In fact, Alamos also hugely outperformed its similarly sized rival Eldorado Gold Corp The good news is that Alamos’ rally wasn’t entirely misplaced, and there are strong catalysts in sight that could propel the stock ever higher in 2017. Whether Alamos can inch higher depends a great deal on what the future holds for the company.
Month: February 2017
No, the White House is not freezing anti-Trump petitions
Last week, hundreds of people said they’d signed a widely shared petition on the White House’s “We the People” site asking President Trump to preserve funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. But you wouldn’t have known it by looking at the site.
Tickets Still Available for Super Bowl and Pre-Game Festivities, but They Won’t Be Cheap
Big-name entertainers will be performing Saturday night, and there are a bevy of A-list parties before the Atlanta Falcons face the New England Patriots on Sunday. Tickets are pricey but still available.
After Mattel’s Brutal Holiday Season, Will Hasbro Look to Swallow Its Rival?
Hasbro has approached Mattel about a merger several times over the past two decades, and could soon do so again. That was the reaction from Columbia business school professor Leonard Sherman, who likened the possibility of Hasbro approaching Mattel about a merger yet again to the poltergeist that haunts the Freeling family in Steven Spielberg’s classic 1982 horror film.
4 Reasons Why It Can Be Much Cheaper to Live as an Expat
Labor, health care and insurance costs are generally lower, although the overall quality of life can be equal to or better than expats have experienced in their native countries. In a recent study of expats mainly from the U.S. and Canada living in Panama, Belize and Nicaragua, titled Expat Reports: Is it Cheaper to Live Abroad? , 34% of respondents reported that the cost of living in their expat country was less than half that in their native countries, and 74.8% said that, for the same money, their lifestyle abroad was “much better.”
Will Donald Trump Target Share Buybacks Next?
President Donald Trump has taken several bold steps since taking office, but one area seems to be a bigger priority than any other.Trump has been adamant about getting American companies to invest in the U.S. by building factories and plants and hiring American workers. In his inaugural address, he declared that as a central theme of his presidency, imploring American companies to “buy American and hire American.”
Return of the Cyclicals Following 2016a s Roller Coaster Ride
By Raman Aylur Subramanian via our partners at Iris.xyz U.S. equity investors in 2016 experienced a roller coaster ride. The U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union and the U.S. presidential election each resulted in sharp market moves.
Medicare Participants: You Have 10 Days Left to Do This
Every year, Medicare participants have to make decisions about their coverage, and they typically have set time periods during which they can figure out what they’ll do for a given year. The regular Medicare open enrollment period runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, and that gives Medicare participants the broadest set of choices to make changes in coverage.
Jim Cramer Is Right About Chipotle Mexican Grill
When respected companies go through challenging times, causing their stocks to drop, analysts and commentators begin to predict their demise — oftentimes pretending as if they knew what would happen all along. They lower their price targets.
Here’s Why Darden Restaurants, Inc. Gained 16% in 2016
The company also closed the calendar year strongly, putting up impressive results in its fiscal Q2, which covered the period that ended Nov. 27, 2016. After a mostly flat year in which its share price stayed within a limited range, Darden saw its stock price spike after the company reported its Q2 2017 results .
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Over the next 30 years, says ULA, America will put dozens, scores, even hundreds of explorers into the region bounded by Earth and its Moon, to live and work there long-term. ULA calls the project its “Cislunar 1000 Vision” to put 1,000 astronauts in orbit.
Why Manitowoc Stock Jumped 14.2% in January
They were buoyed by Donald Trump’s inauguration speech on Jan. 20, in which he emphasized his “America first” ideology and restated his plans to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. Expectations of strong numbers from Caterpillar Inc. Manitowoc shares gained momentum during the third week of January, which coincided with Trump’s swearing-in ceremony and Caterpillar’s fourth-quarter and 2016 earnings release.
