eREAL 24 Hour Trading Volume Tops $0.00 (EREAL)

eREAL (CURRENCY:EREAL) traded flat against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 16:00 PM ET on July 22nd. One eREAL token can currently be purchased for approximately $0.0004 or 0.00000007 BTC on major exchanges including IDEX and EtherDelta (ForkDelta). eREAL has a total market cap of $0.00 and $0.00 worth of eREAL was traded on exchanges in the last day. Over the last week, eREAL has traded 45% higher against the dollar.

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Get eREAL alerts: XRP (XRP) traded 1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.46 or 0.00006130 BTC. Stellar (XLM) traded down 1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.29 or 0.00003852 BTC. IOTA (MIOTA) traded 2.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.99 or 0.00013205 BTC. Tether (USDT) traded down 0.2% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00013279 BTC. TRON (TRX) traded up 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0362 or 0.00000482 BTC. NEO (NEO) traded down 1.6% against the dollar and now trades at $34.09 or 0.00454160 BTC. Binance Coin (BNB) traded down 1.6% against the dollar and now trades at $12.19 or 0.00162420 BTC. VeChain (VET) traded 1.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.80 or 0.00024013 BTC. 0x (ZRX) traded 0.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.18 or 0.00015703 BTC. Zilliqa (ZIL) traded 0.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0739 or 0.00000984 BTC.

eREAL Token Profile

eREAL’s total supply is 207,000,000 tokens. eREAL’s official website is ereal.cash. eREAL’s official Twitter account is @eREAL_coin.

eREAL Token Trading

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Microsoft's Personal Computing Unit & Windows Are Still Driving Growth

Shares of Microsoft (MSFT ) surged to a new all-time high Friday following the tech giant’s strong fourth-quarter earnings results. Yet, while much of the talk surrounds the company’s growing cloud computing unit and Azure, Microsoft’s More Personal Computing division, which includes Windows, remains its largest revenue driver.

Microsoft has seen its stock price jump 44% during the last 12 months, before it popped over 2.6% Friday morning to touch a new high of $108.20 per share. The move comes after the firm posted adjusted quarterly earnings of $1.13 per share, which not only beat our Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.07 per share but marked a roughly 15% climb from the $0.98 per share MSFT posted in the year-ago quarter.

At the top end of the income statement, Microsoft’s revenues climbed by 17% to $30.09 billion, which also topped our $29.21 billion estimate. The company and investors continue to point to its cloud computing business as reason to celebrate.

It is true that Microsoft’s cloud computing segment that competes against Amazon (AMZN ) , Oracle (ORCL ) , and Google (GOOGL ) is hugely important. “Our early investments in the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge are paying off, and we will continue to expand our reach in large and growing markets with differentiated innovation,” CEO Satya Nadella said in a company statement. But Microsoft’s More Personal Computing unit continues to play a vital role for the company.

Microsoft’s More Personal Computing unit saw its revenues surge by 17% to hit $10.8 billion, coming in above our exclusive non-financial metrics consensus estimate of $10.44 billion. Investors should note that Personal Computing revenues topped both Intelligent Cloud at $9.6 billion and Productivity and Business Processes at $9.7 billion.

The firm’ historic Windows business remains a huge revenue driver. Window’s OEM revenues popped by 7%, while Windows commercial products and cloud services saw their total revenues climb by 23%. Meanwhile, its widely popular gaming segment, which includes Xbox, soared 39%—with strong third-party title strength.

Moving on, Microsoft’s Surface tablet and laptop division saw its total sales climb by 25%. The company noted that the big year-over-year jump was based on slow year-ago sales. Lastly, its search advertising revenues, excluding traffic acquisition costs, jumped 17%.

For the full fiscal year 2018, Microsoft’s More Personal Computing business revenues hit $42.28 billion. This marked a roughly 7.5% climb from the $39.29 billion Microsoft posted last year and accounted for just over 38% of total company revenues—far more than Intelligent Cloud’s 29%.

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3 ETFs to Keep You Invested After Retirement

Investing in retirement is vastly different from investing during your primary working years. You need to switch from a focus on growing your capital to a focus on protecting your capital and living off of it. That means generating income becomes an increasingly important part of the mix -- but only if it doesn't require material increases in risk. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NYSEMKT:BND), Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEMKT:VPU), and SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (NYSEMKT:SDY) are three exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, that will help you invest the right way after you retire.

1. The entire U.S. bond market in one purchase

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF is not an exciting investment. But that's the point: Bonds are meant to provide stability for your broader portfolio. As you enter your retirement years, bonds should become a more important part of your asset mix.

If it's time to live off of your nest egg, then conservative ETFs should be a core option for you. Image source: Getty Images

You can try to cherry-pick the "best" bond ETFs, but having a core fund that represents the entire U.S. bond market will provide a foundation on which you can layer potentially higher risk investment options. To put a number on just how boring the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF is, its standard deviation over the past decade was just 3.4. Standard deviation is a measure of volatility, with higher numbers suggesting more volatility. For reference, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT:SPY) has a standard deviation of around 14.6 over that same time period.

The ETF's trailing yield is relatively modest at around 2.6%, but that still surpasses the yield of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, which is around 1.8%. And it's important to keep in mind that the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF is meant to be a foundational investment. As an index fund, it tracks the U.S. bond market, so performance will be, by definition, average. The relative stability and low cost (its expense ratio is a tiny 0.05%) of this ETF, however, allow you to branch off into riskier assets.

For example, this relatively boring Vanguard bond ETF might make owning a little of a high-yield ETF like the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEMKT:SJNK) easier to handle. SJNK's biggest attraction is its trailing yield of around 5.4%, but that comes with a standard deviation that's nearly 50% higher than that of the Vanguard ETF over the past five years. (It's also relatively costly, with an expense ratio of 0.40%.) While I'm not suggesting you buy SJNK, owning a low-cost foundational bond ETF like Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF provides you the leeway to do so if you want to because of the diversification and stability it provides.

2. Add some energy to the mix

Although you should have a broad-based stock ETF like the SPDR S&P 500 ETF as a core holding, one Vanguard stock ETF you might want to consider for your retirement portfolio is the Vanguard Utilities ETF. The fund is designed to broadly track the performance of the U.S. utility sector, including electric, gas, and water utilities.

The ETF has a very low expense ratio of 0.10%, and a trailing yield of around 3.2%, 1.4 percentage points higher than the S&P 500 Index tracker noted above. That yield advantage is significant given that the fund's standard deviation of 13.7 over that past 10 years is slightly lower than the SPDR S&P 500 ETF's 14.6 standard deviation. Vanguard Utility's performance hasn't kept up with the S&P over the long haul, which makes sense given its investment focus, but the yield advantage is huge if you are looking for current income.

