The top equity strategist at Merrill Lynch has updated the High Quality and Dividend Yield screen of stocks to buy, adding some names that may provide investors solid 2014 returns.

Dispersion strategies can bring big profits to those with superior stock picking skills.

The equity strategy team at J.P. Morgan presented a new research report that actually makes a very solid case not only for equities, but for equities with higher emerging market exposure. Here are 10 picks ...

Box, which counts Dropbox among its rivals, has reportedly filed to go public.

Friday is a strange day in the markets. The month of January is closing out with the first monthly January loss in three years, after a huge 2013 of course. Yet there were six initial public offerings ...

Six IPOs hit the market Friday , and three of them were biotechs. What stands out is that these emerging pharma deals came on the heels of a wildly successful biotech IPO on Thursday.

January 29, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday following Tuesday’s late policy rate hike by the Turkish government. The announcement that the Fed will again reduce its asset purchases added more volatility ...

In a new research report, Deutsche Bank analysts initiate coverage on some of the top software stocks and also upgrade other top names from Hold to Buy.

The magnitude of the debacle at Best Buy during December was not something Wall Street expected. Most firms had fallen in love with the story, and Best Buy was seen as the proverbial Phoenix rising from ...

As we have looked through research from the firms that we cover on Wall Street, we find that almost everybody expects a pullback. None that we have seen could be as large as the one predicted by Piper ...

With a number of high-profile IPOs, franchises are having a moment in the Wall Street spotlight.

After a strong 2013 where the S&P 500 was up almost 30%, you would think that most stocks would be close to being fully priced. That's not what Thomas Lee, the chief equity strategist at J.P. Morgan thinks....

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, January 16.

Barron’s suggested this week that the recovery in the housing market could spell trouble for restaurant stocks going forward. But there seem to be two theories on what could happen. Investors seem to feel ...

Facebook held its initial public offering (IPO) on May 18, 2012. This was seen as one of the biggest IPOs in technology and Internet history.

Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE: JBL) is in the unloved field of contract manufacturing, also known as electronic manufacturing services. This sector is not exactly exciting to investors, or at least that was ...

Stock Market Update from Briefing.com

2013 was a considerable year for stocks, yet AT&T was among the five worst Dow stocks. 24/7 Wall St. has generated a bullish and bearish scenario for 2014 in each stock of the Dow, including AT&T.

Now that a stellar 2013 has come to an end, 24/7 Wall St. has generated a bullish and bearish scenario for 2014 in each stock of the Dow. This leaves up for grabs what to make of Caterpillar this year....

These are the top analyst downgrades and cautious research notes from Wall Street for Monday, January 6.