Mergers & Acquisitions

Prominent Washington State RE/MAX Brokerages to Join Forces

Prominent Washington State RE/MAX Brokerages to Join Forces New brokerage will have the highest volume of transaction sides in the state PR Newswire SEATTLE, Aug. 29, 2018 SEATTLE , Aug. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — RE/MAX Professionals and RE/MAX Northwest Realtors are joining together to create the most productive real estate brokerage in Washington * […]

Stock Analysts

Here’s Why You Should Add First American to Your Portfolio

Estimates for First American Financial Corporation FAF have been revised upward over the past 60 days, reflecting analysts’ confidence in the stock. The stock has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2018 bottom line being revised 3.2% upward to $4.52 and for 2019 earnings, move 1.5% north to $4.82. The company provides financial services with the help of its Title Insurance and Services unit as well as its Specialty Insurance business and carries a favorable VGM Score of B […]

Stock Analysts

Ecolab’s Nalco Pairs With XOS to Boost Global Energy Unit

Ecolab ’s ECL Nalco Champion recently collaborated with New York-based XOS. Per the terms of the agreement, Nalco’s industry-leading 3D CRUDEFLEX automation platform will integrate XOS’ proprietary Clora Online analyzer. This will help refining customers measure online chloride salts in crude distillation units. […]

Stock Analysts

Aegion (AEGN) Strong on Order Flow, Costs Continue to Rise

Aegion Corporation ’s AEGN strong order flow, demand in the North America CIPP rehabilitation business, as well as strategic acquisitions and divesture initiatives are major growth drivers. However, higher labor and material costs and non-recurrence of the large deep-water project might hamper the performance and margins of this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company. […]

Stock Analysts

High Fuel Demand Leads U.S. Refiners to Process Record Crude

Thriving economy, a strong confidence among consumers and the tax cut have been driving domestic gasoline demand. Also, the input cost for the American refiners is low despite the massive crude recovery. To meet the surging demand for fuel and to capitalize on the high refinery crack spread — the gap between the price of raw crude used as input by refiners and the final petroleum products derived —, the refineries are processing record crude volumes […]

Economic Data

Q2 GDP Ticks Up to 4.2%; DKS, AEO Report Earnings

Wednesday, August 29, 2018 Coming up on the long Labor Day weekend, after which most Americans will return to work after another pleasant summertime, we don’t see a lot of activity in either economic data or quarterly earnings reports. New jobs numbers — from private-sector ADP and the government tally BLS non-farm payrolls — won’t be released until next week. But we do see a revision to Q2 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this weekend, which ratcheted up 10 basis points to 4.2% in the second quarter of calendar 2018. […]

Economic Data

A Slew Of Economic and Earnings Data

Coming up on the long Labor Day weekend, after which most Americans will return to work after another pleasant summertime, we don’t see a lot of activity in either economic data or quarterly earnings reports. New jobs numbers — from private-sector ADP and the government tally BLS non-farm payrolls — won’t be released until next week. But we do see a revision to Q2 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this weekend, which ratcheted up 10 basis points to 4.2% in the second quarter of calendar 2018 […]

Technicals

Is Buckle, (BKE) Outperforming Other Retail-Wholesale Stocks This Year?

Investors focused on the Retail-Wholesale space have likely heard of Buckle, (BKE), but is the stock performing well in comparison to the rest of its sector peers? One simple way to answer this question is to take a look at the year-to-date performance of BKE and the rest of the Retail-Wholesale group’s stocks. Buckle, is a member of the Retail-Wholesale sector. […]