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It’s another up-and-down day as investors try to weigh what seems to be a strong U.S. economy and weakening global economy. This of course, makes it tough to bid up stocks to new highs, but at the same time, it’s hard to sell U.S. equities when it’s the best house in the neighb

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Wilmington, DE, based Investment company Reliance Trust Co of Delaware buys Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund, McCormick Inc, Advanced Accelerator Applications SA, iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF, AutoZone Inc, T. Rowe Price Group Inc, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile SA, Bank of America Corporation, iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF, Old Dominion Freight Lines Inc, sells E.I. du Pont de Nemours, SPDR S&P 500, iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Xilinx Inc during the 3-months ended 2017-09-30, according to the most recent filings of the investment company, Reliance Trust Co of Delaware. As of 2017-09-30, Reliance Trust Co of Delaware owns 355 stocks with a total value of $657 million. These are the details of the buys and sells.

New Purchases: JRI, MKC, AAAP, CIU, TROW, SQM, AZO, PFF, BWA, VOYA, Added Positions: BAC, ABBV, PXD, DLB, PAYX, CMG, KR, SPLK, BBT, ASML, Reduced Positions: VTI, SPY, GE, VEA, AGG, BABA, AMAT, HP, IWF, KO, Sold Out: DD, XLNX, TSM, CPN, TEVA, CCL, AXS, RAI, WAB,

For the details of Reliance Trust Co of Delaware’s stock buys and sells, go to http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?GuruName=Reliance+Trust+Co+of+Delaware

Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2021: LivePerson Inc.(LPSN)

LivePerson, Inc. provides online engagement solutions that facilitate real-time assistance and expert advice in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. The company facilitates real-time online interactions, such as chat, voice/click-to-call, email, and self-service/knowledgebase for corporations of various sizes; and connects businesses and independent service providers with individual consumers seeking help on its hosted software platform. Its products and services comprise LP Chat that creates real-time connections for businesses to connect with consumers through Websites, social media, and mobile devices; LP Voice, which provides customers a connection between a Website and the voice channel to engage prospects and consumers online; and LivePerson Expert Platform, a marketplace platform that allows users to chat live with independent experts in various categories. The company?s products and services also include LP Marketer that o ffers a real-time data-driven targeting solution that delivers personalized digital user experiences; and LP Insights, which provide customers with a text analytics tool that enables them to data mine for ?Voice of the Customer? and ?Voice of the Agent? content. In addition, it offers provides professional services and value-added business consulting services. The company sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to small and mid-sized businesses, Internet businesses, online merchants, universities, libraries, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations, as well as to financial, retail, telecommunications, technology, and travel/hospitality industries. LivePerson, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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[By Matthew Frankel, CFP]
In the latest installment of our Between Two Fools interview series, Industry Focus: Financials host Jason Moser sits down with LivePerson (NASDAQ:LPSN) CEO Rob LoCascio.
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Sitting right in the middle of this esteemed group, LivePerson (Nasdaq: LPSN), a technology company transforming the way customers communicate with brands (and vice versa), is trading not only near its 52-week high but also near its all-time highs. And since I added the stock to our Game-Changing Stocks portfolio on December 21, and we’re already up more than 60%.

Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2021: Mosaic Company (MOS)

The Mosaic Company is the world’s leading producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. We are the largest integrated phosphate producer in the world and one of the largest producers and marketers of phosphate-based animal feed ingredients in the United States. We are one of the four largest potash producers in the world. Through our broad product offering, we are a single source supplier of phosphate- and potash-based crop nutrients and animal feed ingredients. We serve customers in approximately 40 countries. We mine phosphate rock in Florida and process rock into finished phosphate products at facilities in Florida and Louisiana. We mine potash in Saskatchewan and New Mexico. Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Stephan Byrd]
A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on MOS shares. Zacks Investment Research raised Mosaic from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $32.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 7th. TheStreet raised Mosaic from a “c+” rating to a “b-” rating in a research report on Monday, November 19th. ValuEngine upgraded Mosaic from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 2nd. Cowen increased their price target on Mosaic from $38.00 to $43.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 15th. Finally, Credit Suisse Group reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $30.00 price target on shares of Mosaic in a research note on Monday, February 4th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $37.14.

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[By Motley Fool Transcribers]
The Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS)Q42018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 26, 2019, 9:00 a.m. ET

Contents:
Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:

Operator

Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2021: Becton, Dickinson and Company(BDX)

Becton, Dickinson and Company develops, manufactures, and sells medical devices, instrument systems, and reagents worldwide. The companys BD Medical segment offers syringes and pen needles for diabetes; needles, syringes, and intravenous catheters for medication delivery; prefilled IV flush syringes; regional anesthesia needles and trays; sharps disposal containers; closed-system transfer devices; skin antiseptic products; surgical and laproscopic instrumentations; generic prefilled injectables; intravenous medication safety and infusion therapy delivery, and automated medication dispensing and supply management systems; prefillable drug delivery systems; respiratory ventilation, and diagnostics equipment and consumables; and consumables for patient monitoring and anesthesia delivery. Its Life Sciences segment provides integrated systems for specimen collection; safety-engineered blood collection, automated blood culturing and tuberculosis culturing, and microorganism identification and drug susceptibility systems; molecular testing systems for infectious diseases and womens health; liquid-based cytology systems for cervical cancer screening; rapid diagnostic assays; microbiology laboratory automation, and plated media products; fluorescence-activated cell sorters and analyzers; monoclonal antibodies and kits for performing cell analysis; reagent systems for life science research; molecular indexing and next-generation sequencing sample preparation for genomics research; clinical oncology, immunological, and transplantation diagnostic/monitoring reagents and analyzers; and cell culture media supplements for biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The company markets its products through independent distribution channels and sales representatives to healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical industry, and general public. Becton, Dickinson and Company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

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[By Stephan Byrd]
In other Becton Dickinson and news, CEO Vincent A. Forlenza sold 11,340 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $250.40, for a total value of $2,839,536.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 227,250 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $56,903,400. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Ribo Alberto Mas sold 4,808 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $255.03, for a total value of $1,226,184.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 22,476 shares in the company, valued at $5,732,054.28. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 19,271 shares of company stock worth $4,862,179 over the last ninety days. 0.12% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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Becton Dickinson and Company Profile
[By Max Byerly]
Stevens First Principles Investment Advisors decreased its stake in shares of Becton Dickinson and Co (NYSE:BDX) by 1.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 16,750 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock after selling 250 shares during the quarter. Becton Dickinson and comprises about 2.6% of Stevens First Principles Investment Advisors’ portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest holding. Stevens First Principles Investment Advisors’ holdings in Becton Dickinson and were worth $3,774,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2021: Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund, Inc.(HIO)

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks high current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective. It invests over 80% of its net assets in high-yield securities and approximately 20% in common stock equivalents, including options, warrants and rights. It provides a non-leveraged high-yield portfolio of corporate debt securities. Its investment portfolio includes high yield corporate bonds, investment grade corporate bonds, government, bank loans, emerging market debt, mortgage-backed securities, and cash and other securities. It invests in various industries, including communications, consumer cyclical, consumer non-cyclical, energy, capital goods, banking and finance. Western Asset Management Company and Western Asset Management Company Limited are the sub-advisors of the Fund. Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC is the investment manager of the Fund. Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Ethan Ryder]
Media headlines about Western Asst High Incm Opprtnty Fnd (NYSE:HIO) have trended positive on Monday, according to Accern. Accern ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Western Asst High Incm Opprtnty Fnd earned a news impact score of 0.36 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media stories about the closed-end fund an impact score of 46.8812467861134 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next few days.
[By Logan Wallace]
Headlines about Western Asset High Income (NYSE:HIO) have been trending positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Western Asset High Income earned a coverage optimism score of 0.49 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned press coverage about the closed-end fund an impact score of 47.4682522681889 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the next few days.

Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2021: Tronox Limited(TROX)

Tronox Limited produces and markets titanium bearing mineral sands and titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment in North America, Europe, South Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. It primarily operates in two segments, TiO2 and Alkali. The TiO2 segment engages in the exploration, mining, and beneficiation of mineral sands deposits. This segment produces titanium feedstock, including chloride slag, ilmenite, leucoxene, titanium slag, slag fines, synthetic rutile, and leucoxene, as well as pig iron and zircon; and produces and markets TiO2 under the TRONOX brand name, which is used in the manufacture of paint and other coatings, and plastics and paper, as well as in various other applications comprising inks, fibers, rubber, food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. It also manufactures and markets electrolytic manganese dioxide primarily for battery materials; and specialty boron products for semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, high-performance fibers, specialty ceramics, and epoxies, as well as igniter formulations. The Alkali segment produces natural soda ash for various industries comprising flat glass, container glass, detergent and chemical manufacturing. This segment is involved in dry mining of trona ore underground at Westvaco facility; secondary recovery of trona from previously dry mined areas underground at Westvaco and Granger facilities; refining of raw trona ore into soda ash and specialty sodium alkali products; and marketing, sale, and distribution of alkali products. Tronox Limited was founded in 2005 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

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[By Ethan Ryder]
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[By Maxx Chatsko]
Shares of Tronox (NYSE:TROX) jumped over 20% today after the company announced it had filed a joint motion with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to delay the appeal schedule regarding the review of its proposed acquisition of Cristal. The move suggests the titanium dioxide manufacturer and the FTC are making progress toward a compromise over the acquisition of the Saudi-based chemicals producer, which has been under intense regulatory scrutiny for two years.
[By Max Byerly]
Shares of Tronox Ltd (OTCMKTS:TROX) traded down 8.6% on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $10.95 and last traded at $11.09. 1,237,777 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 7% from the average session volume of 1,334,449 shares. The stock had previously closed at $12.14.
[By Shane Hupp]
Tronox (OTCMKTS:TROX) had its target price lowered by equities research analysts at BMO Capital Markets to $13.00 in a report released on Tuesday, The Fly reports. The firm currently has an “outperform” rating on the basic materials company’s stock. BMO Capital Markets’ target price indicates a potential upside of 0.93% from the company’s previous close.

Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2021: Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.(SMBC)

Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. (“Company”), which changed its state of incorporation to Missouri on April 1, 1999, was originally incorporated in Delaware on December 30, 1993 for the purpose of becoming the holding company for Southern Missouri Savings Bank upon completion of Southern Missouri Savings Bank’s conversion from a state chartered mutual savings and loan association to a state chartered stock savings bank. As part of the conversion in April 1994, the Company sold 1,803,201 shares of its common stock to the public. The Company’s Common Stock is quoted on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “SMBC”. Southern Missouri Savings Bank was originally chartered as a mutual Missouri savings and loan association in 1887. On June 20, 1995, it converted to a federally chartered stock savings bank and took the name Southern Missouri Savings Bank, FSB. Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Joseph Griffin]
Berkshire Hills Bancorp (NYSE: BHLB) and Southern Missouri Bancorp (NASDAQ:SMBC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
[By Stephan Byrd]
Southern Missouri Bancorp (NASDAQ: SMBC) and Heritage Financial (NASDAQ:HFWA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
[By Joseph Griffin]
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods initiated coverage on shares of Southern Missouri Bancorp (NASDAQ:SMBC) in a research note issued to investors on Thursday. The brokerage issued a market perform rating on the savings and loans company’s stock.
[By Joseph Griffin]
Southern Missouri Bancorp (NASDAQ: SMBC) and First Connecticut Bancorp (NASDAQ:FBNK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own Right Now

Numis Securities cut shares of Safestore (LON:SAFE) to a hold rating in a report published on Thursday morning.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Liberum Capital reissued a buy rating and set a GBX 560 ($7.46) price objective on shares of Safestore in a research report on Thursday, February 22nd. Peel Hunt reissued a hold rating on shares of Safestore in a research report on Thursday, April 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. The company has an average rating of Buy and an average target price of GBX 540.83 ($7.20).

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Safestore opened at GBX 556.50 ($7.41) on Thursday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Safestore has a 1-year low of GBX 360 ($4.79) and a 1-year high of GBX 528 ($7.03).

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own Right Now: United Natural Foods, Inc.(UNFI)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Dan Caplinger]
Investors seemed to be in a sector-shifting mood on Friday, because various measures of stock market performance went in different directions. Some areas of the market, including small-cap stocks and big technology names, were largely lower for the day. Yet the Dow Jones Industrial Average set another all-time high, and the broadest benchmarks stayed close to unchanged. Even so, amid the cross-currents of the market, some stocks suffered substantial losses, with a particular emphasis on those that had seen impressive gains recently. GTx (NASDAQ:GTXI), Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY), and United Natural Foods (NASDAQ:UNFI) were among the worst performers on the day. Here’s why they did so poorly.
[By Ethan Ryder]
United Natural Foods (NASDAQ:UNFI) had its price target lowered by Wells Fargo & Co from $50.00 to $45.00 in a research report report published on Thursday. The firm currently has a market perform rating on the stock.
[By Asit Sharma]
Last week, United Natural Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:UNFI) shares fell more than 14% in the trading session following the company’s June 6 release of fiscal third-quarter 2018 earnings, largely on investor concerns over gross margin. The stock has recouped only a couple of percentage points to date.
[By Logan Wallace]
United Natural Foods (NASDAQ:UNFI) was upgraded by equities researchers at BidaskClub from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday.
[By Shane Hupp]
United Natural Foods (NASDAQ:UNFI) had its price objective cut by Pivotal Research from $34.00 to $33.00 in a report released on Wednesday morning. They currently have a sell rating on the stock.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own Right Now: Nordic American Offshore Ltd(NAO)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Max Byerly]
Nordic American Offshore (NYSE: NAO) and DryShips (NASDAQ:DRYS) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
[By Stephan Byrd]
Media headlines about Nordic American Offshore (NYSE:NAO) have been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, according to Accern. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Nordic American Offshore earned a media sentiment score of -0.10 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the shipping company an impact score of 46.9955270541452 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the immediate future.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own Right Now: PetroChina Company Limited(PTR)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Lisa Levin] Gainers
Shineco, Inc. (NASDAQ: TYHT) rose 34.7 percent to $2.29 in pre-market trading following Q3 results. Shineco posted Q3 earnings of $0.21 per share on sales of $13.3 million.
Carver Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARV) rose 15.8 percent to $12.74 in pre-market trading after surging 201.37 percent on Thursday.
LiveXLive Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIVX) shares rose 11.5 percent to $7.75 in pre-market trading after climbing 64.50 percent on Thursday.
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EIGR) rose 9 percent to $18.30 in pre-market trading after climbing 41.77 percent on Thursday.
AmTrust Financial Services Inc (NASDAQ: AFSI) rose 6.2 percent to $14.25 in pre-market trading after a 13D filing from Carl Icahn shows a new 9.38 percent stake in the company. The filing also shows language from Icahn that strongly opposes a go-private transaction.
Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ: CERN) rose 5.6 percent to $64.02 in pre-market trading after the Department of Veterans Affairs reported an agreement with Cerner Government Services, Inc. to provide seamless care for veterans.
PetroChina Company Limited (NYSE: PTR) shares rose 5.3 percent to $82.05 in pre-market trading.
TC PipeLines, LP (NYSE: TCP) shares rose 5.2 percent to $26.59 in the pre-market trading session.
IQVIA Holdings Inc. (NYSE: IQV) shares rose 4.8 percent to $102.50 in pre-market trading as the company pulled secondary offering 'in light of recent market conditions'.
Axon Enterprise, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAXN) rose 4.5 percent to $59.70 in pre-market trading. On Thursday, Axon priced its 4.3 million share offering of common stock at $53 per share.
The Trade Desk, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTD) rose 4.5 percent to $84 in pre-market trading.
PetIQ Inc (NASDAQ: PETQ) rose 3.9 percent to $18.96 in pre-market trading after a 13G filing shows a new 5.05 percent stake by the State of New Jersey's Division of Investment.
Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) shares rose 3.7 percent to $15.85 in pre-market
[By Danny Vena]
But you might be surprised to find that Apple is not the first company to achieve this distinction. Even more surprising: you’ve probably never heard of the company that beat them, PetroChina (NYSE:PTR).
[By Ethan Ryder]
PetroChina (NYSE: PTR) and Callitas Health (OTCMKTS:MPHMF) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
[By Todd Campbell]
The following table highlights the 10 biggest energy companies by market capitalization. Some of these companies operate upstream, midstream, and downstream businesses, but all of them derive the majority of their revenue from upstream operations.

Rank Company Market Cap

1 ExxonMobil $348 billion
2 Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS-A)(NYSE:RDS-B) $286 billion
3 Chevron (NYSE:CVX) $223 billion
4 Petrochina Co. Ltd. (NYSE:PTR) $218 billion
5 Total SA (NYSE:TOT) $163 billion
6 BP Plc (NYSE:BP) $143 billion
7 China Petroleum (NYSE:SNP) $107 billion
8 Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) $89 billion
9 ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) $84 billion
10 Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE:SLB) $84 billion

Data source: Yahoo! Finance on Sept. 13, 2018.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own Right Now: Prudential Global Short Duration High Yield Fund, Inc.(GHY)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Logan Wallace]
Vident Investment Advisory LLC lifted its position in PGIM Global Short Duration Hgh Yd Fd Inc (NYSE:GHY) by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 594,728 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 16,908 shares during the quarter. Vident Investment Advisory LLC owned 1.45% of PGIM Global Short Duration Hgh Yd Fd worth $8,124,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own Right Now: Lennox International, Inc.(LII)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Joseph Griffin]
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Lennox International (NYSE:LII) by 5.9% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 275,114 shares of the construction company’s stock after purchasing an additional 15,387 shares during the period. Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC owned approximately 0.67% of Lennox International worth $56,226,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
[By Lou Whiteman]
Another publicly traded competitor, Lennox International (NYSE:LII), is likely too small to attempt either a reverse Morris trust or outright purchase of Carrier.
[By Joseph Griffin]
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd. lessened its holdings in shares of Lennox International (NYSE:LII) by 12.5% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,403 shares of the construction company’s stock after selling 629 shares during the quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd.’s holdings in Lennox International were worth $900,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
[By Jon C. Ogg]
Lennox International Inc. (NYSE: LII) was started with an Underweight rating and assigned a $201 price target at Morgan Stanley on August 21. The prior close was $225.32, but Lennox shares traded just under $220 late on Friday. The market cap is almost $9 billion, and the 52-week range is $160.38 to $225.78. Lennox is a household name when it comes to air conditioners and climate control systems. Its shares were last seen up about 6% year to date, but they were up 35% from a year ago.
[By Shane Hupp]
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Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own Right Now: Bazaarvoice, Inc.(BV)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Motley Fool Transcribers]
BrightView Holdings Inc (NYSE:BV)Q1 2019 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 07, 2019, 10:00 a.m. ET

Contents:
Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:

Operator
[By Paul Ausick]
BrightView Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BV) raised $469 million selling 21.3 million shares at $22, the low end of the expected range. Shares dropped 3% on the first day of trading and closed the week flat.
[By Chris Lange]
BrightView Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BV) entered the market quietly in its initial public offering (IPO). The stock initially saw a slight gain compared to the announced pricing but quickly fell flat.
[By Paul Ausick]
Below is Renaissance Capital’s list of the second quarter’s 10 largest IPOs ranked by deal size. We’ve also included the stock’s first-day pop (or decline) and its return as of the most recent close. Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT) is not included because its IPO was a direct offering that did not raise any new cash. Spotify shares popped nearly 13% on the April offering date, and the return to date is 27%.

AXA Equitable Holdings Inc. (NYSE: EQH): $2.75 billion; first-day pop of 1.7%; return to date: 1.3% GreenSky LLC (NASDAQ: GSKY): $874 million: pop of 1.6%; return of −7.9% BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BJ): $638 million; pop and return of 29.4% DocuSign Inc. (NASDAQ: DOCU): $629 million; pop of 37.0%; return of 83.0% Pivotal Software Inc. (NYSE: PVTL): $555 million; pop of 5.0%; return of 71.0% GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE: EAF): $525 million; decline of 3.7%; return of 23.0% BrightView Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BV): $469 million; decline of 2.7%; return of −2.7% Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. (NYSE: CDAY): $462 million; pop of 42.0%; return of 55.0% Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: EPRT): $455 million; decline of 2.6%; return of −3.6% PluralSight Inc. (NASDAQ: PS): $311 million; pop of 33.0%; return of 61.0%

Looking ahead to the third quarter, Renaissance Capital notes 65 companies currently in the IPO pipeline looking to raise $11 billion. Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield is the both the largest potential IPO ($500 million) and the largest based on trailing 12-month sales ($7.23 billion). The pipeline is again heavy on health care offerings (11), industrials (five), financials (five) and, in a bit of a comeback, energy (four).