Key Cost, Yield, and Volatility Stats

ETF Name	Expense Ratio	Yield	10-Year Standard Deviation
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF	0.05%	2.6%	3.4
Vanguard Utilities ETF	0.10%	3.2%	13.7
SPDR S&P Dividend ETF	0.35%	2.4%	14.1
SPDR S&P 500 ETF	0.09%	1.82%	14.6

Data source: Morningstar

Basically, owning a little bit of this ETF can help to kick up the income you generate from the stock side of your portfolio without increasing the overall volatility of your portfolio. It shouldn't be your only stock holding, but it can provide a nice, relatively high-yielding complement to a more broadly diversified ETF portfolio.

3. A focus on dividends

Assuming that you have a core stock ETF holding, you might also want to think about adding the SPDR S&P Dividend ETF. This fund tracks companies that have increased their dividends for at least 20 consecutive years. It then weights the holdings by yield, putting more assets into the highest yielding names. Effectively, it is using dividend history to screen for the companies that have proven they can continue to increase dividends in good markets and bad. Then it gives the most weight to stocks that are most likely to be out of favor (as indicated by a relatively high yield).

SPDR S&P 500 Dividend ETF's trailing yield is roughly 2.4%, 60 basis points higher than the broader SPDR S&P 500 ETF, and its standard deviation is roughly similar to that of the S&P 500 index. Like the utility ETF above, you can get a little more yield without a material increase in volatility.

And while this fund has underperformed the S&P 500 over the trailing five-year period, it outperformed by roughly two percentage points over the trailing 10-year period. Over the long-term, you shouldn't have to worry about giving up too much on the performance side of the equation here; the more material drawback is that the fund's 0.35% expense ratio is a little high. However, for the added yield it might be worth the expense for conservative, income-seeking investors.

Core and explore

If you are building a retirement portfolio, Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF is a great core investment around which to layer higher-yielding and more volatile investments. It is boring, but that's really the fund's most attractive attribute. And since bonds are really meant to provide stability, this is the type of fund you should make sure you start with as you build a retirement portfolio that will keep you in the market through thick and thin.

After that, consider branching out. While a core stock holding is also a good idea (like an S&P 500 Index ETF), with a solid bond foundation you can afford to get a little more creative on the stock and bond sides of your portfolio. Two good options on the stock side are the Vanguard Utility ETF and SPDR S&P Dividend ETF, which both allow you to increase yield over an S&P 500 Index ETF while not materially altering the overall volatility of your portfolio -- which will make it easier to stick around when markets hit a rough patch. If you are building your portfolio today, this trio of ETFs should be on your short list.

SeaChange International (SEAC) Receives $4.17 Average Price Target from Brokerages

SeaChange International (NASDAQ:SEAC) has been given an average recommendation of “Buy” by the six ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $4.17.

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on SEAC shares. BWS Financial reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of SeaChange International in a research report on Tuesday, April 17th. TheStreet upgraded shares of SeaChange International from a “d” rating to a “c-” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 7th. Finally, ValuEngine upgraded shares of SeaChange International from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 2nd.

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Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of SeaChange International by 18.1% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,129,476 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $5,771,000 after purchasing an additional 326,752 shares during the period. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SeaChange International by 7.8% in the first quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC now owns 1,840,967 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,989,000 after buying an additional 132,993 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SeaChange International by 41.8% in the fourth quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,584,224 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $6,226,000 after buying an additional 466,900 shares in the last quarter. PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of SeaChange International by 88.0% in the first quarter. PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. now owns 1,437,584 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,572,000 after buying an additional 672,791 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Algert Global LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SeaChange International by 34.5% in the first quarter. Algert Global LLC now owns 1,043,648 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $2,828,000 after buying an additional 267,917 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.88% of the company’s stock.

SeaChange International traded down $0.02, hitting $3.30, during trading hours on Monday, according to Marketbeat.com. 34,300 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 195,170. The firm has a market capitalization of $118.26 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.15 and a beta of 0.62. SeaChange International has a 52 week low of $2.40 and a 52 week high of $4.03.

SeaChange International (NASDAQ:SEAC) last announced its earnings results on Monday, April 16th. The software maker reported $0.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $22.95 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.87 million. SeaChange International had a net margin of 17.06% and a negative return on equity of 0.37%. analysts predict that SeaChange International will post 0.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About SeaChange International

SeaChange International, Inc provides multiscreen video, advertising, and premium over the top (OTT) video products and services that facilitate the aggregation, licensing, management, and distribution of video and television advertising content to cable system operators, satellite operators, and telecommunications and media companies worldwide.

7 Fascinating Facts About the Broad-Based S&P 500

In terms of history and novelty, no stock index takes precedence over the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI). The Dow is the second-oldest stock index in the U.S., trailing only the Dow Transportation Index, and it recently celebrated its 122nd birthday.

But for as revered as the Dow is, it's also a pretty useless index with regard to tracking the health of the U.S. stock market. It has just 30 components, meaning some industries have little or no representation, and more importantly, it's a price-weighted index. This means that share price, not market cap, determines how much influence a component has within the index. Thusly, Boeing and its nearly $335 share price has close to 10 times the influence of drugmaker Pfizer, which has a share price of around $37 (yet, incidentally, a larger market cap than Boeing by about $20 billion).

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Intriguing facts about America's truest stock benchmark, the S&P 500

If we want a truly encompassing benchmark to track the health of the U.S. stock market and economy, then the broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC), with its representative 500 companies from a variety of industries and sectors, is our best choice.

Like the Dow, the S&P 500 is rich in history, as well as interesting facts. Here are, in no particular order, seven fascinating facts you may not have known about the S&P 500.

1. Originally, it didn't contain 500 companies

A little more than 61 years ago, on March 4, 1957, the S&P 500 we know today took shape. Back then, as it is today, the Index was comprised of 500 companies. But the S&P 500 hasn't always tracked 500 companies. When it was first introduced in 1923, it was simply known as the "Composite Index" and tracked the performance of a relatively small number of companies. This was expanded in 1926 to include 90 stocks, which was the number it stuck with until its expansion to 500 companies in March of 1957.�

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2. There's been a lot of turnover, yet many familiar faces remain

As you might have rightly imagined, there's been quite a lot of turnover in the S&P 500 since March 1957. An S&P Dow Jones Indeces committee is responsible for reviewing and replacing companies in the S&P 500 on a regular basis to ensure the Index reflects the dynamic nature of the U.S. economy as closely as possible.

