Long Ideas

In an era where every startup claims to be disruptive, it’s unusual to come across a successful tech platform that asserts exactly the opposite. However, this is the case of Lottery.com, a lottery technology company that is managing to reimagine the lottery industry without alienating the...

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) dipped below the $300 mark Tuesday but has since climbed back to the $315 range after the launch of queso that’s getting burned on social media. The dip’s “taste/texture is quite different from competitor products,” Mizuho analyst...

William Blair upgraded shares of Akari Therapeutics PLC (ADR) (NASDAQ: AKTX), given the $73 billion enterprise value of Akari, which is about 3-5 times lower than that of comparable complement companies. As such, William Blair upgraded shares of the company from Market Perform to Outperform. At...

Following its meeting with Visteon Corp (NYSE: VC) management, BMO Capital Market upgraded shares of the company. The firm premised the upgrade on its increasing confidence that the management will be able to hit its long-term sales and profit targets. The rating on the shares now goes from...

General Mills, Inc. (NYSE: GIS) reported this week an earnings miss, which prompted a sell-off in the maker of Cheerios and other food products. But the stock's 6-percent decline in reaction to the earnings report is being seen by some on the Street as an attractive buying opportunity. Citi: Buy...

Previewing Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST)'s fiscal year fourth-quarter results, Baird said it expects solid results from the company. The company is scheduled to release its results after the market close on Oct. 5. As such, the firm reiterated its Outperform rating and $200...

Versartis Inc (NASDAQ: VSAR) shares are slumping even as rival Opko Health Inc. (NASDAQ: OPK) is seeing slight strength, though not proportionate to the sell-off seen in Versartis shares. News Behind The Move Versartis announced Thursday after the market close that its Somavaratan, a long-...

Shares of Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ICPT) continued to sell off Friday in reaction to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's letter to physicians warning them against the company's liver disease medicine called Ocaliva. One of the main takeaways from the FDA's letter is the absence of...

Investors are flocking to ex-U.S. equity exchange-traded funds this year. The enthusiasm for stocks outside the U.S. is spread around to developed and emerging markets, with ETF investors largely preferring low-cost funds. Not surprisingly, many of the least expensive international ETFs are also...

Shares of Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ICPT) lost around one quarter of their value Thursday and another 7 percent early Friday morning in reaction to a concerning U.S. Food and Drug Administration letter sent to doctors regarding its liver treatment product called Ocaliva for the...

Bernstein upgraded shares of AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE: AZN), giving four reasons for its optimistic assessment. All the same, the firm also harped on two controversies surrounding the company. As such, Bernstein upgraded shares of AstraZeneca from Market Perform to Outperform and lifted its...

Cantor Fitzgerald cut its Versartis Inc (NASDAQ: VSAR) target from $34 to $14 — and was still able to rate it Overweight. The stock dropped from $21.60 to $3.20 in Friday pre-market trading after the firm released negative Phase 3 data on its Somavaratan trial for pediatric growth hormone...

Exchange-traded funds providing exposure to European equities have been getting plenty of attention this year. National elections earlier this year in the Netherlands and France, and in Germany in a few days, were among the events turning investors' attention across the Atlantic. Italy's...

If it weren’t already, Argus Research is calling Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) an "essential" holding. In what has turned out to be one of the most disruptive companies this millennium, this multi-industry juggernaut is a must in most portfolios according to Argus analyst Jim Kelleher....

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced through a blog post that it has reached an agreement with HTC Corporation (OTC: HTCKF), which provided for a team of HTC talent who were already working with Google closely on the Pixel smartphone line up, will join the company's hardware...