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On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will almost definitely raise the Fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 4.75-5%, which might cause some market volatility, particularly for interest-rate sensitive equities. The volatility of U.S. stocks during and in the aftermath of a Fed...

This weekend's Barron's cover story discusses whether Ford can be fixed and its stock can double. Other featured articles examine the bull case for Tesla in the S&P 500, some global recovery plays and how badly the pandemic has hurt real estate investment trusts. Also, the prospects...

Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a leading big bank and an video streaming giant. Bearish calls included giants in tobacco and social media. The new earnings reporting season has gotten off to a strong start, offsetting the...

The cover story in this weekend's Barron's offers the results of the latest Big Money Poll. This issue also includes a look at Michael Dell's bid for EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), as well as the best play in wireless. The prospects for Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB), Tribune Media Co (NYSE:...

A Bloomberg article on September 24 focused on a Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) plan to monetize 12,000 wireless towers for an estimated $6 billion. If Verizon is selling, who is buying? The Competition The recent $4.36 billion tower portfolio sale by AT&T Inc. to wireless tower...

Last week, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) kicked off the parade of big retailers stepping into the earnings spotlight by offering up subpar same-store sales and weak guidance for the year. Inclement weather got some of the blame. Will that be so for Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Gap (NYSE: GPS), Home Depot (NYSE...

Like at all the other Wall Street firms, analysts at J.P. Morgan have made their recommendations for 2014. In a research report out this past week, they singled out American Tower (NYSE: AMT), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) as three of their top picks. Below we take a...

This weekend in Barron's online: a look at Martin Scorsese's new movie. Also, the prospects for American Tower, Ambac, PVH, A.M. Castle and more. Cover Story "Good Film, Extremely Bad Wolf" by Farran Smith Nehme. This week's cover story in Barron's posits that Martin Scorsese's new movie "The...

In the just released report on the results of an analysis of first-quarter earnings from communication and wireless stocks, Oppenheimer analysts suggest that social networking, mobile video and online gaming will continue to boost the growth of wireless data and cloud services providers. The three...

The tablet market is getting bigger. Everybody knows that but when IDC released its 2012 report, nobody thought that it would report results like these. According to the report, tablet shipments grew 78.4 percent year over year in 2012 representing more than 128 million tablets shipped. This...

It’s no secret that the cell phone business is still hot and there are plenty of ways to play it. The manufacturers like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK), the carriers—Verizon (NYSE: VZ) or AT&T (NYSE: T), and others like Level 3 Communications (NYSE: LVLT) that help to manage the...

Analysts at Bank of America's (NYSE: BAC) Merrill Lynch division said today in a report that they see a buying opportunity in wireless tower stocks. Among the reasons they cited were attractive valuation, a favorable interest rate and inflation environment, and a spending outlook by wireless...