According to a Bloomberg report from March 2007, 50 years after the modern-day S&P 500 came into existence, there were 86 original members still remaining.�Though this figure has likely fallen over the past 11 years thanks to mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, and removal decisions from the committee, there are still dozens of companies that've been a part of the S&P 500 for more than 61 years and counting. Examples include Coca-Cola, Merck, Pfizer, PepsiCo., and Kroger, to name a few.�

3. Technically, there are more than 500 stocks included in the S&P 500 right now

Here's a weird fact to share with your friends at parties: Technically, the S&P 500 tracks more than 500 stocks. Though the index is limited to 500 companies, some companies have issued more than one class of stock, meaning the index tracks two or more of these classes. As of July 2018, the S&P 500 actually tracked 505 stocks.

As an example, in 2014, Google, which is now known as Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL), issued a new class of stock. The pre-existing Class C shares (GOOG) have no voting rights, while the 2014-issued Class A shares (GOOGL) have one vote per share. Because Alphabet is such a mammoth of a company, its inclusion in the S&P 500 makes sense...but only if both classes of its stock are tracked by the S&P 500.�

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4. There are stringent criteria for inclusion in the Index

Though the committee has the ultimate say on what companies are included and removed from the S&P 500, there are some pretty clear guidelines for inclusion. The selection criteria include:

A market capitalization in excess of $6.1 billion. Annual dollar value traded to float-adjusted market cap is greater than 1.0. Minimum monthly trading volume of 250,000 shares in each of the six months leading up to committee review. Must be a publicly listed company on a major U.S. exchange (no over-the-counter (OTC) stocks). Certain securities are ineligible, such as limited partnership, master-limited partnerships, OTC stocks, preferred stock, royalty trusts, and exchange-traded 5. Its 10 largest components comprise more than 21% of the Index

Even though the S&P 500 doesn't fall victim to the uselessness of price-weighting, it's still heavily influenced by a relatively small number of components. As of July 5, 2018, the largest 10 components accounted for more than 21% of the S&P 500's weighting:

Apple: 3.924345% Microsoft: 3.300070% Amazon.com: 2.947227% Facebook: 2.049400% Berkshire Hathaway Class B: 1.553777% JPMorgan Chase: 1.520523% ExxonMobil: 1.500398% Alphabet Class C: 1.469428% Alphabet Class A: 1.467526% Johnson & Johnson: 1.443485%

In other words, like the Nasdaq, technology plays a key role in influencing the Index.

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6. The S&P 500 has undergone three dozen corrections since 1950

While we often think of the stock market as a wealth creator, it's worth noting that downtrends and corrections -- defined as at least a 10% move lower from a recent high -- actually happen quite often.

According to data from stock market analytics company Yardeni Research, the S&P 500 has undergone 36 corrections since the beginning of 1950, or about one every two years. Though bear markets are less common -- just three in the past 36 years -- downside in the stock market is inevitable.

Yet, interestingly enough, 22 of these 36 corrections have found their bottom within 104 days or less. Only on seven occasions since 1950 has a correction lasted longer than 288 days, and it's only happened twice since 1982 (the dot-com bubble and the Great Recession). In other words, corrections, while common in the S&P 500, tend to be short-lived.�

7. It's a model of long-term consistency

Last but not least, let's look at the other side of the equation: the S&P 500's long-term consistency.

Despite being prone to corrections every so often, at no point would an investment in the S&P 500 for a period of 20 years have produced a loss. What's more, with the exception of the correction that occurred earlier this year, all previous 35 corrections since 1950 have been completely erased by bull market rallies.

In short, the broad-based S&P 500 has demonstrated that patience pays off over the long run.

Analysts Anticipate Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc (FENC) to Announce ($0.10) EPS

Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:FENC) has received an average broker rating score of 1.00 (Strong Buy) from the two brokers that provide coverage for the company, Zacks Investment Research reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a strong buy rating.

Analysts have set a 1 year consensus price target of $17.50 for the company and are expecting that the company will post ($0.10) earnings per share for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Zacks has also assigned Fennec Pharmaceuticals an industry rank of 162 out of 255 based on the ratings given to related companies.

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Several research firms recently issued reports on FENC. HC Wainwright reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $18.00 price target on shares of Fennec Pharmaceuticals in a research report on Wednesday, June 20th. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Fennec Pharmaceuticals from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 30th. ValuEngine raised shares of Fennec Pharmaceuticals from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 17th. Finally, Wedbush began coverage on shares of Fennec Pharmaceuticals in a research report on Monday, March 12th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $17.00 price target for the company.

Fennec Pharmaceuticals traded down $0.48, hitting $10.35, during mid-day trading on Friday, MarketBeat reports. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 134,706 shares, compared to its average volume of 78,135. Fennec Pharmaceuticals has a fifty-two week low of $7.55 and a fifty-two week high of $14.99. The firm has a market capitalization of $195.82 million, a PE ratio of -22.89 and a beta of -0.24.

Fennec Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:FENC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.09) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.03. equities research analysts expect that Fennec Pharmaceuticals will post -0.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Fennec Pharmaceuticals stock. Opaleye Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:FENC) by 3.1% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 873,000 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 26,100 shares during the quarter. Fennec Pharmaceuticals makes up about 3.0% of Opaleye Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Opaleye Management Inc. owned 4.72% of Fennec Pharmaceuticals worth $10,559,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. 41.05% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Fennec Pharmaceuticals

Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc, a biopharmaceutical company, develops product candidates for use in the treatment of cancer in the United States. Its lead product candidate is the Sodium Thiosulfate, which has completed the Phase III clinical trial for the prevention of cisplatin induced hearing loss or ototoxicity in children.

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Comparing Xplore Technologies (XPLR) & Echelon (ELON)

Xplore Technologies (NASDAQ: XPLR) and Echelon (NASDAQ:ELON) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

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This table compares Xplore Technologies and Echelon’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xplore Technologies	0.54%	3.73%	1.96%
Echelon	-15.15%	-21.24%	-15.49%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Xplore Technologies and Echelon’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xplore Technologies	$77.93 million	0.57	-$2.55 million	($0.23)	-17.61
Echelon	$31.67 million	1.19	-$4.62 million	($1.04)	-8.01

Xplore Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Echelon. Xplore Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Echelon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Xplore Technologies has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Echelon has a beta of -0.89, indicating that its stock price is 189% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

24.1% of Xplore Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.9% of Echelon shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Xplore Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Echelon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Xplore Technologies and Echelon, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xplore Technologies	0	0	2	0	3.00
Echelon	0	0	0	0	N/A

Xplore Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $4.93, suggesting a potential upside of 21.60%. Given Xplore Technologies’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Xplore Technologies is more favorable than Echelon.

