Goldfinger is my favorite James Bond movie. Best villain. Best majordomo. Best bad-girl-turns-good-girl. Best one-liners. All of it.
Even funnier is the villain’s, the portly Aurelius Goldfinger, obsession with one of the world’s worst investments: gold. But, he was a Bond villain. And gold is the currency of Bond villains, pirates, and South African mercenaries.
It doesn’t belong in a portfolio.
Now, before the goldbugs come after me with pitchforks and torches, let me share with you a few nuggets (ha!) from Warren Buffett, another guy who thinks gold is a lousy place to put one’s money.
Here’s his most succinct quote regarding that belief:
“…If you took all of the gold in the world, it would roughly make a cube 67 feet on a side… it would be worth at today’s market prices about $7 trillion, that’s probably about a third of the value of all the stocks in the United States… For $7 trillion, you could have all the farmland in the United States, you could have about seven Exxon Mobils (NYSE: XOM) and you could still have $1 trillion of walking around money…”
Best Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Magyar Bancorp Inc.(MGYR)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Media headlines about Magyar Bancorp (NASDAQ:MGYR) have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Magyar Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned media headlines about the bank an impact score of 48.0770691063571 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the immediate future.
Best Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: MoSys, Inc.(MOSY)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
MoSys, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOSY) shares were also up, gaining 21 percent to $1.84 after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 results and issued strong Q2 forecast.
- [By Lisa Levin] Gainers
The Trade Desk, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTD) jumped 36.2 percent to $71.82 after the company reported upbeat results for its first quarter. The company also issued strong second-quarter and FY18 sales guidance.
WideOpenWest, Inc. (NYSE: WOW) jumped 30.4 percent to $8.80 after the company reported Q1 results.
MoSys, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOSY) shares surged 28.6 percent to $1.9541 after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 results and issued strong Q2 forecast.
Boxlight Corporation (NASDAQ: BOXL) gained 24 percent to $6.39.
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKCA) shares gained 19.1 percent to $24.60. Akcea Therapeutics, an affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: IONS) announced that the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee, which met to discuss the safety and efficacy of subcutaneously injected volanesoren solution for patients with familial chylomicronemia syndrome, voted 12-8 to support its approval.
Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: UEPS) shares rose 17 percent to $10.31 after reporting Q3 results.
ArcBest Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCB) gained 16.8 percent to $43.1457 after reporting upbeat quarterly earnings.
Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS) rose 16.2 percent to $8.60. Amtech posted Q2 earnings of $0.19 per share on sales of $32.783 million.
Identiv, Inc (NASDAQ: INVE) surged 14.4 percent to $3.8450 following Q1 results.
Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER) shares rose 14.3 percent to $18.43 following Q1 results.
VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ: VVPR) gained 11.5 percent to $2.71.
Intersections Inc. (NASDAQ: INTX) gained 11.4 percent to $2.55 after reporting Q1 results.
Noodles & Company (NASDAQ: NDLS) shares rose 10.9 percent to $8.65 following Q1 results.
Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VYGR) climbed 10.6 percent to $18.54 following Q1 results.
Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ: BLNK) rose 10.4 percent to $5.739.
Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ: IMMR) gained 9.6 percent to $12.69 - [By Lisa Levin]
MoSys, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOSY) shares were also up, gaining 27 percent to $1.9265 after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 results and issued strong Q2 forecast.
- [By Max Byerly]
MoSys Inc. (NASDAQ:MOSY)’s share price fell 5% on Thursday . The company traded as low as $0.18 and last traded at $0.19. 2,092,279 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 89% from the average session volume of 1,108,888 shares. The stock had previously closed at $0.20.
Best Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: AU Optronics Corp(AUO)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Max Byerly]
AU Optronics (NYSE: AUO) and DSP Group (NASDAQ:DSPG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk and valuation.
- [By Shane Hupp]
AU Optronics (NYSE:AUO) and Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
AU Optronics Corp (NYSE:AUO) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the ten brokerages that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a hold rating to the company.
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows shares of Corning Incorporated in a largely steady uptrend since we recommended the stock while Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: OLED) skyrocketed last year and LG Display Co Ltd (NYSE: LPL) and AU Optronics Corp (NYSE: AUO) have not done much:
Best Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Franklin Financial Network, Inc.(FSB)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Max Byerly]
Franklin Financial Network (NYSE:FSB) was downgraded by research analysts at Compass Point from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note issued on Tuesday, The Fly reports.
- [By Shane Hupp]
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- [By Lee Jackson]
Franklin Financial Network Inc. (NYSE: FSB) was downgraded to sell from neutral at Compass Point. The stock has traded in a 52-week range of $30.30 to $42.65. The consensus price target for the company across Wall Street is $37.80. The stock closed Monday at $39.40, a rise of more than 5%.
- [By Max Byerly]
Franklin Financial Network Inc (NYSE:FSB) – Stock analysts at Piper Jaffray Companies raised their Q3 2018 EPS estimates for shares of Franklin Financial Network in a note issued to investors on Monday, July 30th. Piper Jaffray Companies analyst W. Curtiss now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings of $0.68 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.66. Piper Jaffray Companies currently has a “Hold” rating and a $39.00 price target on the stock.
- [By Shane Hupp]
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Best Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Zosano Pharma Corporation(ZSAN)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Paul Ausick]
Zosano Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: ZSAN) dropped about 17% Tuesday to post a new 52-week low of $0.54 after closing at $0.65 on Friday. Volume was around 720,000, about 10% below the daily average of around 850,000. The company had no specific news.
- [By Money Morning Staff Reports]
After looking at last week’s top penny stocks, we’ll show you this top penny stock…
Penny Stock Sector Current Share Price Last Week’s Gain
Sky Solar Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: SKYS) Utilities $1.19 111.74%
Zosano Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: ZSAN) Healthcare $4.54 106.36%
Achieve Life Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHV) Healthcare $3.30 89.66%
EnSync Inc. (NYSE: ESNC) Industrial Goods $0.13 85.00%
Riot Blockchain Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) Healthcare $3.95 74.78%
Ideanomics Inc. (NASDAQ: IDEX) Technologies $1.97 71.30%
Eco-Stim Energy Solutions Inc. (OTCMKTS: ESES) Basic Materials $0.27 54.65%
Pier 1 Imports Inc. (NYSE: PIR) Services $1.31 47.91%
Marathon Patent Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA) Services $0.74 42.29%
China Internet NationWide Financial Services Inc. (NASDAQ: CIFS) Financial $1.28 42.24%As you can see, knowing where to look for the top penny stocks could reward you with double-digit, or even triple-digit, returns in mere days.
- [By Joseph Griffin]
Zosano Pharma (NASDAQ:ZSAN) will announce its earnings results after the market closes on Tuesday, May 15th.
Zosano Pharma (NASDAQ:ZSAN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 12th. The biotechnology company reported ($3.80) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($4.80) by $1.00.
Best Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Koppers Holdings Inc.(KOP)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Logan Wallace]
Koppers (NYSE:KOP) was downgraded by ValuEngine from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday.
- [By Stephan Byrd]
Koppers (NYSE:KOP) was upgraded by equities research analysts at TheStreet from a “c” rating to a “b-” rating in a report released on Friday.
- [By Logan Wallace]
Mackay Shields LLC reduced its holdings in shares of Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:KOP) by 61.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 22,786 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock after selling 36,800 shares during the period. Mackay Shields LLC owned about 0.11% of Koppers worth $874,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.