Category: Stocks Watch

Today’s great find in the energy space could be tomorrow’s folly. With energy prices constantly shifting — and the energy landscape itself in flux — it’s tough to know what’s going to outperform among energy stocks. With that in mind, we approached three of our Motley Fool contributors and asked what energy stocks they think […]

In case you haven’t noticed, things have been a bit bumpy over the past couple of weeks after a historically strong start to the new year. In the first quarter, the broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) galloped to its biggest quarterly gain since 1998, with all three major indexes, the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average […]

Few sectors of the economy have performed better over the past three years than software-as-a-service (SaaS). The PowerShares Dynamic Software ETF — which invests primarily in SaaS companies — has doubled in that time frame, while the broader market is up just 40%. This shouldn’t be terribly surprising: The business model is an investor’s dream: […]

There’s never been a worse time in history to be a value investor. That’s according to an analysis by J.P. Morgan’s chief U.S. equity strategist, Dubravko Lakos-Bujas, who wrote in a Thursday note to clients that “value is currently trading at the biggest discount ever, and offers the largest premium over the last 30 years.” […]

The escalating trade war between the U.S. and China is rattling the markets and stoking fears of a global recession. Faced with those uncertainties, investors might consider selling some stocks or pivoting toward safer investments like bonds instead. Those moves would be prudent, but there are still plenty of stocks that are well insulated from […]

The U.S. economy created 75,000 new jobs in May, well below 185,000 predicted by economists Weakening economic data support argument for a cut in interest rates as soon as this summer Major benchmarks notch best week since November U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, following a weaker-than-expected jobs report, which supported the case for the Federal […]

Check out the companies making headlines midday Friday: Beyond Meat — Shares of Beyond Meat popped a whooping 39% after the maker of plant-based meat substitutes exceeded expectations in its first quarterly report since its initial public offering last month. The company reported an adjusted loss of 14 cents per share in the first quarter, […]

At Zacks, we try to avoid labeling stocks as “cheap” or “expensive.” Instead, we opt to look beyond a stock’s face value, and our system puts an emphasis on earnings estimate revisions to find stocks that will hopefully be winners for investors. With that said, low-priced stocks can still be attractive to investors as they […]

There’s never been a worse time in history to be a value investor. That’s according to an analysis by J.P. Morgan’s chief U.S. equity strategist, Dubravko Lakos-Bujas, who wrote in a Thursday note to clients that “value is currently trading at the biggest discount ever, and offers the largest premium over the last 30 years.” […]

U.S. stocks rose for third consecutive session as investors considered the prospects that the Federal Reserve would move ahead with easing monetary policy. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) increased 0.61%, or 17.34 points, as of market close. The Dow (^DJI) advanced 0.71%, or 181.09 points, while the Nasdaq (^IXIC) rose 0.53%, or 40.08 points. Market participants […]

Stocks rose Thursday as investors got more optimistic that the Federal Reserve may consider an interest rate cut in its meeting later this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) posted their third day of gains. Today’s stock market As for individual stocks, two cloud software companies, Cloudera (NYSE:CLDR) and […]