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own Right Now: Tronox Limited(TROX)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Joseph Griffin]
Wolverine Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Tronox Ltd (OTCMKTS:TROX) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm acquired 27,200 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $535,000.
[By Ethan Ryder]
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[By Maxx Chatsko]
One factor contributing to the awful start to life as a publicly traded company is simply timing. Venator Materials stock listed on public exchanges just in time to catch the last few months of a multiyear bonanza for titanium dioxide stocks. Shares of Kronos Worldwide, Chemours, and Tronox Ltd (NYSE:TROX) all jumped by triple digits in the three-year period ending in 2017. That helped to soften the blow from their double-digit declines suffered so far in 2018, but the newcomer has no such history to hang its hat on.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own Right Now: iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund(IBB)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Joe Tenebruso]
In this regard, two biotech ETFs — the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (NASDAQ:IBB) and the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (NYSEMKT:XBI) — stand out among the rest as particularly strong investment options. Read on to learn more about them.
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The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (NYSE:XBI) – a good measure of small-cap biotech stocks – gained almost 6% yesterday. Meanwhile, the large-cap iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (NASDAQ:IBB) jumped almost 4%. The biotech buying frenzy helped lift the Nasdaq Composite to a gain of almost 1% in Monday’s session.
[By Jim Crumly]
Biotech stocks had a big day, with the iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology ETF (NASDAQ:IBB) jumping 2.8%. The broad technology sector slipped, and the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT:XLK) lost 0.1%.
[By Stephan Byrd]
Cahill Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (NASDAQ:IBB) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 1,926 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $212,000.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own Right Now: Midland States Bancorp, Inc. (MSBI)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Logan Wallace]
Midland States Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:MSBI) Director John M. Schultz sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.70, for a total transaction of $67,400.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink.
[By Joseph Griffin]
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[By Joseph Griffin]
News headlines about Midland States Bancorp (NASDAQ:MSBI) have been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Midland States Bancorp earned a daily sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news coverage about the financial services provider an impact score of 44.8228508822808 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next few days.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own Right Now: Ultralife Corporation(ULBI)

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[By Shane Hupp]
Polar Power (NASDAQ: POLA) and Ultralife (NASDAQ:ULBI) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Watch Right Now

If you’re looking to invest in renewable power stocks, you can always pick out pure plays that take advantage of the huge demand for clean energy — and with utility customers inking long-term power contracts as they switch from dirty carbon-based fuels, that might be a winning strategy. However, what if the growth story behind renewables doesn’t live up to today’s hype?

That uncertainty is why a diversified company like NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE), with utility and renewable power operations, might make more sense for conservative investors.

Focusing on renewables

There’s no question that a company like Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (NYSE:BEP) is a great direct play on renewable power. Roughly 80% of the company’s power is hydroelectric, with the rest made up largely of wind and solar. Moreover, it has exposure to Brazil (20% of generation) and Columbia (15%), in addition to the United States (60%). Much of the company’s growth has come from acquisitions, and long-term contracts back up the bulk of its revenues. It’s a perfectly fine renewable power investment.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Watch Right Now: Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund(JFR)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Max Byerly]
Swift Run Capital Management LLC lessened its holdings in Nuveen Floating Rate Inc (NYSE:JFR) by 30.4% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 16,000 shares of the company’s stock after selling 7,000 shares during the quarter. Swift Run Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Nuveen Floating Rate were worth $174,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Watch Right Now: Analog Devices, Inc.(ADI)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Logan Wallace]
Somerset Trust Co acquired a new position in Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 24,575 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,357,000. Analog Devices comprises 1.3% of Somerset Trust Co’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest holding.
[By Garrett Baldwin]
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Three Stocks to Watch Today: TGT, LOW, NAVG
Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) leads a busy day of earnings reports. The retail giant reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.47, a figure that topped expectations by 7 cents. The company beat revenue expectations, reported stronger same-store sales, and hiked its full-year forecast. Shares of TGT jumped 6.4% before the bell. Home improvement retail might be cooling off as higher interest rates put a dent into new-home sales. This morning, shares of Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) dropped 0.7% after the company reported earnings. The firm reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.07, a figure that beat expectations by 5 cents. Despite topping revenue expectations, the firm reported weaker-than-expected same-store sales and slashed its full-year outlook. In deal news, shares of Navigators Group (Nasdaq: NAVG) popped nearly 9%. The firm agreed to be purchased by Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: HIG) for $2.1 billion in cash. Look for additional earnings reports from L Brands Inc. (NYSE: LB), Williams-Sonoma Inc. (NYSE: WSM), Photronics Inc. (Nasdaq: PLAB), and Analog Devices Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI).

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[By Ethan Ryder]
Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) and Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Watch Right Now: Tronox Limited(TROX)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Joseph Griffin]
Wolverine Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Tronox Ltd (OTCMKTS:TROX) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm acquired 27,200 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $535,000.
[By Maxx Chatsko]
Shares of Tronox (NYSE:TROX) jumped over 20% today after the company announced it had filed a joint motion with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to delay the appeal schedule regarding the review of its proposed acquisition of Cristal. The move suggests the titanium dioxide manufacturer and the FTC are making progress toward a compromise over the acquisition of the Saudi-based chemicals producer, which has been under intense regulatory scrutiny for two years.
[By Ethan Ryder]
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[By Shane Hupp]
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[By Shane Hupp]
Tronox (OTCMKTS:TROX) had its target price lowered by equities research analysts at BMO Capital Markets to $13.00 in a report released on Tuesday, The Fly reports. The firm currently has an “outperform” rating on the basic materials company’s stock. BMO Capital Markets’ target price indicates a potential upside of 0.93% from the company’s previous close.
[By Max Byerly]
Shares of Tronox Ltd (OTCMKTS:TROX) traded down 8.6% on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $10.95 and last traded at $11.09. 1,237,777 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 7% from the average session volume of 1,334,449 shares. The stock had previously closed at $12.14.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Watch Right Now: El Paso Electric Company(EE)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Stephan Byrd]
Korea Electric Power (NYSE: KEP) and El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
[By Ethan Ryder]
Shares of El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the seven ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have assigned a hold recommendation and one has issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $51.33.
[By Stephan Byrd]
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Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Watch Right Now: SharpSpring, Inc.(SHSP)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Stephan Byrd]
SharpSpring Inc (NASDAQ:SHSP) major shareholder Cat Rock Capital Management Lp purchased 81,111 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 21st. The stock was acquired at an average price of $13.32 per share, with a total value of $1,080,398.52. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Major shareholders that own more than 10% of a company’s stock are required to disclose their sales and purchases with the SEC.
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These are the top 5 holdings of Cat Rock Capital Management LPTransDigm Group Inc (TDG) – 311,175 shares, 36.47% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 7.62%CarGurus Inc (CARG) – 2,575,310 shares, 30.38% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 138.50%Facebook Inc (FB) – 269,513 shares, 17.78% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 25.29%Star Group LP (SGU) – 3,032,551 shares, 10.09% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 0.58%ShotSpotter Inc (SSTI) – 311,862 shares,
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These are the top 5 holdings of Cat Rock Capital Management LPTransDigm Group Inc (TDG) – 311,175 shares, 36.47% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 7.62%CarGurus Inc (CARG) – 2,575,310 shares, 30.38% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 138.50%Facebook Inc (FB) – 269,513 shares, 17.78% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 25.29%Star Group LP (SGU) – 3,032,551 shares, 10.09% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 0.58%ShotSpotter Inc (SSTI) – 311,862 shares,

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Watch Right Now: Costamare Inc.(CMRE)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Logan Wallace]
COSTAMARE Inc/SH (NYSE:CMRE) shares hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday following a dividend announcement from the company. The stock traded as high as $8.15 and last traded at $8.10, with a volume of 15988 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $7.98.
[By Shane Hupp]
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[By Rich Smith]
Shares of three big oceangoing container-shipping companies — Triton International (NYSE:TRTN), Seaspan (NYSE:SSW), and Costamare (NYSE:CMRE) — suffered huge losses in early trading Friday after Wells Fargo announced it was downgrading “the entire container complex,” as StreetInsider.com put it.
[By Logan Wallace]
COSTAMARE Inc/SH (NYSE:CMRE) has received an average recommendation of “Hold” from the seven analysts that are covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $7.75.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Watch Right Now: Ennis, Inc.(EBF)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Logan Wallace]
These are some of the media stories that may have impacted Accern’s scoring:

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Ennis (EBF) Issues Earnings Results (americanbankingnews.com) Ennis beats by $0.07, beats on revenue (seekingalpha.com) Ennis up 4% post Q1 results (seekingalpha.com) Ennis, Inc. Reports Results for the First Quarter Ended May 31, 2018 (finance.yahoo.com) Ennis: Fiscal 1Q Earnings Snapshot (finance.yahoo.com)

Shares of Ennis traded down $0.05, hitting $20.20, during trading on Tuesday, according to Marketbeat.com. The company had a trading volume of 117,000 shares, compared to its average volume of 79,358. The firm has a market cap of $489.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.66 and a beta of 0.69. Ennis has a fifty-two week low of $17.65 and a fifty-two week high of $21.50. The company has a quick ratio of 4.63, a current ratio of 5.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11.
[By Stephan Byrd]
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Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Watch Right Now: MercadoLibre Inc.(MELI)

