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Bank of America Merrill Lynch downgraded shares of Corenergy Infrastructure Trust Inc (NYSE: CORR), citing the uncertain growth outlook, year-to-date performance relative to the midstream MLP sector and a still somewhat elevated business risk profile. Unsustainable Uptrend? Analysts led by Gabe...

Shares of Stratasys, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) lost more than 8 percent Monday morning after analysts at Goldman Sachs turned bearish on the stock. Goldman Sachs' Matthew Cabral downgraded the 3D printing company from Neutral to Sell with an unchanged $20 price target, which implies a downside of nearly...

Following BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY)’s disappointing first-quarter earnings report, some Wall Street analysts are now as skeptical as ever that BlackBerry’s software and services segments can generate the type of growth that the company is projecting. In the first quarter, BlackBerry...

The Utilities SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLU) is up more than 10 percent so far in 2017, but utility stocks may have finally exhausted their positive momentum. Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Lapides has downgraded the utilities sector from Neutral to Cautious and says valuation is becoming a concern....

On CNBC's "Options Action", Carter Worth spoke about 3M Co (NYSE: MMM). He thinks the stock has moved too much, too fast and he wants to take profits or initiate a short position in the name. Worth explained that the stock had a sharp breakout on the upside and after such breakouts...

This weekend's Barron's features a look at how Canadian stocks have fared and how to play the trends. Other featured articles discuss one particular Canadian stock that has caught the eye of short sellers and a rising software star benefiting from the ecommerce arms race. The...

Fewer people are going to movie theaters, and Credit Suisse analyst Omar Sheikh is taking notice. Sheikh now has issued Underperform ratings on Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC), Regal Entertainment Corp (NYSE: RGC) and a Neutral rating on IMAX Corp (...

Blame it on bottom-fishing or bullish biases, but one of this year's worst-performing commodities still has supporters in the world of exchange traded products where the slumping United States Oil Fund (NYSE: USO) has been attracting new money. Bear Territory "In spite of the sell-off...

What impact, if any, will Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s $13.7 billion acquisition of the organic and natural grocer Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) have on the broader food industry? Whole Foods boasts just 456 stores and $15.7 billion in revenue (of which $2.6 billion is from its...

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) released a regulatory 8-k filing after Monday's market close to "reaffirm and clarify" certain financial and operating metrics. Chipotle said it still expects food costs for the second quarter to be approximately 34.2 percent of sales. Moreover, marketing...

When the dust finally settled on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s historic $13.7 billion buyout bid for Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) on Friday, Whole Foods stock was up 29.1 percent on the day, while Amazon stock finished the day up 2.4 percent as well. The deal has such wide-...

What impact, if any, will Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) acquisition of the organic and natural grocery chain Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) have on its supplier United Natural Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: UNFI)? Pivotal Research's Ajay Jain commented in a research report that there might be...

Shares of Tripadvisor Inc (NASDAQ: TRIP) lost more than 3 percent Monday morning and hit a new 52-week low of $36.75, before proceeding even lower, after analysts at Credit Suisse explained in a downgrade note why the stock still has "room to trip" lower. Credit Suisse's Paul Bieber downgraded...

Carter Worth said on CNBC's "Options Action" that he would take profits in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) after the recent rally. He believes there's going to be a pullback in the name and he would even consider shorting the stock. Mike Khouw believes the best way to take a short...

Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Mergers were all over the headlines, particularly late in the week. The much ballyhooed FANG stocks were also in the news. In a week that saw the FANG stocks stumble, the completion of the takeover of Yahoo and the...