Author: wallstreetreview

There is a disconnect in the financial industry, and it is yet to be resolved. The problem is that too many people who work as financial advisors aren’t legally required to have their clients’ best interests at heart. Unlike lawyers or doctors, who are bound by oath to do no harm or represent their clients’ interests faithfully, financial planners and... Read More

In this Motley Fool Money podcast segment, host Chris Hill asks Million Dollar Portfolio ‘s Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger, and Total Income ‘s Ron Gross to tell us about the companies they have their eyes on this week, and why: pest-control giant Rollins (NYSE: ROL) , home-improvement retailer Home Depot (NYSE: HD) , and wireline telecom Frontier Communications (NASDAQ:... Read More

Stocks look set to bounce back from last-week’s losses as North Korea tensions appeared to ease. S&P 500 futures have risen 0.6%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures have advanced 0.5%. Nasdaq Composite futures have gained 0.6%. Tesla (TSLA) has risen 1.6% to $363.60 after getting its target price raised at Morgan Stanley and Baird. Magna Internationa l (MGA) has... Read More

Top Health-care stocks: JNJ: +0.3% PFE: +0.7% ABT: +0.2% MRK: +0.4% AMGN: +0.5% Health-care shares were mainly higher in pre-market trade on Monday. In health-care stocks news, Biohaven Pharmaceutical ( BHVN ) said Monday its Q2 net loss was $1.78 per share, wider than its $0.55 per share loss a year ago. Four analysts polled by Capital IQ had expected... Read More

Top Health Care Stocks JNJ +0.31% PFE +0.24% ABT +1.12% MRK +0.43% AMGN +1.44% Health care stocks were slowly adding to their prior gains this afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index rising almost 0.6% while shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 were up nearly 0.7% as a group. In company news, MyoKardia ( MYOK ) rose... Read More

Top Health Care Stocks JNJ +0.23% PFE +0.15% ABT +1.00% MRK +0.53% AMGN +1.43% Health care stocks were gaining this afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index rising almost 0.5% while shares of health care companies in the S&P 500 were up over 0.7% as a group. In company news, Kala Pharmaceuticals ( KALA ) rose to a new record... Read More

There has been no apparent attempt by either North Korea or the United States to ease the rhetorical flourishes that have made global investors nervous.   Risk assets were liquidated, and the funding currencies, particularly the Japanese yen and Swiss franc were bought back.  The yen gained nearly 1.6% this week, ahead of the US session, while the Swiss franc gained... Read More

The most important event risk for the U.S. dollar this week is Friday’s inflation report but consumer prices alone won’t be enough to save the dollar.  USD/JPY is falling because of geopolitical risks and less hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials.  This morning FOMC voter Dudley joined the chorus of U.S. policymakers expressing concern about low inflation.  He said it... Read More

For the second straight day, weaker-than-expected inflation reads have hit the tape ahead of the market open. Yesterday’s Producer Price Index (PPI) swung to a negative 0.1% from what was expected to be a 0.2% gain. And now this morning we see the July Consumer Price Index (CPI) coming in at a paltry +0.1%, both on the headline and core... Read More