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[By Brian Feroldi, Matthew Frankel, and Dan Caplinger]
So, which stocks do we think can put up Facebook-like returns in the years ahead? We asked a team of top Motley Fool investors to weigh in, and they picked Shopify (NYSE:SHOP), Square (NYSE:SQ), and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI).
[By Dan Caplinger]
Wall Street showed signs of discord on Thursday, with various major benchmarks moving in opposite directions, reflecting some of the cross-currents among different sectors. After a long advance to record heights for the Nasdaq Composite, tech stocks were generally weaker today, but some high-profile consumer favorites in the Dow Jones Industrial Average powered that benchmark up. Market sentiment appears to be generally solid, but some companies had to deal with specific issues that sent their shares lower. MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI), REV Group (NYSE:REVG), and ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) were among the worst performers on the day. Here’s why they did so poorly.
[By Stephan Byrd]
MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) – Piper Jaffray reduced their Q2 2019 earnings per share estimates for MercadoLibre in a research note issued on Thursday, May 10th. Piper Jaffray analyst M. Olson now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.93 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.95. Piper Jaffray currently has a “Overweight” rating and a $350.00 price target on the stock. Piper Jaffray also issued estimates for MercadoLibre’s Q3 2019 earnings at $1.44 EPS and Q4 2019 earnings at $1.57 EPS.
[By Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]
Today, I’m taking a look at three of the biggest outperformers in the period — Sherwin Williams (NYSE:SHW), lululemon atheletica (NASDAQ:LULU), and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) — which each grew by at least 700% over the past decade.
[By Motley Fool Staff]
As this episode drops, we are three years into that very first sampler, which he dubbed simply “Five Stocks for the Next Five Years.” The picks were Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI), Casey’s General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY), FireEye (NASDAQ:FEYE), MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI), and Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) — and we’ll tell you up front that at this stage, David’s far from batting a thousand on the set.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Watch Right Now: Fifth Street Asset Management Inc.(FSAM)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Logan Wallace]
Fifth Street Asset Management (OTCMKTS: FSAM) and Triangle Capital (NYSE:TCAP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.
[By Logan Wallace]
Fifth Street Asset Management (OTCMKTS:FSAM) and U.S. Global Investors (NASDAQ:GROW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Watch Right Now: Ocean Power Technologies Inc.(OPTT)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Joseph Griffin]
Shares of Ocean Power Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:OPTT) traded down 5.3% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as low as $0.30 and last traded at $0.30. 818,065 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 192% from the average session volume of 280,461 shares. The stock had previously closed at $0.32.
[By Logan Wallace]
Media stories about Ocean Power Technologies (NASDAQ:OPTT) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. Accern identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Ocean Power Technologies earned a media sentiment score of 0.02 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news coverage about the energy company an impact score of 43.6315011267629 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next few days.

Hot Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now

Nordea (OTCPK:NRBAY) is, for those unfamiliar, the biggest pan-Nordic banking group, having market shares of 15-30% in each of the four Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. According to Global Financial Magazine, Nordea was ranked as the 29th safest bank globally in 2017. The ranking was based on the long-term foreign currency ratings issued by Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service.

Source: Company data

Another indicator of its safe-haven status is the fact that Nordea’s junior subordinated bonds, or the so-called CoCos, are trading at just a 3.4% yield. For comparison, JPMorgan’s (JPM) CoCos are trading at a 5.5% yield.

Hot Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now: Ballard Power Systems, Inc.(BLDP)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Travis Hoium]
Shares of Ballard Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:BLDP) jumped as much as 24.1% in trading Tuesday after the company announced a large strategic investment. At 12:40 p.m. EDT, shares were still up 16.7% on the day.
[By Maxx Chatsko]
That may not be surprising to investors considering the massive Chinese market has lifted diverse sectors and industries in the last two decades, but China may prove critical to the success of struggling fuel cell stocks. Can Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP) and Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) capitalize on the opportunity in the East?
[By Maxx Chatsko]
Investors who were left disappointed by Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP) last year didn’t have to wait very long for the stock to recover. Shares of the fuel cell manufacturer lost 46% in 2018, but have gained nearly 50% in the first month of 2019. Then again, volatility isn’t anything new for the small-cap stock.
[By Scott Levine]
One of only a few fuel cell technology options for investors, FuelCell Energy focuses on the development of stationary power fuel cell projects for customers ranging from utilities to universities. The company, however, has faced a persistent uphill battle in convincing customers that its solutions represent a viable option to conventional power sources despite support from the government, which came in the form of the investment tax credit. Since 2013, when it reported revenue of $188 million, sales have steadily declined in each year, resulting in a top line of $96 million in 2017. The company’s competitors, on the other hand, have achieved great success in growing sales over the same period of time. Over the past five years, Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) and Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) have grown revenue at compound annual growth rates of 32% and 22%, respectively.

Hot Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now: Super Micro Computer, Inc.(SMCI)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Leo Sun]
Shares of Chinese tech giant Lenovo (NASDAQOTH:LNVGY) recently tumbled after a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report claimed the Chinese government used grain-sized chips to hack Super Micro’s (NASDAQ:SMCI) motherboards. The report claims that when Silicon Valley-based Super Micro’s motherboards were assembled at Chinese factories, the Chinese government installed the spy chips to steal trade secrets from Super Micro’s customers, including Apple and Amazon.
[By Dan Caplinger]
The stock market finished Wednesday on a quiet note, with various major benchmarks moving in different directions. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down about 90 points on weakness in some major industrial and insurance company names, but the Nasdaq Composite posted a similar-sized percentage gain. More broadly, market participants appear to be waiting to see whether strong corporate performance can keep overcoming pressure on the geopolitical front and send stocks to new highs. For some individual companies, though, bad news pushed shares lower. CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL), Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI), and Lear (NYSE:LEA) were among the worst performers on the day. Here’s why they did so poorly.
[By Lisa Levin]
Friday afternoon, the information technology shares rose 1.9 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Pandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P), up 23 percent, and Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI) up 16 percent.

Hot Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now: St. Jude Medical, Inc.(STJ)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Ethan Ryder]
Press coverage about St Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) has trended positive on Saturday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. St Jude Medical earned a news sentiment score of 0.26 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news coverage about the medical technology company an impact score of 47.0517782357178 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near future.
[By Stephan Byrd]
Media headlines about St Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) have been trending positive recently, according to Accern. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. St Jude Medical earned a coverage optimism score of 0.26 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media coverage about the medical technology company an impact score of 46.7237518599623 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the immediate future.
[By Stephan Byrd]
Deutsche Bank upgraded shares of St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) to a buy rating in a research report released on Thursday. They currently have GBX 1,430 ($19.19) target price on the stock, up from their prior target price of GBX 1,310 ($17.58).

Hot Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now: Tronox Limited(TROX)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Shane Hupp]
Tronox (OTCMKTS:TROX) had its target price lowered by equities research analysts at BMO Capital Markets to $13.00 in a report released on Tuesday, The Fly reports. The firm currently has an “outperform” rating on the basic materials company’s stock. BMO Capital Markets’ target price indicates a potential upside of 0.93% from the company’s previous close.
[By Joseph Griffin]
Wolverine Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Tronox Ltd (OTCMKTS:TROX) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm acquired 27,200 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $535,000.
[By Shane Hupp]
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[By Stephan Byrd]
Hydrogenics (NASDAQ: HYGS) and Tronox (NYSE:TROX) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
[By Maxx Chatsko]
Shares of Tronox (NYSE:TROX) jumped over 20% today after the company announced it had filed a joint motion with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to delay the appeal schedule regarding the review of its proposed acquisition of Cristal. The move suggests the titanium dioxide manufacturer and the FTC are making progress toward a compromise over the acquisition of the Saudi-based chemicals producer, which has been under intense regulatory scrutiny for two years.
[By Maxx Chatsko]
One factor contributing to the awful start to life as a publicly traded company is simply timing. Venator Materials stock listed on public exchanges just in time to catch the last few months of a multiyear bonanza for titanium dioxide stocks. Shares of Kronos Worldwide, Chemours, and Tronox Ltd (NYSE:TROX) all jumped by triple digits in the three-year period ending in 2017. That helped to soften the blow from their double-digit declines suffered so far in 2018, but the newcomer has no such history to hang its hat on.

Hot Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now: CSX Corporation(CSX)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Garrett Baldwin]

Market fears of an escalating Middle Eastern conflict abated thanks to last week’s military strikes against the Syrian government. On Friday, April 13, U.S. forces joined the United Kingdom and France in retaliation for a chemical gas attack carried out by the Syrian government. The military exercise came at a time that tensions are also rising in the Middle East between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Today, several members of the U.S. Federal Reserve will be speaking at events around the globe, including San Francisco Fed President John Williams and Chicago Fed Bank President Charles Evans. But no one will be more watched today than Fed Gov. Randal Quarles, who will testify before the U.S. House Financial Services Commission. Quarles will provide testimony on the central bank’s plans to regulate and oversee the financial system. Expect a wealth of questions about the Fed’s plans to raise interest rates and manage its massive balance sheet. Money Morning Liquidity Specialist Lee Adler offers you advice on how to play the Fed’s problems, right here.
Four Stocks to Watch Today: GS, NFLX, TSLA, and ROKU
Shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) added 0.6% after the Wall Street bank easily topped Q1 earnings and revenue estimates. The firm reported earnings per share (EPS) of $6.95 on top of more than $10 billion in revenue. Analysts projected EPS of $5.67 on top of $8.89 billion. The investment bank hiked its quarterly dividend and said that revenue from equity trading rallied thanks to an uptick in recent market volatility.
Shares of Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) are flat on the news that the firm will suspend production of its Model 3 vehicles. The firm said the temporary halt in production will aim to “improve automation” and address ongoing bottlenecks in its production process.
Shares of Roku Inc. (Nasdaq: ROKU) popped more than 8.2% on news that Steven Cohen’s family office has taken a passive 5.1% stake in the company. The streaming device manufactur
[By Garrett Baldwin]
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The Top Stock Market Stories for Tuesday
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is leading a busy day of earnings reports on Tuesday. Shares are off 0.4% after the firm despite reporting a 40% year-over-year jump in profits and stronger-than-expected revenue. The firm reported earnings per share (EPS) of $5.98 on top of $9.40 billion in revenue. The Wall Street giant was expected to report EPS of $4.67 on top of $8.71 billion in revenue. The investment bank’s first six months of 2018 were its strongest in nine years. The stock slipped after the company announced that president David Solomon will be replacing CEO Lloyd Blankfein when he steps down from his role. Blankfein has been CEO for 12 years. It’s fair to say that Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) went to the dogs on Monday. The company has extended its Prime Day promotion through 3 a.m. on Wednesday. The announcement came after the firm suffered significant outages during the start of the event on Monday afternoon. Rather than get access to deals, many customers were met with pictures of dogs, the firm’s standard error page. Finally, pay close attention to events on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will question leaders of Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL), Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR), and Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) about how they store and filter user content. Last year, the Senate and House of Representatives slammed the companies for their roles in and responses to Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
Three Stocks to Watch Today: CSX, NFLX, KKR
CSX Corp. (Nasdaq: CSX) will help lead today’s earnings calendar. Wall Street expects that the company will report EPS of $0.86 on top of $2.98 billion in revenue. Shares of Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) slipped after the firm’s user-growth estimates and quart
[By Asit Sharma]
Rail-based freight transportation provider CSX Corporation (NASDAQ:CSX) reports second-quarter 2018 earnings Tuesday after the close of trading. Shares have ascended more than 15% since the company’s successful first-quarter report in mid-April, due in part to management’s focus on leaner operations and improving efficiency. Below, let’s delve into an earnings preview, by way of four items with the potential to either support the current positive trend, or catalyze a bout of profit-taking.
[By Logan Wallace]
CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) was upgraded by equities researchers at ValuEngine from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a note issued to investors on Monday.
[By Asit Sharma]
It also hasn’t helped that competitor CSX Corporation (NASDAQ:CSX) just reported a massive year-over-year jump of nearly 6 percentage points in its operating ratio, from 69.4% to 63.7%, in the first quarter of 2018. I recently described how a more aggressive approach to operations appears to be fueling CSX’s productivity. And yet it should be acknowledged that CSX isn’t facing a congestion event like Union Pacific’s.

