7 Market Tips From Tony Robbins

Legendary investor Paul Tudor Jones pays him $1 million per year to be his coach and has consulted with him for the last 25 years. If that isn't enough of an endorsement for you, nothing is.

Tony Robbins is one of the world's preeminent experts when it comes to modeling success. In other words, Robbins studies the most successful people in any given endeavor to learn their strategies for reaching the top. Next, he distills this knowledge into an easy-to-understand method which he passes along to his clients and followers.

Tony's book "Money: Master The Game" is his magnum opus on successful investing.

True to his core principals, Robbins delved into the minds of the most successful investors of the 21st century to discover tips and tricks on how they earned their billions. He conducted in-depth interviews with the best investors in the world. Names like Carl Icahn, John Bogle, Paul Tudor Jones, Warren Buffett, Sir John Templeton, Ray Dalio, and Marc Faber spilled the beans to Robbins, who in turn condensed their collective knowledge in the book.

Needless to say, I am extraordinarily impressed with Tony's ability to present these sometimes divergent viewpoints into a unified investment strategy. It is one of the most reasoned, well-rounded, and insightful investment books I have read in the last two decades.

Tony's Tip 1. Buy Index Funds
This is where Tony Robbins and Warren Buffett agree on an investing strategy. While not very exciting, buying low-cost index funds is a time-proven method of making consistent money in the stock market.

Index fund investing is so powerful that Warren Buffett has said it is how he would instruct his wife to invest if anything happened to him. He even put his money where his mouth is by betting hedge fund Prot茅g茅 Partners $1 million that index funds would outperform hedge funds over the next decade. In 2017, Buffett won a million bucks, which were donated to charity.

Robbins explains the reason for index funds: "Index funds take a 'passive' approach that eliminates almost all trading activity. Because humans aren't actively managing index funds, they also aren't actively making mistakes. When you own an index fund, you're also protected against all the downright dumb, mildly misguided or merely unlucky decisions that active fund managers are liable to make."

Tony's Tip 2: Keep Costs Low
Constant commissions and fees kill investment performance. Active traders not only have to choose the right investments, but they also have to make enough to cover the fees and costs. The more active you are as an investor, the costlier investing becomes. The best way to keep costs low is to invest in index funds via a consistent investment program. The steady investment takes advantage of dollar cost averaging.

Tony's Tip 3: Automate
Making investing automatically is critical to winning at the game. Set up an automatic deduction from your paycheck that will go to your investments. The reason automation is so crucial is it eliminates you thinking about the money and perhaps misappropriating it away from the investing goal.

Tony's Tip 4: Compound Interest
Taking advantage of the power of compound interest is the key to building wealth in the stock market. Compound interest is the interest that forms on top of the principal and interest from past periods. Dividend reinvestment is one way to capture the power of compound interest. Tony stresses the importance of starting early with compound interest. The earlier you start taking advantage of it, the more money you can expect to earn over the long term.

Tony's Tip 5: Diversify
Diversification is the best way to protect yourself from investing risk. Investing in index funds at the start is an ideal way to diversify in the stock market. As your portfolio grows, Tony suggests diversifying into a mix of stocks, bonds, and real estate.

Tony's Tip 6: Watch The 200-Day Moving Average
If you have read any of my previous articles, you know that I am also a huge proponent of the 200-day moving average as an investing signal. Tony learned the power of the 200-day moving average from investing legend Paul Tudor Jones. Jones told Robbins: "My metric for everything I look at is the 200-day moving average of closing prices. I've seen too many things go to zero, stocks and commodities. The whole trick in investing is: "How do I keep from losing everything?" If you use the 200-day moving average rule, then you get out. You play defense, and you get out."

Tony's Tip 7: Shoot For A 5:1 Risk-Reward Ratio
This means for every $1.00 risked in the stock market, your goal should be to earn $5.00. You only need to be right 20% to not lose money with a 5:1 risk ratio! Jones told Robbins: "What five to one does is allow you to have a hit ratio of 20%. I can actually be a complete imbecile. I can be wrong 80% of the time, and I'm still not going to lose."

Risks To Consider: Even if you are personally coached by the world's best investors, you can and will lose money when investing. There is no holy grail to never lose money in the markets.

Action To Take: Tips 1-5 are primarily targeted at passive, long-term investors, while tips 6 and 7 are meant for more active, experienced investors. Try to apply the above tips to your investing. You may be pleasantly surprised!

Wall Street bull Tom Lee: I��m buying stocks on any pullbacks from Trump tariffs

Wall Street bull Tom Lee told CNBC on Thursday he's buying stocks, saying President Donald Trump's trade fight with China and key trading partners will ultimately benefit the United States.

"We don't necessarily have to view this as a net negative," the co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors told "Squawk Box." "It's a real attempt to sort of fix some of the imbalances that have been taking decades" to happen.

He continued, "I think the economy is quite strong. We would use any of these pullbacks to buy and add to exposure."

Trump is attacking what he sees as unfair trade on a number of fronts. His moves have been met with retaliatory measures from the European Union, Canada, Mexico and China.

Stock futures were sharply lower Thursday after Trump proposed a 25 percent tariff on $200 billion in Chinese goods. He had previously proposed a 10 percent tariffs for those goods. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was set for a triple-digit loss at the open after falling for three of the past four trading days.

No particular Chinese action led to the president's recommendation, said a senior administration official, who declined to be named, on a conference call with reporters.

In response to the threat, China said it is "fully prepared and will have to retaliate to defend the nation's dignity and the interests of the people."

Despite the market response Thursday, Lee said it maybe the right time for the U.S. to work on trade.

"If interest rates are rising plus we feel like we've reached the limits of globalization, maybe renegotiating trade is the right strategy," he said.

Lee, managing partner and head of research at Fundstrat, worked as J.P. Morgan's chief equity strategist from 2007 to 2014. He has 25 years of experience in equity research and has been one of Wall Street's biggest bulls.

��CNBC's Jacob Pramuk contributed to this report.

PNB, IOB, Andhra Bank, Corporation Bank, Allahabad Bank up 4-13% post capital infusion

Share price of PNB, IOB, Andhra Bank, Corporation Bank and Allahabad Bank reacted positively on the government capital infusion plan.

Under the capital infusion plan, these 5 PSU banks will get� Rs 11,336 crore from government as part of its Indradhanush scheme, which was unveiled in 2015.

This is the last tranche of infusion under the scheme.

Of the Rs 11,336 crore, Rs 2,816 crore will be infused in PNB, Rs 2,157 crore in IOB, Rs 2,019 crore in Andhra Bank, Rs 2,555 in Corporation Bank, and Rs 1,790 crore in Allahabad Bank.

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In October last year, the government had announced a Rs 2.11 lakh crore recapitalisation plan, of which Rs 1.35 lakh crore was to be raised through recapitalisation bonds, while banks were required to raise the balance through share sales.

The two-year recapitalisation programme was aimed at helping state-run banks to deal with rising bad debts and spur credit growth.

