Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Seeking out breakout stocks is probably one of the most favored techniques among active investors. The logic behind this kind of stock selection is to determine which stocks are trading within a...

M&S and Ocado (LON:OCDO) are a match made in heaven. Both companies can benefit from this joint venture. The fact that Ocado is allowed to carry its brand along with M&S products gives...

AdvanSix Inc. (NYSE:ASIX) logged a profit of $20.8 million or 68 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2018, down roughly 71% from a profit of $72.4 million or $2.31 per share in the year-ago...

A stock’s price-to-sales ratio reflects how much investors are paying for each dollar of revenues generated by the company.If the price-to-sales ratio is 1, it means that investors are paying $1...

Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ:MASI) reported fourth-quarter 2018 adjusted earnings of 83 cents per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 15.3%. Earnings improved from the year-ago...

We contrarians stayed calm through the market’s fourth quarter hissy fit. We not only held onto our shares through November and December but we also added dividend payers opportunistically to...

Over the past week, mergers and acquisitions have grabbed headlines in the biotech sector. Shares of Spark Therapeutics and Clementia soared on buyout offers from Roche and Ipsen. Meanwhile, as the...

Growth investors are often focused on finding companies whose earnings and revenue are expected to outpace the market. This investment strategy comes with its share of risks. Yet it also brings the...

Index Futures Net Changes and Settlements: Foreign Markets, Fair Value and Volume:In Asia 10 out of 11 markets closed lower: Shanghai Comp -0.67%, Hang Seng -0.65%, Nikkei -0.37% In Europe 10 out of...

It’s an exciting time for investors in the new marijuana industry who are now able to purchase shares in companies producing cannabis products for the consumer and medical markets for the first...

Shares of Mallinckrodt Public Limited Company (NYSE:MNK) gained 10.2% after it delivered better-than- expected results for the fourth quarter of 2018.The company reported adjusted earnings of $2.18...

Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE:CPE) posted fourth-quarter 2018 adjusted earnings of 17 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 5 cents. The weaker-than-expected earnings can be...

McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) recorded fourth-quarter 2018 loss of $1.55 per share, significantly lagging the Zacks Consensus Estimate of earnings of 21 cents. Moreover, the bottom line...

Sustainable investing has been evolving slowly. As many as 75% of U.S. asset managers in a new survey indicated that their firms have implemented sustainable investing, up from 65% in 2016 (read:...