Hot Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now: Manitex International Inc.(MNTX)

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[By Joseph Griffin]
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[By Shane Hupp]
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[By Ethan Ryder]
Manitex International Inc (NASDAQ:MNTX) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $12.95 and last traded at $12.61, with a volume of 655 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $12.94.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks For 2019

Tim Melvin

Having $100 billion in leftover cash is never a bad thing… unless you happen to be the richest investor in the history of the world.

At last weekend’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) shareholder meeting – or Warren Buffett cult gathering, as I consider it – the Oracle of Omaha revealed that, even after buying 75 million more shares of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), he still has over $100 billion left in cash.

That’s about 20% of the total value of Berkshire, so it’s a bit of a problem for him.

As he explained to CNBC on Monday, there’s a lot of competition among private equity funds and other financial buyers for companies big enough to move the needle at Berkshire.

That’s not easy to do.

At the same time, neither is buying; prices are just not that attractive right now, and when it comes to spending Berkshire’s money, Buffett is notoriously selective.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks For 2019: Nomura Holdings Inc ADR(NMR)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Max Byerly]
Nomura Holdings Inc (NYSE:NMR) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,044,018 shares, an increase of 57.9% from the July 13th total of 661,211 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 289,934 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days.
[By Joseph Griffin]
TheStreet downgraded shares of Nomura (NYSE:NMR) from a c rating to a d+ rating in a research note published on Friday morning.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on NMR. Zacks Investment Research raised Nomura from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report on Wednesday, June 27th. ValuEngine raised Nomura from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report on Wednesday, June 20th. Nomura cut Nomura from a buy rating to an outperform rating in a report on Wednesday, May 2nd. Finally, Daiwa Capital Markets cut Nomura from an outperform rating to a neutral rating in a report on Wednesday, August 1st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock currently has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus target price of $6.50.
[By Max Byerly]
Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) and Nomura (NYSE:NMR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
[By Joseph Griffin]
Virtu Financial (NASDAQ: VIRT) and Nomura (NYSE:NMR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
[By Stephan Byrd]
Numeraire (CURRENCY:NMR) traded 4.2% higher against the dollar during the 1-day period ending at 23:00 PM ET on August 16th. In the last seven days, Numeraire has traded down 17.7% against the dollar. One Numeraire token can currently be bought for approximately $6.43 or 0.00099985 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges including DDEX, Bittrex and Upbit. Numeraire has a market capitalization of $8.67 million and approximately $71,501.00 worth of Numeraire was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks For 2019: Acorn International, Inc.(ATV)

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[By Lisa Levin]
Shares of Acorn International, Inc. (NYSE: ATV) got a boost, shooting up 15 percent to $28.6813 after the company declared a special one-time cash dividend of $14.97 per ADS.
[By Ethan Ryder]
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Acorn International jumps 7% post Q2 results (seekingalpha.com) Acorn International, Inc. (ATV) CEO Jacob Fisch on Q2 2018 Results – Earnings Call Transcript (seekingalpha.com) Acorn International (ATV) Q2 Revenues Rise 39.4% (streetinsider.com) Acorn International Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter and First Half of 2018 (finance.yahoo.com) Acorn International to Report Results for the Second Quarter of 2018 (finance.yahoo.com)

ATV traded up $0.54 during trading on Friday, hitting $22.01. 50 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,431. Acorn International has a 12-month low of $13.21 and a 12-month high of $38.86.
[By Lisa Levin] Gainers
Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MLNT) shares surged 20.6 percent to $6.39. WBB Securities upgraded Melinta Therapeutics from Hold to Speculative Buy.
Shoe Carnival, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCVL) shares climbed 17.2 percent to $30.87 after the company reported upbeat quarterly earnings.
Acorn International, Inc. (NYSE: ATV) shares rose 15.2 percent to $28.804 after the company declared a special one-time cash dividend of $14.97 per ADS.
Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) gained 15 percent to $53.35 after the company reported better-than-expected results for its first quarter.
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOS) surged 14.2 percent to $2.625.
ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARQL) rose 13 percent to $5.12 after gaining 4.86 percent on Thursday.
Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) gained 12.8 percent to $16.97 after the company posted better-than-expected FQ4 results.
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (NYSE: LOMA) shares rose 12 percent to $12.94.
ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARQL) shares rose 12 percent to $5.07.
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRTX) climbed 11.4 percent to $43.50.
Zai Lab Limited (NASDAQ: ZLAB) gained 11.3 percent to $24.7000.
Zymeworks Inc. (NASDAQ: ZYME) rose 9.7 percent to $19.64.
Park City Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCYG) climbed 9 percent to $7.90.
Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) gained 7.9 percent to $38.82 after Citron reversed previously bearish position on the stock.
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) shares jumped 7.3 percent to $3.55.
Deckers Outdoor Corp (NYSE: DECK) rose 3.5 percent to $107.27 after reporting better-than-expected results for its fiscal fourth quarter.

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Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks For 2019: Quad Graphics, Inc(QUAD)

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Cramer was bearish on Chesapeake Energy (CHK) , Adaptimmune Therapeutics (ADAP) , Icahn Enterprises (IEP) , Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) , Quad/Graphics (QUAD) , Spectra Energy Partners (SEP) and L Brands (LB) .
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Quad/Graphics (QUAD) : “They have a 6% yield but they have no growth. I’m taking a pass.”

Spectra Energy Partners (SEP) : “People are worried about natural gas transit. I’m worried about that 9% yield.”

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks For 2019: The York Water Company(YORW)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Ethan Ryder]
BidaskClub downgraded shares of York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research report report published on Thursday.

Separately, Hilliard Lyons raised shares of York Water from an underperform rating to a neutral rating in a research report on Thursday, March 8th.
[By Logan Wallace]
York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) was upgraded by equities research analysts at BidaskClub from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note issued to investors on Saturday.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks For 2019: Nielsen N.V.(NLSN)

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[By Joseph Griffin]
These are some of the news stories that may have impacted Accern’s scoring:

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Pivotal cuts Nielsen to Hold (seekingalpha.com) Nielsen (NLSN) Stock Rating Lowered by Pivotal Research (americanbankingnews.com) Nielsen Rolls Out Auto Cloud in Collaboration With J.D. Power (zacks.com) [$$] Nielsen Should Get a Break From the Market (finance.yahoo.com) Short Interest in Nielsen Holdings PLC (NLSN) Rises By 20.2% (americanbankingnews.com)

Shares of NYSE:NLSN opened at $26.15 on Thursday. Nielsen has a 1 year low of $20.53 and a 1 year high of $42.15. The company has a market cap of $7.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 0.85. The company has a quick ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.96.
[By Dan Caplinger]
Monday was a generally down day on Wall Street, with major benchmarks giving up early-morning gains to finish modestly lower. Most market participants focused the bulk of their attention on deteriorating financial conditions in Turkey, with signs that the plunge in the value of the nation’s currency could have impacts across the globe. For instance, Argentina had to boost a key interest rate by 5 percentage points to 45% in order to defend its own currency, and in the U.S., financial stocks were generally under some pressure as investors tried to assess possible exposure if the Turkish crisis extends outward. Even with those difficulties, some companies had good news that sent their shares higher. Nielsen Holdings (NYSE:NLSN), Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD), and Antares Pharma (NASDAQ:ATRS) were among the best performers on the day. Here’s why they did so well.
[By Joseph Griffin]
These are some of the news articles that may have effected Accern’s scoring:

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Read This Before Trade: Facebook, Inc. (FB), GGP Inc. (GGP) (nmsunews.com) Ggp Inc (GGP)’s Weekly Performance of -0.90% Is Nothing to Write Home About (parkcitycaller.com) Is GGP Inc (NYSE:GGP) A Good Dividend Stock? (finance.yahoo.com) GGP (GGP) Downgraded by Zacks Investment Research to “Hold” (americanbankingnews.com) Dazzling Stocks: GGP Inc. (NYSE:GGP), Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE:NLSN), AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE … (thestreetpoint.com)