Punjab National Bank was quoting at Rs 81.15, up 3.11 percent, Indian Overseas Bank was quoting at Rs 15.09, up 11.86 percent and Andhra Bank was quoting at Rs 32.20, up 3.87 percent.

Corporation Bank was quoting at Rs 28.55, up 7.74 percent and Allahabad Bank was quoting at Rs 43.40, up 2.72 percent on the BSE.

Posted by Rakesh Patil First Published on Jul 18, 2018 09:24 am

Dow marks 4th straight gain as stocks finish broadly higher after Powell testimony

U.S. stock on Tuesday closed firmly higher and the technology-heavy Nasdaq notched a fresh record after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated that the U.S. central bank would continue raising benchmark rates due the the health of the economy but would execute its monetary-policy strategy at a prudent pace. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.22% closed up 0.2% at 25,119 (on a preliminary basis), marking its fourth straight positive finish in succession. The blue-benchmark's gains were buoyed by a rally in component Johnson & Johnson JNJ, +3.54% which reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that were better than expected. Shares of the consumer-goods company gained 3.5% and contributed the lion's share of the equity index's Tuesday advance. The S&P 500 index SPX, +0.40% closed up 0.4% at 2,809, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.63% booked an all-time closing high, with a gain of 0.6% at 7,855. Providing testimony in front of the Senate Banking Committee, Powell said the "best way forward is to keep gradually raising the federal-funds rate for now." He will appear before a House committee on Wednesday. Meanwhile, economic reports supported the upbeat mood amid second-quarter corporate results that have mostly come out better than expected. Industrial production rose 0.6% in June to more than offset a similarly sized decline in May, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday. That was a tick above the MarketWatch forecast.

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Top Safest Stocks To Invest In 2019

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Top Safest Stocks To Invest In 2019: Star Bulk Carriers Corp.(SBLK)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Media headlines about Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) have trended somewhat negative recently, Accern reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Star Bulk Carriers earned a news impact score of -0.01 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news stories about the shipping company an impact score of 45.7096408743614 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the near future.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ: SBLK) and Gener8 Maritime (NYSE:GNRT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and profitability.

• [By Motley Fool Staff]

  Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) Q1 2018 Earnings Conference CallJun. 12, 2018 11:00 a.m. ET

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• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ:SBLK) had its price target boosted by Morgan Stanley from $14.00 to $15.00 in a report issued on Wednesday morning. Morgan Stanley currently has an overweight rating on the shipping company’s stock.

Top Safest Stocks To Invest In 2019: Magyar Bancorp Inc.(MGYR)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Media headlines about Magyar Bancorp (NASDAQ:MGYR) have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Magyar Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned media headlines about the bank an impact score of 48.0770691063571 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the immediate future.

Top Safest Stocks To Invest In 2019: Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp.(ESP)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

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• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Espers (CURRENCY:ESP) traded up 5.2% against the US dollar during the one day period ending at 7:00 AM Eastern on May 28th. Espers has a market capitalization of $6.27 million and approximately $8,492.00 worth of Espers was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Espers coin can now be bought for about $0.0003 or 0.00000004 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges including Livecoin and CoinExchange. During the last seven days, Espers has traded down 26.2% against the US dollar.

Top Safest Stocks To Invest In 2019: lululemon athletica inc.(LULU)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Ballard]

  I've selected three stocks that are in a solid position to ride this massive consumer shift to online and mobile shopping. These companies cover all the bases of e-commerce. More people are choosing to pay for online orders with PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ:PYPL),�FedEx (NYSE:FDX) is there to ship those online orders, and lululemon athletica (NASDAQ:LULU) has got one of the top brands in apparel that is enjoying strong momentum right now thanks to its booming online business.

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  In the mid-level, Boss said that Urban Outfitters (URBN) is recovering, along with Kohl's Stores (KSS) . He also liked PVH (PVH) and Lululemon Athletica (LULU) .

• [By Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]

  Just about everything is going right for Lululemon Athletica�(NASDAQ:LULU) these days. The yoga-inspired apparel specialist isn't just raising the bar on its key growth metrics -- it's also boosting profitability even as the business shifts toward the e-commerce channel.

• [By Jeremy Bowman]

  Meanwhile, Under Armour's rivals like�Nike�(NYSE:NKE),�Adidas�(NasdaqOTC: ADDYY), and�lululemon athletica�(NASDAQ:LULU)�all performed well in the survey. Piper Jaffray found that Adidas was the fastest-growing brand in the survey, which follows Adidas's recent stock surge and sales and profit growth. Its Originals, or classic sneakers, like the Stan Smith and the Superstar were especially popular last year. The Superstar, in fact, was the No. 1-selling sneaker last year, according to NPD Group, dethroning Nike for the first time in more than a decade.��

Top Safest Stocks To Invest In 2019: Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated(PEG)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  FDx Advisors Inc. lowered its stake in shares of Public Service Co. (NYSE:PEG) by 15.8% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 36,891 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after selling 6,935 shares during the quarter. FDx Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Public Service were worth $1,853,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Norinchukin Bank The raised its position in Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) by 15.8% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 49,652 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,793 shares during the period. Norinchukin Bank The’s holdings in Public Service Enterprise Group were worth $2,495,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Media headlines about Public Service (NYSE:PEG) have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Public Service earned a media sentiment score of 0.04 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave headlines about the utilities provider an impact score of 46.5923185859882 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near future.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  ValuEngine upgraded shares of Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research report report published on Tuesday morning.

2 Surprising Trade-War Buys for 10.6% Dividends and Upside

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If you&a;rsquo;ve been holding cash and waiting for the perfect buying opportunity, your time to strike is now.

Because a &l;i&g;very&l;/i&g; predictable market pattern has been repeating itself in the last few months&a;mdash;and is about to do so again.

Let&a;rsquo;s recap.

First, there was the euphoria of January, followed by the panic selling of February and March, followed by renewed confidence in April, May and early June. But then, just a couple weeks ago, the market went back to panic mode. The reason is familiar: the looming trade war.

Back in February and March, President Trump threatened tariffs on goods from China, the EU and even Canada. But then these tensions eased in April and May, so investors went back to focusing on earnings&a;mdash;only to &l;i&g;again &l;/i&g;go back to the fear of a damaging trade war.

This pattern has become predictable enough to become a profit-making opportunity for you and me. Because, whether there is a trade war or not, its impact on the S&a;amp;P 500 is much less than the fear-mongers would have you believe.

Better yet, this fear has handed us 2 deeply discounted funds that are terrific buys now. Before I show them to you, let&a;rsquo;s dig into why now is the time to pick them up.

&l;b&g;The S&a;amp;P&a;rsquo;s Dirty Secret: Overseas Sales Are Already a Non-Factor&l;/b&g;

The idea that a trade war would hurt US companies, and therefore US stock prices, makes sense on the surface: it would raise the prices&a;mdash;and cut the sales&a;mdash;of American goods abroad.

But dig deeper and you&a;rsquo;ll quickly see that it&a;rsquo;s not that simple. In 2014, the S&a;amp;P 500 got 47.8% of its combined revenue from abroad. That fell by 7.3% in 2015 and fell again, by 2.5% in 2016, according to S&a;amp;P Dow Jones Indices.

