With the growth and momentum factors soaring this year, it is not surprising that some dividend-oriented strategies are lagging or barely keeping pace with the S&P 500. That does not mean investors should throw in the towel on dividend stocks and chase sexier fare, such as the FANG quartet. One...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s earnings report on Monday consisted of another quarter of sustained underlying momentum and strength across the world, according to analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. The firm's Kip Paulson maintains an Overweight rating on Alphabet's stock with a price...

Gentlemen, start your egos. Elon Musk believes the greatest threat to humanity is artificial intelligence, while Mark Zuckerberg thinks the CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is being irresponsible for hammering away at “doomsday scenarios.” So, what are two dueling tech billionaires to do...

“If the Shoe Fits, Upgrade to Buy,” Deutsche Bank analyst Paul Trussell said as he set a $21 price target on DSW Inc. (NYSE: DSW). “We believe the YTD decline is overdone, creating an intriguing non-apparel value play. We see modest upside to estimates as initiatives gain traction...

The struggling solar industry may not quite be out of the woods just yet, but Wall Street analysts are growing increasingly bullish on industry leader First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR). On Tuesday, Bank of America and Cowen both released positive commentary on First Solar ahead of the company’...

Shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) gained more than 12 percent early Tuesday morning after activist investor Sandell Asset Management delivered a letter to the country's biggest specialty book retailer of which it is now a top 10 shareholder. Many investors have been working under...

Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ: WDC)’s battle with Toshiba over the sale of its chip business is set to come to a conclusion on Friday, but no matter how it comes down, Loop Capital Markets analyst Ananda Baruah sees a strong future ahead. Baruah initiated coverage on Western Digital shares...

A difficult and promotional environment within the apparel, footwear and textiles space prompted analysts at Deutsche Bank to downgrade Under Armour Inc (NYSE: UAA). The firm's Paul Trussell downgrades Under Armour's stock rating from Hold to Sell with an unchanged $17 price target....

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) shares were crushed during Monday’s after-hour trading session as the $2.7 billion European Commission fine was too much for the company to overcome. However, Credit Suisse analyst Stephen Ju still sees his bullish theses intact; he maintains his...

IN THE NEWS Benzinga Blue Apron Holdings Inc (NYSE: APRN) shares jumped 13 percent on Monday after a number of its IPO underwriters weighed in on the stock for the first time following the expiration of the mandatory post-IPO quiet period: Link Google Chrome is not only the world’s most...

As has been widely documented, the U.S. dollar is an epic disappointment this year in the currency world, ensuring the same can be said of the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP) among currency exchange-traded funds. UUP, the ETF proxy for the U.S. Dollar Index, is down more...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is trying too many options, as it emerges into a tech and e-commerce behemoth. The latest attempt by the company has been into social networking — a space currently dominated by the likes of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and...

Downtown Detroit is projected to enjoy $5.4 billion in capital investment between now and 2020, with more than 6,000 new apartment units, 1,200 new hotel units and 2.1 million square feet in new office space in development. The figures are from a CBRE Group Inc (NYSE: CBG) report that identifies...

Loop Capital Markets' Ananda Baruah initiated coverage of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) with a Buy rating and $172 price target and sees three catalysts that can help the stock move higher. The more than 30 percent gain since the start of 2017 has resulted in Apple's stock trading at 16x P/E, which is...

The emergence of superbugs and drug-resistant bacteria have many talking about antibiotic overprescribing, a practice common in the desperate treatment of sepsis. With a U.S. incidence rate of more than 1 million and an estimated mortality rate between 28 and 50 percent, sepsis is a formidable foe...