These stocks are seen as a good bet when interest rates fall

The Federal Reserve's policy reversal on interest rates has driven benchmark yields to the lowest levels in more than a year. For stock investors, the falling rates environment is now favoring one particular sector: consumer staples.

These stocks have been long viewed as defensive plays at times when investors are trying to avoid risk, because of their stability and high dividends. But the central bank's series of rate hikes in recent years dampened the appetite for consumer staples stocks as U.S. Treasury yields rose and other sectors scored faster growth.

Now, consumer staples are back in favor after the Fed signaled it would pause interest rate hikes and as the economic outlook weakens.

"How to play declining rates tactically within equities? As is well known, falling yields are positive for defensive bond-like sectors and growth stocks; negative for Financials, cyclicals, small caps and traditional value stocks," Binky Chadha, Deutsche Bank's chief strategist, said in a note on Wednesday.

There are signs that investors have started rotating out of cyclical sectors like financials while buying into defensive ones, said Larry McDonald, founder of The Bear Traps Report. He pointed out that the performance of the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund and Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund began to diverge in recent weeks.

Low rates might be here to stay as markets are pricing in a more than 70 percent chance of at least one rate cut by Dec.11, according to the CME's FedWatch tool.

Stephen Moore, a Heritage Foundation fellow who is expected to be nominated by President Donald Trump for an open seat at the Fed, said on Wednesday that the central bank should "immediately reverse course and cut rates by half a percentage point."

Consumer staples are a preferred tactical play now because other defensive sectors like real estate investment trusts and utilities have already priced in the drop in rates, Deutsche's Chadha noted.

"By contrast Consumer Staples which are still priced for a significantly higher 10y yield (closer to 3%), would be the preferred play, with upside even if rates and growth stay at current levels, more so if they decline further," Chadha said.

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield touched new 14-month low on Wednesday. Yields move the opposite of prices.

Tata Motors slips 2% as co decides to hike passenger vehicles prices

Shares of Tata Motors slipped 2 percent in the early trade on March 25 as the company said it is going to increase the prices of its passenger vehicles from April.

Tata Motors said it will increase prices of its passenger vehicles range by up to Rs 25,000 from April on account of rising input costs and external economic conditions.

The company joins the likes of Toyota and Jaguar Land Rover that have also stated that they would hike prices of select models from April.

"The changing market conditions, rising input costs and various external economic factors have compelled us to consider this price increase," Tata Motors President, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit Mayank Pareek said in a statement.

Tata Motors currently sells a range of passenger vehicles starting from the Nano to premium SUV Hexa priced between Rs 2.36 lakh and Rs 18.37 lakh.

At 0928 hours, Tata Motors was quoting at Rs 173, down Rs 2.40, or 1.37 percent on the BSE.

(With inputs from PTI) First Published on Mar 25, 2019 09:40 am

How investors should play the race for Mindtree

The race for owning Mindtree has heated up. Media reports suggest that VG Siddhartha, one of the large non-promoter shareholders who along with his group companies own about 20.4 percent of Mindtree, wants to monetise his investments. The likely buyer is rival IT company L&T Infotech (LTI).

Should the deal go through and it results in a change in control, a mandatory open offer, whereby LTI acquires 51 percent stake, remains a possibility. Media reports also suggest interest from private equity firms, a probable white knight at the behest of the promoters or even a buyback to appease shareholders.

While it is speculative to comment on who will finally end up buying the stake of Siddhartha, the battle for Mindtree is good news for minority shareholders. Mindtree is obviously a highly sought after company which has carved out a niche for itself in new technology areas with its early adoption of digital tech that is beginning to yield rich dividends now. The world has been closely following the success story and many (including rivals) want to be a part of this journey now.

What if the buyer is LTI?

While the contours of the deal are not known, what would be critical would be the approach of the founders -- whether they exit and handover complete control to the LTI management.

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Mindtree's founders Krishnakumar Natarajan, NS Parthasarathy, Rostow Ravanan and Subroto Bagchi hold 3.72 percent, 1.43 percent, 0.71 percent and 3.1 percent stake, respectively, and were opposed to the idea of ceding control.

At the rumoured price of Rs 981 per share, the value of  Siddhartha's stake amounts to Rs 3,288 crore. However, if there is a change in control and LTI ends up acquiring close to 51 percent of Mindtree, whereby the latter becomes a subsidiary, the cost of this acquisition might rise to Rs 8,205 crore.

As on December 2018, LTI had cash and liquid investments of close to Rs 2,032.8 crore. We do not see any reason why a rival like LTI would like to remain a passive investor in Mindtree. Hence, it is not unreasonable to assume that should this deal goes through, LTI is likely to acquire a controlling stake of 51 percent.

Given the balance sheet strength of LTI (net worth Rs 4387 crore), the exact nature of financing the acquisition (the vehicle through which the stake is acquired, the nature of the leverage) would largely dictate whether the acquisition is value accretive from the start for LTI shareholders. By controlling 51 percent of Mindtree, without assuming any synergistic benefits, LTI will have access to Rs 460 crore of profit in FY20. If the total interest cost that LTI has to bear is less, then the acquisition stands to be value accretive from inception.

Synergy gains

Over the medium to long term, synergistic gains will flow through. First and foremost it helps the business of LTI to scale up. On the basis of nine month FY19 financials, the combined revenue of LTI and Mindtree would be close to $1.7 billion, the sixth largest in the industry.

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Their geographical presence is similar with 73.4 percent of revenue accruing from the US and 18.7 percent from Europe for Mindtree, not very different from LTI's which earns close to 67 percent from the US and 17 percent from Europe.

In terms of verticals, however, LTI has a lot to gain as Mindtree has a strong presence in technology, media and services (close to 40 percent) where the rate of growth of digital adoption is very high. The other verticals where Mindtree has a strong footprint are retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) and travel and hospitality – industries that are at the forefront of digital adoption. In fact, the share of digital in total business for Mindtree is much higher at 49.5 percent compared to 37 percent for LTI.

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Incidentally, Mindtree's revenue per employee (thanks to the higher value added in digital) is a tad higher than LTI.

However, LTI has been reporting a much better operating margin of close to 20 percent compared to 15 percent for Mindtree. While for LTI this has come with a record high utilisation rate of 82 percent (compared to 74.6 percent for Mindtree), we feel the synergistic benefits, coupled with the sharper focus of LTI management, can lead to improvement in Mindtree's margin performance.

The client concentration matrix of both the companies is similar with close to 33 percent of revenue accruing from the top five clients.

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In the past three months, LTI has underperformed while Mindtree has outperformed, riding on better result and rumours of this stake transfer.

Source: Moneycontrol Research

Unless the contours of the transaction makes it value accretive for LTI shareholders, we expect LTI's underperformance to continue in the near term. Investors keen on participating in this theme should do it through Mindtree.

We are not very upbeat about the probability of buyback thwarting a hostile takeover as the quantum of such buyback would be very limited.

Disclaimer: Moneycontrol Research analysts do not hold positions in the companies discussed here First Published on Mar 18, 2019 09:35 am

Stocks in the news: Sun Pharma, Chalet Hotels, Jubilant Foodworks, Strides Pharma, CMI, Tide Water

Here are stocks that are in the news today:

IDBI Bank: RBI categorized IDBI Bank as a private sector bank for regulatory purposes with effect from January 21, 2019 consequent upon Life Insurance Corporation of India acquiring 51 percent of the total paid up equity share capital of the bank.

Tide Water Oil (India): Board declared 2nd Interim Dividend of 1700 percent (Rs 85) per ordinary share for the year 2018-19.

Tech Mahindra: Board approved the proposal to acquire 100 percent shareholding in K-Vision Co through its wholly owned subsidiary Mahindra Engineering Services (Europe). Enterprise value ofthe deal is $1.5 million.

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Emami: SAT passed an order accepting the appeal and quashing the order of the SEBI Adjudicating Officer imposing penalty of Rs 8 lakh on R S Agarwal, Chairman of company.

LGB Forge: R Ramakrishnan resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

CMI: Company has been included as vendor with few prestigious companies (Power Grid projects, Airport Authority of India, Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders, Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust) in the 3rd quarter ending December 2018.

Ranjeet Mechatronics: Company received is a project for supply, installation, testing and commission of various equipments and items for fire fighting and gas flooding & fire suppression system works for the Airport Authority of India (AAI). The project value is Rs 11.56 crore.

Kapashi Commercials: Board recommended bonus issue of equity shares in the ratio of three equity share of Rs 10 each for every two equity share of Rs 10 each held by the shareholders.

Essel Propack: Company redeemed commercial papers with maturity date of March 14, 2019 amounting to Rs 35 crore.

