Economic Data

Digesting Our Feasts & Recent Econ Data

Friday, November 29, 2019 The final trading day of November 2019 also happens to be Black Friday this year, the time when — traditionally, anyway — retailers would go from using red ink in their ledgers to black, meaning they at last post profits for their fiscal years. With online sales, dwindling activity at shopping malls and “door-buster” sales happening elsewhere at different times, enthusiasm about Black Friday has begun to dilute a bit. But it does mark the time when retail analysts begin to project holiday season strength and/or weakness […]

Stock Analysts

Is Hartford Financial (HIG) a Great Pick for Value Investors?

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. […]

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Discover Financial Rallies 44.3% YTD: Will Growth Continue?

Discover Financial Services DFS has been gaining momentum on the back of its impressive top-line performance, solid Direct Banking Business and a soaring card sales volume. In third-quarter 2019, the company’s adjusted earnings came in at $2.36 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.1%. The reported figure also improved 15.1% year over year on higher revenues and solid loan growth […]

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Can Value Investors Consider Primerica (PRI) Stock Now?

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. […]

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5 Best Bets in View Before the Curtain Falls on November

November is approaching an end and positive developments on the U.S.-China trade front, better-than-expected third-quarter earnings results and healthy economic data enabled the stock market to display an uptrend. Most major indexes have hit record highs in the past month. The S&P 500 index finished at 3,153.63 points on Nov 27, registering its third consecutive all-time high. […]

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Why Hold Strategy is Apt for Schlumberger (SLB) Stock Now

Schlumberger Limited SLB is the world’s largest oilfield service player and is expected to record year-over-year earnings growth of 6% in the December-end quarter of 2019. Moreover, it has an impressive earnings surprise history. The company has a positive earnings surprise of 2%, on average, for the past four quarters […]

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Geron (GERN) Stock Surges 40% YTD: What’s Driving the Rally?

Geron Corporation ’s GERN shares have surged 40% so far this year compared with the industry ’s growth of 5.2%, riding on the progress of its sole pipeline candidate, imetelstat. Imetelstat is being evaluated as a treatment for hematologic myeloid malignancies like myelofibrosis (“MF”) in a phase II IMbark study and myelodysplastic syndromes (“MDS”) in a phase III IMerge study. Notably, both studies are being conducted by Geron, following the termination of the collaboration related to imetelstat development by Johnson & Johnson JNJ last year. […]

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Netflix Boosts International Content With The Gift Season 2

Netflix NFLX has been increasingly investing in the production and distribution of localized, foreign-language content aimed at wooing international audiences. In the recently-reported third-quarter 2019, the company added 6.26 million paid international members, up 23.5% year over year. The company is working on projects across Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, France, Turkey and the entire Middle East to drive international subscriber growth. […]