Although sales abroad fell during this time, stocks rose solidly, reaching their &l;i&g;highest&l;/i&g; point in the three-year period when overseas sales were at their &l;i&g;lowest&l;/i&g; point.

This amounts to a 9.5% annualized return, far above the 7.5%-ish average return the stock market usually gives investors. And don&a;rsquo;t forget that this happened when foreign sales were &l;i&g;falling&l;/i&g; for American companies.

The reason why this happened is simple, and often overlooked: domestic US sales were rising enough to compensate for the fall in foreign sales, and earnings growth was soaring thanks to improved productivity in the US.

These trends have improved in the last two years&a;mdash;and, in fact, 2018 is on track to see the highest revenue growth in over a decade for S&a;amp;P 500 companies, even when accounting for any potential loss of foreign sales. Meantime, the US dollar is getting stronger, US employment and wage growth is on the rise and consumers are more confident&a;mdash;and thus willing to spend more.

Which means every selloff in light of trade war fears is a big buying opportunity.

&l;b&g;2 Trade War Winners&a;mdash;From the CUBA to the USA&l;/b&g;

So what are the funds to consider in this counter-intuitive trade-war game of chicken?

The first one will shock you: the &l;b&g;Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund&l;/b&g;, a fund that is designed to give investors exposure to Cuba.

I&a;rsquo;ve been critical of this fund in the past, because it simply does &l;i&g;not &l;/i&g;do what it claims. But that&a;rsquo;s a virtue now. CUBA&a;rsquo;s largest holdings are actually American companies that theoretically would benefit the most from Cuba opening up to capitalism, stocks like &l;b&g;Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Seaboard Corp.&l;/b&g; and &l;b&g;Lennar Corp. &l;/b&g;

Since these firms are well positioned to benefit from the rising dollar, which will give domestic Americans more purchasing power (and Americans are these companies&a;rsquo; biggest customers), CUBA is actually chock full of companies poised to benefit from America&a;rsquo;s fundamentally strong economy.

But investors have overlooked that and discounted CUBA based solely on its name. That&a;rsquo;s why its discount to net asset value (NAV) has widened to its widest point in three years and is far below its 11.3% average discount in the last decade!

There&a;rsquo;s just one snag with CUBA&a;mdash;its dividend is irregular and tiny (its current yield is less than 2%).

So if you want the same play but a bigger income stream, you might want to consider the &l;b&g;Liberty All-Star Equity Fund &l;/b&g;instead.

From its name and ticker, you can tell that USA is very different from CUBA&a;mdash;at least when it comes to how the fund managers market it to potential investors.

In reality, though, both are heavily invested in companies that profit from a stronger American consumer. USA&a;rsquo;s top holdings include &l;b&g;Visa, Bank of America, PayPal, Home Depot&l;/b&g; and &l;b&g;Capital One Financial&l;/b&g;&a;mdash;in other words, firms heavily exposed to the American economy that won&a;rsquo;t suffer big losses if the rest of the world buys fewer American products.

And, unlike CUBA, USA has a regular and high-yielding dividend, at 10.6% currently.

There&a;rsquo;s another nice thing about USA&a;mdash;although it has a huge yield versus the benchmark &l;b&g;SPDR S&a;amp;P 500 ETF,&l;/b&g; which pays out a measly 1.8%, USA has beaten the index by a wide margin&a;mdash;proving that its managers are making wise and profitable stock picks.

Possibly, this market outperformance (which wasn&a;rsquo;t there before 2014, when US sales abroad weren&a;rsquo;t dropping as dramatically) is the result of USA&a;rsquo;s focus on, well, the USA&a;mdash;and that may mean that it will continue to outperform if a trade war is unavoidable.

Disclosure: none

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Zacks Investment Research Downgrades Playags (AGS) to Sell

Playags (NYSE:AGS) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a note issued to investors on Wednesday.

According to Zacks, “PlayAGS, Inc. is a designer and supplier of electronic gaming machines and other products and services for the gaming industry. The company’s product line-up includes Class III EGMs for commercial and Native American casinos, video bingo machines for select international markets, table game products and interactive social casino products. PlayAGS, Inc. is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. “

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Several other analysts have also weighed in on the company. ValuEngine upgraded Playags from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 17th. Bank of America raised their price objective on Playags from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 4th. Deutsche Bank raised their price objective on Playags from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 15th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Playags from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 15th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. The stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $24.75.

Playags opened at $28.31 on Wednesday, Marketbeat reports. The company has a current ratio of 2.91, a quick ratio of 2.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.37. The firm has a market cap of $976.92 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of -14.59. Playags has a fifty-two week low of $16.66 and a fifty-two week high of $28.49.

Playags (NYSE:AGS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 3rd. The company reported ($0.19) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.21) by $0.02. The company had revenue of $64.86 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $60.83 million. equities analysts expect that Playags will post -0.26 EPS for the current fiscal year.

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AGS. Caledonia Private Investments Pty Ltd acquired a new stake in Playags in the first quarter valued at approximately $37,447,000. Park West Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Playags during the first quarter valued at approximately $18,514,000. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Playags during the first quarter valued at approximately $13,988,000. Principal Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Playags during the first quarter valued at approximately $12,030,000. Finally, RWC Asset Management LLP purchased a new position in shares of Playags during the first quarter valued at approximately $7,052,000.

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PlayAGS, Inc designs and supplies electronic gaming machines (EGMs), and other products and services for the gaming industry in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: EGMs, Table Products, and Interactive. The EGM segment offers various video slot titles, which include ICON, Halo, Colossal Diamonds cabinet, and Orion; and conversion kits that allow existing game titles to be converted to other game titles offered within that operating platform.

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Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (SPPI) Rating Lowered to Hold at Zacks Investment Research

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SPPI) was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report released on Thursday.

According to Zacks, “Spectrum Pharma is expected to file a BLA for its lead pipeline candidate, Rolontis in 2018. A potential approval will boost the prospect of the company. However, Spectrum has faced regulatory setbacks in the past including a CRL for Qapzola (bladder cancer) in the United States. Additional regulatory/development setbacks could affect the stock. However, out-licensing agreements for a number of products will allow Spectrum to focus on the development of its pipeline candidates. Spectrum’s shares have outperformed the industry in past one year. However, Spectrum's low product sales remain a cause of concern. Moreover, gaining market share is challenging for Spectrum as it competes with several companies with greater financial strength.”

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SPPI has been the subject of several other reports. TheStreet lowered Spectrum Pharmaceuticals from a “c-” rating to a “d+” rating in a research report on Friday, March 16th. ValuEngine raised Spectrum Pharmaceuticals from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 2nd. BidaskClub lowered Spectrum Pharmaceuticals from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 4th. Finally, HC Wainwright reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $33.00 target price on shares of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals in a research report on Friday, June 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $27.20.

Shares of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals opened at $22.14 on Thursday, MarketBeat.com reports. The firm has a market cap of $2.22 billion, a P/E ratio of -20.44 and a beta of 1.98. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals has a 12-month low of $7.12 and a 12-month high of $23.50.

