By The Weiss Ratings Team On February 8, 201607:00 AM Eastern
Among all the hoopla last week was that the market capital value of Google (who calls it Alphabet anyway?) grew beyond Apple’s to become the largest publically traded company in the universe....
By The Weiss Ratings Team On February 2, 201602:30 PM Eastern
Earnings Season is a good time to look at what’s going on with your favorite companies, their competitors and industries. With the current season almost half over, let’s check out which sectors...
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...
By Jon D. Markman On January 26, 201607:30 AM Eastern
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...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On January 20, 201609:24 AM Eastern
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...
By Jon D. Markman On January 19, 201607:30 AM Eastern
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...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On January 12, 201602:17 PM Eastern
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...
By Jon D. Markman On January 5, 201607:30 AM Eastern
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...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On January 4, 201611:52 AM Eastern
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...
By Jon D. Markman On December 29, 201507:30 AM Eastern
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...