Coal India: Board approved payment of 2nd Interim Dividend for the financial year 2018-19 at Rs 5.85 per share of the face value of Rs 10.

Ujjivan Financial Services: Board declared an interim dividend of 85 paise per share of Rs 10 each.

Essel Propack: Board appointed Ramesh Gupta as Additional Director.

IDBI Bank: ICRA reaffirmed its rating of Upper Tier II and Perpetual bonds to BBB+; whereas the outlook on these instruments has been removed from 'Rating watch with developing implications' and assigned a 'negative' outlook.

Jubilant Foodworks: Delhi High Court stayed the National AntiProfiteering Authority order and the penalty proceedings subject to deposit of an amount of Rs 20 crore in the Central Consumer Welfare Fund within four weeks from the date of the order.

Strides Pharma Science: Bajaj Finance cuts stake in company by 3.49 percent to 1.74 percent - CNBC-TV18.

Jubilant Foodworks: Promoter Jubilant Consumer Private Limited sold pledged shares of 39.59 lakh (representing 3 percent of total paid-up equity).

Poly Medicure: Company completed the 100 percent acquisition by acquiring remaining 18 percent shares in Plan 1 Health s.r.l.

Trinity League India: Company approved to enter into Memorandum of Understanding with '2050.Digital' Limited Liability company, based in Russia, regarding availing of logistical support and technological solution for verification of insurance claim in agriculture sector.

Jindal Stainless: Abhyuday Jindal acquired 70,000 shares of the company.

Ujjivan Financial Services: Board declared an interim dividend of 85 paise per share of Rs 10 each.

HUL: Unilever announced elevation of Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman and Managing Director of the company, as President of Unilever, South Asia and a member of the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE).

GTPL Hathway: Promoter created a pledge on 5.62 lakh shares.

Chalet Hotels: Promoter Capstan Trading LLP created a pledge on 29.95 lakh shares, Raghukool Estate Development LLP on 33.95 lakh shares, Touchstone Properties & Hotels Pvt Ltd on 1.44 crore shares.

Sun Pharma: Promoter Shanghvi Finance Pvt Ltd created a pledge on 41 lakh shares.

Ramkrishna Forgings: Promoter Riddhi Portfolio Pvt Ltd released a pledge on 30,000 shares.

Bulk Deals on March 14

NSE

Jubilant Foodworks: Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund purchased 8,00,000 shares of the company at Rs 1,312.4 per share and Prudential ICICI Asset Management Company 8,20,000 shares at same price while Jubilant Consumer Private Limited sold 39,59,071 shares at same price.

R M Drip & Sprink: Braja Gopal Pal bought 38,000 shares of the company at Rs 52.27 per share.

Ruchi Soya Industries: Soyumm Marketing Pvt Ltd sold 20,00,000 shares of the company at Rs 7.93 per share.

The Byke Hospitality: Grandeur Peak Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund sold 6,05,000 shares of the company at Rs 34.1 per share.

BSE

Laurus Labs: FIL Capital Management (Mauritius) Limited sold 61,18,806 shares of the company at Rs 351.15 per share while Amansa Holdings Private Limited bought 33,00,000 shares of the company at Rs 351 per share.

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Analyst or Board Meet/Briefings

James Warren Tea: Board meeting is scheduled on March 22 to consider the proposal of buyback of equity shares.

Adani Transmission: Board meeting is scheduled on March 20 to consider buy-back of non convertible debentures (NCDs).

Mahindra Lifespace: Board meeting to be held on April 22 to consider the audited financial results of the company for the fourth quarter and financial year to be ended on March 2019.

Gujarat Pipavav Port: Company has investor/analyst meeting with Tata Mutual Fund on March 15.

Ugro Capital: Management of the company will be attending the Valorem Analyst Conference 2019, organized by Valorem Advisors to be held on March 15 in Mumbai.

Escorts: Company's officials will meet analysts/investors/AMC on March 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 and 26.

Eris Lifesciences: Company's officials will interact with Antique Stock Broking Limited and their invitees on March 15.

Igarashi Motors India: Company will be participating in a non-deal roadshow 5th Annual India Auto Conference 2019 being organised by Axis Capital on March 15.

Dr Lal PathLabs: Company's officials will meet Westbridge Capital on March 15 and RBC Investment Management Asia on March 18 in Gurugram.

CCL Products: Meetings with the institutional investors of the company as arranged by Antique Stock Broking are scheduled between March 15 to 19 in Hong Kong and Singapore.

OCL Iron and Steel: Board meeting is scheduled on March 19 to consider issue of equity and convertible/non convertible securities or other equity linked securities along with secured/unsecured loan. First Published on Mar 15, 2019 07:36 am

United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL) Short Interest Update

United Continental Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) saw a significant increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 21,022,387 shares, an increase of 11.3% from the February 15th total of 18,887,278 shares. Approximately 7.7% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,591,384 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.1 days.

NASDAQ UAL opened at $81.49 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.34, a quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.54. United Continental has a 52-week low of $64.79 and a 52-week high of $97.85. The stock has a market cap of $21.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.93, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.98.

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United Continental (NASDAQ:UAL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 15th. The transportation company reported $2.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $1.84 by $0.57. United Continental had a return on equity of 27.73% and a net margin of 5.15%. The firm had revenue of $10.49 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.34 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.40 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts predict that United Continental will post 11.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Several equities analysts have issued reports on UAL shares. Cowen reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and set a $99.00 price objective (up previously from $94.00) on shares of United Continental in a report on Thursday, January 17th. Vertical Research started coverage on United Continental in a report on Monday, February 4th. They set a “buy” rating and a $103.00 price objective on the stock. Zacks Investment Research lowered United Continental from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised United Continental from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $95.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 10th. Finally, Credit Suisse Group started coverage on United Continental in a report on Monday, November 19th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $113.00 price objective on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. United Continental has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $100.88.

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in UAL. MML Investors Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of United Continental by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 4,486 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $376,000 after buying an additional 336 shares during the last quarter. Kentucky Retirement Systems Insurance Trust Fund purchased a new position in shares of United Continental during the fourth quarter worth about $379,000. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan purchased a new position in shares of United Continental during the fourth quarter worth about $515,000. Kentucky Retirement Systems purchased a new position in shares of United Continental during the fourth quarter worth about $834,000. Finally, HighPoint Advisor Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of United Continental during the fourth quarter worth about $879,000. 97.71% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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About United Continental

United Continental Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services in North America, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. It transports people and cargo through its mainline and regional operations. As of December 31, 2017, the company operated a fleet of 1,262 aircraft.

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Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program, which authorizes the company to repurchase $150.00 million in shares on Tuesday, August 7th. This repurchase authorization authorizes the construction company to repurchase up to 3.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

LPX has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. BMO Capital Markets reiterated a “sell” rating and issued a $27.00 price target on shares of Louisiana-Pacific in a research note on Tuesday, April 24th. ValuEngine lowered shares of Louisiana-Pacific from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 1st. DA Davidson upgraded shares of Louisiana-Pacific from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 8th. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Louisiana-Pacific from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, June 4th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded shares of Louisiana-Pacific from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $37.00 price target for the company in a research note on Monday, July 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Louisiana-Pacific currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $33.25.

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  Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Inogen from $150.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 1st. Leerink Swann restated an “outperform” rating and set a $170.00 price target (up from $150.00) on shares of Inogen in a research report on Tuesday, May 1st. ValuEngine upgraded Inogen from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 2nd. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Inogen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $131.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 13th. Finally, BidaskClub upgraded Inogen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, March 9th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Inogen has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $178.00.

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  Inogen Inc (NASDAQ:INGN) Director Heath Lukatch sold 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $218.23, for a total value of $109,115.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 1,489 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $324,944.47. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

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  Calamos Convertible & Hi Income Fund (NASDAQ:CHY) was the target of a large growth in short interest in September. As of September 14th, there was short interest totalling 705,860 shares, a growth of 35.5% from the August 31st total of 521,121 shares. Approximately 1.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 212,797 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days.

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Spark Therapeutics Inc (ONCE) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of Spark Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ONCE) have received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the twenty-three ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, five have issued a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $79.91.

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. William Blair cut Spark Therapeutics from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, March 7th. SunTrust Banks cut Spark Therapeutics from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, February 25th. Raymond James cut Spark Therapeutics from a “strong-buy” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, February 25th. ValuEngine raised Spark Therapeutics from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, February 25th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lowered Spark Therapeutics from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $85.00 to $114.50 in a research note on Tuesday, February 26th.