Here’s What the Distribution of Wages Looks Like in America
On the basis of gross domestic product, the United States is still the greatest country in the world. The 2015 Global Wealth Report from Allianz found that the U.S. retained 41.6% of the world’s wealth, followed in a distant second by China at 10.5%.
What To Expect From Twitter’s Biggest Super Bowl Yet
With 16.9 million tweets, last year’s Super Bowl was the most tweeted event of the year. The next biggest event, the Grammys, came in at less than half that, 7.9 million.
FCC Rescinds Claim That AT&T, Verizon Violated Net Neutrality
The FCC also rescinded several other Wheeler-era reports and actions. The FCC released its report on the data cap exemptions in the final days of Democrat Tom Wheeler’s chairmanship.
Trump’s FCC orders end to subsidized internet access
Nine companies participating in a program designed to provide subsidized internet access to low-income customers have been told by the Federal Communications Commission they are no longer allowed to provide their service.
Trump Immigration Order Is Grounded Nationwide by U.S. Judge
Demonstrators hold signs and chant in Boston’s Copley Square protesting President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking visitors from seven predominantly Muslim nations on Jan. 29, 2017. President Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions were temporarily shut down by a federal judge who said the states of Washington and Minnesota can sue claiming their economy and residents would be injured by the ban.
Litigation Alert: The Ninth Circuit Holds That a Telephone Consumer…
This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that allegations that unsolicited advertisement text messages were sent in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act established a concrete injury sufficient to confer Article III standing in Van Patten v. Vertical Fitness Group, LLC , No.
New FCC chair just blocked 9 companies from providing affordable Internet to the poor
Regulators are telling nine companies they won’t be allowed to participate in a federal program meant to help them provide affordable Internet access to low-income consumers – weeks after those companies had been given the green light. The move, announced Friday by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, reverses a decision by his Democratic predecessor, Tom Wheeler, and undercuts the companies’ ability to provide low-cost Internet access to poorer Americans.
California Sues Teva, Allergan for Allegedly Blocking Generic Competition to Lidoderm
The state of California has filed a civil suit against units of drugmakers Teva and Allergan , for allegedly obstructing generic competition to Lidoderm transdermal patches. The suit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, alleges a “pay-for-delay” deal between the companies and Endo Pharmaceuticals, which already had its Lidoderm product on the market and had made $825 million off of it in 2011.
The FCC stops investigating carrier’s ‘zero-rating’ plans
Now that there’s a new voice atop the FCC, priorities are changing. As part of a “Friday night news dump” — as it’s being called by fellow commissioner Mignon Clyburn — the regulator announced it’s done investigating carriers for “zero rating” programs that exclude some services from monthly data limits.
New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Releases Full Rule-Making Notices to Public
NEWS ANALYSIS: Newly-appointed Ajit Pai is taking the first steps toward taking the secrecy out of the Federal Communications Commission’s rule making process. Admittedly it’s only a test, but if everything goes as expected, the Federal Communications Commission will throw off the veil of secrecy that has always kept the agency’s decision making out of the public’s view.
This Week in Solar
We’re still a few weeks away from investors getting a peek into fourth-quarter earnings in the solar industry and what management has to say about 2017. In the meantime, we’re seeing interesting trends in some of the industry’s most important markets and from its most visible companies.
Brevan Howard Starts 2017 With a Loss in Its Main Hedge Fund
Brevan Howard Asset Management’s main hedge fund started this year with a loss, reversing some of its gains of 2016, according to an investor letter seen by Bloomberg News. The Brevan Howard Master Fund, which managed $11.9 billion at the end of 2016, lost 1.5 percent in January, according to the letter.
Palo Alto political divide reflected in land use policies
Four Palo Alto City Council members elected in November were sworn in on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. The council’s first action after the new members were seated was the election of a new mayor, Greg Scharff, and a new vice mayor, Liz Kniss.
What Trump’s Action on Advisor Rule Means for Retirement Savers
The future of the fiduciary rule , which was intended to benefit retirement savers, is in doubt after President Donald Trump called for its review Friday just two months before it was to go into effect. to be fiduciaries, meaning they must act in the best interests of their clients over their own.
