-drop in history, we now sit atop a week that may be the best performer for the Dow since November 2016. For the S&P 500, we may be seeing the strongest single week of trading since 2011. […]

Stock Analysts

FDA Grants Agios’ (AGIO) Leukemia Candidate Priority Review

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AGIO announced that the FDA accepted the company’s new drug application (“NDA”) for its isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutant inhibitor ivosidenib (AG-120). The company is seeking to get ivosidenib approved for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) acute myeloid leukemia (“AML”) with an IDH1 mutation. […]

Stock Analysts

RSG or WM: Which Stock is the Better Pick Post Q4 Earnings?

The earnings season is well past the halfway mark with about 362 S&P 500 companies having reported results till Feb 14, 2018. Various analysis and comparisons are being done by industry peers to gauge the underlying metrics and relative performance. Let us perform a similar analysis of two leading players in the Waste Disposal sector to pick the best investment option based on the fourth-quarter 2017 earnings scorecard. […]

Stock Analysts

Will Disney’s Ball at the Box Office Continue in 2018?

The camera has started rolling and another great film is likely in the making. The 2018 box office seems on track with Marvel Studios’, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company DIS , Black Panther heading for a record-breaking box office weekend. Things certainly look rosy, with industry experts and analysts predicting that the film could fetch as much as $145 million in the domestic market only, in its opening weekend […]