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Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Pearl River Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Spark Therapeutics in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Quantamental Technologies LLC bought a new stake in shares of Spark Therapeutics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $126,000. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank lifted its stake in shares of Spark Therapeutics by 16.3% during the 4th quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 3,460 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock worth $135,000 after acquiring an additional 485 shares during the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Spark Therapeutics by 103.4% during the 4th quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 3,718 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock worth $141,000 after acquiring an additional 1,890 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of Montreal Can lifted its stake in shares of Spark Therapeutics by 1,045.4% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 3,253 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock worth $177,000 after acquiring an additional 2,969 shares during the last quarter.

NASDAQ ONCE traded up $0.07 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $113.92. 1,472,900 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,810,465. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.33 billion, a PE ratio of -53.99 and a beta of 2.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 10.71 and a quick ratio of 10.36. Spark Therapeutics has a 12-month low of $34.53 and a 12-month high of $114.20.

Spark Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ONCE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 19th. The biotechnology company reported ($1.75) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.86) by ($0.89). The firm had revenue of $13.15 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $26.76 million. Spark Therapeutics had a negative net margin of 121.78% and a negative return on equity of 14.66%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 47.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($1.63) EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Spark Therapeutics will post -4.73 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Spark Therapeutics

Spark Therapeutics, Inc focuses on the development of gene therapy products for patients suffering from debilitating genetic diseases. Its products include LUXTURNA (voretigene neparvovec), which is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of genetic blinding conditions caused by mutations in the RPE65 gene; and SPK-CHM that is in Phase I/II clinical trial for the treatment of choroideremia.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average shot up another 190 points within 10 minutes of Tuesday's opening bell. A sharp fall in Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) stock was offset by rallying tech stocks.

More on Boeing's uncertainty and the tech stocks carrying the Dow Jones today below.

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Index	Previous Close	Point Change	Percentage Change
Dow Jones	25,650.88	200.64	0.79%
S&P 500	2,783.30	40.23	1.47%
Nasdaq	7,558.06	149.92	2.02%

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The Top Stock Market Stories for Tuesday Two big stories will headline a busy Tuesday. The first is across the Atlantic Ocean, where the British Parliament will wrangle over Prime Minister Theresa May's last-minute deal with Europe on a soft "Brexit." Late Monday, May won legally binding support from the EU ahead of Tuesday's vote. The Prime Minister secured three documents – a joint statement, a joint instrument, and a unilateral declaration – all aimed at addressing one of the biggest challenges to the split between Britain and the EU: the border between Northern Ireland – a British province – and Ireland. Boeing stock continues to slide – falling another 3.2% — after a downgrade from Raymond James Financial Inc. (NYSE: RJF). The company is reeling after a second Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane in five months crashed. Although the Federal Aviation Commission has said that the planes are airworthy, the U.S. agency expects it will order design changes to the planes' systems and signaling. With that in mind, Raymond James anticipates that the latest crash will lead to delays in orders. Also, Australia has joined China and Ethiopia on a list to suspend the jet from service until the crash in Ethiopia has been investigated. Here in the United States, California Senator Dianne Feinstein called on the U.S. government to suspend all 737 Max 8 flights.
Despite a fall in Boeing stock, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares popped 3.47% and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) rose 1.46% after both received positive new ratings from analysts. Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) also went to bat with a 6.97% surge after announcing its purchase of Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX) for $6.8 billion. Mellanox stock rose 7.78% at the same time. These rallies could give the Dow Jones Industrial Average the life it needs to continue its long-term bullish streak. Finally, oil prices pushed higher Tuesday thanks to a dip in exports out of Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. As we've noted, the Saudi government is looking to press crude prices higher by reducing OPEC output and limiting shipments to Asia. Those cuts come as economic sanctions continue to weigh on the Venezuelan oil market. The United States imported 500,000 barrels of Venezuelan crude in November 2018, but sanctions will dry up that flow of oil to the United States. With oil prices set to rise in the coming months, we've identified the top energy stock to buy in March. Best of all, it's under $10 per share. Stocks to Watch Today: DKS, AMZN, SFIX, TSLA Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS) fell more than 7% Tuesday morning after the retail firm issued weaker 2019 fiscal guidance than Wall Street had anticipated. The retailer reported an adjusted EPS of $1.07 (beating the Street by a penny) and topped revenue expectations. However, same-store sales fell by 0.3% year over year, while net sales were off 1.8%. This is yet another company experiencing the retail Cold Freeze as consumers turn to online channels like Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN).

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Top 5 Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now

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Investors are decamping Canadian banks ahead of earnings season, with six straight weeks of outflows from the largest exchange-traded fund tracking the industry.

The BMO Equal Weight Banks Index ETF saw a record C$263 million ($204 million) leave the fund between April 2 and May 11, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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But the fact that the iShares S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index ETF and the Horizons S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index ETF also saw similar, albeit smaller outflows, indicates a bigger trend in investor attitudes toward the sector.

“That suggests to me that there is a kind of souring on financials among Canadian investors,” said Daniel Straus, vice president of ETFs and financial products research at National Bank of Canada.

Top 5 Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now: Plains All American Pipeline L.P.(PAA)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  Back in June, Exxon and oil pipeline company Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) signed a letter of intent to pursue the creation of a joint venture that would build another oil pipeline out of the Permian Basin. Exxon and Plains All American envisioned a more than 1 million barrel-a-day pipeline that would move oil produced by Exxon and others to refining and export markets along the Gulf Coast.

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  Two years ago, Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) and Plains GP Holdings (NYSE:PAGP) took a step to simplify their corporate structure by eliminating the costly incentive distribution rights (IDRs) that Plains All American paid to Plains GP. In exchange, Plains GP acquired a 34.8% stake in the MLP. While that deal was certainly a step in the right direction, the companies could eventually take the next logical progression by combining into one entity.

• [By Max Byerly]

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• [By Lisa Levin]

   

  Companies Reporting After The Bell Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $1.22 per share on revenue of $5.72 billion. Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $1.04 per share on revenue of $5.68 billion. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $1.68 per share on revenue of $14.05 billion. Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.62 per share on revenue of $441.73 million. Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: JAZZ) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $2.77 per share on revenue of $434.87 million. Sun Life Financial Inc. (NYSE: SLF) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.89 per share on revenue of $6.38 billion. LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (NYSE: LTM) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.16 per share on revenue of $2.70 billion. Liberty Global plc (NASDAQ: LBTYA) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.02 per share on revenue of $4.05 billion. TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.16 per share on revenue of $362.11 million. The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ: WEN) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.1 per share on revenue of $379.98 million. A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRK) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.06 per share on revenue of $1.69 billion. Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ: MNST) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.4 per share on revenue of $849.38 million. Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.4 per share on revenue of $670.10 million. ScanSource, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCSC) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.7 per share on revenue of $875.91 million. KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYSE: KAR) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.76 per share on revenue of $923.13
• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Shares of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE:PAA) have earned an average rating of “Hold” from the twenty-four brokerages that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, ten have issued a hold recommendation and eleven have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $25.94.

Top 5 Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now: ConocoPhillips(COP)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  A third factor to focus on is how an E&P company allocates its oil-fueled cash flows. Some oil companies take the "drill, baby, drill" mentality and spend everything that comes in, and then some, on new wells. That approach, however, can lead them to pile on debt, which can be their undoing during the next downturn. That's why investors should look for oil companies that keep spending to within cash flow. Though the best ones spend much less than what comes in, which gives them excess cash that they can return to shareholders via dividends and buybacks. That more conservative approach helps ensure they don't drill their own grave. An excellent example of an adept capital allocator is ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP). The U.S. oil giant aims to return 20% to 30% of its cash flow to investors via dividends and share buybacks each year while reinvesting the rest on oil projects that are profitable under $50 a barrel. Because of that more conservative approach, ConocoPhillips will avoid drilling itself into trouble by outspending cash flow on new wells to chase production growth. Many oil stocks provide detailed cash flow analysis on the most recent investor presentation posted to their website.  

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) has been one of the best-performing oil stocks in the market recovery. One of the fuels driving its outperformance has been the company's efforts to reshape its portfolio. Those actions not only brought in some cash to pay off debt and buy back stock but have sharpened its focus on its best assets.

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) has worked hard to distinguish itself from other oil companies over the past few years by shifting its focus from growing production to increasing shareholder value. That led it on a path to shed high-cost assets so that it could slim down to a company that could thrive at lower oil prices.

Top 5 Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce(CM)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE:CM) (TSE:CM) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 23rd, Zacks reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 28th will be paid a dividend of 1.036 per share by the bank on Friday, July 27th. This represents a $4.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.63%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 27th.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE: CM) recently:

  6/6/2018 – Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was upgraded by analysts at Citigroup Inc from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a C$130.00 price target on the stock, up previously from C$125.00. 5/24/2018 – Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was downgraded by analysts at National Bank Financial from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating. They now have a C$124.00 price target on the stock, down previously from C$136.00. 5/24/2018 – Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce had its price target lowered by analysts at Scotiabank from C$131.00 to C$127.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock. 5/24/2018 – Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce had its price target lowered by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from C$141.00 to C$135.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock. 5/24/2018 – Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was given a new C$140.00 price target on by analysts at Eight Capital. 5/24/2018 – Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from C$133.00 to C$138.00.

