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During the holiday season, parents scrambling at the last minute to purchase toys at the top of their children’s wish lists will often go to great lengths to deliver.
Scammers are taking advantage of this and are promoting fake Hatchimal giveaways to trick parents into disclosing bank information and other personal data, warns social media security company ZeroFOX. Fake coupons, merchandise and gift card generators are also being used to target shoppers.
After scouring social media sites including Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, ZeroFOX identified the scams that are most prevalent for shoppers this holiday season—and discovered that these tactics are becoming increasingly more challenging to decipher as fraud. “In a lot of the research we do around social media and security, we find there’s fundamentally a stronger level of trust amongst folks on social media compared to email,” says Mike Raggo, chief research officer for ZeroFOX.
good penny stocks: Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.(HA)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Adam Levine-Weinberg]
Not surprisingly, shares of Hawaii-focused airline company Hawaiian Holdings (NASDAQ:HA) fell last Wednesday, following Kelly’s comments about Southwest Airlines expanding to Hawaii. However, while Southwest’s entry into the Hawaii market could cause some short-term disruption, it isn’t likely to hurt Hawaiian Airlines’ positioning in the long run.
- [By Adam Levine-Weinberg]
While most of its fellow airline stocks were grounded last year, Hawaiian Holdings (NASDAQ:HA) soared to new heights. Shares of Hawaiian Airlines’ parent company rose 61% during 2016, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.
- [By Adam Levine-Weinberg]
Investors had high expectations for Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) and Hawaiian Holdings (NASDAQ:HA) leading up to their earnings reports last week. Between late June 2016 and mid-January, shares of Hawaiian Holdings climbed 50%. Southwest Airlines stock was close behind, with a gain of more than 35% over that period.
good penny stocks: Pershing Gold Corporation(PGLC)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Sara Cornell]
Leading the way is CEO Edward Karr. As a founder of Pershing Gold Corp (NASDAQ:PGLC), he currently serves on their Board of Directors, and has been active in the natural resource industry for many years. With a background in finance and investment banking, Karr is credited with raising capital to begin operations at US Gold Corp, and establishing financing for both the operational and exploration sides of the company.
good penny stocks: Duke Energy Corporation(DUK)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By WWW.KIPLINGER.COM]
Duke Energy Corp. (DUK), the largest generator of electricity in the nation, is awfully steady.
DUK has more than 7.4 million customers located in hotbeds of growth, and it boasts a generating capacity of 52,697 megawatts. The firm also provides natural gas distribution in many of its main service areas, so Duke is a double threat in that way. Cold winter? Nat gas provides more oomph. Hot summer? Electricity demand spikes.
good penny stocks: Cotiviti Holdings, Inc. (COTV)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Scott Rubin]
Big gainers on the day included Intersil Corp (NASDAQ: ISIL), which jumped 20 percent on news of a buyout, and Medivation (NASDAQ: MDVN), which added 20 percent on a deal with Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) related to its cancer drug. Cotiviti Holdings Inc (NYSE: COTV) lost around 9 percent in the wake of a mid-day sell-off and Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) fell 7 percent in the wake of a management shakeup.
good penny stocks: Avnet, Inc.(AVT)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ: TECD) reached a deal with Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) enabling it to buy the latter's Technology Solutions business. The transaction comprises cash component of $2.4 billion and 2.785 million shares of Tech Data resulting in a total value of about $2.6 billion.
good penny stocks: Fortive Corporation (FTV)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Ben Levisohn]
Last year at this time, we said we can only hope for a bit more growth, and at least bottoming for many of those stubborn energy/commodity/industrial end markets, less FX headwind, pricing support and cost reduction plus smart capital deployment, be it M&A, Capex, and/or buybacks/dividends that might actually lead to stock outperformance. In fact, we did get a bit more growth and many of the stubborn end markets appear to have bottomed, while most of those other items also did play out. The stocks under our coverage outperformed the S&P (which was up >10% itself) by more than 14% on average, led byIngersoll-Rand (+37%),Rockwell Automation (+31%),Eaton (+30%) and Fortive (FTV) (+26%) with Allegion (ALLE) (-2%) andGeneral Electric (+2%) the worst performing.
- [By Jon C. Ogg]
Fortive Corp. (NYSE: FTV) was started as Sector Perform at RBC Capital Markets.
Herman Miller Inc. (NASDAQ: MLHR) was raised to Market Perform from Underperform at Raymond James.