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SPPI) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 3rd. The biotechnology company reported ($0.16) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($0.35) by $0.19. The business had revenue of $30.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $25.68 million. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals had a negative return on equity of 29.47% and a negative net margin of 64.39%. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned ($0.14) EPS. equities research analysts anticipate that Spectrum Pharmaceuticals will post -0.91 earnings per share for the current year.

In other Spectrum Pharmaceuticals news, Director Rajesh C. Md Shrotriya sold 12,300 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.01, for a total transaction of $184,623.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 200,652 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,011,786.52. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Rajesh C. Md Shrotriya sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.30, for a total value of $609,000.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 200,652 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,073,235.60. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 646,417 shares of company stock valued at $11,440,813. 9.35% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Teacher Retirement System of Texas acquired a new stake in shares of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals in the 4th quarter valued at about $541,000. California Public Employees Retirement System grew its stake in shares of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals by 31.1% in the 4th quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 204,113 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $3,868,000 after buying an additional 48,413 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank grew its stake in shares of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals by 7.3% in the 4th quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 144,000 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $2,729,000 after buying an additional 9,800 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its stake in shares of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 973,812 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $18,454,000 after buying an additional 24,522 shares during the period. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its stake in shares of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals by 10.7% in the 4th quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 66,341 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $1,257,000 after buying an additional 6,396 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 77.15% of the company’s stock.

About Spectrum Pharmaceuticals

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc develops and commercializes oncology and hematology drug products. The company markets six drug products, including FUSILEV for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer and rescue after high-dose methotrexate therapy in osteosarcoma, and to diminish toxicity and counteract the effects of impaired methotrexate elimination and of inadvertent overdosage of folic acid antagonists; FOLOTYN, a folate analogue metabolic inhibitor for peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL); ZEVALIN injection for patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; MARQIBO, a sphingomyelin/cholesterol liposome-encapsulated formulation for adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia; BELEODAQ injection for PTCL; and EVOMELA for use as a conditioning treatment prior to autologous stem cell transplant in multiple myeloma patients.

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Patron (PAT) Price Hits $0.0323 on Exchanges

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Trust Investment Advisors Buys Verizon Communications Inc, DowDuPont Inc, Lam Research Corp, Sells G

Indianapolis, IN, based Investment company Trust Investment Advisors buys Verizon Communications Inc, DowDuPont Inc, Lam Research Corp, Southwest Airlines Co, Schlumberger, Ulta Beauty Inc, Darden Restaurants Inc, Celgene Corp, sells German American Bancorp, Kimball International Inc, Mattel Inc, Gilead Sciences Inc, Chevron Corp during the 3-months ended 2018-03-31, according to the most recent filings of the investment company, Trust Investment Advisors. As of 2018-03-31, Trust Investment Advisors owns 84 stocks with a total value of $87 million. These are the details of the buys and sells.

New Purchases: VZ, DWDP, LRCX, Added Positions: LUV, ULTA, SLB, DRI, CELG, DG, KR, LOW, FDX, EOG, Reduced Positions: GABC, AAPL, UNH, GSK, CAT, LLY, TJX, HST, IRM, PKG, Sold Out: KBAL, MAT, GILD, CVX, AFSI, UA,

For the details of Trust Investment Advisors's stock buys and sells, go to http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?GuruName=Trust+Investment+Advisors

These are the top 5 holdings of Trust Investment AdvisorsApple Inc (AAPL) - 28,011 shares, 5.4% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 3.5%Microsoft Corp (MSFT) - 41,735 shares, 4.37% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 2.34%Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) - 53,400 shares, 3.16% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 1.02%Eli Lilly and Co (LLY) - 25,460 shares, 2.26% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 4.86%UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH) - 9,060 shares, 2.23% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 7.88%New Purchase: Verizon Communications Inc (VZ)

Trust Investment Advisors initiated holding in Verizon Communications Inc. The purchase prices were between $46.29 and $54.72, with an estimated average price of $50.26. The stock is now traded at around $48.08. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 1.51%. The holding were 27,547 shares as of 2018-03-31.

New Purchase: DowDuPont Inc (DWDP)

Trust Investment Advisors initiated holding in DowDuPont Inc. The purchase prices were between $62.41 and $77.02, with an estimated average price of $71.42. The stock is now traded at around $64.31. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 1.13%. The holding were 15,500 shares as of 2018-03-31.

New Purchase: Lam Research Corp (LRCX)

Trust Investment Advisors initiated holding in Lam Research Corp. The purchase prices were between $162.23 and $228.65, with an estimated average price of $198.07. The stock is now traded at around $200.14. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.66%. The holding were 2,830 shares as of 2018-03-31.

Added: Southwest Airlines Co (LUV)

Trust Investment Advisors added to a holding in Southwest Airlines Co by 29.83%. The purchase prices were between $55.5 and $66.29, with an estimated average price of $60.05. The stock is now traded at around $51.71. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.19%. The holding were 12,627 shares as of 2018-03-31.

Added: Ulta Beauty Inc (ULTA)

Trust Investment Advisors added to a holding in Ulta Beauty Inc by 28.74%. The purchase prices were between $194 and $245.12, with an estimated average price of $216.39. The stock is now traded at around $250.74. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.17%. The holding were 3,270 shares as of 2018-03-31.

Added: Schlumberger Ltd (SLB)

Trust Investment Advisors added to a holding in Schlumberger Ltd by 71.32%. The purchase prices were between $63.21 and $79.79, with an estimated average price of $69.84. The stock is now traded at around $67.40. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.17%. The holding were 5,525 shares as of 2018-03-31.

Added: Darden Restaurants Inc (DRI)

Trust Investment Advisors added to a holding in Darden Restaurants Inc by 23.63%. The purchase prices were between $84.22 and $99.31, with an estimated average price of $94.69. The stock is now traded at around $87.60. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.12%. The holding were 6,410 shares as of 2018-03-31.

Added: Celgene Corp (CELG)

Trust Investment Advisors added to a holding in Celgene Corp by 26.84%. The purchase prices were between $84.98 and $109.14, with an estimated average price of $96. The stock is now traded at around $78.17. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.11%. The holding were 4,915 shares as of 2018-03-31.

Sold Out: Kimball International Inc (KBAL)

Trust Investment Advisors sold out a holding in Kimball International Inc. The sale prices were between $16.17 and $19.37, with an estimated average price of $17.68.

Sold Out: Mattel Inc (MAT)

Trust Investment Advisors sold out a holding in Mattel Inc. The sale prices were between $12.8 and $17.76, with an estimated average price of $15.59.

Sold Out: Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD)

Trust Investment Advisors sold out a holding in Gilead Sciences Inc. The sale prices were between $72.84 and $88.8, with an estimated average price of $79.49.

Sold Out: Chevron Corp (CVX)

Trust Investment Advisors sold out a holding in Chevron Corp. The sale prices were between $109.06 and $133.6, with an estimated average price of $119.74.

