Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes — just in case they’re material to our investing thesis.The market’s best-performing companies last week included three healthcare stocks that won over investors with can’t-miss news. Two of these companies are highly speculative, emerging-stage biotech stocks that […]
Source: Flickr user Simon & His Camera .Love is in the air, and that makes it the perfect time to confess my affection for three large-cap biotech stocks that market a slate of highly profitable, market-share leading therapies. Read on to learn more about why I have fallen for each of them.No. 1: Celgene CorporationWhile other companies hem and haw […]
Not many investment pros managed to dump their oil stocks before the price of crude started plummeting last year, but prescient investors who did obviously escaped heavy losses. The big question: Where did they invest the proceeds for greater future gains?One top-ranked money manager, Graham Tanaka, president and senior analyst and portfolio manager at TANAKA Growth Fund (TGFRX), was one […]
Thomson ReutersWorkers prepare for the opening of an Apple store in HangzhouBy Noel RandewichSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Activist Investor Carl Icahn thinks Apple Inc is already worth over $1 trillion but others on Wall St. think it will take a few more years for the iPhone maker’s stock value to get there.With Apple’s stock market value ballooning this week beyond […]
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Why American Airlines Group (AAL) Stock Is Trading Down On Monday
Following the release of January traffic numbers, American Airlines stock is trading down on Monday
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By: Joshua GriffinPublished: Feb 9, 2015 at 12:17 pm EST
American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) stock is trading down by around 3.24% as of 12:04 PM EST, following the release of air traffic results for January on […]
“We have a habit of looking at crude as a barometer for global economic growth,” said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities. Regressive analysis by his firm showed that for the last 25 years the S&P 500 has only had a 0.03 correlation with crude. That correlation has jumped to 0.7 since crude began its plunge last June.Among […]
When it comes to figuring out the best stocks to buy in any given month or year, crystal balls can be hazy, but our top Motley Fool contributors have scoured SEC filings, read industry trade journals, and crunched numbers to uncover three biotech stocks that they think could be among the top stocks to buy in February.Source: BioMarin.: The road […]
It’s been shown that dividend-paying stocks outperform their non-dividend paying counterparts, but focusing on dividends may not be the best strategy when it comes to big biotech stocks. Read on to learn why three Motley Fool contributors don’t think it makes sense for these big biotech companies to pay investors a dividend.Cheryl Swanson : Take a little trip through history […]
It’s silly time in the stock market calendar. First there was the Santa Claus rally in December, then there is the incessant talk about the January Effect, then it’s the Super Bowl Indicator, then it will be “sell in May” and on and on. I am sorry to sound harsh, but these indicators are less than useless. They are little […]
VIDEO UPDATE: 30m session looking at the long term market charts, top 5 movers on the day, three minutes speed run through Bespoke 50 list, viewer charts, and some ticker education.Thursday was much the opposite of Wednesday; yesterday the market was up thru mid afternoon then suffered significant selling late. Today indexes were down thru mid afternoon and then buyers […]
