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Here are some notes on the recent market and coming week. — The highlight of the coming week for markets will be the Federal Reserve meeting that concludes Wednesday. Deutsche Bank economist...
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A stock on our Best Momentum Stock Performers HeatMap has put up positive returns even in a down market. Sovran Self Storage (SSS, Rated A+), in the No. 2 spot on our Best Momentum Stocks list, is...
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At the end of last year, we looked closely at the aging of the United States. Now is a good time to take a look at China’s demographics, and how the aging of that country feeds into the growth...
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With oil now near its 12-year lows, it may seem paradoxical that we’re looking at a stock on the Best Energy Stocks Heat Map today. But we found an energy company that continues to outperform the...
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OPEC is continuing its price-war strategy against U.S. shale, an effort reaffirmed just last week when Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said his country’s output strategy “is a reliable policy and...
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Momentum, hot and beaten-up stocks caught a bid courtesy of the Santa Claus Rally as the books were closed on 2015. But today’s early tumble showed that the rally should be just as much of a myth...
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Tech heavyweight Apple (AAPL) is down 9% in December, falling out of a multi-month consolidation range on swirling worries about iPhone demand and sales in China. Shares of its component...
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Our model is known to find names that don’t always get the media spotlight – it just crunches the numbers independently of any biases and lets us know which stocks are worth taking a look at for...
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Investors are disappointed with the central bankers. They are worried that the Federal Reserve’s forecast for four rate hikes in 2016 is too aggressive and want to see that number cut in half,...
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Many experts have been dismissive of bond liquidity fears: Vanguard’s global head of fixed income, Greg Davis, said concerns were “a bit overblown” just a few months ago. Friday’s selloff in...
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