  CM traded up C$0.59 on Wednesday, reaching C$115.86. 987,570 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,290,708. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has a fifty-two week low of C$103.84 and a fifty-two week high of C$124.37.

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  Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp boosted its position in Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE:CM) (TSE:CM) by 54.3% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 911,300 shares of the bank’s stock after buying an additional 320,800 shares during the quarter. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce comprises approximately 1.0% of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest position. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp’s holdings in Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce were worth $103,633,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Top 5 Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now: Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.(CMG)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jeremy Bowman]

  For most restaurant stocks, a quarter with low single-digit comparable sales growth, a decline in guest traffic, and modest guidance would be received with a collective shrug if not a sell-off. However, most restaurant stocks aren't Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG).

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Bronfman E.L. Rothschild L.P. cut its stake in Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG) by 28.4% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 400 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock after selling 159 shares during the quarter. Bronfman E.L. Rothschild L.P.’s holdings in Chipotle Mexican Grill were worth $173,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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Top 5 Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now: Nu Skin Enterprises Inc.(NUS)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jeremy Bowman]

  Shares of Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. (NYSE:NUS) were looking attractive today after the beauty and skin-care company turned in better-than-expected results in its second-quarter earnings report. As a result, the stock was up 12.8% as of 11:56 a.m. EDT.

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  Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS) is benefiting from two key trends: its strong presence in Asia where it books 79% of its revenue and leading brand awareness with millennials. The company has increased its dividend every year since 2001, now paying a 2% yield, and maintains a share repurchase program that returns excess cash to shareholders.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS) and PetIQ (NASDAQ:PETQ) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Union Pacific Co. (UNP) Shares Sold by Meristem Family Wealth LLC

Meristem Family Wealth LLC trimmed its stake in Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP) by 3.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,325 shares of the railroad operator’s stock after selling 87 shares during the period. Meristem Family Wealth LLC’s holdings in Union Pacific were worth $321,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of UNP. Private Ocean LLC bought a new position in Union Pacific during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Gradient Investments LLC grew its position in Union Pacific by 117.1% during the fourth quarter. Gradient Investments LLC now owns 241 shares of the railroad operator’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 130 shares during the last quarter. Tributary Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Union Pacific during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $42,000. Essex Investment Management Co. LLC bought a new position in Union Pacific during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $47,000. Finally, Howe & Rusling Inc. grew its position in Union Pacific by 25.4% during the fourth quarter. Howe & Rusling Inc. now owns 346 shares of the railroad operator’s stock valued at $48,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 80.67% of the company’s stock.

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UNP has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Cowen upgraded shares of Union Pacific from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price target for the company from $153.00 to $178.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 8th. Loop Capital increased their price target on shares of Union Pacific from $188.00 to $193.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 24th. Credit Suisse Group reduced their price target on shares of Union Pacific from $190.00 to $166.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 7th. Argus increased their price target on shares of Union Pacific to $175.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Friday, January 25th. Finally, TD Securities increased their price objective on Union Pacific from $155.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 25th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the company. The stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $169.39.

NYSE:UNP opened at $164.30 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $118.77 billion, a PE ratio of 20.77, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.10. Union Pacific Co. has a fifty-two week low of $126.37 and a fifty-two week high of $172.44. The company has a quick ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02.

Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 24th. The railroad operator reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.06 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $5.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.73 billion. Union Pacific had a return on equity of 27.95% and a net margin of 26.13%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.53 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Union Pacific Co. will post 9.07 earnings per share for the current year.

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 29th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.88 per share. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 27th. This is a positive change from Union Pacific’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.80. Union Pacific’s dividend payout ratio is 40.46%.

Union Pacific announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, February 7th that authorizes the company to repurchase 150,000,000 outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the railroad operator to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

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Union Pacific Company Profile

Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, engages in the railroad business in the United States. It offers transportation services for agricultural products, including grains, commodities produced from grains, fertilizers, and food and beverage products; coal and sand, as well as petroleum, liquid petroleum gases, and renewables; construction products, industrial chemicals, plastics, forest products, specialized products, metals and ores, and soda ash, as well as intermodal and finished vehicles.

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Why AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Stock Is Sinking Today

What happened

Shares of AcelRx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACRX) were sinking by 11.3% as of 10:47 a.m. EST on Friday. The specialty pharmaceutical company announced its fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 results after the market closed on Thursday.

AcelRx reported a net loss of $12.6 million, or $0.18 per share, for the quarter. That was actually better than what analysts expected. The company also indicated that the launch of acute-pain drug Dsuvia was going well. However, investors appeared to be less than thrilled that AcelRx didn't provide more details about its growth prospects.

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So what

The reality is that AcelRx's Q4 numbers didn't matter much. What really matters is what has happened and will happen for the company after its February launch of Dsuvia.

AcelRx didn't provide a lot of information about the launch so far. CEO Vince Angotti said that the company was "pleased with the initial response by healthcare professionals." Other than that, though, pretty much all we know is that AcelRx has 15 hospital account managers in the field and that the company has contracts in place with group purchasing organizations (GPOs) that cover around 80% of hospital customers in the initial launch markets for Dsuvia.

The company also stated that it plans to accelerate the hiring of 25 additional hospital account managers, hoping to fill those positions by Q3 instead of Q4. In addition, Angotti said in AcelRx's conference call that expects that Dsuvia will be included on 125 formularies by the end of 2019 instead of the 100 formularies mentioned during the company's investor presentation in December. 

However, anyone hoping that the Department of Defense (DoD) would quickly drive a tremendous volume of sales was probably disappointed. Angotti noted that different groups within each branch of the military are separately reviewing their protocols before buying Dsuvia. 

Now what

The important thing to keep in mind is that it's been only a month since Dsuvia was launched. There's a long way to go before we know if the pain drug will reach the sales levels that many investors expect.

Probably the best thing to do now is to simply wait and see how AcelRx executes on its strategy. In the meantime, the stock will likely continue to be volatile -- as it has been in recent months. 

Best Value Stocks To Watch For 2019

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ICICI Direct's research report on Linc Pen and Plastics

Linc Pen & Plastics (Linc) posted a muted Q4FY18 performance, primarily tracking headwinds in export markets coupled with a slower-than-expected rebound in domestic segment. On the margin front, Linc witnessed compression due to increase in crude price as crude derivatives form ~40% of raw material costs (~65% of sales) Net sales for the quarter came in at Rs 103.4 crore, down 1.5% EBITDA in Q4FY18 was at Rs 8.5 crore with corresponding EBITDA margins at 8.2%, down 130 bps YoY. PAT in Q4FY18 was at Rs 3.1 crore vs. Rs 5.6 crore in Q4FY17. PAT growth lagged the topline and EBITDA growth primarily tracking increased incidence of depreciation and interest on account of commissioning of new plant.

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We build in 160 bps improvement in EBITDA margins in FY18-20E. We value Linc at Rs 325 i.e. 1.2x market cap/sales on FY20E numbers and assign a HOLD rating to the stock. Linc is a prominent writing instrument player domestically with good brand recall and a trusted name in the marketplace.

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Best Value Stocks To Watch For 2019: Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund(IAE)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Voya Asia Pacific High (NYSE:IAE)’s share price reached a new 52-week high and low during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $10.04 and last traded at $10.18, with a volume of 200 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $10.18.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Voya Asia Pacific High Divid Eqt Incm Fd (NYSE:IAE) reached a new 52-week low during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as $8.89 and last traded at $8.90, with a volume of 100 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $9.05.

Best Value Stocks To Watch For 2019: (VIAB)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Motley Fool Staff]

  Unless you're a bit of a media company wonk, you're probably far less familiar with Viacom (NASDAQ:VIA) (NASDAQ:VIAB) than you are with the properties it owns: Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, and Paramount Pictures, to name a few. It's a portfolio with a lot of potential, though it's been awhile since that translated into great overall results. When the company reported earnings Tuesday, the numbers were mixed. Still, investors bid up its stock, and MarketFoolery host Chris Hill and senior analyst Emily Flippen have some opinions about why.

• [By Chris Hill]

  The internet giant formerly known as Google just keeps plowing ahead, with growth on a host of fronts. But despite its beating fourth-quarter expectations on profits and revenues, its share price dipped a few percentage points Tuesday. Media B-lister Viacom (NASDAQ:VIA) (NASDAQ:VIAB), by contrast, reported mixed numbers, but got a share price pop.