Summary

Xplore Technologies beats Echelon on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Xplore Technologies

Xplore Technologies Corp. develops, integrates, and markets rugged mobile personal computer systems in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company's products enable the extension of traditional computing systems to a range of field personnel, including energy pipeline inspectors, public safety personnel, warehouse workers, and pharmaceutical scientists. It offers a line of iX104 tablet PCs that are designed to operate in various work environments, such as extreme temperatures, constant vibrations, rain, and blowing dirt and dusty conditions; and are fitted with a range of performance matched accessories comprising multiple docking station solutions, wireless connectivity alternatives, global positioning system modules, and biometric and smartcard modules, as well as traditional peripherals, such as keyboards, mice, and cases. The company's products also consist of XSlate B10 and XSlate D10 rugged tablets; XSLATE R12 and Motion F5m/C5m tablets; and Bobcat, a rugged tablet that has a Windows operating system. It serves public safety, utility, telecommunications, field service, warehousing logistics, transportation, oil and gas production, manufacturing, route delivery, military, and homeland security markets. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About Echelon

Echelon Corporation develops, markets, and sells embedded components, modules, edge servers, and software. The company offers chips, gateways, and design and management software to original equipment manufacturers under the LONWORKS and IzoT brands. It also provides a range of control networking solutions under the LumInsight and Lumewave by Echelon brands that consist of wired and wireless control nodes; smart gateways for interconnecting the control nodes; and a software-based Central Management System, which is used for startup, commissioning, management, and monitoring of the lighting network. The company markets its products in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific/Japan through direct sales organization, third-party electronics representatives, value-added resellers, and distributors. Echelon Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

U.S. oil prices rally to highest level since 2014 as crude supplies notch biggest weekly drop of the

Oil prices rallied Wednesday, with the U.S. benchmark heading toward its highest since 2014 as domestic crude supplies notched their biggest weekly drop of the year so far.

Traders also showed concerns over U.S. threats to sanction countries that don��t stop importing oil from Iran by Nov. 4.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, August West Texas Intermediate crude CLQ8, +3.40% �tacked on $2.03, or 2.9%, to $72.56 a barrel. It��s set to top the $72.35 finish from May 21, which was the highest since November 2014. August Brent crude LCOQ8, +2.31% the global benchmark, was up $1.65, or 2.2%, to $77.96 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe, aiming for the highest finish since May.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday that crude supplies declined by 9.9 million barrels for the week ended June 22��the largest weekly decline so far this year. Analysts surveyed by S&P Global Platts had forecast a fall of 2.3 million barrels, while the American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday reported a drop of 9.2 million barrels.

��Record crude exports and record refinery runs have combined to yield the biggest draw to crude stocks so far this year,�� said Matt Smith, director of commodity research at ClipperData. ��Even crude production holding at a record level has been unable to offset strong domestic and international demand.�� The EIA pegged last week��s total domestic crude output at 10.9 million barrels a day, unchanged from the previous week.

Gasoline stockpiles rose by 1.2 million barrels for the week, while distillate stockpiles were unchanged for the week, according to the EIA. The S&P Global Platts survey forecast supply increases of 160,000 barrels for gasoline, and 500,000 barrels for distillate stocks.

On Nymex Wednesday, July gasoline RBN8, +2.93% �was up 2.8% at $2.133 a gallon and July heating oil RBN8, +2.93% �traded at $2.180 a gallon, up 2.4%.

July natural gas NGN18, +1.63% �rose 1.8% to $2.992 per million British thermal units, ahead of the contract��s expiration at the end of the trading session.

The oil-price gains came after Brent and WTI closed up Tuesday by more than 2% and nearly 4%, respectively, following threats by the U.S. to sanction countries that don��t cut their imports of Iranian crude to ��zero�� by Nov. 4.

Tuesday��s announcement by the U.S. State Department ��may well have been designed to ramp up the pressure on the Iranian regime, but it is also likely to exert further upward pressure on U.S. prices,�� said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK.

Buyers of Iranian crude had expected the U.S. would allow them a bigger window for winding down their purchases.

President Donald Trump last month pulled the U.S. out of a 2015 international agreement to curb Iran��s nuclear program, setting the stage for the reimposition of economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic that were already expected to hinder its oil exports.

Iran currently exports around 2.4 million barrels a day of crude. Analysts had estimated that anywhere between 400,000 to a 1 million barrels could be at risk once sanctions are fully reinstated in six months.

A ��total stop [of Iranian exports] is unlikely to happen but the more aggressive tone [from the U.S.] suggests there may be a much bigger reduction in Iranian flows than the market has so far priced in,�� analysts at consultancy JBC Energy wrote in a note Wednesday.

The comments out of the U.S. on Tuesday came as Saudi Arabia �� the world��s largest exporter of crude �� said it would raise its own production from 10.8 million barrels a day this month to 11 million barrels a day in July. The move was meant to help ��counter the impact�� of sanctions on Iran, according to Tamas Varga, an analyst at brokerage PVM Oil Associates Ltd.

This past weekend, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia agreed to begin ramping up production next month by up to 1 million barrels a day, after more than a year of holding back output. The decision comes amid steadily rising oil prices, geopolitical risks to supply �� including in Iran �� and shrinking global inventories.

OPEC and 10 members outside the oil-cartel, including Russia, implemented a pact to cut crude output by around 1.8 million barrels a day, or roughly 2% of global supply, at the beginning of 2017 as part of an effort to rein in a supply glut.

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Safestyle UK (LON:SFE) had its price target hoisted by Liberum Capital from GBX 50 ($0.67) to GBX 60 ($0.81) in a research report released on Tuesday. Liberum Capital currently has a hold rating on the stock.

SFE stock opened at GBX 60.65 ($0.81) on Tuesday. Safestyle UK has a twelve month low of GBX 91.71 ($1.23) and a twelve month high of GBX 325 ($4.36).

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The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, July 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 14th will be issued a dividend of GBX 7.50 ($0.10) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 14th. This represents a yield of 8.72%. This is a boost from Safestyle UK’s previous dividend of $3.75.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Buy Right Now: Murphy Oil Corporation(MUR)

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• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) has earned an average rating of “Hold” from the twelve analysts that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have issued a hold recommendation, two have assigned a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $31.56.

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  Right now, it's time for that yearly review of the ones he picked to honor the month, and also the briefly famous pregnant giraffe: five companies, and the first letters of their tickers spelled out A-P-R-I-L. They were Axon Enterprise�(NASDAQ:AAXN), Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacific�(NYSE:PAC), ResMed�(NYSE:RMD), Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG), and Live Nation�(NYSE:LYV).

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  Shares of Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) closed 12.5% higher on Friday, following the release of strong first-quarter results. Earlier in the day, share prices jumped as much as 14.9% higher.

