Category Archive: Finance
Ford: Time To Buy It
FIBOCALL: Ford (F) – mentioned on CNBC The whole panel on CNBC did not like F here, so it’s a good reason to own some. With the 11/9/16 low @ 11.07 holding, you can own some now. A close above 11.25 to add to longs. The 20 DMA @ 11.49 50 DMA @ 12.13 Our […]
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Affiliate Ups Offer For MoneyGram International Inc.
Written by StockNews.com China-based Ant Financial, an online payments specialist founded by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE:BABA), has substantially upped its takeover offer to U.S.-based money transfer giant MoneyGram International Inc. (NASDAQ:MGI). Ant boosted its bid for MoneyGram by 36% from its prior offer, to $18 per share in cash, or $1.2 billion. That’s up from […]
Incyte, Eli Lilly Plunge After FDA Won’t Approve Arthritis Drug
Shares of drugmaker Incyte (INCY) and mega-cap partner Eli Lilly (LLY) are sliding after the Food and Drug Administration rejected their application for rheumatoid arthritis therapy baricitinib in its current form, due to safety concerns. Nonetheless, the latter reaffirmed its 2017 and mid-term guidance. The news sparked varied reactions from Wall Street analysts. While some […]
Game On: A Look At Markets This Week
Turning to the markets, tensions with North Korea and better-than expected economic data out of China are in focus this morning. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices are coming off three straight losing sessions and start the day at two month lows. And with the Dow and S&P having put in a “lower low” […]
Computer Services: A Would-Be Dividend Aristocrat
The Federal Reserve increased interest rates in March, and last December as well. Without a doubt, interest rates are on the rise. Many investors are looking to the financial industry to capitalize on this trend. Large-cap banks like Wells Fargo (WFC) and J.P. Morgan (JPM) see increases in their net interest margins as benchmark interest rates move upwards, which will in […]
Lindsay: Long Term Intervals
The March 20 Market Update showed our Long Term interval forecast – both 15 and 12 year intervals. As we are now seeing the biggest pullback in the Dow since last autumn we have to assume that the 15yr interval is exerting its influence and the decline won’t end until the 12yr interval (May-November, 2017) […]
5 Stocks To Buy With Solid Earnings Acceleration
Constant earnings growth captivates almost everyone, right from the top brass to research analysts. This is because earnings are a measure of the money a company is making. Take a company’s revenues over a given period of time, subtract the cost of production and you will have its earnings! Upbeat earnings results are more often […]
PacWest Bancorp Q1 Earnings Miss The Mark Amid Higher Loan Loss Provisions
Written by StockNews.com PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ:PACW) early Monday posted worse-than-expected first quarter earnings results, as its provision for credit losses widened. The Brea, CA-based regional banker reported: Q1 earnings per share (EPS) of $0.65, which was $0.07 worse than the Wall Street consensus estimate of $0.72. Net interest income fell by $15.9 million to $232.5 million […]
SMDV: Why Your DGI Strategy Should Include The Small Cap Dividend Aristocrats
A well-rounded dividend growth strategy should include income from a number of different sources and styles. Not surprisingly, the ETF industry helps address that need by offering well over 100 different funds utilizing dozens of different strategies. The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL), for example, targets companies with decades-long histories of steady dividend […]
