Month: March 2018

It was a sigh of relief in the Wall Street when major indices ended in the green on the first trading day of the week, as talks between the United States and China on trade agreement began. But experts believe that the market will take some time to recover from the damage inflicted by escalated trade tensions between the world's biggest economies and the Facebook data fiasco. Keeping aside the recent market gyrations, market pundits are of the opinion that the economy is not in a bad shape after all. […]

Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN recently teamed up with France-based Monoprix, a French retail chain and a subsidiary of Casino Group which has a significant market hold in the retail and global food distribution market in France. The partnership will allow Amazon to offer food products and other grocery items of Monoprix on its platform via Prime Now app to prime customers in Paris and other suburbs from this year […]

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation WYN is currently one of the best-performing stocks in the hotel space. With a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and decent share price appreciation the stock is a lucrative investment choice at the moment. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 (Strong Buy) Rank stocks here . […]

Flex Ltd. FLEX recently signed a definite agreement to divest its US-based Multek operation to Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc. ("MFLEX"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing Co. […]

Tension is escalating in the education technology market as behemoths like Alphabet’s GOOGL Google, Microsoft MSFT , Apple AAPL and Amazon AMZN vie to grab market share. Per Research And Markets, the global educational technology market is forecast to witness CAGR of 18.3% to $40.9 billion between 2017 and 2022. All these companies are gearing up to offer low-priced quality devices and productivity tools to target the education market […]

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. […]

The equity universe is rife with apprehensions regarding the possibility of a full-blown trade war between the United States and China. Though the hopes of conflict resolution propelled the benchmarks north on Monday, the final outcome of the scenario still remains indiscernible. In fact, China has taken an aggressive stance against Trump’s $60 billion tariff implementation […]

The performance of the drug industry in first-quarter 2018 has been an encouraging one with quite a few companies’ beatings both earnings as well as revenue estimates. The overall investor sentiment toward pharma and biotech stocks has improved of late as investors are focusing more on fundamentals than on issues like drug pricing. […]

GGP Inc. ’s GGP shares rallied 3.3% after market close on Monday, as details of the revised deal pertaining to its acquisition by Brookfield Property Partners BPY unfolded. […]

A company with a healthy level of profitability is capable of offering satisfactory returns to its investors even after meeting all its operating and non-operating costs. A company with high profitability might give a disappointing stock performance if it is fundamentally weak. However, multiple studies have indicated that a company with high profitability usually offers huge gains to its investors […]

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. ACOR announced the filing of Marketing Authorization Application (“MAA”) for its Parkinson’s candidate, Inbrija (levodopa inhalation powder) with the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”). The company is seeking approval for Inbrija as a treatment option for symptoms of OFF periods in people with Parkinson’s taking a carbidopa / levodopa regimen […]

As trade war fears ease, U.S. stocks recorded the largest one-day percentage gain since the summer of 2015. […]

During the last earnings season, performance of the financial stocks was decent. One such investment bank — E*TRADE Financial Corporation ETFC — has rallied 12.1% year to date, significantly outperforming the industry ’s slight decline. This price performance is backed by the gradually improving operating environment and rate hike scenario, which is beneficial for brokerage business […]

The wireless industry is in a state of transition to the next-generation 5G wireless network. In an attempt to beat other three major players — Verizon Communications Inc. […]

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 […]