Sold Out: AmTrust Financial Services Inc (AFSI)

Trust Investment Advisors sold out a holding in AmTrust Financial Services Inc. The sale prices were between $10.14 and $13.42, with an estimated average price of $12.54.

Sold Out: Under Armour Inc (UA)

Trust Investment Advisors sold out a holding in Under Armour Inc. The sale prices were between $11.87 and $16.54, with an estimated average price of $14.09.

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Top 5 Medical Stocks To Invest In 2018

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A recent survey from Accenture showed that 26% U.S. consumers have had their personal medical information stolen from technology systems, and half of those who experienced a breach were victims of medical identity theft. On average, those victims had to pay around $2,500 in out-of-pocket costs per incident.

The breaches were most likely to occur in hospitals (36%), followed by urgent-care clinics (22%), pharmacies (22%), physician��s offices (21%) and health insurers (21%). Half of consumers who experienced a breach discovered it themselves, through noting an error on their credit card statement or benefits explanation, while only one-third were alerted to the breach by the organization at which it occurred.

The latest count from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reports that the medical/health care sector leads all others in the number of records compromised so far in 2017. The sector posted 31.9% (46) of all data breaches. The number of records exposed in these breaches totaled tops 630,000, or about 61.6% of the 2017 total.

Top 5 Medical Stocks To Invest In 2018: Cameco Corporation(CCJ)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Peter Graham]

  This morning before the market opened, uranium producer Cameco Corporation (NYSE: CCJ) reported Q1 2018 results which should be looked over by investors in other potential�uranium players like small cap Azincourt Energy Corp (TSX-V: AAZ; OTCMKTS: AZURF) as CCJ�would be one of the world��s largest uranium producers, a significant supplier of conversion services and one of two Candufuel manufacturers in Canada. Cameco Corporation also�says its�competitive position is based on�controlling ownership of the world��s largest high-grade reserves and low-cost operations.�

• [By Max Byerly]

  Cameco (NYSE: CCJ) and Abtech (OTCMKTS:ABHD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  The stock market fell on Tuesday, with losses in the Dow Jones Industrial Average weighing down a broader market that was a lot closer to the unchanged level. A rise early in the day gave way to greater uncertainty later when President Trump signaled that an expected meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un might not actually happen, but some on Wall Street also noted the need to consolidate recent sharp gains with a quieter day of trading. Bad news from some corners of the market also affected sentiment. Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL), AutoZone (NYSE:AZO), and Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) were among the worst performers on the day. Here's why they did so poorly.

• [By Reuben Gregg Brewer]

  Being a uranium miner hasn't been easy lately, with the spot price of the nuclear fuel hovering near 14-year lows. It's no wonder, then, that Cameco Corp. (NYSE:CCJ), the largest publicly traded uranium miner in the world,�has seen its shares fall more than 70% over the past decade. Earnings results, meanwhile, have dipped into the red over the last two years. Believe it or not, however, there's a bright side to all this bad news. Here's what you need to know.� �

Top 5 Medical Stocks To Invest In 2018: NOW Inc.(DNOW)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  ValuEngine upgraded shares of DistributionNOW (NYSE:DNOW) from a strong sell rating to a sell rating in a report published on Friday.

  A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on the company. TheStreet upgraded DistributionNOW from a d+ rating to a c rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 16th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on DistributionNOW from $13.00 to $15.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research note on Thursday, May 3rd. Cowen restated a market perform rating and set a $11.00 price objective (up previously from $9.00) on shares of DistributionNOW in a research note on Thursday, May 3rd. Susquehanna Bancshares set a $11.00 price objective on DistributionNOW and gave the stock a hold rating in a research note on Friday, April 13th. Finally, Credit Suisse Group restated a neutral rating and set a $10.00 price objective (down previously from $12.00) on shares of DistributionNOW in a research note on Tuesday, February 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock currently has a consensus rating of Hold and an average price target of $13.00.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

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  Get Alaska Air Group alerts: 68 percent of flight attendants say they have experienced sexual harassment on the job (finance.yahoo.com) ValuEngine Lowers Alaska Air Group (ALK) to Sell (americanbankingnews.com) Enamoring Five Stocks: Fitbit, Inc. (NYSE:FIT), Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK), NOW Inc. (NYSE:DNOW), Leidos … (thestreetpoint.com) Average True Range under Trader’s Radar �� Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK) (stocktradingdesk.com) Undertaking Stocks: Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY), Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK), Innoviva, Inc. (NASDAQ … (journalfinance.net)

  ALK has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Morgan Stanley set a $78.00 price objective on Alaska Air Group and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $105.00 price objective (down previously from $115.00) on shares of Alaska Air Group in a report on Wednesday, January 10th. Buckingham Research dropped their price objective on Alaska Air Group from $90.00 to $88.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 26th. TheStreet lowered Alaska Air Group from a “b-” rating to a “c+” rating in a report on Monday, April 2nd. Finally, Barclays lowered Alaska Air Group from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $90.00 to $80.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 10th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $85.00.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Shares of DistributionNOW (NYSE:DNOW) have been given an average rating of “Hold” by the fourteen ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $12.50.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV) and DistributionNOW (NYSE:DNOW) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Top 5 Medical Stocks To Invest In 2018: HSBC Holdings plc(HSEA)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Bio-Path Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPTH) shares rose 29.5 percent to $2.15 in pre-market trading after reporting pre-clinical data demonstrating potential of Prexigebersen presented at the annual American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Chicago. Sientra, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIEN) rose 16.7 percent to $12.90 in pre-market trading following the announcement of FDA approval for PMA supplement. Aqua Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQMS) rose 13.5 percent to $2.95 in pre-market trading after climbing 14.04 percent on Wednesday. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (NYSE: HMY) rose 5.6 percent to $2.09 in pre-market trading. Alcoa Corporation (NYSE: AA) shares rose 5 percent to $62.32 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter and raised its FY18 adjusted EBITDA outlook. Gold Fields Limited (ADR) (NYSE: GFI) shares rose 4.9 percent to $4.11 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.03 percent on Wednesday. ABB Ltd (NYSE: ABB) shares rose 4.3 percent to $24.47 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results. WPP plc (NYSE: WPP) rose 4.2 percent to $82.99 in pre-market trading. American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) rose 4 percent to $98.95 in pre-market trading after the company reported stronger-than-expected profit for its first quarter. HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HSEA) rose 3.4 percent to $27.30 in pre-market trading. Shire plc (NASDAQ: SHPG) rose 3.4 percent to $167.95 in pre-market trading. Takada offered to buy Shire at £46.50 per share, Reuters reported. Vipshop Holdings Limited (NYSE: VIPS) rose 3.1 percent to $16.43 in pre-market trading. iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT) shares rose 3 percent to $63.66 in the pre-market trading session.

