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As investors pile into index-based funds to chase lower fees, one fund research group is sharing its view on what that choice means for investors over time, and the results should surprise both advisors and their clients.
In the longer term, Dalbar says, active investments have produced better results, which reflects investors’ tendency to stay in these funds for longer periods of time.
It also highlights the relative “closeness” of the different performance results of active and passive funds, which suggests that investors and advisors should look beyond investment characteristics and “always include situational factors applicable” to individual investors.
The following 12 features should be considered (along with costs) when picking active and passive funds, according to Dalbar:
fixed income investments: Oceaneering International, Inc.(OII)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Matthew DiLallo]
Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) warned investors earlier this year that 2018 would be a challenging one. The offshore service and product company also thought that the first quarter would be particularly tough because it’s a seasonally weaker quarter. While itdidn’t go exactly as the company envisioned, the results met its muted expectations overall.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) was the recipient of some unusual options trading activity on Monday. Stock traders purchased 833 put options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 1,415% compared to the average daily volume of 55 put options.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
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- [By Logan Wallace]
Cypress Energy Partners (NYSE: CELP) and Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
fixed income investments: FibroGen, Inc(FGEN)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Ethan Ryder]
FibroGen (NASDAQ:FGEN) Director Jorma Routti sold 6,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $47.10, for a total transaction of $282,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 133,840 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,303,864. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.
fixed income investments: ZIOPHARM Oncology Inc(ZIOP)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Todd Campbell]
It garnered a lot of attention in 2015 when Ziopharm (NASDAQ:ZIOP) announced it would use its “sleeping beauty” technology to improve upon chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies that it was developing. Then, its mosquitoes that are engineered so that they can’t reproduce and spread disease won investor interest during the Zika virus outbreak in 2015 and 2016.
- [By Paul Ausick]
Ziopharm Oncology Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIOP) dropped more than 10% Tuesday to post a 52-week low of $3.77 after closing at $4.20 on Monday. The 52-week high is $7.88. Volume was around 3.7 million, more than double the daily average. The company reported Tuesday on progress of two platforms it is developing and investors did not like what they heard.
- [By Lisa Levin]
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Losers
Stellar Biotechnologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBOT) fell 42 percent to $2.25 in pre-market trading after dropping 31.45 percent on Thursday. Stellar Biotechnologies priced 2.075 million units at price of $2.65 per unit.
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) shares fell 25.2 percent to $21.82 in pre-market trading. Symantec reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter, but issued weak second-quarter guidance.
AGM Group Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AGMH) shares fell 9.5 percent to $10 in pre-market trading after surging 7.79 percent on Thursday.
ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIOP) fell 8.9 percent to $4.11 in pre-market trading after the company posted wider-than-expected Q1 loss.
Redfin Corporation (NASDAQ: RDFN) fell 8.6 percent to $21.00 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results.
Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN) fell 8.3 percent to $3.33 in pre-market trading. Geron posted a Q1 loss of $0.04 per share.
Talend S.A. (NASDAQ: TLND) shares fell 6 percent to $56 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results.
Flotek Industries, Inc. (NYSE: FTK) fell 5.4 percent to $3.54 in pre-market trading after dropping 2.35 percent on Thursday.
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO) fell 5.1 percent to $18.95 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results.
Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) shares fell 4.9 percent to $45.40 in pre-market trading. Yelp reported stronger-than-expected results for its first quarter on Thursday.
Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALDX) shares fell 3.3 percent to $7.50 in pre-market trading after dropping 4.32 percent on Thursday - [By Ethan Ryder]
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- [By Keith Speights]
Over the last 12 months, bluebird bio (NASDAQ:BLUE) stock has more than doubled. During the same period, Ziopharm Oncology’s (NASDAQ:ZIOP) share price has tumbled over 30%. That’s the past, though. Which of these two clinical-stage biotech stocks is the better pick for investors now?
fixed income investments: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.(ESRT)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Logan Wallace]
Prudential Financial Inc. cut its stake in Empire State Realty (NYSE:ESRT) by 0.5% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,745,889 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 8,046 shares during the quarter. Prudential Financial Inc.’s holdings in Empire State Realty were worth $29,313,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
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Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) : “The yield on this one is too low.”
DowDuPont (DWDP) : “I’m not running away, I’m sticking with them.”
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For example, nobody is going to come along and build another Empire State Building. In fact, you can actually invest in this building through the Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE: ESRT).
fixed income investments: EP Energy Corporation(EPE)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
Thursday morning, the energy shares rose 0.76 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Seadrill Limited (NYSE: SDRL), up 59 percent, and EP Energy Corporation (NYSE: EPE) up 7 percent.
- [By Lisa Levin] Gainers
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRPA) shares jumped 31.6 percent to $12.18 following TripAdvisor Q1 earnings beat.
