Top 5 Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now

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Back in my early 20s, when I was broke and in student-loan and credit-card debt, I started to be able to save a little money. Practically microscopic amounts �� but it was something.

I was so terrified of losing even those few dollars that I thought I needed to make them as safe as possible. So instead of putting them into vehicles that might actually make me some money, I put my funds into a savings account �� not even a high-yield savings account �� and once I started to save slightly more, into the ��safest�� mutual fund I could find, an intermediate bond fund.

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now: America's Car-Mart Inc.(CRMT)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [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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• [By Dan Caplinger]

  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.

• [By Garrett Baldwin]

  Markets have been under pressure once again by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Inflation levels are going through the roof… but the people in charge of managing it have been lying to Americans for years. Now, it's time to get even.�Money Morning�Liquidity Specialist Lee Adler has the perfect way to make a lot of money when no one is looking.�Read it here.

  The Top Stock Market Stories for Monday Markets are cheering news that the supposed trade war between the United States and China is "on hold," according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Mnuchin and U.S. President Donald Trump's top economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, announced that both nations have reached an agreement, one that established a framework to help address ongoing trade imbalances between the two countries. The prices of crude oil is in focus after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro won reelection over the weekend. The election featured a very low turnout and a very large outcry that the vote was rigged. Maduro has a 75% disapproval rating and has been the face of the OPEC member's widespread mismanagement and economic collapse. Prior to the election, a member of the Trump administration said that the United States would not recognize the authenticity of the election. The United States is considering additional sanctions on Venezuela. Today is a major day for mergers and acquisition activity. Today, Blackstone Group LP�(NYSE: BX) announced plans to purchase U.S. hotel operator LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO) for a whopping $3.7 billion. The deal comes at a time that the travel industry is experiencing one of the best periods in a decade. If you're looking for a way to make money ahead of Memorial Day weekend, we show you how here. Four Stocks to Watch Today: GOOGL, GE, MBFI, FITB Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL) is under pressure this morning after a harsh piece aired last night on "60 Minutes." The segment discussed the organization's power and influence. It also featured inter

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Watch Right Now: Tesla Motors, Inc.(TSLA)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Daniel Sparks]

  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.�

• [By Garrett Baldwin]

  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)

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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]

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  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]

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  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.

Enbridge (ENB) Price Target Cut to C$57.00

Enbridge (TSE:ENB) (NYSE:ENB) had its price target cut by CIBC from C$60.00 to C$57.00 in a report issued on Tuesday.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on ENB. GMP Securities set a C$56.00 price target on Enbridge in a report on Friday, May 11th. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price target on Enbridge from C$59.00 to C$54.00 and set an outperform rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 11th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price target on Enbridge from C$63.00 to C$61.00 in a report on Friday, March 16th. Mizuho reissued a neutral rating and issued a C$45.00 price target on shares of Enbridge in a report on Thursday, March 29th. Finally, Scotiabank decreased their price target on Enbridge from C$59.00 to C$57.00 and set an outperform rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. The stock has an average rating of Buy and a consensus price target of C$54.50.

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Shares of Enbridge opened at C$40.49 on Tuesday, MarketBeat reports. Enbridge has a 12-month low of C$37.36 and a 12-month high of C$54.05.

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 15th will be given a $0.671 dividend. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 14th.

In other news, insider Bradley Francis Shamla sold 1,610 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$42.75, for a total value of C$68,827.50. Also, insider Robert Ross Rooney acquired 6,100 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 15th. The stock was acquired at an average price of C$40.80 per share, with a total value of C$248,880.00. Over the last 90 days, insiders bought 7,100 shares of company stock valued at $290,630 and sold 3,119 shares valued at $126,193.

Enbridge Company Profile

Enbridge Inc operates as an energy infrastructure company in Canada and the United States. The company operates in five segments: Liquids Pipelines, Gas Transmission and Midstream, Gas Distribution, Green Power and Transmission, and Energy Services. The Liquids Pipelines segment operates common carrier and contract crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGL), and refined products pipelines and terminals.