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The U.S. stock market is off to a hot start to 2018, but Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) are headed in the other direction, each down roughly 20 percent on the month. For better or for worse, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should get a...

Wireless carriers AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), Sprint Corp (NYSE: S) and T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ: TMUS) all traded lower Monday morning by more than 1.1 percent after Axios reported the Trump administration is considering a nationalized 5G network. Height...

Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) hopes to market the IQOS cigarette as a less harmful alternative to cigarettes, but it The Analyst Height Securities' Stefanie Miller. The Thesis The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee rejected the claim that IQOS device can reduce the...

What Happened Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) plummeted 6 percent intraday Thursday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee rejected one of two claims surrounding its modified risk tobacco product. Why It's Important...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is holding its Center for Tobacco Products meeting this week, and it could be a very important week for tobacco investors. Height Securities analyst Stefanie Miller said Wednesday this week could mark the first steps in a decade-long transition in the tobacco...

One of President Donald Trump's top campaign promises was to eliminate regulations and free up U.S. corporations to operate will fewer restrictions. One of Trump’s first targets after taking office was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was created in the wake of the mortgage...

There’s plenty for Americans on both sides of the political aisle to hate in the new tax law, but investors shouldn’t expect any changes to the new law in 2018. The new rules are here to stay, at least this year, said Height Securities analyst Stefanie Miller. In a new report, Miller...

There’s a major deadline approaching in Washington, D.C. later this week, and Height Securities said Congress is likely prepared to do what many would argue it does best — nothing.  In a new note to clients on Wednesday, Height Securities said there’s a 45-percent chance...

The first major market-moving decision from Washington, D.C. in 2018 is on the way before the end of January, and it could have a huge impact on solar stocks. President Donald Trump must decide by Jan. 26 whether or not the U.S. will impose tariffs on imported solar cells and modules under Section...

Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) investors have gotten a lot of good news about the government-sponsored enterprises’ future in recent months. Unfortunately, that good news hasn't been reflected in the stocks’ share...

A farm bill is likely to move in the first quarter of 2018, according to Rep. Collin Peterson, a Minnesota Democrat and ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, and a spokesperson for the committee's chairman. The proposals include reauthorizing a grant program that compensates...

Financials remain poised to benefit from the tax bill signed by President Donald Trump on Friday, deregulation and legislation, Height Securities analyst Ed Groshans said in a note. The financial services industry is a "significant beneficiary" of the lower 21-percent corporate tax rate,...

Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) investors got some good news this week when the Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be allowed to retain $3 billion of income each...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s proposed acquisition of most of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA)'s media and entertainment assets is one of two mega mergers in the media sector, the other being AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)'s offer to buy Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX). The Analyst...

Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) shares are rocking Thursday after the Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be allowed to retain a portion of their income to start...