Stock Analysts

Fed Gives a Thumbs Up to Capital Plans of 34 Banks

Following the release of the Dodd-Frank Act supervisory stress test 2018 (DFAST 2018) results last week, the Federal Reserve approved the capital plans of 34 financial institutions out of the 35 participating (including the U.S. units of foreign banks with $50 billion or more in total consolidated assets) in the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). However, the capital plan of the U.S. […]

Stock Analysts

General Motor to Transfer Vietnam Operation to Boost Sales

General Motors Company GM is set to transfer its Vietnamese operation to VinFast Trading and Production LLC, a unit of Vietnam’s biggest private conglomerate — Vingroup JSC, per Reuters. General Motors intends to distribute Chevrolet cars through this local carmaker and anticipates this to boost its sales. General Motors is likely to transfer the full ownership of its Hanoi factory, dealer network and employee base to VinFast by the end of 2018. […]

Stock Analysts

Outfront Media Installs ON Smart Displays at Caltrain Station

Outfront Media Inc. OUT recently announced that it has installed the first ON Smart Media liveboards at the Caltrain Station in the San Francisco transit system. This deployment marks the first step in the comprehensive implementation of the On Smart Media technology throughout the San Francisco Bay Area transit system […]

Stock Analysts

Here’s Why You Should Dump Allegiant From Your Portfolio

Allegiant Travel Company ALGT has been plagued with numerous headwinds, of late. In fact, factors like capacity-related woes, safety-related issues and escalating fuel costs have resulted in the Allegiant stock shedding 10.2% of its value so far this year. YTD Price Performance Reasons for the Lackluster Performance High fuel and labor costs have been limiting the carrier’s bottom-line growth for quite some time now and the second quarter of 2018 is likely to be no different […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

TJ Game Capital Acquires CGC and its Gaming Platform, CGCG

TJ Game Capital Acquires CGC and its Gaming Platform, CGCG Announces Andrea Lavezzoli as CGCG CTO and Launch Event PR Newswire SHANGHAI, June 29, 2018 SHANGHAI , June 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — TJ Game Capital (TJ Game), a Canadian blockchain venture capital company, recently announced their acquisition of CGC, a blockchain technical team, and CGC’s gaming platform, CGCG, as well as the acquisition of the domain name CGC.io. It has been decided that Andrea Lavezzoli , a member of CGC, will head the gaming platform team as CTO. […]

Technicals

Moving Average Crossover Alert: Actuant

Actuant Corporation ATU is looking like an interesting pick from a technical perspective, as the company is seeing favorable trends on the moving average crossover front. Recently, the 50 Day Moving Average for ATU broke out above the 200 Day Simple Moving Average, suggesting a short-term bullish trend. This has already started to take place, as the stock has moved higher by 2.9% in the past four weeks […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Sharing Economy International to Establish New Film and Media Production Business

Sharing Economy International to Establish New Film and Media Production Business PR Newswire HONG KONG, June 29, 2018 – Signs Exclusivity Agreement With South Korean TV Drama and Film Production Company Jidam, Leases Workspaces From Hong Kong-based Shaw Studios HONG KONG , June 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Sharing Economy International Inc. (“SEII” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: SEII) today announced its plans to establish a new film and media production business. In connection with this new business initiative, SEII’s wholly-owned subsidiary, EC Creative Limited (“EC Creative”), signed an exclusivity agreement with Jidam Co., Ltd […]

Momentum Stocks

Bull of the Day – Polaris Industries

Recent headlines have highlighted the issues some American companies are having with recent tariffs imposed on imports and the retaliatory tariffs imposed by our trading partners on goods exported from the U.S. to other markets. Harley Davidson (HOG) has been specifically singled out by President Trump for its decision to shift some manufacturing overseas in order to sell its motorcycles to European markets while avoiding approximately $2,200 per vehicle in tariffs […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Enstoa Enhances Digital Facilities with designtech Acquisition

Enstoa Enhances Digital Facilities with designtech Acquisition PR Newswire NEW YORK, June 29, 2018 NEW YORK , June 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Enstoa , Inc., the leading systems integrator for capital projects worldwide, today announced its acquisition of designtech, the UK’s leading computational BIM consultancy. The acquisition will enhance Enstoa’s BIM offerings and support its further expansion into the EMEA market. designtech, based in London , supports complex capital projects with a range of building design solutions and computational and algorithmic processes […]

Stock Analysts

Lockheed Martin Wins $87M Deal to Support Iraq’s C-130J Jets

Lockheed Martin Corp .’s LMT Aeronautics business unit recently won an $86.8 million five-year contact to support the Iraqi Air Force’s fleet of C-130J aircraft. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Life Cycle Management, Robins Air Force Base, GA. Details of the Deal Per the terms of the deal, Lockheed Martin will provide support services to the Iraqi Air Force that includes contractor logistics support, technical assistance, aircraft and aerospace ground equipment, spares, repairs, and familiarization training on their existing six C-130J aircraft. […]

Stock Analysts

Medicines Company’s Inclisiran Studies to Continue Unmodified

The Medicines Company MDCO announced that Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) has recommended that the ongoing phase III studies (ORION) of its candidate, inclisiran, will continue as designed and conducted, without modification. The IDMC’s recommendation was based on its planned review of unblinded safety and efficacy data from the trials. Inclisiran is being evaluated to treat patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and elevated LDL-cholesterol. […]