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Barron's Looks Ahead To 2018
Sunday, December 10, 2017 - 5:03pm | 671Read More...This weekend's Barron's features the outlook for 2018 according to a panel of top investment strategists. Barron's also offers its top 10 stock picks for the coming year, including two returning favorites. Other featured articles list top ETF trends and best bond sectors for...
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Bond Insurers Getting Killed By Puerto Rico Uncertainty
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 12:22pm | 390Read More...Shares of Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO) and MBIA Inc. (NYSE: MBI) were trading lower by more than 12 percent Monday after Puerto Rico's Governor Garcia Padilla described the nation's $72 billion of debt as being "unpayable." Assured Guaranty and MBIA jointly guarantee $9.4...
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Hedge Fund Manager Is 'Very Skeptical' Of Rumored Ackman Stake In Whole Foods
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 12:50pm | 119Read More...When asked about a rumor that Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman had taken a short position in Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM), Rand Strategic Partners Co-Founder Todd Sullivan told Benzinga that he was very skeptical. “In the past, his short positions like MBIA...
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Markets Close The Week On Negative Note As Ukraine Worries Mount
Friday, August 15, 2014 - 5:01pm | 2461Read More...U.S. stocks erased early morning gains and finished lower following reports that Ukrainian artillery forces engaged armored vehicles entering Ukraine from Russia. Narayana Kocherlakota, Minneapolis Fed President, stated that labor strength in its current state appears to be far away from the...
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Markets Little Changed As The Quarter Comes To An End
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 4:34pm | 2316Read More...U.S. stocks were little changed as the second quarter comes to an end. Investors and traders are likely spending the last day of the quarter the same way they did to ring in the quarter: questioning the direction of the U.S. economy and wondering what is in store in the coming quarter. One...
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Top-Performing Dividend Payers in Finance with the Most Upside Potential (APO, AGO, FIG)
Saturday, June 8, 2013 - 12:46pm | 844Read More...It is not unusual for stocks on a tear to overrun their mean price targets, which is a signal of how far analysts on average expect the share price to climb. Some of the top-performing financial stocks over the past six months that pay dividends, such as CapLease (NYSE: LSE), NYSE Euronext (NYSE...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of May 7 (DIS, M, CSCO)
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 8:44am | 1037Read More...The parade of earnings from major retailers begins this week with quarterly reports due from Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), Macy's (NYSE: M) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN). Analysts expect to see year-over-year revenue growth from all three, but lower per-share earnings from Kohl's. Many more retailers are...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 16
Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 3:47pm | 1524Read More...This week will offer a good look at the state of the financial sector as many of the big banks share their fourth-quarter results. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) broke the ice on Friday, reporting a decline in earnings that was more than analysts had estimated. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Goldman Sachs (...
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BofA Said to Offer MBIA Settlement Related to Mortgage Suit -Bloomberg
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MBIA Operating Loss Below Estimates
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 8:56am | 74Read More...MBIA Inc.'s (NYSE: MBI) operating loss per share was $0.50 versus the Street loss estimate of $0.58 “and our loss estimate of $0.67,” Deutsche Bank reports. “The $0.50 loss per share is based on our calculations, and it excludes realized investment gains/losses, noncredit impairment unrealized...