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  Stock No. 5: That leads us to our "L" stock, and L is Live Nation (NYSE:LYV). This is the company that was formed by a merger of Live Nation, the concert venue and rock-star-promoting business that it is. So many musicians, today, of course, make most of their money on tours, since the sale of CDs, you might have noticed, has dropped off a cliff in recent years. Live Nation, then, bought a merger with Ticketmaster, so this is the company that sells you the tickets to come into its venues to watch the entertainment that it's promoting. It's a tremendously powerful model.

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  Cancer Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CGIX) is expected to report quarterly loss at $0.13 per share on revenue of $8.20 million.

  Sypris Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYPR) is projected to report quarterly loss at $0.07 per share on revenue of $20.35 million.

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  OpGen (NASDAQ: OPGN) and Cancer Genetics (NASDAQ:CGIX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Cancer Genetics Inc (NASDAQ:CGIX) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 565,972 shares, a drop of 38.5% from the May 15th total of 919,865 shares. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 207,962 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days.

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  News coverage about CVD Equipment (NASDAQ:CVV) has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. CVD Equipment earned a news impact score of 0.07 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news headlines about the industrial products company an impact score of 47.2607770405573 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the near term.

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  Tata Motors (NYSE:TTM) shares reached a new 52-week high and low during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $22.73 and last traded at $22.79, with a volume of 102407 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $22.92.

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  Tata Motors Ltd. (NYSE: TTM) fell by about 2% Monday to post a new 52-week low of $23.82 after closing at $24.30 on Friday. The 52-week high is $37.62. Volume of about 3.6 million was more more than double the daily average of about 1.5 million. The company had no specific news.

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  A number of research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Maxim Group set a $5.00 price target on shares of Applied DNA Sciences and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 6th. ValuEngine raised shares of Applied DNA Sciences from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, February 2nd.

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  Ascent Capital Group (NASDAQ: ASCMA) and Applied DNA Sciences (NASDAQ:APDN) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

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  Engineers Gate Manager LP boosted its stake in Archrock Inc (NYSE:AROC) by 241.6% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 95,336 shares of the energy company’s stock after purchasing an additional 67,426 shares during the period. Engineers Gate Manager LP’s holdings in Archrock were worth $834,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

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  After years of struggling with the precipitous decline in oil prices and an onerous debt load, management at Archrock (NYSE:AROC) decided to bite the bullet and buy out its subsidiary master limited partnership Archrock Partners. According to management, the deal would free up some cash and lower its cost of capital. The combination of these two things would make it easier to grow the business and take advantage of the monumental growth of natural gas production in the U.S.

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  Lombard Medical Technologies (OTCMKTS: EVARF) and SurModics (NASDAQ:SRDX) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.

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  Shares of SurModics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX) hit a new 52-week high and low during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $47.30 and last traded at $47.20, with a volume of 902 shares. The stock had previously closed at $46.50.

Cytokinetics (CYTK) Price Target Cut to $13.00

Cytokinetics (NASDAQ:CYTK) had its price target cut by investment analysts at Piper Jaffray Companies to $13.00 in a note issued to investors on Monday. The firm currently has an “overweight” rating on the biopharmaceutical company’s stock. Piper Jaffray Companies’ price objective would indicate a potential upside of 55.69% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other research analysts have also recently issued reports on CYTK. Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $11.00 target price on shares of Cytokinetics in a report on Tuesday, February 20th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of Cytokinetics from $17.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 21st. BidaskClub upgraded shares of Cytokinetics from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 6th. ValuEngine lowered shares of Cytokinetics from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 29th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald set a $10.00 price target on shares of Cytokinetics and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 24th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. Cytokinetics currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $15.56.

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Shares of Cytokinetics stock opened at $8.35 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 7.07 and a quick ratio of 7.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $536.56 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.22 and a beta of 1.17. Cytokinetics has a 52-week low of $6.75 and a 52-week high of $15.95.

Cytokinetics (NASDAQ:CYTK) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 26th. The biopharmaceutical company reported ($0.56) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.50) by ($0.06). The firm had revenue of $5.27 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.50 million. Cytokinetics had a negative return on equity of 99.50% and a negative net margin of 172.27%. research analysts predict that Cytokinetics will post -1.99 EPS for the current year.

In related news, EVP Fady Ibraham Malik sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.95, for a total transaction of $26,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 96,067 shares in the company, valued at $859,799.65. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Robert I. Blum sold 4,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.28, for a total transaction of $33,120.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 176,022 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,457,462.16. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 15,000 shares of company stock valued at $123,570 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 5.10% of the company’s stock.

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in Cytokinetics during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $112,000. Teacher Retirement System of Texas bought a new stake in Cytokinetics during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $113,000. DRW Securities LLC bought a new stake in Cytokinetics during the first quarter valued at approximately $101,000. Ellington Management Group LLC bought a new stake in Cytokinetics during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $128,000. Finally, Granite Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Cytokinetics during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $151,000. Institutional investors own 68.01% of the company’s stock.

About Cytokinetics

Cytokinetics, Incorporated, a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing muscle activators as potential treatments for debilitating diseases in which muscle performance is compromised and/or declining. It is developing small molecule drug candidates primarily engineered to increase muscle function and contractility.

Kingfisher Capital LLC Has $618,000 Stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA)

Kingfisher Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) by 25.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,369 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock after acquiring an additional 688 shares during the period. Kingfisher Capital LLC’s holdings in Alibaba Group were worth $618,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of BABA. Keybank National Association OH lifted its stake in Alibaba Group by 43.7% in the 4th quarter. Keybank National Association OH now owns 16,801 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $2,897,000 after buying an additional 5,109 shares in the last quarter. Global Financial Private Capital LLC lifted its stake in Alibaba Group by 46.7% in the 4th quarter. Global Financial Private Capital LLC now owns 3,284 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $566,000 after buying an additional 1,046 shares in the last quarter. MUFG Americas Holdings Corp purchased a new position in Alibaba Group in the 4th quarter valued at about $101,000. Ahrens Investment Partners LLC lifted its stake in Alibaba Group by 64.3% in the 4th quarter. Ahrens Investment Partners LLC now owns 4,517 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $779,000 after buying an additional 1,767 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GWM Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Alibaba Group by 22.8% in the 4th quarter. GWM Advisors LLC now owns 2,991 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $569,000 after buying an additional 555 shares in the last quarter. 37.91% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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Shares of BABA stock traded down $1.33 during trading on Monday, hitting $206.67. 312,993 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 16,003,160. The firm has a market cap of $532.72 billion, a PE ratio of 51.27, a PEG ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 2.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a quick ratio of 1.97 and a current ratio of 1.89. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has a 52-week low of $133.55 and a 52-week high of $211.70.

