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It can be hard to know which period to start with and what is the most important criteria to evaluate for potential insider selling candidates. A good approach to take is to find the most sold stocks for a particular week and then dig in. The S&P 500 is a good place to start for opportunities since they are typically large company and are actively traded. Looking back at last week, Fortive Corp (NYSE: FTV) came in second as ...
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1 2 Earnings season is a potential volatile time for the market as companies report data that is unknown to investors. As this quarter’s earnings season comes to a close, it’s important to look at the scorecard and evaluate future expected earnings. With less than 10% of the S&P 500 left to report, 79.6% have beaten EPS estimates and 62.6% have beaten revenue estimates. As we start a new week, here’s 10 names that are set to announce with their earnings expectations ...
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The stock market is a phenomenal way to build wealth, as it allows an investor to place their money in a vehicle that automatically makes more money. At least, for investors who know what they’re doing. A beginning investor may start out lucky or unlucky, but if they focus on great companies, chances are they’ll do just fine over time with their common stock trading. Looking at the best companies—those that can consistently grow their earnings and cash flow, and who ...
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One of the hottest stocks in the market is FireEye Inc (NASDAQ: FEYE). The heat isn’t coming from bulls accumulating stock shares but rather large positions being built in the options market for this week’s expiration and next week’s expiration. While the stock hasn’t exactly broken out yet, the building option interest is something that may play out in a very bullish way soon. FireEye is a cloud security company that beat analyst estimates by a wide margin for ...
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1 2 The term “solid” isn’t very descriptive about the characteristics of the stocks on this list but it is a statement about the type of companies that are on the list. A “solid” company is a company that is generally managed well, has a healthy balance sheet, and has a stable to rising share price.  While individually they may not be a pure growth, value or income stock, frequently, they exhibit qualities of more than one these fundamental classifications. Here are ...
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David Field, CEO of Entercom Communications Corp (NYSE: ETM), stepped up and bought shares of his company this week as his holdings increased nearly 5%. The purchase comes as the price of the stock is staging a short-term rally and comes after the company missed analyst estimates last Friday but saw the share price rise on the session. The purchase comes at a good time technically and looks like this may be a bullish signal for a near-term move ...
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Glu Mobile Inc (NASDAQ: GLUU) is a free-to-play mobile game company for smartphones and tablets. The stock fell 15% overnight on the earnings announcement and continued to fall over the next four days before stabilizing on Wednesday. As the bulls began to push back yesterday, the option market saw a flurry of bullish activity aiming for the stock to restore its early August high. One of the key metrics for gaming companies is bookings. Glu reported 79% growth in bookings ...
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Sleep apnea technology company Inspire Medical Systems Inc (NYSE: INSP) has had a great year so far in 2020. After a significant, but brief, sell-off in early March, its been off to the races ever since. However, following their August 4 earnings report, the stock price shot higher before crashing down near the low by the end of the session. Since the release, some large insider sale transactions have occurred and may be an indication that the share price ...
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