Recommended Reading; Some Observations: Best of Kass
Doug Kass fills his blog on RealMoney every day with his up-to-the-minute reactions to what’s happening in the market and his legendary ahead-of-the-crowd ideas. This week he blogged on: Click here for information on RealMoney , where you can see all the blogs, including Doug Kass’–and reader comments–in real time.
Amazon: Cramer’s Top Takeaways
The company did post an 18-cents-a-share earnings beat, but just about every other metric the analysts were looking for disappointed, sending shares lower by 3.5% Friday. Cramer said the disappointments could be explained away by a strong dollar and Amazon’s frantic warehouse building along with its big push into India.
Autodesk: Cramer’s Top Takeaways
Did you miss last night’s “Mad Money” on CNBC ? If so, here are some of Jim Cramer’s top takeaways. There are lots of winning stocks in this rally, Cramer told viewers, but not all of the winners are getting the attention they deserve.
Clorox: Cramer’s Top Takeaways
Did you miss last night’s “Mad Money” on CNBC ? If so, here are some of Jim Cramer’s top takeaways. For his “Executive Decision” segment, Cramer spoke with Benno Dorer, chairman and CEO of Clorox , the cleaning company that just posted 8% volume growth this quarter.
Trader May Have Netted $20 Million on Fed Policy Bet
The market for U.S. short-term interest rates has been abuzz this week with talk of a hawkish bet on Federal Reserve policy that may have netted a profit of more than $20 million. An unidentified investor amassed the position — a multi-legged options structure in eurodollars — in the first half of 2016 and exited it Wednesday in the hours before the Fed’s decision to keep rates unchanged, traders say.
Dakota Access Pipeline Said to Start Pumping Crude in June
The $3.8 billion Dakota Access crude oil pipeline may start operating June 1, assuming no new obstacles prevent it, according to a person familiar with the matter. Energy Transfer Partners LP, the developer of the pipeline, will begin filling it with oil around Feb. 15, barring complaints or legal action to stop it, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the plan isn’t public.
The development continues the WGAE’s success in organizing digital news writers.
The editorial staff at MTV News plans to unionize with the Writers Guild of America, East, the guild announced Friday. A union spokesman told The Hollywood Reporter that about eighty percent of the fifty-employee bargaining unit had signed representation cards.
FCC scraps net neutrality investigations of AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile
The Federal Communications Commission said Friday that it is ending investigations into three major U.S. wireless carriers over potential violations of net neutrality rules. The FCC sent letters to Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile to inform the companies that the agency’s previous investigation was over.
FCC led by Trump pick starts to reverse Obama policies
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FCC suspends probes of telecommunications firms
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday suspended its probes into whether thee major telecommunications companies violated net neutrality rules with their data plans. The FCC’s wireless telecom bureau sent letters to AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile informing them that the probes were over.
FCC removes nine companies from Lifeline program
The Federal Communications Commission dealt a blow to a program intended to provide subsidized internet to the poor, announcing that nine companies would no longer be able to participate in the plan. Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced the move on Friday afternoon to roll back the “midnight regulations” pushed through by his Democratic predecessor, Tom Wheeler.
Why The Medicines Company Rocketed Higher Today
Amgen’s PCSK9 inhibitor Repatha “significantly” reduced the risk of cardiovascular events — heart attacks, strokes, and the like — compared to placebo. Investors will have to wait until the American College of Cardiology meeting next month to find out how significant the reduction was.
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With the race for artificial intelligence shifting into high gear, companies are not only developing AI systems in-house, but are increasingly bringing start-ups into the fold to augment their efforts. Market intelligence firm CB Insights released its list of AI acquisitions over the last five years.
Weed 101: Colorado agriculture agency shares pot know-how
North Carolina wants to know if marijuana could one day replace tobacco as a cash crop. Louisiana is wondering how pot holds up in high humidity.