• [By Chris Lange]

  The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Tuesday was Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) which traded down roughly 7% at $31.29. The stock's 52-week range is $22.13 to $46.72. Volume was over 8 million, compared with the daily average of 5.9 million shares.

Best Value Stocks To Watch For 2019: Avnet, Inc.(AVT)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Avnet (AVT)

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  Aventus (CURRENCY:AVT) traded up 2.5% against the dollar during the 1-day period ending at 7:00 AM ET on June 25th. In the last week, Aventus has traded up 13.1% against the dollar. Aventus has a market capitalization of $4.69 million and approximately $39,126.00 worth of Aventus was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Aventus token can now be bought for $0.78 or 0.00012641 BTC on popular exchanges including HitBTC, Mercatox, Gatecoin and OKEx.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. raised its holdings in Avnet (NYSE:AVT) by 36.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 64,627 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 17,261 shares during the period. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. owned 0.05% of Avnet worth $2,772,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Best Value Stocks To Watch For 2019: Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund(JCE)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Shaker Financial Services LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Nuveen Core Equity Alpha (NYSE:JCE) by 70.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 46,154 shares of the company’s stock after selling 112,257 shares during the period. Shaker Financial Services LLC’s holdings in Nuveen Core Equity Alpha were worth $674,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (NYSE:JCE) announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 4th, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of 0.2775 per share on Monday, July 2nd. This represents a $1.11 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 14th.

Duterte Could Turn Philippines Into The Land Of Easy Money And Build, Build, Build

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g; &l;img class=&q;dam-image bloomberg size-large wp-image-42485674&q; src=&q;https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/dam/imageserve/42485674/960x0.jpg?fit=scale&q; data-height=&q;640&q; data-width=&q;960&q;&g; Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg President Rodrigo Dutere could turn the Philippines into the land of easy money that will end up financing his ambitious Build, Build, Build agenda. &l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;That&a;rsquo;s a massive construction &l;span&g;plan&l;/span&g; that is expected to drive the country&a;rsquo;s growth for years to come&l;span&g;,&l;/span&g; and create jobs for the Philippines labor force.&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;Early this week, President Duterte appointed &l;span&g;political ally Benjamin Diokno to head of the country&a;rsquo;s central bank, &l;/span&g;&l;span&g;Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;span&g;&a;nbsp;&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;span&g;That&a;rsquo;s &l;a href=&q;https://www.wsj.com/articles/philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte-goes-his-own-way-with-central-bank-appointment-11551773032&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;unusual&l;/a&g; for the Philippines and any modern democracy, where the tradition is for neutral appointments. &l;/span&g;&l;span&g;And i&l;/span&g;&l;span&g;t could mean the end of the independence of the country&a;rsquo;s central bank, and the paving of easy money in the form of low interest rates and runaway government deficits.&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;span&g;&a;nbsp;&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;span&g;At least that&a;rsquo;s the interpretation of financial markets that have been &l;a href=&q;https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/07/philippines-duterte-makes-benjamin-diokno-bsp-central-bank-governor.html&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;unsettled&l;/a&g;&a;nbsp;by Diokno&a;rsquo;s appointment.&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g; &l;img class=&q;size-large wp-image-19598&q; src=&q;http://blogs-images.forbes.com/panosmourdoukoutas/files/2019/03/koyfin_20190307_074447710-1200x600.jpg?width=960&q; alt=&q;&q; data-height=&q;600&q; data-width=&q;1200&q;&g; Philippines Equity Shares &l;/div&g;

&l;div&g;&l;span&g;&a;nbsp;&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div&g;&l;span&g;For years, an independent (BSP) &l;/span&g;&l;span&g;has been a big asset for the Philippines economy. It provided the macroeconomic conditions to let the Philippines economy grow at rates that parallel those of China.&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;span&g;&a;nbsp;&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;span&g;High growth rates, in turn, helped elevate the country&a;rsquo;s standard of living.&a;nbsp; The Philippines&a;rsquo; per-capita GDP&a;nbsp;was last recorded at an all-time high of $2,891.36 in 2017, according to&a;nbsp;&l;/span&g;&l;a href=&q;https://tradingeconomics.com/philippines/gdp-per-capita&q; target=&q;_blank&q; rel=&q;noopener noreferrer&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;&l;span&g;Tradingeconomics.com&l;/span&g;&l;/a&g;&l;span&g;. That&a;rsquo;s well above the average of $1,627.98 for the period 1960-2017.&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div&g;&l;span&g;&a;nbsp;&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div&g;&l;span&g;If it comes true, the end of BSP independence could change the game for the Philippines economy. It could bring back macroeconomic instability in the form of soaring government deficits, and inflation--one of the country&a;rsquo;s old villain&l;/span&g;&l;span&g;s&l;/span&g;&l;span&g;.&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div&g; &l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;span&g;To be fair, inflation has been coming down recently. Consumer prices rose at&l;/span&g;&l;span&g; 3.8% in February of 2019, down from 4.4% in the previous month.&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;/div&g;

&l;div&g; &l;img class=&q;size-large wp-image-19599&q; src=&q;http://blogs-images.forbes.com/panosmourdoukoutas/files/2019/03/koyfin_20190307_074402835-1200x600.jpg?width=960&q; alt=&q;&q; data-height=&q;600&q; data-width=&q;1200&q;&g; Philippines CPI &l;/div&g;

&l;div&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;span&g;That&a;rsquo;s thanks to restrictive policies of BSP last year. But the situation could change if BSP&a;rsquo;s independence is compromised, and the new leadership shift&l;/span&g;&l;span&g;s&l;/span&g;&l;span&g; from a restrictive policy &l;/span&g;&l;span&g;of fighting&l;/span&g;&l;span&g; inflation to an accommodating policy that will bring it back.&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

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&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div&g;&l;span&g;Inflation will add to the country&a;rsquo;s other problems &l;/span&g;&l;span&g;-- l&l;/span&g;&l;span&g;ike corruption, which is getting worse, according to&a;nbsp;&l;/span&g;&l;a href=&q;https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2017/01/26/dutertes-philippines-is-getting-more-corrupt/#68c168b45a7f&q; target=&q;_blank&q; rel=&q;noopener noreferrer&q;&g;&l;span&g;Transparency&l;/span&g;&l;/a&g;&l;span&g;&a;nbsp;International. Then there&a;rsquo;s &a;nbsp;&l;/span&g;&l;span&g;the &l;/span&g;&l;span&g;ongoing drug war, which continues to divide up the country.&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div&g;&l;span&g;And there are Duterte&a;rsquo;s South China Sea flip-flops, which raise rather than reduce the prospect of war in the region.&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div&g;&l;span&g;&a;nbsp;&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;span&g;Inflation &l;/span&g;&l;span&g;--&l;/span&g;&l;span&g; together with social unrest, corruption, and violence &l;/span&g;&l;span&g;-- &l;/span&g;&l;span&g;has&a;nbsp;suspended Philippines economic progress before, and it will do it again, if they aren&a;rsquo;t addressed effectively.&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;span&g;&a;nbsp;&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g;&l;span&g;That&a;rsquo;s why investors have every reason to be concerned &l;/span&g;&l;span&g;with&l;/span&g;&l;span&g; Duterte&a;rsquo;s unusual choice for a central bank chief.&l;/span&g;&l;/div&g;

&l;div class=&q;yiv5662153262MsoNormal&q;&g; &l;/div&g;

CAI International Inc (CAI) Files 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended on December 31, 2018

CAI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) files its latest 10-K with SEC for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2018. CAI International Inc is a transportation finance and logistics company. It purchases equipment and then leases it to container shipping lines, freight forwarders and other transportation companies. CAI International Inc has a market cap of $454.830 million; its shares were traded at around $24.24 with a P/E ratio of 6.51 and P/S ratio of 1.11. CAI International Inc had annual average EBITDA growth of 26.10% over the past ten years. GuruFocus rated CAI International Inc the business predictability rank of 3-star.

For the last quarter CAI International Inc reported a revenue of $115.6 million, compared with the revenue of $94.03 million during the same period a year ago. For the latest fiscal year the company reported a revenue of $432.1 million, an increase of 24% from last year. For the last five years CAI International Inc had an average revenue growth rate of 15.3% a year.

The reported diluted earnings per share was $3.71 for the year, an increase of 0.8% from previous year. Over the last five years CAI International Inc had an EPS growth rate of 2.2% a year. The CAI International Inc enjoyed an operating margin of 34.43%, compared with the operating margin of 30.33% a year before. The 10-year historical median operating margin of CAI International Inc is 35.68%. The profitability rank of the company is 9 (out of 10).

