Each December analysts at Raymond James pick a list of stocks its will likely “produce above-average price appreciation over the next 55 weeks.” This year’s list contains 14 stocks that Raymond James analysts say should somehow...
Talk about optimism. Consensus analysts’ earnings estimates for S&P 500 companies for 2010 are now at $77.61 per share—that’s a 30.5 percent jump over 2009 estimated earnings, ThomsonReuters said Friday in its weekly “This...
More proof of the breakaway broker phenomenon, albeit anecdotal? Moneta Group has hired two veterans legacy A.G. Edwards advisors, the company said today, amid a nascent national trend of advisors leaving wirehouses for smaller independents.
Mergers and acquisitions in the wealth management business will bounce back in 2010 as valuations and cash flows pick up with the improving market and economy, experts predict. But buyers and sellers will be more selective than they were during...
First the good news: The S&P 500 should climb by about 19 percent or so from yesterday’s close, says mutual fund manager Steve Leuthold in his firm’s “Green Book” monthly research report, released this morning. Now the bad...