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Netflix beat expectations for Q1 revenue and reported a big jump in earnings per share thanks in part to a termination fee related to its proposed WBD deal.
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The stock market isn't out of the woods yet — despite the rally.
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Netflix Chair Reed Hastings to Leave Board in June WSJNetflix reports earnings after the bell. Here's what to expect CNBCNetflix stocks slides as earnings beat estimates, co-founder Reed Hastings announces departure Yahoo FinanceReed Hastings to Step Down as Netflix Chair The New York Times
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Stocks may be soaring again, but the war in Iran has started to pinch the finances of many Americans.
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Oil prices stabilized and stocks rose on optimism that diplomatic talks could yield a permanent peace deal.
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After a long stretch of sharp underperformance, software stocks may be poised to catch up to semiconductor names, as the gap between the two groups has become so extreme that it may be ripe for a reversal.
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No matter how you slice it, U.S. stocks seem to be already moving past the Iran conflict. But commodity markets and other financial assets aren't ready to turn the page just yet.
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US president says meetings could happen this week in Islamabad but further discussions will take place in Europe
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If the goal is to find stocks to buy when prices are lower rather than higher, it stands to reason that the time to go looking for the best stocks to buy is right now.
After all, the market is off by more than a fifth so far this year, which means it's probably safe to assume that most investors are fearful. And if most investors are fearful, well… doesn't Warren Buffett say that this is the time to get at least a little bit greedy?
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Finding quality stocks to buy when seemingly everything is selling off is easier said than done, of course. And if you're looking for help from Wall Street analysts, good luck. There's a saying about analysts: "In a bull market you don't need them; in a bear market you don't want them."
That's far too harsh as an assessment - but understandable as a sentiment. It's well known that Wall Street analysts are reluctant to slap Sell calls on the stocks they cover. There are a number of reasons for this reticence, but that's a discussion for another day.
Perhaps less well known is that analysts are also pretty stingy when it comes to bestowing the highest conviction Buy recommendations on the names they follow.
As of Sept. 22, only five stocks in the S&P 500 carried consensus recommendations of Sell or Strong Sell, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. At the other end of the ratings spectrum, 392 of the index's 500 stocks had consensus recommendations of Buy or Strong Buy.
That's far too many Buy calls, to be sure. We know for a fact that the vast majority of stocks turn out to be duds. Research shows that the entirety of the $75.7 trillion in net global stock market wealth created between 1990 a
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