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Business Insider
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Freedom Capital Markets Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on United Airlines Holdings (UAL)
Freedom Capital Markets analyst Sergey Glinyanov maintained a Buy rating on United Airlines Holdings yesterday and set a price target of $98.00. The company's shares closed yesterday at $92.25. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Make smarter investment decisions with TipRanks' Smart Investor Picks, delivered to your inbox every week. According to TipRanks, Glinyanov is ranked #6736 out of 9841 analysts. In addition to Freedom Capital Markets, United Airlines Holdings also received a Buy from Susquehanna's Christopher Stathoulopoulos in a report issued yesterday. However, on the same day, Raymond James reiterated a Hold rating on United Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ: UAL).
Business Insider
02-07-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Freedom Capital Markets Initiates a Buy Rating on Aviat Networks (AVNW)
Aviat Networks (AVNW – Research Report) received a Buy rating and a $34.00 price target from Freedom Capital Markets analyst Saken Ismailov today. The company's shares closed today at $24.83. Don't Miss TipRanks' Half-Year Sale Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Make smarter investment decisions with TipRanks' Smart Investor Picks, delivered to your inbox every week. The word on The Street in general, suggests a Strong Buy analyst consensus rating for Aviat Networks with a $30.00 average price target. The company has a one-year high of $31.74 and a one-year low of $12.96. Currently, Aviat Networks has an average volume of 100.9K.
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Bull Market Ahead for Financial ETFs?
In the current market, investors are turning bullish on the financial sector. The Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index has added 22.94% over the past year, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 Index, which has gained 11.39%. The likelihood of the Fed cutting interest rates, along with signs of regulatory easing, has shifted investor sentiment in favor of the financial sector. According to Jay Woods, chief global strategist at Freedom Capital Markets, as quoted on Axios, the Fed may be on track to ease interest rates sooner than what investors had expected, potentially lowering capital costs for banks. Additionally, easing regulatory pressure appears to support the forecast. Per Woods, a potential deal between Bank of New York Mellon and Northern Trust can be a significant bullish factor for the sector. According to Axios, technical indicators suggest that the financial sector is primed for a recovery, following the tech sector's lead. According to Yahoo Finance, in a major move signaling a broader deregulatory shift, U.S. regulators proposed one of the most significant rollbacks of bank capital rules since the 2008 financial crisis. The proposal targets the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio (eSLR), which requires the largest U.S. banks to hold additional capital, based solely on their size. Under the new plan, that requirement would be reduced by 1.4 percentage points, from the current eSLR of 5%, which the largest U.S. banks, such as JPMorgan Chase JPM, Goldman Sachs Group GS and Morgan Stanley MS, are supposed to maintain. The aim is to make it easier for these institutions to lend more freely and increase demand for U.S. Treasuries, with additional regulatory changes for major banks on the horizon. According to TD analyst Jaret Seiberg, as quoted on Yahoo Finance, the proposed change is expected to have a broadly positive impact on major U.S. lenders. Below, we highlight funds for investors to increase exposure to the U.S. financial sector. These funds have performed better than the SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY over the past year, which has gained 13.41% but have underperformed over the past month, when SPY has added 6.28%. Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund seeks to track the performance of the Financial Select Sector Index with a basket of 73 securities. The fund has amassed an asset base of $48.29 billion and charges an annual fee of 0.08%. XLF has Zacks ETF Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and has a dividend yield of 1.41%. The fund has a one-month average trading volume of about 35.98 million shares. Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund has gained 4.42% over the past month and 24.23% over the past year. Vanguard Financials ETF seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Financials 25/50 with a basket of 416 securities. The fund has amassed an asset base of $12.33 billion and charges an annual fee of 0.09%. VFH has Zacks ETF Rank #2 (Buy) and has a dividend yield of 1.74%. The fund has a one-month average trading volume of about 418,000 shares. Vanguard Financials ETF has gained 5.20% over the past month and 24.12% over the past year. iShares U.S. Financials ETF seeks to track the performance of the Russell 1000 Financials 40 Act 15/22.5 Daily Capped Index, with a basket of 136 securities. The fund has amassed an asset base of $3.52 billion and charges an annual fee of 0.39%. IYF has Zacks ETF Rank #2 and has a dividend yield of 1.32%. The fund has a one-month average trading volume of about 361,000 shares. iShares U.S. Financials ETF has gained 5.05% over the past month and 23.72% over the past year. Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF seeks to track the performance of the MSCI USA IMI Financials 25/50 Index, with a basket of 403 securities. The fund has amassed an asset base of $2.23 billion and charges an annual fee of 0.08%. FNCL has a Zacks ETF Rank #2 and a dividend yield of 1.53%. The fund has a one-month average trading volume of about 98,000 shares. Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF has gained 5.21% over the past month and 24.17% over the past year. First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund seeks to track the performance of the StrataQuant Financials Index is a modified equal-dollar weighted index, with a basket of 102 securities. The fund has amassed an asset base of $2.1 billion and charges an annual fee of 0.61%. FXO has a Zacks ETF Rank #2 and has a dividend yield of 2.12%. The fund has a one-month average trading volume of about 64,000 shares. First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund has gained 5.95% over the past month and 17.50% over the past year. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) : Free Stock Analysis Report JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) : Free Stock Analysis Report Morgan Stanley (MS) : Free Stock Analysis Report SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY): ETF Research Reports Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF): ETF Research Reports Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF (FNCL): ETF Research Reports Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH): ETF Research Reports First Trust Financials AlphaDEX ETF (FXO): ETF Research Reports iShares U.S. Financials ETF (IYF): ETF Research Reports This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research
Axios
26-06-2025
- Business
- Axios
Wall Street bulls up for the second half of 2025
From JPMorgan to HSBC, big banks are rushing to strike a more optimistic tone in their midyear outlooks, with the stock market more than recovered from its April lows. Why it matters: Strategists are looking past the geopolitical risks and focusing on what really drives stocks: earnings growth. That view is largely expected to continue this year despite tariff-driven uncertainty. By the numbers: Of a sampling of 14 firms offering price targets on the S&P 500, only five forecast a year-end level below 6,000. Based on current levels, that means most strategists see stocks rising for the rest of 2025. What they're saying: The latest moves in the S&P 500, and tech stocks in particular, are a signal that "everything that happened as a result of tariffs and Liberation Day has kind of been brushed to the side," according to Jay Woods, chief global strategist with Freedom Capital Markets. Zoom in: Three big themes are driving the bulls. Belief in solid earnings growth, which Morgan Stanley expects to remain in the high single digits, and which Bank of America views as driven by consumer resilience. Conviction in the artificial intelligence trade, validated this week by Nvidia closing at a new record yesterday. For better or worse, the "TACO" trade remains, and market participants are largely convinced that tariff deals are coming. Yes, but: Three big risks remain for investors. Market breadth is still an issue, JPMorgan expects narrow leadership that mirrors the big tech rallies of 2023 and 2024. Can rising tech stocks lift all market boats forever? The U.S. dollar is down nearly 10% so far this year, a potential signal that global investors are pulling back from American assets. The 90-day tariff pause deadline is just two weeks away, and there are hardly any deals. What we're watching: Not all investors are ready to move past the tariff-driven uncertainty in the economy. Jay Pelosky, founder of TPW Advisory, is overweight non-U.S. equities and sees more upside in regions expecting stimulus-driven growth like Europe.
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Buy now, pay later loans will soon impact credit scores
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) could come with new credit consequences as FICO (FICO) is set to roll out a new credit score model that includes BNPL data. Freedom Capital Markets chief global strategist Jay Woods sits down with Market Catalysts host Brad Smith to explain how new FICO changes could legitimize BNPL while exposing risks for borrowers and lenders. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Catalysts here. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
