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Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included the iPhone maker, a Big 3 automaker and a restructured industrial company. Bearish calls in the past week included a tobacco, a software and construction equipment leaders. The big U....

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included top mining stocks and a Detroit automaker. Bearish calls featured biotech stocks and a key cloud player. Rising concerns about a trade war, another interest rate increase and a social...

This weekend's Barron's cover story shows what the shortage of workers means for employers and investors. Other featured articles examine the prospects for a European company that has hit on a winning formula and consumer staples stocks that are worth a look. "The Great Labor...

This weekend's Barron's takes a look at the expected winners and losers following Donald Trump's election victory. The prospects for a leading biotechnology product development company and a prominent financial services company are also examined. Other featured stories offer...

Insiders continue to snap up seeming bargains, even with the markets approaching highs. Three companies in transition saw notable insider purchases recently. Strong insider buying is often considered a positive sign for investors, particularly during volatile periods. Turnaround efforts at a...

Two of the so-called FANG stocks offered up disappointing quarterly results last week. The other two FANG stocks are on deck to share their latest results this week. Wall Street analysts continue to look for strong earnings growth from both of them. The so-called FANG stocks were the momentum...

Upcoming earnings highlights include the latest results from two automaker giants. Wall Street analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from both of them. However, estimates have been slipping for one and rising for the other. Expectations were already high for the latest earnings from...

Lots more earnings are on tap this week, from social media giants like Facebook and Twitter to petroleum supermajors Exxon and Chevron, from major pharmaceutical makers Merck and Pfizer to consumer goods giants like Altria and Avon Products. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from...

Altria Group Inc (NYSE: MO) shares have performed just as the technical crowd thought they would on September 3. At that time, they thought a breakout above the previous resistance of $43.70 would occur and that a continued move to the upper edge of the long-term uptrend channel at $46 to $48...

The earnings crunch is underway. Highlights this week include scheduled quarterly reports from Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook, Netflix and Starbucks, which are all expected to post earnings growth, as well as from Ford, McDonald's and Microsoft, for which earnings declines are forecast. Here is a...

The earnings crunch is on this week. Highlights will include reports from Amazon.com, Apple, Boeing, Comcast, Facebook, Google and Yahoo! All of them are expected to report year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining profits from the likes of Caterpillar,...

Lots of quarterly reports are on deck this week, to go along with all the delayed economic data expected to be released. Analysts and investors should have plenty to mull over. Earnings highlights will include reports from AT&T, McDonald's, Microsoft and Netflix, which are all expected to post...

The earnings crunch continues this week. Reports are due from the likes of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and General Motors (NYSE: GM), which are expected to say their earnings were lower than a year ago. On the other hand, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Ford (...

The earnings crunch is in full swing this week. Some of the highlights include anticipated quarterly reports from the likes of Apple, Amazon.com and Ford, which analysts expect to report lower per-share earnings for the most recent quarter than a year ago. On the other hand, year-over year...

In a report this past week, analysts at the Merrill Lynch unit of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) offered list of potential large cap leveraged buyout candidates. All the companies that made their list have healthy cash flow, smart valuations and low corporate debt. Here is a quick look at four of...