UBS Group AG (UBS – Free Report) reported fourth-quarter 2017 net profit attributable to shareholders of CHF 955 million ($967.7 million) on an adjusted basis, up around 25.2% from the prior-year quarter. Results exclude deferred tax expense. Including deferred tax expense, net loss attributable to shareholders came in at CHF 2.2 billion ($2.23 billion) compared with net income…
Well, it’s happening. It might be subtle. You might not be able to point to X causing Y, but make no mistake – the Federal Reserve is still run by humans, and those humans want to appease the boss. And that boss no longer wants to chastise banks for their transgressions from a decade ago….
Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) is a real estate investment trust that owns a diverse set of healthcare properties and currently pays investors a growing 5.8% dividend yield. They have senior housing properties, hospitals, medical offices, university life sciences buildings, and more. And the market just put its shares on sale: Source: Google Finance Compared to the…
An Earnings Beat: World’s No. 2 oilfield-services company Halliburton Company (HAL – Free Report) reported fourth quarter income per share from continuing operation (adjusted for Venezuela write-downs and charges associated with U.S. tax reform) of 53 cents, higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 46 cents. Strong drilling activity and pricing on the back of recovery in crude prices led…
If you are looking for the best growth stocks to buy now, this list of stodgy stalwarts from top sectors is worth checking. For one, all of them have strong near-term growth prospects. Second, some of them provide meaty dividends as well. Stocks are soaring in 2018. The DJIA and the S&P 500 have raced…
Good day traders! The daily chart of EUR/USD shows us a five-wave bullish impulse in the making within higher degree wave C) of IV, with sub-wave 5 in progress. Sub-wave 5 is nicely picking up from the 1.1550 level, and can be targeting 1.24/1.25. For more information, check our newest Video below!
From South Korean bank blocks to Bulgarian ponzi scheme shutdowns and a Bali bitcoin crackdown, you can take your pick as to what is driving the sudden plunge in cryptocurrencies this morning. Ethereum is back below $1000, Bitcoin is back to a $10k handle, and Ripple is down 30% from the weekend’s highs. Weakness began around…
Last time we had one of these was in October, and it doesn’t take a genius to recall how the market it did then, as stormed higher the entire time. But if you got back to the July/August reversal last year, the market actually traded lower during that time. The previous two times before that,…
The BoJ is On Deck The big item on the calendar over the next 24 hours is the Bank of Japan’s first-rate decision of the year. The BoJ was looked at and watched as one of the more passive Central Banks last year, with the Japanese Yen as one of the few currencies keeping track with the…