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 4th. The specialty retailer reported $0.54 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.65 by ($0.11). The firm had revenue of $9.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.36 billion. Alibaba Group had a net margin of 25.39% and a return on equity of 16.61%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.63 EPS. equities research analysts predict that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will post 5.36 EPS for the current fiscal year.

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on BABA. Wells Fargo & Co raised their price target on shares of Alibaba Group from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Susquehanna Bancshares raised their price target on shares of Alibaba Group from $220.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 7th. BNP Paribas began coverage on shares of Alibaba Group in a research note on Thursday. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. Raymond James reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price target (up from $250.00) on shares of Alibaba Group in a research note on Thursday, May 24th. Finally, MKM Partners raised their price target on shares of Alibaba Group from $260.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-one have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $224.75.

Alibaba Group Company Profile

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as an online and mobile commerce company in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Core Commerce, Cloud Computing, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others.

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• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Regional Health Properties, Inc. (NYSE: RHE) shares surged 56 percent to $0.3980. Precipio, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRPO) shares jumped 34 percent to $0.5632 after the nano-cap specialty diagnostics company said it saw an acceleration of sales in its Pathology services in April. The company now expects to see a sequential double digit quarterly sales growth. SenesTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNES) rose 16 percent to $1.45 after trading higher at one point Monday by nearly 300 percent. The nano-cap developer of pest control said the California state government approved the company's ContraPest for user in the state. America's Car-Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRMT) gained 13.3 percent to $61.975 after reporting upbeat Q4 results. Check-Cap Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHEK) shares gained 9.8 percent to $4.92 as the company announced the publication of CE Mark multicenter clinical study results on C-Scan® in Gut. Arcimoto, Inc. (NASDAQ: FUV) rose 8.3 percent to $3.41. Ferroglobe PLC (NYSE: GSM) gained 7 percent to $12.13 following stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings. Photronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAB) shares climbed 6.5 percent to $9.00 after the company reported upbeat Q2 results. Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) rose 6.2 percent to $58.94 after reporting a $10 billion buyback plan. Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ: BLNK) gained 6.2 percent to $7.53. Blink Charging disclosed that its vehicle charging network exceeds 125,000 members. The Container Store Group, Inc. (NYSE: TCS) gained 5.4 percent to $7.97. Container Store is expected to release quarterly earnings after the closing bell. Cyren Ltd (NASDAQ: CYRN) shares rose 5.4 percent to $2.95 after reporting Q1 results.

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  Tuesday was down day on Wall Street, with major benchmarks losing a quarter percent or more. Market participants spent a lot of time watching the geopolitical situation, where a planned meeting between leaders of North Korea and the U.S. ran into possible hurdles. Yet there wasn't a really big response in some of the financial markets, with oil staying close to the $72-per-barrel mark and 10-year Treasury yields remaining above 3%. Some individual companies had good news that sent their shares higher, however. Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO), and America's Car-Mart (NASDAQ:CRMT) were among the best performers on the day. Here's why they did so well.

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  Investors have been watching Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) profits and cash flow closely -- and for good reason: They're both negative. In the electric-car company's fourth quarter, Tesla lost $771 million. That's considerably more than its $219 million loss in the year-ago quarter. Meanwhile, Tesla's free cash flow was negative $277 million, compared with negative free cash flow of $970 million in the year-ago quarter.�

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  In addition to Home Depot, Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) fell more than 2.5% yesterday after Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) cut its price target from $376 to $291. The bank cited Tesla's pending reorganization as a major reason for the cut. It also noted that the firm is facing technical and fundamental hurdles. Here's more on why Tesla is struggling to make money.

• [By Garrett Baldwin]
  Yesterday, the Fed Open Market Committee announced it would not raise interest rates this session. The central bank committee, which is in charge of monetary policy, said that inflation is rising and that the U.S. economy is getting better. Markets are now looking forward to the next meeting on June 12 for the U.S. Federal Reserve to bump rates higher for the second time in 2018. Shares of Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) slumped more than 4.5% after Tesla CEO Elon Musk held an highly unusual earnings call. After announcing that his firm burned through $700 million in cash during the quarter of 2018, Musk refused to take any more questions on the company's fiscal health, dismissing analysts' questions as "boring." Musk instead spent the rest of the quarterly call taking questions from a YouTuber named Gali Russell who had lobbied Musk on Twitter to let him partake in the earnings call. This morning, the U.S. Labor Department reported initial jobless claims rose by 2,000, to 211,000. Analysts had projected 225,000 for the week. The tightening U.S. labor market has now seen the total number of Americans receiving benefits fall to the lowest level since 1973. America's unemployment rate is sitting at 4.1%, the lowest figure in 17 years. Tomorrow, the Labor Department will release the April jobs report. Four Stocks to Watch Today: GPRO, SPOT, CI GoPro Inc. (Nasdaq: GPRO) will lead another busy day of earnings reports on Wall Street. The firm will report earnings after the bell Thursday. Wall Street expects that the tech firm is about to report a loss of -$0.40 per share on top of $175.40 billion in revenue. Here's a way to make a lot of money in a short time during earnings season. Spotify Technology SA�(NYSE: SPOT) did not have a very good first earnings report. Shares plunged more than 8% after the firm's music-streaming forecasts fell well short of expectations. During its earnings report, signals indicated that the firm's growth could slow despite news that its
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  The announcement should give a major boost to the confidence of U.S. carmakers like Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA), General Motors Company (NYSE: GM), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (NYSE: FCAU) and Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) as full ownership will help them have complete control of their operations and allow no sharing of profits.

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  There's probably no better example of the disconnect between fundamentals and price action than Tesla Inc. (TSLA) .

  Since this electric-car stock entered the public markets back in 2010, bears have been making a strong case for overvaluation in shares of Tesla. And, in many ways, their arguments have been solid and well-reasoned. That's a big contributor to why Tesla is currently the most heavily shorted stock in the entire market right now.

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now: Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S.A.(CCU)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Beverage stocks have been a hit-or-miss proposition in the U.S., both for megabrewers and for smaller players in the craft beer, spirits, and soft drink industries. But there are plenty of opportunities internationally to invest in the companies that produce drinks. In Chile, Compania Cervecerias Unidas (NYSE:CCU) produces beer, wine, and soft drinks for several South American countries, and after having seen a slow period to finish 2017, CCU had hoped to find ways to bounce back to start the new year.

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now: Extra Space Storage Inc(EXR)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jon C. Ogg]

  Extra Space Storage Inc. (NYSE: EXR) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Merrill Lynch.

