Author: Devin Weiss

Grand Canyon Education Inc. (LOPE) rose slightly and was trading above a short-term level of resistance at $14.75 this morning. The average forecast on the company’s full-year earning has gone up by 2 cents per share to 63...

Petrobras to Benefit from New Exploration Model in Brazilian Pre-Salt AreaSome months ago, the Brazilian government set up a commission to discuss the matter and propose a new exploration model for the pre-salt area, where the...

Clarcor Inc. (CLC) slashed its fiscal 2009 outlook as second-quarter results missed Wall Street expectations. Shares of this Zacks #4 Rank (“Sell”) company are down more than 3% on volume of approximately 481,000,...

Hanesbrands Inc.’s(HBI) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 5.80. Analysts have been raising their estimates on the Zacks #2 Rank (“Buy”) company’s full-year...

Treehouse Foods Inc.’s (THS) MACD indicator has moved into bullish territory with a reading of 0.0707. The Zacks #2 Rank (“Buy”) stock has advanced more than 1% in morning trade to $27.97. The full-year...

Initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 608,000 an increase of 3,000 from an upwardly revised 605,000 last week (was 601,000). However, the four-week moving average, which is a more significant figure given the...

Overall, the country will be in better shape if the regulatory reform proposals put forward by the Obama Administration were enacted than if we were to do nothing.There are many good aspects to it. In particular, the creation of...

We have been saying since the end of 2008 that emerging markets in general — and Latin American in particular — would outperform more developed markets such as the U.S., Europe and Japan. Indeed it has been our...

We are reiterating our Buy recommendation on Walter Energy (WLT), and are raising our target price to $39.00 per share from $32.00 per share. Although the weak steel market will adversely impact earnings in 2009, it will still...

We have been saying since the end of 2008 that emerging markets in general — and Latin American in particular — would outperform more developed markets such as the U.S., Europe and Japan. Indeed it has been our...