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  Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

  Losers Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) fell 13.4 percent to $51.10 in pre-market trading after the company reported downbeat earnings for its first quarter and lowered its profit outlook for the year. Integrated Media Technology Limited (NASDAQ: IMTE) fell 9.8 percent to $28.97 in pre-market trading after surging 46.29 percent on Thursday. Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO) shares fell 8.2 percent to $8.81 in pre-market trading after the company reported Q1 results and disclosed that it is withdrawing its FY18 outlook for adjusted EBITDA, airborne cash capex, airborne equipment inventory purchases and free cash flow. Sharing Economy International Inc. (NASDAQ: SEII) shares fell 7.5 percent to $3.98 in pre-market trading after climbing 22.16 percent on Thursday. Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET) fell 7.4 percent to $248.00 in pre-market trading following first-quarter earnings. Web.com Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WEB) fell 6.7 percent to $18.00 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results. Varex Imaging Corporation (NASDAQ: VREX) fell 5.2 percent to $34 in pre-market trading after reporting Q2 results. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (NYSE: TKC) shares fell 5.2 percent to $7.60 in pre-market trading after dropping 3.02 percent on Thursday. AMN Healthcare Services, Inc (NYSE: AMN) shares fell 4.7 percent to $61.70 in pre-market trading following Q1 earnings. HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HSEA) fell 4.6 percent to $25.15 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results. Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) shares fell 4 percent to $16.66 in pre-market trading after dropping 2.86 percent on Thursday. Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ: MLCO) fell 4 percent to $30.65 in pre-market trading. Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) fell 4 percent to $15.76 in pre-market trading following Q1 results. HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HSBC) shares fell 3.5 percent to $48.10 in pre-market tr

Top 5 Medical Stocks To Invest In 2018: Mitek Systems, Inc.(MITK)

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  Mitek Systems (MITK) : "This one is too speculative for me. I'd buy NVIDIA (NVDA) ."

  AK Steel Holding (AKS) : "They're not the lo- cost producer. That's Nucor (NUE) and that's the way you want to go."

• [By Max Byerly]

  ValuEngine downgraded shares of Mitek Systems (NASDAQ:MITK) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report published on Friday.

  A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on MITK. BidaskClub upgraded Mitek Systems from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report on Thursday, May 3rd. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Mitek Systems from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report on Thursday, March 29th. Finally, National Securities assumed coverage on Mitek Systems in a research report on Friday, March 9th. They issued a buy rating and a $14.00 target price on the stock. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. The stock has an average rating of Buy and an average target price of $12.00.

• [By Brian Feroldi, Leo Sun, and Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]

  So, which stocks are potential hidden winners that can be safely purchased today? We asked a team of investors to weigh in, and they picked�Sogou (NYSE:SOGO), TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX), and Mitek Systems (NASDAQ:MITK).�

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  Cramer was bearish on Geron (GERN) , Mitek Systems (MITK) , AK Steel Holding (AKS) , Sage Therapeutics (SAGE) and AbbVie (ABBV) .

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Top 5 Medical Stocks To Invest In 2018: InfraREIT, Inc.(HIFR)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on InfraREIT (HIFR)

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• [By Shane Hupp]

  Reaves W H & Co. Inc. trimmed its holdings in InfraREIT (NYSE:HIFR) by 18.4% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,342,026 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 303,392 shares during the quarter. Reaves W H & Co. Inc. owned approximately 3.05% of InfraREIT worth $26,076,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Analysts Set Nexeo Solutions (NXEO) Price Target at $11.17

Nexeo Solutions (NASDAQ:NXEO) has been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the six analysts that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $11.17.

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Zacks Investment Research raised Nexeo Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $12.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 11th. Jefferies Group upgraded Nexeo Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $14.00 target price for the company in a research note on Monday, March 26th. ValuEngine downgraded Nexeo Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 3rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank started coverage on Nexeo Solutions in a research note on Wednesday, March 7th. They issued a “hold” rating for the company.

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Shares of Nexeo Solutions traded down $0.08, hitting $9.59, during mid-day trading on Monday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 81,388 shares, compared to its average volume of 305,364. Nexeo Solutions has a 52 week low of $6.74 and a 52 week high of $11.14. The company has a current ratio of 2.10, a quick ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02. The firm has a market cap of $867.80 million, a PE ratio of 29.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.70 and a beta of 0.35.

Nexeo Solutions (NASDAQ:NXEO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 9th. The basic materials company reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.19 by ($0.05). Nexeo Solutions had a return on equity of 11.16% and a net margin of 1.30%. The business had revenue of $1.04 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $996.84 million. analysts forecast that Nexeo Solutions will post 0.71 earnings per share for the current year.

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Park West Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Nexeo Solutions by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Park West Asset Management LLC now owns 7,049,027 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $54,632,000 after buying an additional 31,528 shares during the period. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Nexeo Solutions in the 1st quarter valued at about $18,111,000. BlackRock Inc. grew its stake in shares of Nexeo Solutions by 1.4% in the 1st quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 1,541,424 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $16,492,000 after buying an additional 21,412 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans acquired a new stake in shares of Nexeo Solutions in the 1st quarter valued at about $13,883,000. Finally, Millennium Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Nexeo Solutions by 24.4% in the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 680,343 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $7,280,000 after buying an additional 133,442 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 96.02% of the company’s stock.

About Nexeo Solutions

Nexeo Solutions, Inc operates as a chemical and plastic products distributor in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company operates through Chemicals, Plastics, and Environmental Services segments. It provides approximately 22,000 products used in various industries, including household, industrial and institutional, lubricants, architectural coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, automotive, healthcare, personal care, oil and gas, and construction.

Muni-Bond Sales Sold by Auction Poised to Reach Two-Decade High

State and local governments are selling the greatest share of their bonds competitive bidding in more than two decades as issuers including New York and Rhode Island embrace auctions as a way to save taxpayers money and boost transparency.

Municipalities have sold $33 billion of municipal bonds this year through auctions, about 28 percent of total sales, instead of relying on underwriters picked in advance to set the interest rates and line up buyers. If that percentage holds for the rest of 2018, it would be the highest since 1994, according to The Bond Buyer Yearbook.

The shift comes as sales of new bonds have tumbled this year, leaving banks eager to bid on new deals, after Congress did away with tax-exempt debt sales for a popular refinancing tactic that governments often relied on underwriters to arrange. New York plans to sell at least half of its debt in the current fiscal year, or about $3.5 billion, on a competitive basis, according to the state’s capital program and financing plan released this month. Last year, the state auctioned off 79 percent of its debt, about $6.6 billion.

"New York is achieving lower interest and underwriting costs by doing about half our sales through the competitive marketplace, saving money for taxpayers," said Morris Peters, a spokesman for the Division of the Budget. “The decision of whether to conduct a competitive sale reflects market conditions and the level of complexity, but even when we need bank expertise afforded by a negotiated sale, the benchmark set by competitive sales helps with the pricing."

In a competitive sale an issuer offers its bonds for sale and banks bid against each other to purchase the securities at the lowest cost to the issuer. The bank assumes the risk that it might not be able to sell all the bonds it bought. In a negotiated sale, a municipality hires a pool of banks to find buyers, with interest rates set in discussions with those underwriters.

Last year, states and local governments sold about 24 percent through auction, their highest level since 2000. Bank of America Corp. is the top underwriter of competitive deals this year, winning more than a quarter of municipal bonds auctioned.

