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How PayPal and Synchrony Are Further Strengthening Their Partnership
PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) took a step forward in their relationship and announced that they had closed their consumer credit receivables transaction....
View ArticleFord, Starbucks, Under Armour and More Major Earnings Coming This Week
We are now in the heart of the second-quarter earnings reporting season, with perhaps the busiest week of the season on deck. Most of the companies in the S&P 500 will be reporting this week and...
View ArticleSynchrony Financial Slides By in Q2
When Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) released its second-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Friday, the company said that it had $0.92 in earnings per share (EPS) and $3.73 billion...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Ally, Amgen, AT&T, BP, Chesapeake...
Stocks were indicated higher on Monday morning as yet another week of massive earnings reports is set. The investing community has had less success buying the dips in 2018 than in prior years. Many...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Blue Apron, Energy Transfer, Funko,...
The major equity indexes were indicated marginally lower after the payrolls report looked light prior to adding in higher revisions. That said, the drops were small and the Nasdaq was indicated...
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Bank of America, Netflix, PayPal and More Earnings Coming This Week
The broad markets saw a massive drop this past week but posted a small recovery to close out the week. This drop off could offer a nice buying opportunity as the third-quarter earnings reporting season...
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Synchrony Financial Notches Another Solid Quarter
When Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) reported its third-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Friday, the company said that it had $0.91 in earnings per share (EPS) and $4.69 billion...
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How Synchrony Knocked It Out of the Park With Earnings
When Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) released its fourth-quarter earnings report before the markets opened on Wednesday, the company said that it had $1.09 in earnings per share (EPS) and $4.94 billion...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Allergan, Apple, Carnival, Ciena,...
Stocks were indicated to open higher on Wednesday with positive earnings reactions from Apple and Boeing. Earnings season has been off to a mixed start at the start of 2019, but the Dow Jones...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: CenturyLink, Chimera, Comerica, Dish,...
Stocks were indicated to open marginally higher again on Thursday, but the Dow Jones industrial average is now up over 2,700 points from its lows seen at the start of January. Investors need to be...
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Goldman Sachs Newest Favorite Stocks for Serious Upside in 2019
After a rocky 2018, the markets have gone back to a rock ‘n’ roll bull market posturing at the start of 2019. There are hopes for China trade and tariffs issues being resolved, the Federal Reserve has...
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10 Incredibly Surprising Best-Performing S&P 500 Stocks of 2019
The carnage of late 2018 was replaced almost immediately with the return of the big bull market through the entire first quarter of 2019. And with the start of the second quarter running smoothly ahead...
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Big Banks in the Spotlight as Earnings Season Rolls Out
The first-quarter earnings reporting season is off to the races this week, after kicking off last week with strong results from JPMorgan and Wells Fargo. 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of...
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Should Synchrony Financial Get More Credit for Q1 Results?
Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) released its first-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Thursday. The company said that it had $1.00 in earnings per share (EPS) and $4.79 billion in...
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amex, Bristol-Myers, Celgene, Cognizant,...
Stocks were indicated to open higher after a strong payrolls report on Friday morning. Despite a pullback this week, the markets remain near all-time highs and investors have solid double-digit...
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Warren Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Make Key Changes to 2019 Stock Picks
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has released its public equity holdings as of March 31, 2019. Warren Buffett still runs Berkshire Hathaway and, as he is one of the richest men alive, he is...
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JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and More Major Financial...
Practically all the major banks are reporting their second-quarter financial results this week. In general, financial stocks have made solid gains so far this year, despite a tumultuous May. At the...
View ArticleBank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and More Major Banks Reporting This Week
Practically all the major banks are reporting their third-quarter financial results this week. In general, financial stocks have performed in line with the markets, despite a tumultuous China trade...
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Merrill Lynch’s Preliminary Top Picks for 2020
With 2019 coming to an end and with 2020 approaching, analysts and strategists are making their projections for the year ahead. Even without a trade war resolution, and even as trade headlines remain...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alphabet, At Home, Chewy, Etsy,...
Stocks have been more volatile in recent trading days around trade and other data, but the major indexes were indicated to have a marginally higher open on Thursday, after hitting all-time highs last...
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American Airlines, Netflix, Starbucks and More Major Earnings This Week
The fourth-quarter earnings reporting season is ramping up, with many major companies sharing their results in the coming days. This will be a big earnings season as the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow...
View ArticleDeep Earnings Losses Seen in 2020 for 2 Consumer Credit Leaders
Watching the bull market turn into a bear market was hard enough, but to imagine that stocks have now recovered half of all their losses is becoming equally as difficult to justify. Endless trillions...
View ArticleVerizon Could Seriously Cut Customer Churn With New Credit Card Launch
Wireless carrier Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) on Monday announced a new Verizon Visa credit card for its wireless customers offering rewards (called Verizon Dollars) that can be used to...
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S&P 500 All-Time Highs but 40 Value Stocks Still Down Over 30% YTD
It seems amazing that the S&P 500 went from a continued raging bull market at the start of 2020, into the fastest recession of our lives, and then all the way back up to positive in record time....
View ArticleAmerican Express Faces Severe Pressure From This Key Spending Theme
American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) is one of the premier financial stocks when it comes to credit cards. After all, it is generally considered to have more strict credit standards than many of the...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Best Buy, Booking, Conoco, CRISPR,...
Stocks closed lower on Wednesday, and the indexes were down only slightly on Thursday morning. Investors are still trying to look into 2021, beyond the election, beyond spiking COVID-19 cases, beyond...
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Credit Suisse, Delta, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and More Friday Afternoon...
With the trading day more than halfway over, the broad markets were trading into the weekend with a slight gain. The S&P 500 is continuing its streak of all-time highs, hitting yet another in...
