Category Archive: Finance
REIT Dividend Matchup: Realty Income Vs. Omega Healthcare Investors
Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs as they are more commonly known, are a great source of income. It is not uncommon to find REITs with dividend yields that are several percentage points above the S&P 500 average, which hovers around 2% right now. Realty Income (O) and Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI) are no different. […]
BNY Mellon’s Q1 Earnings & Revenues Meet Expectations
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation’s (BK – Free Report) first-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings per share were 80 cents, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. A rise in revenues and provision benefit supported the results. Also, assets under management (AUM) reflected growth. However, a marginal increase in expenses and lower foreign exchange and other trading […]
Tesaro Drops After Zejula Pricing, Competing PARPi Trial Miss
The shares of drug maker Tesaro (TSRO) are falling with two possible headwinds cited by analysts as the potential culprit, namely the pricing of its niraparib treatment and the disappointing trial results of another drug in the same therapeutic space. PRICING: Last night, Tesaro announced that Zejula, its oral, once-daily poly polymerase inhibitor, is now […]
Tactics For Better Decision Making, And Skill Versus Luck
Audio Length: 00:57:47 Michael Mauboussin is a Managing Director and Head of Global Financial Strategies at Credit Suisse. He’s also a professor of finance at Columbia Business School, and the author of several books, such as; The Success Equation and More Than You Know. Michael is widely recognized as a thought leader on the subject […]
European Close Sparks Dollar Buying Panic
It’s unclear what the catalysts for this sudden vertical buying panic is, but minutes after Europe closed, the dollar suddenly went full bid, gold slipped, and Treasury yields rose… There was a new French poll (which showed very little difference from previous polls) and comments from Lagarde on how bad a Le Pen victory would be, comments […]
India’s $1.8 Trillion Gold Mine
As longtime readers know, we love small caps here at Wall Street Daily — with good reason. During periods of economic expansion, small stocks often outperform blue chips by a wide margin. In fact, on swelling hopes of prosperity under President Trump, the market’s smallest stocks have gained 14% since the election — compared with a 9% […]
How Do I Not Love Thee US Stocks, Let Credit Suisse Count The Ways
Credit Suisse is out with a new Global Equities Strategy update. Now who’s excited?! No, but seriously, there’s a lot to like about this latest installment from Andrew Garthwaite and team. Specifically, there’s a lot about the eurozone and the French elections that’s definitely worth a read and the section on Japan isn’t a complete waste […]
Lessons From A Trading Great: Amos Hostetter
Amos Hostetter cofounded Commodities Corporation (otherwise known as CC) along with Helmut Weymar back in 1969. CC is the trading shop that produced more legendary trading talent than the Yankees have All-Stars. Alumni include: Bruce Kovner, Michael Marcus, Paul Tudor Jones, Ed Seykota and more… Hostetter was considered the wise sage and mentor of the group. He’s […]
W.W. Grainger: Buy The 20% Decline?
W.W. Grainger (GWW) has been among the biggest losers in the S&P 500 so far this earnings season. Shares have lost 20% of their value in just the past three months. The stock fell 11% on Tuesday, April 18th, after the company announced disappointing first-quarter earnings. Not only did Grainger miss analyst expectations on both […]
D.R. Horton Q2 Earnings & Revenues Beat, View Raised
D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI – Free Report) came up with yet another stellar show in the second quarter of fiscal 2017, with both earnings and revenues beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate given solid housing market scenario. The Texas-based homebuilder’s order trends remained strong in the quarter. Shares of this homebuilder escalated 2.36% in the pre-market trading session post […]