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  Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: GT) was reiterated as Buy with a $36 price target (versus a $25.16 close) at Argus. The firm noted that the recent sell-off offers an attractive entry point.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Extra Space Storage, Inc. (NYSE:EXR) hit a new 52-week high and low during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $93.95 and last traded at $93.32, with a volume of 318074 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $93.44.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  These are some of the news headlines that may have impacted Accern’s scoring:

  Get Extra Space Storage alerts: Extra Space Storage Inc.: Extra Space Storage Inc. Announces a 10.3% increase to Quarterly Common Dividend (twst.com) Extra Space Storage (EXR) Raises Quarterly Dividend 10.3% to $0.86; 3.6% Yield (streetinsider.com) Extra Space Storage declares $0.86 dividend (seekingalpha.com) Extra Space Storage (EXR) Director K Fred Skousen Sells 1,318 Shares (americanbankingnews.com)

  Extra Space Storage traded up $0.05, hitting $95.15, during trading on Friday, according to MarketBeat. 868,070 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 921,033. The firm has a market cap of $11.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.72, a PEG ratio of 4.00 and a beta of 0.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a current ratio of 0.50. Extra Space Storage has a one year low of $73.70 and a one year high of $96.18.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Lee Financial Co lifted its stake in Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) by 100.0% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 2,100 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,050 shares during the quarter. Lee Financial Co’s holdings in Extra Space Storage were worth $183,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now: Fluor Corporation(FLR)

Advisors' Opinion:

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  Fluor Corp (NYSE: FLR) is one of the largest firms in the industry and has used that size to go after the largest contracts. Fluor has the largest single support services contract to the U.S. military and is able to service many projects that its smaller competitors cannot handle.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

  Losers Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) fell 13.4 percent to $51.10 in pre-market trading after the company reported downbeat earnings for its first quarter and lowered its profit outlook for the year. Integrated Media Technology Limited (NASDAQ: IMTE) fell 9.8 percent to $28.97 in pre-market trading after surging 46.29 percent on Thursday. Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO) shares fell 8.2 percent to $8.81 in pre-market trading after the company reported Q1 results and disclosed that it is withdrawing its FY18 outlook for adjusted EBITDA, airborne cash capex, airborne equipment inventory purchases and free cash flow. Sharing Economy International Inc. (NASDAQ: SEII) shares fell 7.5 percent to $3.98 in pre-market trading after climbing 22.16 percent on Thursday. Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET) fell 7.4 percent to $248.00 in pre-market trading following first-quarter earnings. Web.com Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WEB) fell 6.7 percent to $18.00 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results. Varex Imaging Corporation (NASDAQ: VREX) fell 5.2 percent to $34 in pre-market trading after reporting Q2 results. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (NYSE: TKC) shares fell 5.2 percent to $7.60 in pre-market trading after dropping 3.02 percent on Thursday. AMN Healthcare Services, Inc (NYSE: AMN) shares fell 4.7 percent to $61.70 in pre-market trading following Q1 earnings. HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HSEA) fell 4.6 percent to $25.15 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results. Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) shares fell 4 percent to $16.66 in pre-market trading after dropping 2.86 percent on Thursday. Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ: MLCO) fell 4 percent to $30.65 in pre-market trading. Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) fell 4 percent to $15.76 in pre-market trading following Q1 results. HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HSBC) shares fell 3.5 percent to $48.10 in pre-market tr
• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Rhumbline Advisers reduced its position in shares of Fluor Co. (NYSE:FLR) by 0.5% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 239,151 shares of the construction company’s stock after selling 1,296 shares during the quarter. Rhumbline Advisers owned about 0.17% of Fluor worth $13,684,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

  Losers Check-Cap Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHEK) shares dipped 47.8 percent to $4.60. Check-Cap priced its upsized underwritten offering of public units at $5.50 per unit. VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ: VVPR) shares fell 41.5 percent to $2.57. Universal Electronics Inc. (NASDAQ: UEIC) dropped 35.1 percent to $29.50 after the company posted downbeat quarterly results. Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited (NASDAQ: CLWT) dropped 34.8 percent to $3.75 after climbing 155.56 percent on Thursday. Integrated Media Technology Limited (NASDAQ: IMTE) fell 25.2 percent to $24.01 after surging 46.29 percent on Thursday. Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) dropped 22.5 percent to $45.73 after the company reported downbeat earnings for its first quarter and lowered its profit outlook for the year. AMN Healthcare Services, Inc (NYSE: AMN) shares fell 19.6 percent to $52.075 following Q1 earnings. Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADVM) shares declined 18.1 percent to $5.20. Adverum Biotech disclosed that its CEO Amber Salzman is stepping down. Newater Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEWA) dropped 17.2 percent to $12.83. Basic Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: BAS) fell 17.2 percent to $13.65 following Q1 results. Xperi Corporation (NASDAQ: XPER) declined 15.8 percent to $19.40 after announcing Q1 results. Sharing Economy International Inc. (NASDAQ: SEII) shares fell 15.1 percent to $3.649 after climbing 22.16 percent on Thursday. Performant Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: PFMT) dropped 14.2 percent to $2.65. Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO) shares fell 13.2 percent to $8.32 after the company reported Q1 results and disclosed that it is withdrawing its FY18 outlook for adjusted EBITDA, airborne cash capex, airborne equipment inventory purchases and free cash flow. Technical Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: TCCO) dropped 12.2 percent to $5.05. Web.com Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WEB) fell 9.7 percent
• [By Chris Lange]

  The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Friday was Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR) which traded down about 22% at $45.75. The stock��s 52-week range is $37.04 to $62.09. Volume was 12 million compared to the daily average volume of 1.3 million.

Toronto Dominion Bank Purchases 19,159 Shares of Red Hat Inc (RHT)

Toronto Dominion Bank lifted its stake in shares of Red Hat Inc (NYSE:RHT) by 25.1% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 95,409 shares of the open-source software company’s stock after purchasing an additional 19,159 shares during the quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank owned 0.05% of Red Hat worth $14,261,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in RHT. Creative Planning increased its position in shares of Red Hat by 31.3% in the 4th quarter. Creative Planning now owns 8,205 shares of the open-source software company’s stock valued at $985,000 after acquiring an additional 1,954 shares during the period. Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Red Hat by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. now owns 680,404 shares of the open-source software company’s stock valued at $81,717,000 after buying an additional 11,248 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its position in shares of Red Hat by 14.9% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 29,092 shares of the open-source software company’s stock valued at $3,494,000 after buying an additional 3,768 shares during the last quarter. APG Asset Management N.V. raised its position in shares of Red Hat by 19.4% in the fourth quarter. APG Asset Management N.V. now owns 154,177 shares of the open-source software company’s stock valued at $15,420,000 after buying an additional 25,042 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. acquired a new position in shares of Red Hat in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $6,220,000. 95.52% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on RHT shares. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Red Hat from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $173.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 29th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on Red Hat to $160.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 21st. Deutsche Bank upped their price target on Red Hat from $150.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 27th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Red Hat from $130.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 27th. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on Red Hat from $145.00 to $165.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, March 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating, twenty-four have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. The stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $156.76.

