Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

Stocks in the railroad industry performed well in 2017 after struggling to find stability for the past couple of years. Factors including increased coal and intermodal revenues have led to this...

The European Central Bank (ECB) kept interest rates unchanged and will continue buying 30 billion euros of assets a month until at least the end of September. Deposit rate, main refinancing rate and...

The Zacks Rank stock-picking system is a proven method for both beginning and experienced investors to identify the strongest stocks to buy. The model, which recognizes the importance of earnings...

Over the last five trading days, performance of banking stocks remained optimistic. Rebound in trading activities (after dismal 2017 performance) is perhaps the primary reason for this bullish price...

Wall Street is jittery right now as Trump really looks like he wants to launch a trade war, and the gold bugs come out when things look jittery. Gold is a stable source of value, they say. People have...

Lord, Grant us Chastity and Temperance… Just Not Yet!Most fund managers are in an unenviable situation nowadays (particularly if they have a long only mandate). On the one hand, they would love...

The equity bull market turns nine on Friday. The bulls started racing on Mar 9, 2009, the day U.S. stocks finally stopped sliding after the worst market rout since the Great Depression. Nine years...

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOCO) reported better-than-expected results in the fourth quarter of 2017.Pro-forma earnings of 11 cents per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 10...

Ferrellgas Partners LP (NYSE:FGP) reported second-quarter fiscal 2018 adjusted earnings of 49 cents per unit, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 61 cents by 19.7%.Including non-cash charges,...

You thought I was done with the Amigos shtick, did you? Not by a long shot ma’am. They are the happy-go-lucky riders in play as the stock bull market churns on. They are the rising SPX/Gold...

Don’t let this wave of stock-market volatility go to your head. The value of the companies in your portfolio doesn’t change by a positive or negative 5% three times a day. Get the value...

A better-than-expected February jobs report moved stocks higher in morning trading Friday. The latest employment figures, which come on the nine-year anniversary of the so-called “generational...

Index Futures Net Changes and Settlements:Foreign Markets, Fair Value and Volume: In Asia 10 out of 11 markets closed higher: Shanghai Comp +0.54%, Hang Seng +1.52%, Nikkei +0.54% In Europe 11 out...

Energy was a key sector driving profits for S&P 500 index in 2017. Per the latest Earnings Trends, the index witnessed year-over-year earnings growth of 7.1% last year. However, excluding the...