GGP has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “buy” rating and set a $24.00 target price on shares of GGP in a research report on Monday, February 12th. Boenning Scattergood reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $35.00 target price on shares of GGP in a research note on Tuesday, March 27th. Mizuho raised GGP from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $24.00 target price for the company in a research note on Monday, March 19th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded GGP from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $23.00 price target on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 11th. Finally, Barclays cut their price target on GGP from $24.00 to $23.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 30th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. GGP currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $24.92.
[By Shane Hupp]
Botty Investors LLC lifted its position in shares of Nielsen Holdings PLC (NYSE:NLSN) by 27.5% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 19,665 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 4,245 shares during the quarter. Botty Investors LLC’s holdings in Nielsen were worth $625,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
[By Max Byerly]
Nielsen (NYSE:NLSN) was upgraded by Pivotal Research from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, The Fly reports.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks For 2019: Tronox Limited(TROX)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Stephan Byrd]
Hydrogenics (NASDAQ: HYGS) and Tronox (NYSE:TROX) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
[By Joseph Griffin]
Wolverine Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Tronox Ltd (OTCMKTS:TROX) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm acquired 27,200 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $535,000.
[By Maxx Chatsko]
One factor contributing to the awful start to life as a publicly traded company is simply timing. Venator Materials stock listed on public exchanges just in time to catch the last few months of a multiyear bonanza for titanium dioxide stocks. Shares of Kronos Worldwide, Chemours, and Tronox Ltd (NYSE:TROX) all jumped by triple digits in the three-year period ending in 2017. That helped to soften the blow from their double-digit declines suffered so far in 2018, but the newcomer has no such history to hang its hat on.
[By Shane Hupp]
Tronox (OTCMKTS:TROX) had its target price lowered by equities research analysts at BMO Capital Markets to $13.00 in a report released on Tuesday, The Fly reports. The firm currently has an “outperform” rating on the basic materials company’s stock. BMO Capital Markets’ target price indicates a potential upside of 0.93% from the company’s previous close.
[By Max Byerly]
Shares of Tronox Ltd (OTCMKTS:TROX) traded down 8.6% on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $10.95 and last traded at $11.09. 1,237,777 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 7% from the average session volume of 1,334,449 shares. The stock had previously closed at $12.14.
[By Maxx Chatsko]
Shares of Tronox (NYSE:TROX) jumped over 20% today after the company announced it had filed a joint motion with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to delay the appeal schedule regarding the review of its proposed acquisition of Cristal. The move suggests the titanium dioxide manufacturer and the FTC are making progress toward a compromise over the acquisition of the Saudi-based chemicals producer, which has been under intense regulatory scrutiny for two years.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks For 2019: Tesla Motors, Inc.(TSLA)

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[By Nicholas Rossolillo]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) quarterly earnings calls break the mold — they’re actually interesting to listen to. The first quarter of 2018 didn’t disappoint as CEO Elon Musk talked about an unwieldy machine on the production line dubbed “fluffer bot,” used words like cockamamie, and created controversy by dismissing Wall Street analysts and turning Q&A over to YouTube channel operator Galileo Russell.
[By Chris Johnson]
Today, we turn our attention to the other three – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA), Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA), and Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR).
[By Rich Smith]
Again, this seems an ambitious schedule for a major urban public transportation project. Still, if Musk can pull it off, the Chicago Loop project could provide a financial boost to Musk’s most famous company, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA). TBC has confirmed that it will be buying the pods that will run passengers through Loop’s tunnels from Tesla. Depending on how many pods we’re talking about (and it could be a lot, to accommodate those 80 million O’Hare passengers), that could mean a sizable revenue boost for Tesla, albeit along with attendant capital investment costs to build the new type of vehicle.
[By Daniel Sparks]
Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) were slammed on Friday, falling as much as 6.8%. By 1:05 p.m. EDT, the electric-car company’s stock was down 6.7%.

The stock’s decline follows a series of tweets from CEO Elon Musk on Thursday night. One tweet mocked the Securities and Exchange Commission, just days after Musk and Tesla agreed to settle with the agency.
[By Daniel Sparks]
Shares of electric-car company Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) moved higher Monday, rising as much as 6%. At 11:28 EDT, shares were up 5%. The stock’s gain follows a letter from Tesla CEO Elon Musk to employees over the weekend that said the company was ready to report its best quarter ever.
[By Brian Feroldi]
Last year I shared 10 reasons why I’ve invested in Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) for the long term. However, it would be an enormous understatement to say that the last year has been challenging for the company. Between the slower-than-planned Model 3 production ramp up, mounting financial losses, and an endless drumbeat of pessimism from the short-sellers, it’s little wonder that in a recent interview with The New York Times, Elon Musk described it as “the most difficult and painful year of my career.”

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks For 2019: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.(ASX)

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[By Joseph Griffin]
LDK Solar (OTCMKTS:LDKYQ) and ASE Technology (NYSE:ASX) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk and valuation.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks For 2019: Superior Drilling Products, Inc.(SDPI)

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[By Logan Wallace]
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Superior Drilling Products Inc. (NYSE: SDPI) is based in Utah and manufactures equipment used in drilling for the natural gas and oil mining sectors.
[By Max Byerly]
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Penny Stock Current Share Price Last Week’s Gain
Netlist Inc. (Nasdaq: NLST) $0.83 542.67%
Mannkind Corp. (Nasdaq: MNKD) $1.80 79.09%
Fred’s Inc. (Nasdaq: FRED) $2.49 73.68%
Delcath Systems Inc. (OTCMKTS: DCTH) $3.70 72.63%
Gemphire Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: GEMP) $1.96 50.71%
Bellerophon Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: BLPH) $1.05 47.98%
Cel-Sci Corp. (NYSE: CVM) $3.78 44.78%
ParkerVision Inc. (OTCMKTS: PRKR) $0.60 29.42%
Superior Drilling Products Inc. (NYSE: SDPI) $2.63 29.23%
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Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks For 2019: CryoLife, Inc.(CRY)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Logan Wallace]
Cytosorbents (NYSE: CRY) and Cryolife (NYSE:CRY) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
[By Joseph Griffin]
Amedica (NASDAQ:AMDA) and Cryolife (NYSE:CRY) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
[By Logan Wallace]
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[By Stephan Byrd]
CryoLife (NYSE:CRY) issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.29-0.32 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.31. The company issued revenue guidance of $250-256 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $252.86 million.

Hot Growth Stocks To Buy Right Now

Cogent Communications Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CCOI) files its latest 10-K with SEC for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2017. Cogent Communications Holdings Inc is an enterprise Internet service provider offering Internet access and data transport using Internet Protocol. It mainly serves the small and medium sized businesses around the world. Cogent Communications Holdings Inc has a market cap of $2.03 billion; its shares were traded at around $44.10 with a P/E ratio of 126.03 and P/S ratio of 4.17. The dividend yield of Cogent Communications Holdings Inc stocks is 4.10%. Cogent Communications Holdings Inc had annual average EBITDA growth of 17.70% over the past ten years. GuruFocus rated Cogent Communications Holdings Inc the business predictability rank of 3-star.

For the last quarter Cogent Communications Holdings Inc reported a revenue of $125.2 million, compared with the revenue of $115.6 million during the same period a year ago. For the latest fiscal year the company reported a revenue of $485.2 million, an increase of 8.6% from last year. For the last five years Cogent Communications Holdings Inc had an average revenue growth rate of 8.8% a year. The Cogent Communications Holdings Inc had a decent operating margin of 15.65%, compared with the operating margin of 14.33% a year before. The 10-year historical median operating margin of Cogent Communications Holdings Inc is 10.86%. The profitability rank of the company is 8 (out of 10).

Hot Growth Stocks To Buy Right Now: SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF (MDY)

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Yet when it comes to investing, reward often comes from being willing to take on risk. Over the past 10 years, investors who’ve been willing to look at smaller companies have seen much stronger returns than those who’ve stuck with the tried-and-true big names that are more familiar to them. When you look at exchange-traded funds tracking indexes composed of companies of different sizes SPDR S&P 500 (NYSEMKT: SPY) for large companies, SPDR S&P Midcap 400 (NYSEMKT: MDY) for midsize companies and SPDR S&P SmallCap 600 (NYSEMKT: SLY) for small companies you can put a number on just how much better smaller stocks have done:
[By Max Byerly]
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. trimmed its holdings in SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF (NYSEARCA:MDY) by 1.9% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 1,139,465 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 22,647 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc.’s holdings in SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF were worth $389,390,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
[By Dan Caplinger]
Yet when it comes to investing, reward often comes from being willing to take on risk. Over the past 10 years, investors who’ve been willing to look at smaller companies have seen much stronger returns than those who’ve stuck with the tried-and-true big names that are more familiar to them. When you look at exchange-traded funds tracking indexes composed of companies of different sizes — SPDR S&P 500 (NYSEMKT:SPY) for large companies, SPDR S&P Midcap 400 (NYSEMKT:MDY) for midsize companies, and SPDR S&P SmallCap 600 (NYSEMKT:SLY) for small companies — you can put a number on just how much better smaller stocks have done:
[By Logan Wallace]
Sei Investments Co. increased its position in shares of SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF (NYSEARCA:MDY) by 84.3% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 1,686 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 771 shares during the quarter. Sei Investments Co.’s holdings in SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF were worth $576,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Hot Growth Stocks To Buy Right Now: Medidata Solutions, Inc.(MDSO)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Logan Wallace]
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[By Ethan Ryder]
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Hot Growth Stocks To Buy Right Now: Tronox Limited(TROX)

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[By Stephan Byrd]
Hydrogenics (NASDAQ: HYGS) and Tronox (NYSE:TROX) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Top 10 Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now

Source: ThinkstockDecember 11, 2017: The S&P 500 closed up 0.3% at 2,659.98. The DJIA closed up 0.2% at 24,386.10. Separately, the Nasdaq was up 0.5% at 6,875.08.

Monday was a solid day for the broad U.S. markets. This is a good start to the week for Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq after each one had a couple of rough days last week. Crude oil kicked off the week with a solid gain. The S&P 500 sectors were mostly positive on the day with a few exceptions. The best performing sectors were technology and energy up 0.83% and 0.77%, respectively. The worst performing sectors were financials and industrials down 0.29% and 0.23%, respectively.

Crude oil was up 1.1% at $57.99.

Gold was down 0.3% at $1,241.00.

Top 10 Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Telecom Argentina Stet – France Telecom S.A.(TEO)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Lisa Levin]
Friday morning, the telecommunication services shares rose 0.75 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Telecom Argentina S.A. (NYSE: TEO), up 6 percent, and pdvWireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDVW) up 4 percent.
[By Logan Wallace]
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[By Joseph Griffin]
Telecom Argentina (NYSE:TEO) has been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the nine research firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $38.00.

Top 10 Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Morningstar, Inc.(MORN)

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[By Shane Hupp]
Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN) reached a new 52-week high and low during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $111.91 and last traded at $111.20, with a volume of 784 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $111.35.