At the end of the fiscal year, CAI International Inc has the cash and cash equivalents of $45.3 million, compared with $35.4 million in the previous year. The long term debt was $1.8 billion, compared with $1.6 billion in the previous year. CAI International Inc has a financial strength rank of 4 (out of 10).

At the current stock price of $24.24, CAI International Inc is traded at 47.8% discount to its historical median P/S valuation band of $46.44. The P/S ratio of the stock is 1.11, while the historical median P/S ratio is 2.13. The intrinsic value of the stock is $39.81 a share, according to GuruFocus DCF Calculator. The stock gained 20.44% during the past 12 months.

CEO Recent Trades:

President and CEO Victor Garcia bought 10,608 shares of CAI stock on 02/27/2019 at the average price of $22.24. The price of the stock has increased by 8.99% since.

For the complete 20-year historical financial data of CAI, click here.

Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Watch Right Now

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A few weeks ago we discussed how you can make 12% annually, forever, from stocks. Now let’s apply those lessons to 2017, and highlight five that should do even better (17%+ returns) this year (and likely beyond).

Remember, projecting our returns from any given stock is simple. We simply add together the three ways it can pay us:

Its current dividend.

A future dividend hike.

Share repurchases.

It also helps if the stock is inexpensive, as buybacks deliver more bang for management’s buck. So let’s stick with stocks that are dirt-cheap, trading for 10-times free cash flow (FCF) or less for this exercise.

Here’s an example of a stock ready to return 17% or more over the next year. Blue chip refiner Valero (VLO) has a great management team that knows how to make money no matter what happens with energy prices.

Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Watch Right Now: United Bankshares Inc.(UBSI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBSI) – Analysts at Boenning Scattergood reduced their Q2 2019 earnings estimates for shares of United Bankshares in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, January 30th. Boenning Scattergood analyst M. Schultheis now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings of $0.63 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.64. Boenning Scattergood has a “Hold” rating on the stock. Boenning Scattergood also issued estimates for United Bankshares’ Q3 2019 earnings at $0.65 EPS, Q4 2019 earnings at $0.63 EPS, FY2019 earnings at $2.55 EPS and FY2020 earnings at $2.60 EPS.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  BidaskClub upgraded shares of United Bankshares (NASDAQ:UBSI) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research report sent to investors on Saturday.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Shares of United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBSI) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the seven brokerages that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and one has issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $39.33.

Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Watch Right Now: Leucadia National Corporation(LUK)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Stifel Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Leucadia National (NYSE:LUK) by 37.4% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 48,804 shares of the conglomerate’s stock after buying an additional 13,283 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp’s holdings in Leucadia National were worth $1,111,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Leucadia National (NYSE: LUK) and BRF (NYSE:BRFS) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

• [By Jim Crumly]

  As for individual stocks, Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) announced it is buying AveXis (NASDAQ:AVXS), and Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE:LUK) said it is selling off assets and taking a new name.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Fernwood Investment Management LLC lowered its holdings in Leucadia National (NYSE:LUK) by 15.3% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 27,750 shares of the conglomerate’s stock after selling 5,000 shares during the period. Fernwood Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Leucadia National were worth $631,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Watch Right Now: Hardinge Inc.(HDNG)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Reuben Gregg Brewer, Rich Smith, and Sean Williams]

  Wall Street has a bad habit of focusing only on the largest and most interesting stories. That means that smaller, and sometimes boring, companies don't always get the analyst attention they deserve -- and that can spell opportunity if you are willing to do the extra legwork to get to know some unknown names. Three Motley Fool investors came up with these stocks to start you off with today: Hardinge Inc. (NASDAQ:HDNG), OrganiGram Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQOTH:OGRMF), and Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. (NYSE:OR).

Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Watch Right Now: Pegasystems Inc.(PEGA)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) was upgraded by stock analysts at BidaskClub from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on Friday.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) was downgraded by BidaskClub from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report released on Wednesday.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ:PEGA) Director Richard H. Jones sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $62.87, for a total value of $628,700.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Strs Ohio acquired a new position in shares of Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ:PEGA) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 6,057 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $289,000.

• [By Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]

  Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) investors have seen more-volatile earnings results from the software specialist lately thanks to its shift toward a cloud and subscription services selling model. The swings have become even more pronounced after a recent change in the way the company accounts for its revenue.

• [By Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]

  Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) announced first-quarter results this week that paired a significant slowdown in sales growth with plummeting earnings. The declines were driven by a shift toward cloud-based revenue that had a more pronounced impact on the books because of the implementation of new accounting rules.

Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Watch Right Now: Rhino Resource Partners LP(RNO)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Credit Suisse Group set a €73.00 ($84.88) price objective on Renault (EPA:RNO) in a research report sent to investors on Tuesday morning. The brokerage currently has a neutral rating on the stock.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Renold (LON:RNO) announced its earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported GBX 4.50 ($0.06) EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of GBX 4.50 ($0.06), Bloomberg Earnings reports. Renold had a return on equity of 201.92% and a net margin of 4.30%.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  JPMorgan Chase & Co. set a €98.00 ($113.95) price target on Renault (EPA:RNO) in a research note released on Monday. The firm currently has a neutral rating on the stock.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  JPMorgan Chase & Co. set a €74.00 ($86.05) target price on Renault (EPA:RNO) in a research report report published on Thursday morning. The firm currently has a neutral rating on the stock.

Coke Is Mangled as Dow's Worst Performing Stock

The stock market has been so unusually strong this year that only two of the 30 components of the Dow Jones industrial average are down. The index itself is higher by 11.6% to 26,026. The real laggard is Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO), which is off 4.2% this year to $45.38 a share.

The stock market started to lose its affection for Coke a long time ago. In the past five years, the S&P 500 is up 74%. Coke's shares are only 18% higher over the period. Coke's five-year revenue growth rate over the period is down 7.43%, according to Morningstar, to $31.86 billion. Its net income five-year growth rate is down 5.6% to $6.43 billion.

One reason Coke's management has gotten poor grades is brand management. Interbrand ranks Coke as the fifth most valuable brand in the world at $66.3 billion. The companies that own the other top brands — Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft — are all growing quickly, at both the top and bottom line. Coke, by comparison, is going nowhere financially.

Another reason Wall Street is miffed with Coke is the way that management characterized its performance. When it announced its most recent numbers, the company headlined them as "Coca-Cola Reports Strong Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018." The strong results included a 6% drop in revenue for the final quarter of last year and a 10% drop for all of 2018. Management also posted plans for a weak 2019. Revenue is expected to rise 4% and per-share earnings to be in a range of down 1% to up 1%.

Warren Buffett recently released his widely followed shareholder letter for Berkshire Hathaway. Coke is one of his largest holdings. He has been loyal to the company for years, due to steady management and a consumer brand that is unparalleled in recognition. Buffett will hold stocks for decades. However, Coke's performance is so poor enough that its time in the portfolio may be coming to the end before long.

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SunTrust Has 5 Buy-Rated Energy Stocks Trading Under $10 With Huge Upside Potential

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In Right Now

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Shares of natural gas fuel company Clean Energy Fuels Corp (NASDAQ:CLNE) fell as much as 17.8% in trading Thursday, ending the day down 15.5% as an analyst gave a negative review of the stock. But keep in mind that shares are still up 54.2% year to date, so this has been a winner of late for investors. 

So what

Today's move was driven by Raymond James analyst Pavel Molchanov, who cut his rating from market perform to underperform. Excitement about the equity investment Total made in the company earlier this year was cited as a reason shares have surged, but Molchanov thinks shares have gone up too high too fast.

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Shares of Clean Energy Fuels have been very volatile this year, but they've been rising on news like the Total investment and rising oil prices. On the flip side, the company has actually been shrinking, and losses have been growing over the past year, so fundamentals haven't caught up to investor bullishness at the moment. 