View ArticleNovoCure, Synchrony, Twitter, Yum! and More Wednesday Afternoon Analyst Calls
With the trading day about halfway over, the broad markets were again somewhat mixed. The Dow Jones industrial average was leading the major indexes on the back of solid bank earnings. The Nasdaq saw a...
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How 5 Stocks Warren Buffet Sold in Q1 Have Performed in Q2
With just a couple of weeks remaining in the second quarter of this year, we’re taking a look at five of the 13 stocks in which Warren Buffett lightened or sold entirely Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s...
View ArticleAnthem, Deutsche Bank, Nio, Synchrony Financial and More Friday Afternoon...
With the trading day more than halfway over, the broad markets were booming into the weekend. After Thursday’s slump, each of the major averages roared back, with the S&P 500 hitting a fresh...
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Earnings Previews: Halliburton, HCA, Philip Morris, Synchrony
With the first week of the June-quarter earnings season behind us, we are looking ahead to what the coming week has in store. On Thursday, we previewed three companies scheduled to report quarterly...
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Monday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: American Express, Capital One,...
Monday morning futures were off to a positive start. Last week was fairly positive, ending the week on a strong note with a positive message from the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Symposium. Now...
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4 Outstanding Analyst Growth Stock Picks Should Outperform Even If Market...
The Wall Street firms that we cover are starting to agree that, while the future may still be bright for the U.S. economy, despite the lurking presence of inflation, the future also may be one of stock...
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Wednesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Anheuser-Busch, Gilead...
The futures were mixed after a sparkling risk-off rally Tuesday, in which all the major indexes traded higher on the strength of continued solid third-quarter earnings reports and some brighter...
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Tuesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Broadcom, Canadian Pacific,...
The futures were higher Tuesday, after a very solid opening to the new trading year. The Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 again hit all-time highs, while the Nasdaq also posted a solid opening...
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More Thursday Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: As Interest Rates Rise,...
Markets edged higher on Thursday, even withstanding West Texas Intermediate crude oil pushing back above the $100 per barrel mark. This also comes after a long-awaited rate hike by the Federal Reserve....
View ArticleMonday Afternoon’s Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Bank of America, Beyond...
Markets were mixed to start out the week as investors are trying to find their footing ahead of a flurry of economic data due out later in the week. Some analysts believe that this data could be...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley Rips Banks, and More Stocks Wall Street Hates This Week
Wall Street analysts are constantly releasing and updating reports on stocks across their respective coverage universes. These calls, whether positive or negative, play into the overall perception of...
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Monday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AMD, Dollar General, Doximity,...
The futures were modestly higher Monday, as we begin the first full trading week of the second quarter. The major indexes closed higher on Friday, after starting lower after the disastrous last day of...
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Earnings Previews: Bank of America, BNY Mellon, Charles Schwab, Synchrony
Before markets opened Wednesday, JPMorgan beat a modest revenue estimate and missed on profits. The stock closed down more than 3% for the day. Delta Air Lines posted a tiny profit and a solid revenue...
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Wednesday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Amazon, Bank of America,...
The futures were up across the board Wednesday, after a massive risk-off rally on Tuesday that was mainly attributed to some positive earnings results despite very oversold market conditions. The rally...
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How 2022 Could Shape Up With Inflation: Analysts Upgrade or Downgrade...
Markets were somewhat mixed on Thursday, with the Nasdaq up about 50 basis points, while the Dow Jones industrials and S&P 500 each had a slight loss. This comes after Wednesday’s session that saw...
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Why This Analyst Says Dump Credit Card Stocks Now
Many analysts believe that a recession is coming, or we are already in it. Evidence of this includes five consecutive weeks of losses for the S&P 500, as well as a drop in gross domestic product of...
View ArticleRecord CPI Inflation: Analysts Upgrade or Downgrade BioNTech, Freeport...
Markets turned lower late on Wednesday after shocking inflation data was released earlier in the day. The Dow Jones industrials led the charge lower, down about 0.6%, while the S&P 500 was down...
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Earnings Previews: Bank of America, Charles Schwab, Goldman Sachs, Synchrony
The three major U.S. equity indexes closed lower for a third straight session Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrials ended 0.7% lower, the S&P 500 dropped 0.5% and the Nasdaq shed 0.2%. Nine of 11...
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Thursday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Abbott Labs, Halliburton,...
The futures were trading mixed after a very up and down day on Wall Street Wednesday that saw the Dow Jones industrials and Russell 2000 close higher. The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 ended the day in...
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Friday’s Top Upgrades and Downgrades: Costco, CrowdStrike, Gilead Sciences,...
The futures traded lower as we get set to end a roller-coaster week that saw a huge rally Wednesday after the Fed Chair’s speech, and then the euphoria wore off Thursday and the sellers took advantage...
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Earnings Previews: Baker Hughes, Synchrony Financial
Shortly after Thursday’s opening bell, the Dow Jones industrials traded down 0.57%, the S&P 500 was down 0.66% and the Nasdaq was 0.93% lower. After U.S. markets closed Wednesday, Alcoa reported a...
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Monday’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alphabet, Dollar General,...
The futures traded mixed on Monday, as frazzled investors and traders got some good news when it was announced over the weekend that UBS purchased Credit Suisse for $3.3 billion. All the major indexes...
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Before the Bell: No More Red Envelopes From Netflix, Regional Bank Gets Cash...
Premarket action on Wednesday had the three major U.S. indexes trading lower. The Dow Jones industrials were down 0.43%, the S&P 500 down 0.54% and the Nasdaq 0.78% lower. Six of 11 market sectors...
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