Top 10 Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP(TEP)

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Tallgrass Energy Partners (TEP) : “That dividend is a red flag. That group has become a house of pain and I’m not going there.”

Mallinckrodt (MNK) : “They had a better-than-expected quarter, but I am worried and I’m staying away.”
[By Max Byerly]
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Cramer was bearish on Melco Resorts (MLCO) , Tallgrass Energy Partners (TEP) , Mallinckrodt (MNK) , Roku (ROKU) and Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) .

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Top 10 Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated(RBA)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Shane Hupp]
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[By Lisa Levin]

Companies Reporting After The Bell
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $1.45 per share on revenue of $2.89 billion.
News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWSA) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.07 per share on revenue of $1.99 billion.
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.39 per share on revenue of $1.19 billion.
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (NASDAQ: PPC) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.54 per share on revenue of $2.65 billion.
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HE) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.38 per share on revenue of $556.81 million.
Air Lease Corporation (NYSE: AL) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $1.01 per share on revenue of $383.37 million.
Flowserve Corporation (NYSE: FLS) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.27 per share on revenue of $880.89 million.
Civitas Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: CIVI) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.12 per share on revenue of $396.25 million.
The Trade Desk, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTD) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.1 per share on revenue of $73.23 million.
Amdocs Limited (NYSE: DOX) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.95 per share on revenue of $980.50 million.
Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) is estimated to post quarterly loss at $0.04 per share on revenue of $220.14 million.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.43 per share on revenue of $210.01 million.
TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.37 per share on revenue of $198.62 million.
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (NYSE: RBA) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.17 per share on revenue of $153.87 million.
Uniti Group Inc. (NASDAQ: UNIT) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.01 per share on revenue of $247.16 million.
Jagged Peak En
[By Max Byerly]
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc (NYSE:RBA) (TSE:RBA) – Analysts at Jefferies Group boosted their Q2 2018 earnings estimates for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers in a report issued on Monday, April 9th. Jefferies Group analyst S. Volkmann now expects that the business services provider will earn $0.39 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.37. Jefferies Group has a “Hold” rating and a $30.00 price target on the stock. Jefferies Group also issued estimates for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ Q3 2018 earnings at $0.16 EPS.

Top 10 Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Southern Company (SO)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Paul Ausick]
The Southern Co. (NYSE: SO) traded down about 1.7% Friday and posted a new 52-week low of $44.46 after closing Thursday at $45.25. The 52-week high is $53.51. Volume was over 6 million, about 20% above the daily average of around 4.8 million shares. The company was dropped from Neutral to Sell at Goldman Sachs on Thursday.
[By Reuben Gregg Brewer]
My timing, however, isn’t always so good, and I sometimes get in too early. But owning a great dividend-paying company at a fair price is better than owning a bad company at any price. Which is why I’m happy to have bought U.S. utility giant The Southern Company (NYSE:SO) and healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR). And I’ll be just as happy if they fall further from here.
[By Paul Ausick]
The Southern Co. (NYSE: SO) traded down about 2.9% Wednesday and posted a new 52-week low of $45.81 after closing Tuesday at $47.20. The 52-week high is $53.51. Volume was about 5.5 million, about 15% above the daily average of around 4.8 million shares. The company had no specific news Wednesday.
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And while it’s imperative that you don’t risk money you’re going to count on in the next several years in investments that can quickly lose a lot of value and be very slow to — if ever — recover, high-quality dividend stocks can still serve an important part in providing the best mix of income for today and long-term capital appreciation for down the road. To help you find the best dividend stocks for your retirement, three Motley Fool investors did some research and came back with Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS), Southern Co. (NYSE:SO), and Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE:KMI).

Top 10 Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd.(STV)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Stephan Byrd]
Sativacoin (CURRENCY:STV) traded 2.1% higher against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 22:00 PM E.T. on May 9th. Over the last week, Sativacoin has traded up 0.1% against the US dollar. One Sativacoin coin can now be purchased for $0.0318 or 0.00000341 BTC on popular exchanges including Cryptopia and YoBit. Sativacoin has a market capitalization of $225,415.00 and $19.00 worth of Sativacoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

Top 10 Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Ion Geophysical Corporation(IO)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Ethan Ryder]
Ion Geophysical Corp (NYSE:IO) was the recipient of unusually large options trading on Thursday. Traders bought 1,224 call options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 1,230% compared to the typical volume of 92 call options.
[By Max Byerly]
ION Geophysical (NYSE: IO) and Glencore (OTCMKTS:GLNCY) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Top 10 Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Shutterfly Inc.(SFLY)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Max Byerly]
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[By Shane Hupp]
Shares of Shutterfly (NASDAQ:SFLY) have received a consensus rating of “Buy” from the ten ratings firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, three have issued a buy recommendation and three have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $80.57.

Top 10 Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Amarin Corporation PLC(AMRN)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Shane Hupp]
BidaskClub upgraded shares of Amarin (NASDAQ:AMRN) from a strong sell rating to a sell rating in a report released on Friday morning.

A number of other equities research analysts have also weighed in on AMRN. ValuEngine upgraded shares of Amarin from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report on Wednesday. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $10.00 price objective on shares of Amarin and gave the stock a buy rating in a report on Wednesday. HC Wainwright reiterated a buy rating on shares of Amarin in a report on Thursday, March 1st. Finally, Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Amarin from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report on Friday, March 2nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. Amarin currently has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus target price of $7.75.

Top 10 Performing Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Tronox Limited(TROX)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Stephan Byrd]
Hydrogenics (NASDAQ: HYGS) and Tronox (NYSE:TROX) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy Right Now

Wednesday November 15: Five things the markets are talking about

Market risk-off continues to dominate capital market moves; both European and Asian stocks have seen ‘red' in their sessions while bonds and gold prices advanced.

The dollar had fallen to its lowest level in nearly three weeks overnight, reflecting the diminishing expectations that Republicans will be able to push through a tax overhaul this year.

Investors attention now turns to data coming out of the U.S this morning – consumer prices and retail sales (08:30 am EDT) should provide clues on the strength of the world's largest economy after the ‘flattest' U.S Treasury yield curve in a decade is raising concern that growth will slow.

1. Stocks see ‘red'

In Japan, the Nikkei share average fell to a new two-week low overnight, with all sectors in negative territory as investors took profits following a two-month rally that pushed the index up by about +20%. The index ended down -1.6%, while the broader Topix closed -2% to seal its longest streak of losses since September 2016.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy Right Now: Unilever NV(UN)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Lisa Levin]
In trading on Tuesday, industrial shares fell by 0.04 percent. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE: UN), down 8 percent, and Magal Security Systems Ltd. (USA) (NASDAQ: MAGS), down 6 percent.
[By Teresa Rivas]
Earlier this year, Unilever (UN) recently declined Kraft Heinz (KHC) merger bid. That means that if the company still wants to do a deal, Mondelez International (MDLZ) and PepsiCo (PEP) are the next logical partners, writes Susquehannas Pablo Zuanic.

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Zuanic upgraded Pepsi from Neutral to Positive today and raised his price target from $118 to $132. He writes that a Pepsi deal would have more strategic merits, hence his upgrade (as he emphasizes that not much has changed in terms of fundamentals for the firm).

More detail from his note:

With investors apparently seeing MDLZ as the next likely KHC target, and Coca-Cola (KO) the next Anheuser-Busch (BUD) target, PEP shares have lost visibility and now trade at a 25% discount to KO on apples-to-apples comps. We see value here, on franchise strength, efforts to align the F&B portfolio with consumer health trends, and the growing optionality value of a joint KHC/BUD bid for PEP. We argue that, together, the Kendall Jenner commercial, the Aspartame to-be-or-not-to-be zigzagging, the new, new, new alt low-cal cola (Pepsi Zero sugar), the ongoing underperformance in U.S. CSDs (25% only of the company), the lack of scale in non-CSD NARTDs vs. KO (other than Gatorade), and now talk of PEP buying Brazilian dairy company Vigor S.A. (a JBS subsidiary that would better fit KHC or ULVR), all paint a picture of a company still struggling to set a new direction (with all due respect). In this regard, we think PEP may be more vulnerable than MDLZ to a KHC bid (jointly done with BUD). We also see greater strategic fit for KHC with PEP Food/Snacks (than with MDLZ), and argue that PEP Beverages fits BUD better than KO, as the PEP bottling operations in key regions (including NA) remain in the hands of PEP (KO, on the other hand will be fully refranchised by end of 2017). So we are upgrading PEP to Positive with a $132 price target by December 17. Yes, the Unilever rebuff

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy Right Now: Advantage Lithium Corp. (AVLIF)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By SEEKINGALPHA.COM]
The other producing lithium miners, and soon to be producers. I have discussed these previously in detail here, here and here. Needless to say, the top 3 producers are non-pure plays (SQM (NYSE:SQM), Albemarle (NYSE:ALB), and FMC Corp. (NYSE:FMC)). The top pure play currently producing miners are Orocobre (ASX:ORE) (OTCPK:OROCF), Tianqi Lithium (SHE:002466), Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium, Galaxy Resources, Mineral Resources [ASX:MIN] (OTC:MALRF), and Neometals [ASX:NMT] (OTC:RRSSF). The near-term producers include Altura Mining [ASX:AJM] (OTCPK:ALTAF), Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS) (OTC:PILBF), Kidman Resources (ASX:KDR), Critical Elements, Nemaska Lithium (OTCQX:NMKEF) [TSX:NMX], Lithium Americas (OTCQX:LACDF) [TSX:LAC], Lithium X (OTCQX:LIXXF) (TSXV:LIX), Neo Lithium, and Bacanora Minerals (OTC:BCRMF) [TSXV:BCN], Advantage Lithium (OTCQB:AVLIF) [AAL], European Metals (OTCPK:MNTCF, ASX:EMH, AIM:EMH) and Pure Energy (OTCQB:PEMIF) [PE].