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Unit Corporation(UNT)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its position in shares of Unit Co. (NYSE:UNT) by 284.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 21,374 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after buying an additional 15,809 shares during the quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in Unit were worth $546,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Unit Co. (NYSE:UNT) shares hit a new 52-week high on Friday . The company traded as high as $29.06 and last traded at $27.33, with a volume of 16258 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $27.39.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Unit (UNT)

  For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In Right Now: OUTFRONT Media Inc.(OUT)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Hourglass Capital LLC lifted its stake in Outfront Media (NYSE:OUT) by 34.3% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 289,617 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after buying an additional 73,964 shares during the quarter. Hourglass Capital LLC owned approximately 0.21% of Outfront Media worth $5,427,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Sanmina Corp (NASDAQ: SANM) shares rose 15.2 percent to $31.90 in pre-market trading as the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its second quarter on Monday. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) rose 12.4 percent to $41.30 in pre-market trading after the company posted upbeat Q1 results and issued a strong Q2 forecast. Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGLE) rose 10.8 percent to $8.75 in pre-market trading. Mitel Networks Corporation (NASDAQ: MITL) rose 8.8 percent to $11.05 in pre-market trading after the company agreed to be acquired by affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners for $2.0 billion. Galectin Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GALT) rose 7.3 percent to $3.70 in pre-market trading. Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) shares rose 6.9 percent to $7.00 in pre-market trading after declining 1.50 percent on Monday. Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALL) rose 6.5 percent to $10.68 in pre-market trading. Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BOOT) rose 5.2 percent to $20.40 in pre-market trading after gaining 4.53 percent on Monday. New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: EDU) rose 5 percent to $91.16 in pre-market trading after reporting Q3 results. Shire plc (NASDAQ: SHPG) rose 5 percent to $167.98 in pre-market trading after Bloomberg reported that Takeda is nearing a preliminary agreement to acquire Shire after sweetened bid. Outfront Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) shares rose 5 percent to $19.00 in pre-market trading. Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN) rose 4.3 percent to $4.18 in pre-market trading after gaining 5.80 percent on Monday. SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) rose 3.7 percent to $109.80 in pre-market trading after the company posted strong quarterly results and raised its outlook for the year. Golden Ocean Group Limited (NASDAQ: GOGL) shares rose 3.7 percent to $8.70 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.45 percent on Monday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE: D
• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Outfront Media (OUT)

  For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Outfront Media (NYSE:OUT) has earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the six analysts that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has assigned a hold recommendation and three have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $27.00.

• [By Jeremy Bowman]

  Shares of Outfront Media Inc. (NYSE:OUT) were falling on Thursday after the outdoor advertising specialist released a disappointing second-quarter earnings report. As a result, the stock was down 9% as of 3:10 p.m. EDT.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In Right Now: MetLife, Inc.(MET)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Traders sold shares of Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) on strength during trading hours on Friday. $17.86 million flowed into the stock on the tick-up and $48.67 million flowed out of the stock on the tick-down, for a money net flow of $30.81 million out of the stock. Of all equities tracked, Metlife had the 0th highest net out-flow for the day. Metlife traded up $0.32 for the day and closed at $47.41

• [By Logan Wallace]

  State Treasurer State of Michigan lessened its stake in shares of MetLife (NYSE:MET) by 1.1% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 305,185 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 3,300 shares during the period. State Treasurer State of Michigan’s holdings in MetLife were worth $14,005,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARA) rose 18.2 percent to $13.71 in pre-market trading. Cara Therapeutics and Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma entered into ex-U.S. licensing agreement to commercialize KORSUVA™ injection in dialysis patients with pruritus. Heat Biologics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTBX) shares rose 10.6 percent to $2.20 in pre-market trading after surging 12.43 percent on Tuesday. VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY) rose 10.5 percent to $2.37 in pre-market trading after dropping 10.04 percent on Tuesday. Boxlight Corporation (NASDAQ: BOXL) rose 8.3 percent to $7.15 in pre-market trading after falling 16.03 percent on Tuesday. Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) rose 7.8 percent to $110.25 in pre-market trading after the company reported upbeat results for its first quarter and raised its FY2018 earnings guidance. Heat Biologics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTBX) shares rose 7.1 percent to $2.13 in pre-market trading. after climbing 12.43 percent on Tuesday. Clementia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CMTA) rose 5.9 percent to $20.01 in pre-market trading after reporting positive Phase 2 Part B data showing treatment with palovarotene significantly reduces new bone growth in patients with FOP. Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE: UA) rose 3.5 percent to $18.44 in pre-market trading. Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW) shares rose 3.5 percent to $2.95 in pre-market trading. MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) rose 3.2 percent to $50.00 in pre-market trading after reporting a $1.5 billion buyback plan. Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) rose 3.2 percent to $88.51 in pre-market trading. Lowe's reported downbeat results for its first quarter on Wednesday.

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• [By Paul Ausick]

  MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) traded down about 1.1% Friday and posted a new 52-week low of $43.09 after closing Thursday at $43.56. The stock’s 52-week high is $55.91. Volume totaled around 2.4 million, less than half the daily average. The company had no specific news.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Advantage Lithium Corp. (AVLIF)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By ]

  Advantage Lithium (OTCQX:AVLIF) is a strategic advanced junior lithium exploration company that operates between Lithium Americas and Orocobre in the Cauchari-Olaroz basin. Orocobre is the largest shareholder in the company with a 30% equity stake, coupled with a 25% interest in the project. Over the past few months, the company has been moving towards completing the second stage of its drilling campaign, which will be completed in May 2018 and will then be followed on with an updated Natural Resource Estimate Study. This will allow the company to move into phase three of its drilling efforts, which will utilize larger drills to further define the resource, with a Feasibility Study expected to be completed in the first part of 2019.

• [By ]

  Other juniors include: Advantage Lithium (OTCQB:AVLIF) [TSXV:AAL], AIS Resources [TSXV:AIS] (OTCQB:AISSF), American Lithium Corp. [TSX-V: LI] (OTCQB:LIACF), Argentina Lithium and Energy Corp. [TSXV:LIT] (OTCQB:PNXLF), Argosy Minerals [ASX:AGY] (OTC:ARYMF), AVZ Minerals [ASX:AVZ] (OTC:AZZVF), Bacanora Minerals [TSXV:BCN] [AIM:BCN] [GR:1BQ] (OTC:BCRMF), Birimian Ltd [ASX:BGS] (OTC:EEYMF), Critical Elements [TSXV:CRE] [GR:F12] (OTCQX:CRECF), Dajin Resources [TSXV:DJI] (OTCPK:DJIFF), Enigri (private), Eramet (EN Paris:ERA) (OTCPK:ERMAY), European Metals Holdings [ASX:EMH] [AIM:EMH] [GR:E861] (OTC:ERPNF), Far Resources [CSE:FAT] (OTCPK:FRRSF), Force Commodities [ASX:4CE], Kidman Resources [ASX:KDR] [GR:6KR], Latin Resources Ltd [ASX: LRS] (OTC:LAXXF), Lithium Australia [ASX:LIT] (OTC:LMMFF), Lithium Power International [ASX:LPI] (OTC:LTHHF), LSC Lithium [TSXV:LSC] (OTC:LSSCF), MetalsTech [ASX:MTC], MGX Minerals [CSE:XMG] (OTC:MGXMF), Millennial Lithium Corp. [TSXV:ML] (OTCQB:MLNLF), Neo Lithium [TSXV:NLC] (OTC:NTTHF), NRG Metals Inc. [TSXV:NGZ] (OTCQB:NRGMF), Nemaska Lithium [TSX:NMX] [GR:NOT] (OTCQX:NMKEF), North American Lithium (private), Piedmont Lithium [ASX:PLL] (OTC:PLLLY), Prospect Resources [ASX:PSC], Sayona Mining [ASX:SYA] (OTCPK:DMNXF), Savannah Resources [LSE:SAV], Standard Lithium [TSXV:SLL] (OTC:STLHF), and Wealth Minerals [TSXV:WML] (OTCQB:WMLLF).

• [By ]

  The following 6 companies are on the bench for the index:

  Advantage Lithium (OTCQX:AVLIF) Argosy Minerals (OTCPK:ARYMF) Bacanora Minerals (OTC:BCRMF) Critical Elements (OTCQX:CRECF) NEO Lithium (OTCQX:NTTHF) Wealth Minerals (OTCQX:WMLLF)

  "Bench" is a sports analogy meaning that one or more of them could be added in the future if one of the above companies becomes a producer, is acquired, or the market capitalization ("cap") of one or more of the index holdings falls significantly below that of one or more companies on the bench.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Oaktree Capital Group, LLC(OAK)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Benzinga News Desk]

  President Donald Trump hinted he may intervene in the Justice Department’s Russia investigation, as a Senate panel advanced a measure to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller: Link

  ECONOMIC DATA USA GDP (QoQ) for Q1 2.30% vs 2.00% Est; Prior 2.90% The University of Michigan's consumer confidence index for April is schedule for release at 10:00 a.m. ET. The Baker Hughes North American rig count report for the latest week will be released at 1:00 p.m. ET. Data on farm prices for the recent week will be released at 3:00 p.m. ET. ANALYST RATINGS Stifel upgraded Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) from Hold to Buy Morgan Stanley upgraded Acacia Communications (NASDAQ: ACIA) from Underweight to Equal-Weight Jefferies downgraded Sunoco (NYSE: SUN) from Hold to Underperform KBW downgraded Oaktree Capital (NYSE: OAK) from Outperform to Market Perform

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• [By Matthew Frankel, Jordan Wathen, and Dan Caplinger]

  With that in mind, here's why three of our contributors think Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) (NYSE:BRK-B), Oaktree Capital (NYSE:OAK), and BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) are excellent penny stock alternatives.

