Stock Markets Analysis & Opinion

We live in an interesting time. Every day we wake up with the news about either world indices making all-time records or bad news about terrorist attacks and nuclear tests. Historically, humans have...

The popularity of ETF investing is now sky-high and it took around only 20 years for this to happen. Though the pace of rollout slackened a bit in 2016 as we saw close to 240 launches compared with...

The year 2017 has been an eventful journey thanks to the “Trump Factor” that led the market to scale new highs. Major indices like the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and NASDAQ...

The pharma/biotech industry was plagued by drug pricing issues last year. However, it bounced back and made a considerable headway this year, courtesy of a slew of FDA approvals. Particularly,...

General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) intends to increase its ownership stake in Arcam AB from 76.2% to approximately 95%. The acquisition will be done by GE Sweden Holdings AB, a subsidiary of GE. It...

Wall Street had a ball in 2017 with a strong and steady run for most of the year. Several milestones were achieved by the benchmarks and investors luxuriated in the surge. In fact, the S&P 500...

The U.S. Energy Department's inventory release showed that crude stockpiles recorded a higher-than-expected weekly draw to the lowest level since 2015. On a further bullish note, domestic oil...

Stratasys, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SSYS) has generated significant returns for investors in the year-to-date period and has the potential to exceed expectations in the days ahead as well.The stock has soared...

It seems that airline stocks are back in favor after being laid low by multiple headwinds like the recent hurricanes, the devastating earthquake in Mexico and issues related to customer...

The U.S. Senate passed The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, marking President Donald Trump’s first major legislative victory. The reform, which brings down the tax rate to 21% from 35%, is...

Stocks have done exceptionally well in recent years, with the S&P 500 index producing a double-digit return in 2017 and up more than +250% from the 2009 lows. But many investors didn't enjoy such...

The investing world has been witnessing tectonic shifts lately with improving global economic fundamentals. Investors’ sentiment is now not the same as it was just after the financial meltdown...

It has been a roller coaster ride for the finance sector in 2017. Though the year begun on an optimistic note with high expectations from President Trump’s electoral promises, it lost some steam...

Friday, December 29, 2017The Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Morgan...