Debt issued by highly-rated municipalities, well-known issuers or with simple structures -- such as bonds backed by a general pledge to pay or by utility revenues -- are suitable for sale by auction, said Jonas Biery, business services manager at Portland, Oregon’s Bureau of Environmental Services and the chair of the Government Finance Officers Association’s debt committee.

By contrast, negotiated sales are suitable for lower-rated bonds, debt with unique security features and terms or securities sold by infrequent borrowers.

“If you think about the volume of things that go the market, there should be more competitive sales," Biery said. “The majority of credits are going to be more akin to well rated, A or above, fairly standard terms, fairly standard credits."

Biery speculated that the share of competitive sales has grown because Congress abolished advanced refundings, which were often sold by negotiation, the volume of lower-rated debt sales has dropped and direct loans by banks has declined because the reduction in corporate tax rates made them less lucrative for lenders.

Rhode Island adopted a policy of issuing general-obligation bonds through competitive bid in 2016 after newly elected state treasurer Seth Magaziner realized the state hadn’t auctioned its bonds in a decade.

“We thought it would be a more transparent approach to begin selling the state’s GO debt competitively," said Kelly Rogers, Rhode Island’s deputy treasurer for policy and public finance. “Through a competitive sale you’re able to point to the specific savings that you potentially gain through the bidding process, which is information you’re not privy to through the negotiated process."

When Rhode Island auctioned $150 million in tax-exempt and taxable bonds last month, the winning bids saved the state $1.5 million, said Rogers.

New York State, one of the biggest issuers of municipal bonds, could push the percentage of competitive sales over 30 percent.

In fiscal 2009, New York instituted a policy to sell 25 percent of its bonds competitively, raising that to 50 percent three years later. Over the past five years, the state has sold $19.4 billion of its debt, or 60 percent of the total issued, through competitive bid, according to the state’s division of the budget.

A budget division analysis of New York’s personal income tax-backed bounds found that the yields on bonds sold by competitive bidding were 0.1 percentage point closer to the benchmark, on average, than when the state selects an underwriter in advance, said Peters.

New York also pays lower fees to underwriters on competitive sales. Over the last five years, the state paid $2.19 per $1,000 bonds for bonds sold by auction and $4.79 per $1,000 on negotiated deals, on average, for personal income tax- and sales tax-backed securities, according to Peters.

— With assistance by Joe Mysak

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Baidu's AI Brain Drain Continues

Shares of Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) tumbled 10% on May 18, after the�company announced the upcoming departure of COO Qi Lu in July. Prior to joining Baidu in early 2017, Lu served as�Microsoft's executive VP of its Applications and Services Group. As one of the industry's leading AI experts, Lu played a key role in Baidu's transition from an online search company to a cloud and AI services provider.

When Lu initially joined Baidu, CEO Robin Li�stated: "With Dr. Lu on board, we are confident that our strategy will be executed smoothly and Baidu will become a world-class technology company and global leader in AI." Lu stated that he was "excited to help realize Baidu's visionary AI strategy."

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Lu will remain vice chairman of Baidu's board but stated that he was "no longer able to work in China on a full-time basis" for "personal and family reasons." His departure will likely hurt Baidu, which is battling Tencent (NASDAQOTH:TCEHY) and Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) in the cloud and AI markets.

This also wouldn't be the first time Baidu lost a major leader in its AI efforts. Let's take a look back at Baidu's AI initiatives and analyze the unit's brain drain issues.

Understanding Baidu's AI business

Baidu's "Baidu Brain" unit improves the company's machine-learning algorithms, core search technologies, analytics, and big data applications.

The division created Baidu's virtual assistant Duer and its platform DuerOS,�opened labs in Silicon Valley to work with American tech companies, and launched an open-source platform for autonomous cars called Apollo. Robin Li believes that Baidu's self-driving cars, which are powered by its AI and�mapping technologies, will hit public roads in China "within three to five years." The unit is also�building a state-backed engineering laboratory for�deep-learning technologies in China.

Baidu Brain also partners with other companies, like Huawei and Xiaomi, to expand its reach by deploying its APIs into mobile and Internet of Things devices. Those moves widen Baidu's moat against Alibaba -- which leverages its e-commerce and cloud infrastructure platform to expand its AI efforts; and Tencent, which leverages its WeChat messaging app, video games, and streaming services to do the same.

If Baidu holds these rivals at bay, it can gather more data from its users via DuerOS devices, process its search data into better-targeted ads, and expand its AI-powered ecosystem into adjacent markets like streaming media, fintech, and smart retail.

But it's been a bumpy ride

Baidu hired Qi Lu to sharpen those efforts, but Lu's arrival preceded the departures of three other key AI executives: Andrew Ng, Zhang Tong, and Adam Coates.

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Andrew Ng, who became Baidu's chief scientist in�2014, resigned in March 2017 to pursue other opportunities. Prior to joining Baidu, Ng was an associate professor at Stanford University and a founding leader of Alphabet's Google Brain Team.

Just two days after�Ng's resignation, Tencent poached Zhang Tong -- who previously led Baidu's Big Data Lab -- to lead its own AI Lab. At the time, Tencent's AI team of 50 scientists and 200 engineers was much smaller than Baidu's team of 1,300 AI employees.

In September, Adam Coates, the director of�Baidu's Silicon Valley AI Lab, also resigned. Coates was responsible for promoting Baidu's machine-learning efforts in the U.S. and applying deep learning to natural language processing tasks like text-to-speech and speech recognition. Coates notably did his post-doctoral research at Stanford, under Ng.

Is Baidu losing its edge in the AI market?

Baidu's loss of four key AI executives in just over a year is troubling, and it indicates that the company could be struggling with management issues as it faces tougher competition from Tencent and Alibaba.

Lu's successor as AI chief, Haifeng Wang, has been with Baidu since 2010. However, it's unknown if Wang will fare better than his predecessors, who all seemed to jump ship just as the market was getting more interesting.

Rio Tinto Is Ready to Accept $3.5 Billion Deal to Exit Grasberg

Rio Tinto Group is ready to accept a $3.5 billion deal with Indonesia for its interest in the giant Grasberg copper and gold mine, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.

A deal for Rio’s exit still depends on Freeport-McMoRan Inc. striking an agreement to transfer some of its stake to a local firm, according to the people, who asked not be identified because the matter is confidential. No deal has been signed and an agreement may still not be reached. Shares in Freeport surged on the news, while Rio pared a loss in New York Tuesday.

State-owned PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium, known as Inalum, plans to acquire Rio’s joint venture interest in the operation under a wider arrangement aimed at taking control of Freeport’s local unit, said the people. PT Freeport Indonesia is the owner and operator of Grasberg, the world’s No. 2 copper mine.

Both Rio Tinto and Inalum declined to comment, while a spokesman for Freeport didn’t respond to a request for comment. Riza Pratama, a spokesman for PT-FI, said the company hopes to conclude negotiations by the end of June.