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy Right Now: Addus HomeCare Corporation(ADUS)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Lisa Levin] Gainers
Marathon Patent Group Inc (NASDAQ: MARA) shares rose 47.1 percent to $3.22 in pre-market trading after jumping 54.23 percent on Wednesday.
Digital Power Corporation (NYSE: DPW) rose 27.6 percent to $0.800 in pre-market trading after gaining 9.79 percent on Wednesday.
Social Reality Inc (NASDAQ: SRAX) shares rose 23.1 percent to $7.16 in the pre-market trading session after surging 37.59 percent on Wednesday.
China Auto Logistics Inc (NASDAQ: CALA) rose 16.9 percent to $4.15 in pre-market trading after gaining 4.11 percent on Wednesday.
Riot Blockchain Inc (NASDAQ: RIOT) rose 15.1 percent to $18.40 in pre-market trading after climbing 42.01 percent on Wednesday.
Seven Stars Cloud Group Inc (NASDAQ: SSC) rose 14.5 percent to $2.85 in the pre-market trading session after gaining 0.40 percent on Wednesday.
Affimed NV (NASDAQ: AFMD) shares rose 14.3 percent to $2.40 in pre-market trading after gaining 4.88 percent on Wednesday.
Corecivic Inc (NYSE: CXW) rose 10.2 percent to $25.56 in pre-market trading after climbing 0.65 percent on Wednesday.
LM Funding America, Inc. (NASDAQ: LMFA) rose 9.6 percent to $3.30 in pre-market trading after surging 34.98 percent on Wednesday.
U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (NASDAQ: GROW) rose 7.2 percent to $3.30 in pre-market trading after dropping 8.06 percent on Wednesday.
Xunlei Ltd (NASDAQ: XNET) rose 6.8 percent to $25.61 in pre-market trading after climbing 11.74 percent on Wednesday.
Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: UEPS) shares rose 5.9 percent to $13.00 in pre-market trading after gaining 21.34 percent on Wednesday.
Addus Homecare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) rose 5.5 percent to $35.60 in pre-market trading after gaining 3.69 percent on Wednesday.
TOP SHIPS Inc (NASDAQ: TOPS) rose 5.2 percent to $0.528 in pre-market trading after falling 10.36 percent on Wednesday.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE: TEVA) rose 4.7 percent to $14.11 in pre-market trading. Teva Pharma

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy Right Now: Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.(ETH)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Dan Caplinger]
Wednesday was a strong day for the stock market, as the Dow finished up nearly 100 points and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both posted gains as well. Investors remained generally upbeat about the prospects for the U.S. economy in 2017, and a rise in crude oil prices helped lift the energy sector higher during the market session. Yet comments during a press conference from President-elect Donald Trump weighed on the healthcare sector, and some individual stocks took particularly hard hits. Among the worst performers were Perrigo (NYSE:PRGO), Novadaq Technologies (NASDAQ:NVDQ), and Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE:ETH). Below, we’ll look more closely at these stocks to tell you why they did so poorly.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy Right Now: Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.(SRNE)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By William Romov]
San Diego-based Sorrento Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE) develops drugs to treat certain types of cancer and chronic cancer pain.

On Jan. 6, company officials will present a new proprietary technology for the treatment of cancer. Analysts are calling this new technology a potential “game-changer.”

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy Right Now: B2Gold Corp(BTG)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Peter Graham]
The following mining companies are active in Burkina Faso:

Semafo Inc (TSE: SMF; OTCMKTS: SEMFF).SEMAFO operates the Mana Mine in Burkina Faso, which includes the high-grade satellite deposit of Siou, and is targeting production start-up of the Boungou Mine in the second half of 2018. SEMAFO’s strategic focus is to maximize shareholder value by effectively managing its existing assets as well as pursuing organic and strategic growth opportunities. SEMAFOs Mana Mine is located 260 kilometers southwest of the capital Ouagadougou. The third-largest mine in the country, it has produced some 1.6 million ounces since its first gold pour in 2008. Since then,the Company hasexpanded the plant four times to a current processing rate of over 7,200 tonnes per day. IAMGOLD Corp (NYSE: IAG). Iamgold has four operating gold mines on three continents with asolid base of strategic assets in North and South America and West Africa that is complemented by development and exploration projects with continued assessment of accretive acquisition opportunities. Iamgold is said to be thelargest private employer in Burkina Faso andhas a high level of exposure in the region with two operating mines in Mali and a mine in northern Burkina Faso near the Mali border. Roxgold Inc (TSE: ROXG; OTCMKTS: ROGFF). Roxgold is a gold mining company with its key asset, the high grade Yaramoko Gold Mine, located in the Hound茅 greenstone region of Burkina Faso, West Africa. The Company declared commercial production on October 1, 2016. The Yaramoko permit covers approximately 196km2 in the Province of Bal茅 in southwestern Burkina Faso. The property is located approximately 200 kilometres southwest from the capital city of Ouagadougou. Yaramoko lies directly south of, and is contiguous to, the SEMAFO Inc property hosting its flagship Mana Gold Mine and lies within the Hounde greenstone belt. Endeavour Mining Corp (TSE: EDV; OTCMKTS: EDVMF). Endeavour is ideally positioned as the majo
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Gainers
Corrections Corp Of America (NYSE: CXW) shares rose 16.3 percent to $16.50 in pre-market trading following Donald Trump's victory.
SAExploration Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAEX) shares rose 15.4 percent to $7.26 in pre-market trading after the company reported a new $35 million deep water ocean-bottom marine project award.
The GEO Group Inc (NYSE: GEO) shares rose 12.9 percent to $26.95 in pre-market trading following Donald Trump's victory.
Cloud Peak Energy Inc. (NYSE: CLD) rose 12.3 percent to $7.40 in pre-market trading after gaining 0.30 percent on Tuesday.
Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) rose 11.7 percent to $10.35 in pre-market trading. Ariad Pharmaceuticals disclosed that its Phase 1/2 trial data on investigational drug brigatinib were published in The Lancet Oncology.
AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) rose 11.2 percent to $6.75 in pre-market trading after gaining 3.23 percent on Tuesday.
Pretium Resources Inc (NYSE: PVG) rose 11 percent to $10.50 in pre-market trading after declining 1.66 percent on Tuesday.
First Majestic Silver Corp (NYSE: AG) rose 9.3 percent to $8.90 in the pre-market trading session. First Majestic reported Q3 earnings of $0.07 per share on revenue of $79.3 million. Silver futures gained 2.2 percent to $18.77 an ounce.
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: DRNA) rose 9.2 percent to
[By Monica Gerson]
B2Gold Corp (NYSE: BTG) is estimated to post its quarterly earnings at $0.00 per share on revenue of $135.84 million.

Astro-Med, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALOT) is projected to post its quarterly earnings at $0.21 per share on revenue of $25.50 million.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy Right Now: Enbridge Inc(ENB)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Matthew DiLallo]
Not to be outdone, rival Canadian oil pipeline giant Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) announced a transformational gas-focused deal of its own, agreeing to acquire U.S. pipeline company Spectra Energy (NYSE:SE) for $28 billion. That transaction will catapult Enbridge past TransCanada and create the largest energy infrastructure company in North America. Further, the deal will bolster Enbridge’s near-term capital project backlog to $20 billion, while enhancing its inventory of longer-term investment opportunities to $37 billion. This pipeline supports Enbridge’s view that it can increase its dividend by 10% to 12% annually through 2024.
[By Jim Robertson]
On Friday, our Under the Radar Moversnewsletter suggested shorting small cap energy transportation and distribution stock Enbridge Inc (NYSE: ENB):

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy Right Now: Ring Energy, Inc.(REI)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Monica Gerson]
Ring Energy Inc (NYSE: REI) is projected to post a quarterly loss at $0.05 per share on revenue of $7.92 million.

Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE: GCAP) is estimated to post its quarterly earnings at $0.07 per share on revenue of $100.39 million.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy Right Now: Tronox Limited(TROX)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Lisa Levin]
Shares of Tronox Ltd (NYSE: TROX) were down 23 percent to $19.55. The FTC has challenged Tronox acquisition of Cristal’s titanium dioxide business. Tronox disclosed that it will fight FTC lawsuit seeking to block proposed acquisition of Saudi-owned Cristal.
[By Lisa Levin]
Tronox Ltd (NYSE: TROX) shares shot up 34 percent to $19.30. Tronox announced plans to acquire Cristal's TiO(2) business and also agreed to sell Alkali Business. Tronox posted a Q4 loss of $0.14 per share on revenue of $548 million.

Top 10 Heal Care Stocks To Buy Right Now: PHI, Inc.(PHIIK)

Advisors’ Opinion:

[By Jim Robertson]
On Thursday, our Under the Radar Moversnewsletter suggested shorting small cap offshore oil and gas services stock PHI Inc (NASDAQ: PHIIK):

We’re a little bit late to the party here, but that’s ok – there’s still some meat left on the bone, so to speak. Were looking for the stock to continue on to the lower edge of a long-term (and bearish) trading range that should allow it to peel back to at least the lower $12’s. We’ve see PHIIK shares tumble with great speed and distance a couple of times already, and we’re about halfway through round three.

Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript

2019-03-26 06:58:55

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Akebia Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AKBA) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallMarch 18, 2019 4:30 p.m. ET

Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the A

FibroGen (FGEN) Downgraded by ValuEngine to “Buy”

2019-02-16 18:18:55

FibroGen (NASDAQ:FGEN) was downgraded by equities researchers at ValuEngine from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday.

A number of other research analysts have also recently weighed in on FGEN. Zac

Cannabis Industry Sits on Precipice of Major Expansion

2018-06-21 19:52:06

The cannabis industry could be on the precipice of real boom. Not the slow trickle of PIPEs and venture funding rounds investors have seen since 2014 but a full-fledge boom.

Over the last two weeks, the cannabis industry has seen events which could bring a wave of institutional investment

Adding AstraZeneca To Our Model Portfolio

2018-06-19 18:26:09

We are adding AstraZeneca ADR (NYSE:AZN) to our model portfolio as the next investment with the first price target = $39. The dividend yield is also attractive while we wait for the stock price appreciation. Several data readouts in 2017 could act as a catalyst for the stock price.

Cannabis Industry Sits on Precipice of Major Expansion

2018-05-04 23:03:52

The cannabis industry could be on the precipice of real boom. Not the slow trickle of PIPEs and venture funding rounds investors have seen since 2014 but a full-fledge boom.

Over the last two weeks, the cannabis industry has seen events which could bring a wave of institutional investment