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Barron's Most Recent Picks And Pans: Airbnb, Duke Energy, Evoqua, Netflix And More
Sunday, July 25, 2021 - 6:31pm | 987Read More...The cover story in this weekend's Barron's suggests how to play travel stocks as the recovery falters. Other featured articles discuss banking stocks with steady dividends, stocks that will benefit from share buybacks and why the boom in energy stocks may be over. Also, see the prospects...
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Barron's Latest Picks And Pans: Airbnb, Bank Stocks, Dividend Aristocrats And More
Saturday, December 5, 2020 - 4:13pm | 1013Read More...This weekend's Barron's offers the guidance of a variety of experts on what's ahead for the global economy and the markets. Another featured article examines why the Dividend Aristocrats may be the best bet now. Also, the prospects for bank stocks and a highly anticipated IPO...
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Your Favorite Analyst's Favorite Analyst: Which Sell Side Firm Has The Most Buy Ratings From Its Peers?
Sunday, November 26, 2017 - 2:37pm | 902Read More...Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) recently upgraded shares of Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE: BCS) by two notches from Underperform to Buy. BofA Merrill Lynch cited the underperformance of Barclays' shares and depressed earnings expectations as the reason for its improved assessment. Financial firms are...
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Fifth Third Bank Launches App For Student Loans
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 - 4:20pm | 403Read More...Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) is taking a fintech approach to the country’s $1.3 billion in student loan debt. The Cincinnati-based bank announced a new app Tuesday, Fifth Third Momentum, that makes automated micropayments toward student loans by rounding up debit card purchases to the...
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More Big Banks In The Earnings Spotlight
Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 7:01pm | 605Read More...Fourth-quarter results from the big banks have been unimpressive so far. Analysts are looking for some earnings growth from Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC) this week. Wall Street expectations are lower for Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Citgroup, JPMorgan and Wells...
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Barron's Recap: The Fall Big Money Poll Reveals Bulls
Sunday, October 18, 2015 - 5:48pm | 862Read More...The cover story in this weekend's Barron's offers the results of the latest Big Money Poll. This issue also includes a look at Michael Dell's bid for EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), as well as the best play in wireless. The prospects for Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB), Tribune Media Co (NYSE:...
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Banks Stocks Well Valued, Invest With 'Caution'
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 12:32pm | 337Read More...Investors in the banking sector should move "toward a bit more caution," according to a note from Oppenheimer. Analyst Chris Kotowski said that bank fundamentals continue to be "more staid and boring" than they've been in 30 years covering the sector, pointing out that the...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of July 14: Big Banks, Tech Giants And More
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 6:54am | 1131Read More...After Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) kicked off the second-quarter earnings season last week, things ramp up this week with reports from many of the big banks, some tech giants and other blue-chips. Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) get...
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4 Top Bank Stock Picks From Deutsche Bank
Sunday, March 9, 2014 - 11:15am | 832Read More...Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB), PNC Financial Services (NYSE: PNC), Regions Financial (NYSE: RF) and Sun Trust Banks (NYSE: STI) were among the bank stocks featured in a Deutsche Bank research report this week. While the analysts did see improved credit profiles, a decrease in consumer...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of January 20: Microsoft, McDonald's, Netflix And More
Sunday, January 19, 2014 - 2:27pm | 953Read More...The markets are closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day, but after that the earnings season shifts back into high gear. The consensus forecasts for eBay, McDonald's, Netflix, Starbucks and Verizon call for year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining...
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Starbucks, Huntington Bancshares and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Saturday, May 4, 2013 - 10:25am | 946Read More...Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom is that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 14
Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 3:08pm | 1008Read More...Last Friday, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) started off the most recent round of quarterly reports from the big U.S. banks by posting a record profit for the quarter. The company also reported that the number of mortgage loans and lending margins declined from the previous quarter. Results from many more...
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Financial Sector Top Performers in January
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 7:52am | 1000Read More...Here's a quick look at some of the top performing financial stocks, year to date. These stocks all have a market cap of more than $500 million and all pay a dividend. Banco Macro (NYSE: BMA) shares are trading almost 27% higher year to date despite pulling back more than 5% in the past week. The...
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Small Cap Top Performers in January
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 7:19am | 951Read More...Here's a quick look at some of the top performing dividend stocks, year to date, that have a market cap of $1 billion or less. E-House (China) Holdings (NYSE: EJ) shares are trading about 38% higher year to date despite pulling back more than 4% last week. The real estate company announced in...
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Nasdaq's Top Performers in January
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 7:10am | 973Read More...Here's a quick look at some of the top performing dividend stocks, year to date, that are listed on the Nasdaq. CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is almost 26% higher year to date, more than 12% just in the past week. Shares surged after the company posted better-than-expected quarterly results that...