In related news, CEO James M. Whitehurst sold 20,529 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $164.23, for a total value of $3,371,477.67. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO James M. Whitehurst sold 4,422 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.32, for a total transaction of $713,357.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 346,645 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $55,920,771.40. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 107,376 shares of company stock valued at $17,167,724 in the last three months. 0.66% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Red Hat opened at $165.10 on Monday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Red Hat Inc has a twelve month low of $86.26 and a twelve month high of $173.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.36. The company has a market cap of $29.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 71.78, a P/E/G ratio of 4.10 and a beta of 1.07.

Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 26th. The open-source software company reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $772.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $761.87 million. Red Hat had a return on equity of 29.36% and a net margin of 8.86%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.61 EPS. equities research analysts forecast that Red Hat Inc will post 2.52 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Red Hat

Red Hat, Inc provides open source software solutions to develop and offer operating system, virtualization, management, middleware, cloud, mobile, and storage technologies to various enterprises worldwide. It offers infrastructure-related solutions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, an operating system platform that runs on hardware for use in hybrid cloud environments; Red Hat Satellite, a system management offering that helps to deploy, scale, and manage in hybrid cloud environments; and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, a software solution that allows customers to utilize and manage a common hardware infrastructure to run multiple operating systems and applications.

Powell Sees Significantly Smaller Role for Fed Forward Guidance

The Federal Reserve’s days of pledging lower-for-longer rate policy may be drawing toward a close.

“Forward guidance was highly useful in the crisis,” Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday, speaking on a panel at the Riksbank’s 350th anniversary conference in Stockholm. “I think it will have a significantly smaller role going forward.”

Some Fed policy makers think forward-looking language in the central bank’s statement will soon be dated, based on the minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s March and May meetings. John Williams, who becomes president of the New York Fed on June 18, has talked about the fact that forward guidance might be "past its shelf life." Against that backdrop, Powell’s comments reinforce expectations that Fed communications may be headed for a change.

“When forward guidance came around, the whole point of getting the market signal is that there’s independent content in that signal,” Powell said. “If the market’s really signaling that it understands what it thinks we’re doing, then you’ve lost the content of the signal.”

Based on the minutes, two lines in the Federal Open Market Committee’s statement could get updated as rates rise toward more normal levels. One states that the “federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run” and the other says “the stance of monetary policy remains accommodative.”

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Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now

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Below is a quick look at S&P 500 sector performance so far in 2017. As shown, even after a pullback over the last week or so, Technology is still up double the S&P 500 with a gain of 34.2%. The next best sector is Financials with a gain of 19.1%, followed by Health Care (18.8%), Consumer Discretionary (18.5%), and Materials (18.4%). Telecom and Energy are both down 8%+ on the year.

Over the last two weeks, we've seen the year's biggest winners take a beating, while investors have shifted a bit into value stocks that had been underperforming. Below is a list of the biggest losers in the Russell 1000 over the last two weeks. All of these stocks are down 10%+ over the last 10 trading days, and as you can see, there are quite a few of them!

Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Vanguard Short-Term Government ETF(VGSH)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  News stories about Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund (NASDAQ:VGSH) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund earned a media sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave press coverage about the company an impact score of 47.214477788243 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the near future.

Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Noble Energy Inc.(NBL)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL) – Jefferies Group lifted their FY2018 earnings estimates for Noble Energy in a report issued on Thursday, May 3rd. Jefferies Group analyst M. Lear now forecasts that the oil and gas development company will earn $0.88 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $0.87. Jefferies Group currently has a “Buy” rating and a $40.00 target price on the stock. Jefferies Group also issued estimates for Noble Energy’s Q4 2018 earnings at $0.13 EPS, Q1 2019 earnings at $0.15 EPS, Q1 2020 earnings at $0.55 EPS and FY2020 earnings at $2.52 EPS.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Victory Capital Management Inc. trimmed its stake in Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL) by 0.2% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,009,700 shares of the oil and gas development company’s stock after selling 4,440 shares during the quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. owned approximately 0.41% of Noble Energy worth $60,894,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Church & Dwight Company, Inc.(CHD)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) was the target of some unusual options trading on Thursday. Traders bought 1,177 call options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 1,010% compared to the typical volume of 106 call options.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 13,509,412 shares, a growth of 25.9% from the April 13th total of 10,734,473 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,175,548 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.2 days. Approximately 5.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD) and Unilever (NYSE:UL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Chesapeake Utilities Corporation(CPK)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin] Companies Reporting Before The Bell Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE: BUD) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.89 per share on revenue of $13.06 billion. SINA Corporation (NASDAQ: SINA) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.42 per share on revenue of $433.32 million. Weibo Corporation (NASDAQ: WB) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.47 per share on revenue of $342.39 million. Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.57 per share on revenue of $1.55 billion. Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ: MYL) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.98 per share on revenue of $2.75 billion. Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $1.31 per share on revenue of $1.51 billion. ADT Inc. (NYSE: ADT) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.24 per share on revenue of $1.11 billion. Coty Inc. (NYSE: COTY) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.13 per share on revenue of $2.18 billion. Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: PNK) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.31 per share on revenue of $644.94 million. Conduent Incorporated (NYSE: CNDT) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.21 per share on revenue of $1.44 billion. Delphi Technologies PLC (NYSE: DLPH) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $1.16 per share on revenue of $1.25 billion. Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODP) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.08 per share on revenue of $2.72 billion. Global Partners LP (NYSE: GLP) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.13 per share on revenue of $2.33 billion. Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE: WWW) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.37 per share on revenue of $530.99 million. Performance Food Group Company (NYSE: PFGC) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.32 per share on revenue of $4.46 billion. Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is projected to report

Best Performing Stocks To Buy Right Now: Natural Gas(NG)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  JPMorgan Chase set a GBX 870 ($11.80) target price on National Grid (LON:NG) in a research note released on Monday. The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the stock.

• [By Money Morning Staff Reports]

  Canadian gold mining company NovaGold Resources Inc. (NYSE: NG) shows an even starker change in sentiment. In the last 12 months, the volume of short bets on the stock declined 79%, to 522,400.

• [By Money Morning News Team]

  Canadian gold mining company NovaGold Resources Inc. (NYSE: NG) shows an even starker change in sentiment. In the last six months, the volume of short bets on the stock declined 32.75%, from 19.05 million shares to 12.81 million.