Top Wall Street analysts like these 3 stocks for their growth prospects

A hotter-than-expected consumer inflation reading spooked investors last week, but investors may want to adopt a long-term mindset as they seek buying opportunities. Top Wall Street analysts are calling out their favorite stocks with a focus on their long-term growth prospects. To that end, here are three stocks favored by the Street’s top pros, according …

How Third Point and Saddle Point may help boost margins at Advance Auto Parts

An exterior view of the Advance Auto Parts store at the Sunbury Plaza. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Company: Advance Auto Parts (AAP) Business: Advance Auto Parts is an automotive aftermarket parts provider, serving professional installers and do-it-yourself customers. Its stores and branches offer a selection of brand names, original equipment manufacturers and …

Western boot sales on the rise since ‘Cowboy Carter’

Beyoncé leaves the Luar fashion show at 154 Scott in Brooklyn during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 13, 2024. James Devaney | GC Images | Getty Images Western boots have a new protector in Beyoncé. The country fashion staple’s sales surged more than 20% in the week after the music superstar released her “Cowboy …

Top Wall Street analysts like these 3 dividend stocks for passive income

When markets get rocky, dividend-paying stocks can give investors’ portfolios the cushioning they need to ride out volatile times. Finding the right dividend payers can be difficult, though. Investors can turn to the expertise of Wall Street analysts who can identify stocks with long-term growth potential and the ability to generate the solid cash flows …

Sachem Head’s Andy Stafman joins Twilio’s board. Here’s how he may help grow margins

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Company: Twilio (TWLO) Business: Twilio is a software and communications solutions company. It operates a cloud communications platform that enables developers to build, scale and handle customer engagement within software applications. Stock Market Value: $10.94B ($60.08 per share) Activist: Sachem Head Capital Management Percentage Ownership: 1.81% Average Cost: n/a …

Singapore, Denmark, U.S. are the best places to do business: EIU

Singapore topped the list on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s business environment ranking. franckreporter | E+ | Getty Images Singapore, Denmark and U.S. are the best places in the world to conduct business, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit business environment ranking. “Singapore will remain the best geography in the world to do business, as it …

Top Wall Street analysts pick these 3 stocks for attractive returns

The U.S. stock market witnessed a strong run in the first quarter of 2024, but uncertainty looms as investors await interest rate cuts and anticipate the upcoming U.S. elections. Wall Street analysts are ignoring the short-term noise and remain focused on companies that have strong fundamentals and can generate attractive returns in the long run. …

Tori Dunlap is spurring women to maximize savings and invest in stocks

As Tiffany Mane read a personal finance book during her train ride to work, a woman sitting near her acknowledged that she, too, knew of the author. Shortly after, several bystanders began inquiring into its contents. Mane was reading “Financial Feminist” by Tori Dunlap. The late 2022 release is one piece of Her First $100K, …

New firm aims to bring AI-powered trade ideas to individual investors

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on March 13, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters A new company will try to crack the code of integrating artificial intelligence and investing, and it will be mostly focused on helping individual traders make buy and sell decisions. The firm, called iFi AI, launches …

BlackRock’s Larry Fink sees Social Security crisis, says 65 retirement age ‘a bit crazy’

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Taylor Hill | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images BlackRock Chairman Larry Fink said capital markets can help solve a crisis brewing around the ability of Americans to afford retirement as lifespans elongate, and that the government can provide a basic safety net. In his annual letter to shareholders of the …