• [By Chris Hill]

  In this Market Foolery podcast, host Chris Hill has a special guest -- Foolish investor-at-large Tim Hanson -- and they lead off with a discussion of the annual letter, released Wednesday, from billionaire investing guru Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital (NYSE:OAK). In it, Marks expressed concern about the number of questionable deals happening in this low-interest environment, as an excess of optimism and high risk-tolerance send capital toward assets it should probably shun at current prices. Then Chris and Tim respond to a podcast listener who's wondering whether he should keep holding on to his General Motors shares. Beyond that, there's a timely retrospective on Tim's time at the Fool, and an equally timely debate on a divisive and controversial question: Are fun-size Halloween candies "fun" or a travesty?

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Asset management companies like Oaktree Capital Group (NYSE:OAK) have to deal with market volatility in two very different ways. On one hand, they have to produce the exceptional returns that keep them ahead of their peers even when conditions make it difficult. Yet even when they are able to outperform, asset managers also have to address the fears of their clients, many of whom start to flee in down markets even when their funds are holding up quite well.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Green Brick Partners, Inc.(GRBK)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) was downgraded by BidaskClub from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note issued to investors on Friday.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

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• [By Max Byerly]

  M/I Homes (NASDAQ: GRBK) and Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In Right Now: San Juan Basin Royalty Trust(SJT)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Media stories about San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:SJT) have trended positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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 nearest to one being the most favorable. San Juan Basin Royalty Trust earned a media sentiment score of 0.34 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news articles about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 48.2365151407757 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Nemaska Lithium Inc. (NMKEF)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By ]

  Nemaska Lithium (OTCQX:NMKEF) is a company that has been at the top of my radar over the past few months. It has successfully raised in excess of $500 million in capital to support the build-out of vertically integrated operations in Quebec. The company is undertaking a significant effort to become one of the few fully-integrated lithium companies in existence, with operations from mining to chemical production.

• [By ]

  Canadian hard-rock lithium chemicals company Nemaska Lithium (OTCQX:NMKEF) is presently at the end of completing a $500 million capital raise which will allow the company to expand into Phase 2 production of the its facility in Quebec. The company has closed an equity deal valued at nearly $100 million from Japan's SoftBank (OTCPK:SFTBY), executed a streaming agreement with Orion Mine Finance LF valued at over $150 million, and engaged with such high-quality financial groups including Clarkson Platou Securities and Pareto Securities as managers of the bond issuance. Further, Nemaska has signed multiple offtake agreements, including NorthVolt, FMC, Softbank and Johnson Matthey Battery Materials, for the purchase of its lithium chemicals once production begins.

• [By ]

  I recently finished putting together the Lithium subsector index of my Industrial Minefinder Junior Index (IMJI). To start out, the IMJI Lithium subsector will include 4 companies and comprise 8% of the overall IMJI index, which will include 50 companies in all. Here is a table that shows the holdings:

  Company Market Cap
  ($USD millions;
  as of Jan 2, 2018) Contained
  Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (LCE) in Total Resource
  (tonnes) Index
  Weighting Kidman Resources (OTCPK:KDDRF) $596 7,010,955 23% Lithium Americas (OTC:LAC) $809 39,287,234 32% Millennial Lithium (OTCQX:MLNLF) $308 3,009,000 12% Nemaska Lithium (OTCQX:NMKEF) $835 1,593,802 33% $2,548 100%

  The following 6 companies are on the bench for the index:

• [By ]

  Other juniors include: Advantage Lithium (OTCQB:AVLIF) [TSXV:AAL], AIS Resources [TSXV:AIS] (OTCQB:AISSF), American Lithium Corp. [TSX-V: LI] (OTCQB:LIACF), Argentina Lithium and Energy Corp. [TSXV:LIT] (OTCQB:PNXLF), Argosy Minerals [ASX:AGY] (OTC:ARYMF), AVZ Minerals [ASX:AVZ] (OTC:AZZVF), Bacanora Minerals [TSXV:BCN] [AIM:BCN] [GR:1BQ] (OTC:BCRMF), Birimian Ltd [ASX:BGS] (OTC:EEYMF), Critical Elements [TSXV:CRE] [GR:F12] (OTCQX:CRECF), Dajin Resources [TSXV:DJI] (OTCPK:DJIFF), Enigri (private), Eramet (EN Paris:ERA) (OTCPK:ERMAY), European Metals Holdings [ASX:EMH] [AIM:EMH] [GR:E861] (OTC:ERPNF), Far Resources [CSE:FAT] (OTCPK:FRRSF), Force Commodities [ASX:4CE], Kidman Resources [ASX:KDR] [GR:6KR], Latin Resources Ltd [ASX: LRS] (OTC:LAXXF), Lithium Australia [ASX:LIT] (OTC:LMMFF), Lithium Power International [ASX:LPI] (OTC:LTHHF), LSC Lithium [TSXV:LSC] (OTC:LSSCF), MetalsTech [ASX:MTC], MGX Minerals [CSE:XMG] (OTC:MGXMF), Millennial Lithium Corp. [TSXV:ML] (OTCQB:MLNLF), Neo Lithium [TSXV:NLC] (OTC:NTTHF), NRG Metals Inc. [TSXV:NGZ] (OTCQB:NRGMF), Nemaska Lithium [TSX:NMX] [GR:NOT] (OTCQX:NMKEF), North American Lithium (private), Piedmont Lithium [ASX:PLL] (OTC:PLLLY), Prospect Resources [ASX:PSC], Sayona Mining [ASX:SYA] (OTCPK:DMNXF), Savannah Resources [LSE:SAV], Standard Lithium [TSXV:SLL] (OTC:STLHF), and Wealth Minerals [TSXV:WML] (OTCQB:WMLLF).

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In Right Now: BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust(BPT)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Blockport (CURRENCY:BPT) traded down 0.3% against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 23:00 PM ET on September 14th. One Blockport token can now be bought for $0.0819 or 0.00001261 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges including Kucoin and IDEX. Over the last week, Blockport has traded down 2.3% against the U.S. dollar. Blockport has a total market cap of $4.33 million and $60,265.00 worth of Blockport was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  News headlines about BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (NYSE:BPT) have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust earned a daily sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media headlines about the oil and gas company an impact score of 46.2072909143413 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next several days.

• [By Sean Williams]

  As a case in point, consider BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (NYSE:BPT), which is currently paying out an extrapolated $5.10 a year, based on the $1.275 per share it divvied out in April. This is good enough for a better than 17% annual yield, albeit it should be noted that the Trust's payout differs each quarter depending on its royalty revenue and cash earnings. 

• [By Max Byerly]

  Blockport (CURRENCY:BPT) traded down 4.1% against the dollar during the 1 day period ending at 23:00 PM ET on August 12th. In the last week, Blockport has traded down 26.3% against the dollar. One Blockport token can now be bought for $0.0894 or 0.00001414 BTC on exchanges including Kucoin and IDEX. Blockport has a market capitalization of $4.73 million and approximately $7,133.00 worth of Blockport was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Blockport (CURRENCY:BPT) traded 3.2% higher against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 20:00 PM Eastern on October 5th. Over the last week, Blockport has traded 21.8% higher against the U.S. dollar. Blockport has a total market capitalization of $5.67 million and $62,493.00 worth of Blockport was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Blockport token can currently be purchased for approximately $0.11 or 0.00001620 BTC on major exchanges including Kucoin and IDEX.

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  The stock market had a tumultuous session on Wednesday, as major benchmarks started the day weak but bounced back in the afternoon. Investors weren't happy with the current state of geopolitical uncertainty, with trade disputes threatening to become larger problems than ever. But the release of the minutes of the latest meeting of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy committee convinced many that the central bank will be slow to do lasting damage to the economic expansion, remaining measured in the pace of its interest rate increases. Moreover, some companies had good news that sent their shares higher. Tiffany (NYSE:TIF), BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (NYSE:BPT), and Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) were among the best performers on the day. Here's why they did so well.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(DRNA)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:DRNA) had its target price upped by research analysts at B. Riley from $10.00 to $13.50 in a research note issued on Monday, Stock Target Advisor reports. The brokerage presently has a “neutral” rating on the biopharmaceutical company’s stock. B. Riley’s price target indicates a potential downside of 20.26% from the company’s current price.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (DRNA)

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• [By Max Byerly]

  Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:DRNA) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,713,672 shares, a growth of 47.9% from the May 31st total of 1,158,865 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 465,952 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 4.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short.