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By Mike Larson On January 16, 201707:00 AM Eastern
If there’s one thing investors want in this low-rate world, it’s stocks with generous yields. If they can get nice capital gains at the same time, that’s even better.
Now, Weiss Ratings can help...
By Mike Larson On January 13, 201708:00 AM Eastern
Donald Trump is about to take office as the 45th president of the United States. That will have a myriad of impacts in several arenas – politics, economics, social issues, you name it.
But from...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 26, 201607:30 AM Eastern
I’ve seen some pretty crazy moves during my two decades of following the markets closely. The Long-Term Capital Management debacle. The dot-com boom and bust. The mortgage mania ... and...
By Jon D. Markman On December 13, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Supercomputers and “big data” analytics are among the high-end tools that the best hedge fund managers depend upon today. No organization uses them better than the creative wizards at Renaissance...
By Jon D. Markman On November 1, 201607:30 AM Eastern
With self-driving cars, the giant global auto industry is careening toward unprecedented disruption as its 100-year-old business model is turned completely inside out.
That is the big takeaway...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On October 17, 201612:58 PM Eastern
Looking at our healthcare stock ratings, it becomes obvious the sector is struggling. The majority (73.9 percent) of stocks are either D or E rated (SELL), and only 7.4 percent of them are a BUY,...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On September 26, 201602:12 PM Eastern
You might think mutual funds born on the day one of the biggest financial meltdowns in history happened would be doomed from the start. But you’d be wrong. In fact, out of the four mutual funds...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On August 22, 201612:06 PM Eastern
The Olympic games was a money making machine for many major companies. So here are a few of the top dogs that partnered with the 2016 Olympic games, and have created some inspiring and emotional...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On July 5, 201601:49 PM Eastern
The preliminary offer by Mondelez International Inc. (MDLZ) to take over Hershey Co. (HSY) wasn’t sweet enough, and the creation of the world’s largest candy company will have to wait, or not...
By Jon D. Markman On February 2, 201607:30 AM Eastern
If the energy sector can get some relief, the overall market will as well. Ed Yardeni, of Yardeni Research, notes that S&P 500 earnings fell 14.1% in 3Q15 over 3Q14. But that becomes a 3.4% rise...