ZAGG Inc (NASDAQ: ZAGG) rose 26.5 percent to $14.55 after the company posted better-than-expected Q1 earnings.
OPKO Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPK) shares gained 25 percent to $4.0234 following Q1 beat.
Axon Enterprise, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAXN) jumped 23.5 percent to $55.12 following a big Q1 beat. The company raised its fiscal 2018 sales growth guidance from 16-18 percent to 18-20 percent.
Penn Virginia Corporation (NASDAQ: PVAC) gained 23.3 percent to $59.00 after reporting Q1 results.
TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) rose 22.5 percent to $47.51 after the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its first quarter on Tuesday.
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) shares surged 21.7 percent to $3.36. Amazon.com's partnership with Sears started in 2017 with an agreement to sell Kenmore-branded appliances online. On Wednesday, the companies announced an extension of their relationship to now include tire delivery and installations.
EP Energy Corporation (NYSE: EPE) jumped 21.3 percent to $2.68 following Q1 results.
LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC) surged 20.4 percent to $3.395 following better-than-expected Q1 earnings.
Superior Industries International, Inc. (NYSE: SUP) gained 19 percent to $15.82 after reporting Q1 results.
Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLCM) shares rose 18.5 percent to $8.13 following Q1 results.
Twilio Inc. (NYSE: TWLO) rose 18.3 percent to $52.47 after the company posted strong quarterly results.
Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) shares jumped 18.3 percent to $6.47 following quarterly results.
IEC Electronics Corp. (NYSE: IEC) shares climbed 17 percent to $4.68 after reporting better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
New Relic, Inc. (NYSE: NEWR) rose 16.8 percent to $90.10 following Q4 results.
Gulfport Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: GPOR) - [By Lisa Levin]
Wednesday afternoon, the energy shares climbed 1.59 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included SeaDrill Limited (NYSE: SDRL), up 77 percent, and EP Energy Corporation (NYSE: EPE), up 19 percent.
- [By Lisa Levin] Gainers
athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) shares climbed 23.2 percent to $155.19 after Elliott Management confirmed a $160 per share cash offer for athenahealth.
Evolus, Inc. (NASDAQ: EOLS) gained 21.3 percent to $8.83. Evolus named David Moatazedi as new CEO.
VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ: VVPR) climbed 18.2 percent to $3.12 after falling 39.86 percent on Friday.
Gramercy Property Trust (NYSE: GPT) rose 15.6 percent to $27.53 after the company agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) for $27.50 per share.
EP Energy Corporation (NYSE: EPE) rose 13 percent to $2.26.
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGC) gained 11.9 percent to $7.35.
National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCMI) surged 11.8 percent to $6.24 after the company posted upbeat quarterly profit.
Sanchez Energy Corporation (NYSE: SN) shares gained 11.3 percent to $3.56.
CVR Refining, LP (NYSE: CVRR) shares rose 8.8 percent to $18.875.
Monaker Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKGI) rose 8.7 percent to $2.9683.
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE: KOS) shares rose 7.4 percent to $7.40.
Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT) rose 7 percent to $2.88 after climbing 1.89 percent on Friday.
Cloudera, Inc. (NYSE: CLDR) surged 6 percent to $15.93. Craig-Hallum initiated coverage on Cloudera with a Buy rating.
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) rose 5.1 percent to $257.35. Barclays upgraded Illumina from Equal-Weight to Overweight.
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- [By Lisa Levin]
On Wednesday, the energy shares climbed 1.48 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included SeaDrill Limited (NYSE: SDRL), up 15 percent, and EP Energy Corporation (NYSE: EPE), up 15 percent.
fixed income investments: Nemaska Lithium Inc. (NMKEF)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By ]
Over the past two months, Nemaska Lithium (OTCQX:NMKEF) has steadily been updating the market on its half-billion-dollar-plus financial raise. The company has aggressively set targets to build out a vertically integrated lithium mining and processing operation ideally positioned to meet growing demand in North America and Europe.
- [By ]
Canadian hard-rock lithium chemicals company Nemaska Lithium (OTCQX:NMKEF) is presently at the end of completing a $500 million capital raise which will allow the company to expand into Phase 2 production of the its facility in Quebec. The company has closed an equity deal valued at nearly $100 million from Japans SoftBank (OTCPK:SFTBY), executed a streaming agreement with Orion Mine Finance LF valued at over $150 million, and engaged with such high-quality financial groups including Clarkson Platou Securities and Pareto Securities as managers of the bond issuance. Further, Nemaska has signed multiple offtake agreements, including NorthVolt, FMC, Softbank and Johnson Matthey Battery Materials, for the purchase of its lithium chemicals once production begins.