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Talks on the future of Grasberg have dragged on for more than a year as Freeport has sought to agree to terms to cede majority ownership, part of a deal that will allow the producer to keep operating in the country. Foreign miners have been given until 2019 to comply with divestment obligations imposed amid a push by President Joko Widodo’s government to exert more local control over the nation’s resources.

Rio, the world’s No. 2 miner, has been a partner in Grasberg since the 1990s under an agreement that helped Freeport finance an expansion. The London-based producer currently holds rights to a 40 percent share of output above specific levels, and had expected that to shift to 40 percent of all production from 2023, according to an April filing.

A tide of resource nationalism is causing miners to rethink where they invest, Rio Chief Executive Officer Jean-Sebastien Jacques said in a May 15 speech in Miami. The producer has flagged a strategy to continue to exit from unwanted operations, after agreeing to $5 billion worth of asset sales this year.

Freeport shares jumped as much as 6.5 percent in New York on Tuesday. They were up 3.6 percent at 3:43 p.m., while Rio’s U.S. shares were down 0.2 percent after falling as much as 0.7 percent earlier in the day.

— With assistance by Thomas Biesheuvel, Laura Millan Lombrana, Viriya Singgih, Yoga Rusmana, and Steven Frank

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��Greek-like crisis�� fears hang over Italy���s markets as populists ready government

Italy��s two largest antiestablishment parties are ready to present their prime minister candidate to President Sergio Mattarella on Monday, moving one step closer to forming a government that analysts fear could plunge the country into a sovereign debt crisis and threaten the future of the eurozone.

On Sunday, the populist 5 Star Movement and far-right anti-immigrant League party agreed on the main members of their cabinet, including who they��d like to see as prime minister in their coalition government. The name of the proposed prime minister has not been confirmed, but local media point to Giuseppe Conte, a 54-year-year old university professor without much political experience.

Mattarella is expected to confirm the coalition, paving the way for a euroskeptic government to lead the eurozone��s third largest economy.

��The prospect for a new Greek-like crisis but on a larger scale in Italy are rising. An inexperienced and malcontent government appears set to assume office and poses a new potential threat to the euro even if the data improves,�� said strategists at BBH in a note on Monday.

The 5 Star Movement and League already look set on a collision course with the European Union, having promised to challenge Brussels��s budget guidelines and rules on immigration.The two coalition parties have also vowed to increase fiscal spending and cut taxes �� moves some worry could throw the Italian economy into disarray and create a new sovereign debt crisis.

Those concerns have spooked traders in Italian markets. The FTSE MIB stock index I945, -0.92% lost 0.8% to 23,261.22 on Monday, falling in an otherwise upbeat European trading session. That loss comes after the index dropped 2.9% last week for its biggest weekly slump since the week of the election in early March.

The euro EURUSD, -0.0170% �fell to a five-year low around $1.1762, although that slide partly was due to a rising dollar.

In the bond market, traders are also demanding a higher yield to buy Italian paper, an indicator markets are becoming nervous about the country��s financial stability. The yield on 10-year Italian government bonds TMBMKIT-10Y, +4.86% �rose 6 basis points to 2.281% on Monday, while the spread over German bunds rose to its highest level since October last year at 173 basis points, or 1.73 percentage point.

While still far from the danger zone, rising bond yields in Europe revive memories of the Greek debt crisis in 2015. After months of negotiations between Greece��s government and its international creditors, the two sides in July 2015 reached a deal to avert a Greek default. At the time, there were worries that a bankruptcy in Greece could lead to ��Grexit�� �� shorthand for Greece leaving the eurozone �� and eventually spell the end for the entire monetary union.

Moreover, it stirs memories of the worst days of the eurozone debt crisis in 2011 and 2012, when the 2-year Italian yield soared to more than 7%. Yields later retreated, with ECB President Mario Draghi��s 2012 pledge to do ��whatever it takes�� to preserve the euro and the eventual formulation of a never-used program of emergency bond purchases serving to calm fears. Later, the ECB��s introduction of bond buying via its quantitative easing program helped drive yields lower across the eurozone.

The 5 Star Movement and League dialed back euroskeptic rhetoric ahead of the March election and are no longer calling for an Italy referendum on the shared currency. However, their disapproval of EU and ECB fiscal rules are keeping breakup fears alive. Markets reacted last week when a draft proposal on shared power called on Brussels to come up with a plan that would let member countries leave the euro if they so desired, language that was later dropped.

In that vein, France��s economy minister, Bruno Le Maire, warned on Sunday that a failure by Italy to stick to the EU��s financial rules could threaten stability of the entire eurozone monetary union.

��Investors might have not realized it yet but the resolution of the Italian political deadlock with the League and 5 Star Movement parties close to forming a coalition government might not be such a positive development after all,�� said Konstantinos Anthis, head of research at ADS Securities, in a note.

��The formation of a working government would be favorable compared to the lack of political leadership but the agenda of the two parties puts to the question Italy��s future in the European Union,�� he said.

Italy has a long history of political t

Satish Menon Sells 3,980 Shares of Shutterfly (SFLY) Stock

Shutterfly (NASDAQ:SFLY) SVP Satish Menon sold 3,980 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $94.76, for a total transaction of $377,144.80. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 28,980 shares in the company, valued at $2,746,144.80. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Shares of SFLY traded down $0.16 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $94.60. The company had a trading volume of 469,576 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,082,655. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.58. Shutterfly has a 1-year low of $39.76 and a 1-year high of $95.99. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.12 billion, a PE ratio of 90.10 and a beta of 0.88.

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Shutterfly (NASDAQ:SFLY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 1st. The technology company reported ($0.73) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.95) by $0.22. The firm had revenue of $199.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $192.02 million. Shutterfly had a net margin of 3.01% and a return on equity of 7.80%. Shutterfly’s revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted ($0.84) earnings per share. sell-side analysts expect that Shutterfly will post 3.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Shutterfly declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, January 30th that allows the company to buyback outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the technology company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

SFLY has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Shutterfly to $85.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, April 6th. Aegis reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $73.00 target price on shares of Shutterfly in a research report on Sunday, February 4th. BidaskClub raised shares of Shutterfly from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 3rd. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Shutterfly from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 3rd. Finally, SunTrust Banks raised their target price on shares of Shutterfly to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 2nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. The stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $84.50.

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Shutterfly during the first quarter valued at approximately $187,000. Element Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Shutterfly during the first quarter valued at approximately $207,000. DRW Securities LLC acquired a new position in Shutterfly during the first quarter valued at approximately $227,000. Koch Industries Inc. acquired a new position in Shutterfly during the first quarter valued at approximately $330,000. Finally, Buckhead Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Shutterfly during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $204,000.

Shutterfly Company Profile

Shutterfly, Inc manufactures and retails personalized products and services primarily in the United States, Canada, and the European Community. The company operates through Consumer and Shutterfly Business Solutions segments. It offers a range of personalized photo-based products and services that enable consumers to upload, edit, enhance, organize, find, share, create, print, and preserve their memories.

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• [By Jayson Derrick]

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• [By Chris Lange]

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• [By Timothy Green]

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