Author archives: MarketBeat Staff

There are stocks that lend well to day trading. And then there are those you just hang on to for a while.

It’s more common for long-term investors to rely on fundamental or quantitative analysis—or some combination thereof. But that doesn’t mean technical…

According to Factset, second-quarter earnings growth is expected to be above 60% for S&P 500 companies. Here are a few of the companies that look well…

On any given day, dozens of sell-side analysts offer opinions on numerous stocks across all sectors. Knowing which commentary to focus on can be a maj…

Nike (NYSE:NKE) got some serious air on Friday. On the strength of a stellar quarterly performance, the stock gapped up 15.5% to a fresh record high i…

With interest rates still near historic lows, income-oriented investors continue to be challenged by where to find yield.

Here we look at three companies that fall into the latter category. They have yet to see the full benefit of pent-up demand—and therefore, their stock…

For starters, we know that one side may be very right and the other very wrong. Stocks that meet both criteria are also likely to be quite volatile gi…

As far as low-priced stocks, those are few and far between as well, especially in the large-cap space. Only 3% of S&P 500 names have share prices belo…

With the major stock indices trading near record highs, more stocks are trading near their 52-week highs than near their 52-week lows.