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This weekend's Barron's offers three cheap stock picks for impatient investors. Other featured articles discuss how to play the alternative meat, athleisure and mobile gaming themes. Also, the prospects for an aerospace giant, a beleaguered drugmaker a mobile payments company and more....

Expectations are high ahead of tonight’s meeting between the U.S. and Chinese presidents, but will reality match the rhetoric? That’s the big question. There’s a lot of optimism going in based on pre-meeting rhetoric, but people need to consider tempering their expectations. It...

Thin trading could be the theme today and tomorrow as it doesn’t look as though many investors want to put any big new positions on ahead of this weekend’s trade talks. This is a time when if you’re trading the market, you might want to consider being careful with position-sizing...

The U.S.-China trade dispute is likely to be in the foreground when Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) reports its quarterly earnings after the closing bell Thursday. Some analysts say that NKE, which is up about 15% on the year, has so far defied expectations that trade tensions would dampen its run, but since...

This weekend's Barron's cover story examines stocks that will benefit from increasing spending by millennials. Other featured articles focus on what suppliers say about Apple and possible outcomes to a bidding war. Also, the prospects for an off-price retailer and a highly anticipated IPO...

Earlier this year, the latest rumors about trade negotiations with China could sometimes send U.S. stocks off to the races or into the pits. These days, it looks like moves in the interest rate complex might be having the same impact. With China talks simmering but not sizzling, interest rates now...

Renewed global growth fears might dim the rally lights a little Friday after yesterday’s Fed party. A sharp rally Thursday that led stocks to five-month highs hit the brakes in pre-market action after European stocks fell sharply amid more soft data. Factory output in Europe slumped to its...

For one more hint about how the retail sector is faring, investors might want to consider glancing at athletic apparel giant Nike Inc.’s (NYSE: NKE) fiscal Q3 earnings, which are scheduled for release after the closing bell Thursday. Nike is one of the last major companies to report for the...

There have been two major themes arguably helping to boost stocks this year: A dovish Fed and increasing optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal. With little news on the latter front this morning, focus could turn toward the Fed, which begins its two-day policy meeting today. With the central bank...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a couple of FAANG stocks. Bearish calls included a beverage giant and an electric vehicle leader. The big U.S. indexes ended the past week 2 percent or so higher, even as investors kept an eye...

Adidas AG (ADR) (OTC: ADDYY) shares were surging higher Thursday, one day after taking a dive amid fears that the company’s North American momentum was finally slowing following its fourth-quarter report. The company launched a remarkable comeback in 2015 in North America and has doubled...

Consensus estimates remain conservative heading into VF Corp (NYSE: VFC)'s third-quarter report, according to a new analyst report. The Analyst Cowen analyst John Kernan maintains an Outperform rating on VF Corp and lowered his price target from $106 to $95. The Thesis In December, VF Corp...

Renewed hopes for progress in trade talks with China helped set a positive tone early Tuesday after Monday’s move higher. However, investors will have to wait to see if anything concrete lies behind this confidence.  Overseas markets appeared to share some of the optimism, as European...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included tech giants and a media leader. Bearish calls included a big EV maker and a struggling retailer. The first week of the new year felt like more of the same, as far as market volatility goes....

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a Detroit automaker and a video streaming giant. Bearish calls included a social media and financial giants. December has been brutal for stock investors, with major U.S. indexes down 6...