For instance, 11 of the 17 analysts following the stock rate it a Buy or better.
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Zacks reports that only six of the 17 analysts following the stock rate it a "buy" or better.
For instance, 20 of the 28 analysts following the stock rate it a Hold or worse, according to Zacks.com.
In summary, CXO Advisory Group found no connection between the maximum U.S. capital gains tax rate and U.S. stock market returns, and no relationship between changes in the maximum capital gains rate and stock returns.
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The WGC report estimated that production increases the above-ground stock at a rate of 1.7% per year.
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If they continue to buy back stock at the rate they bought it back last quarter, they could retire 7% to 8% of their shares in the next 12 months.
Of 55 sell-side analysts, the number which rate the stock a Buy or Strong Buy: 55.
Bottom line is I would rate the stock a hold until more information is forthcoming.
Eighteen out of 26 analysts rate the stock a buy or outperform, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
Additionally, income from most REITs and bonds does not qualify for the same favorable tax rate as stock dividends.
Briefing.com counts 10 analyst who rate the stock Strong Buy or Buy, compared with 19 Holds, and 10 Underperform or Sell ratings.
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But even so, the bulls continue to rate the stock a buy.
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Analysts say investors are increasingly putting their money into stock markets because interest rate cuts had made the return on bonds appear unattractive.
Including, if you should so with, synthetics which all involve a currency transaction which mimics the movement of any bond, interest rate, stock, commodity.
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Finally, we turn our attention to Wall Street, where 14 of the 30 analysts following JNPR still rate the stock a "hold, " according to Zacks.
For instance, five of the 10 analysts following Zynga rate the stock a Buy or better, compared to four Holds and just one Sell rating.
On the other hand, Thomson Reuters reports that four of the six analysts following LNKD rate the stock a Buy or better, versus one Hold and one Sell.
All but one of 25 analysts rate the stock as a "buy" or a "hold, " with HSBC's Husson saying Wal-Mart has improved its product mix to include more high-margin goods.
He continues to rate the stock as a buy.
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First, as noted above, the change in the inflation rate explains 76% of the variance in the rate of stock price appreciation, but that leaves 24% to be determined by assorted other factors.
Of the 11 research analysts following Ivanhoe Mines, 9 rate the stock a "buy" or "speculative buy, " according to Bloomberg, a surprising endorsement for a stock trading at 27 times revenue and whose chief potential payoff--a speculative big strike in Mongolia--is years away.
The long-term expected earnings growth rate for the stock is 9.1%.
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Whereas if we were really close to expiration, there is a greater chance of all of the premium being lost on the option that is opposite of the stock price movement as the rate of time decay will increase exponentially.
The stock is expected to trade on the NYSE under the symbol RATE, which was the same symbol the stock used last time it was public.
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The analyst maintains a cautious stance on the stock, which he continues to rate Sector Perform.
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This is why the history of tax rate changes and subsequent stock market returns is mixed.
And, I expect the earnings estimates to increase (thereby lowering the multiple, increasing the growth rate and making the stock more attractively valued), as they tend to do after each quarterly earnings report.
The 1969 cap gains increase (which amounted to a doubling of the rate) killed the stock market and receipts, whereas the 1978 and 1981 reductions proved a bonanza for the economy and the federal coffers.
But, Gordon adds, don't rush to sell stock because you think the capital gains rate is going up.
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