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May crude oil futures are trading higher by $2.08 at $39.34 in Friday’s session. They started move higher late in Thursday’s session, which carried over into Friday’s open. After ending Thursday’s session at $39.26, they opened higher and retreated only $0.07 to $37.45 before resuming higher.
The rally continued and did not meet any major resistance until reaching $39.84 around 11:30 a.m. They made another run at that level around 1 p.m., but were turned back at $39.83. The current high coincide with the March 30 high ($39.85).
Since making the high, it has been finding intra-day support at the $39.25 area.
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Top 5 Cheap Stocks For 2018: Rent-A-Center Inc.(RCII)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
Rent-A-Center Inc (NASDAQ: RCII) was down, falling around 26 percent to $9.88. Rent-A-Center reported upbeat quarterly earnings, but the company’s sales missed analysts’ estimates.
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows shares of Aaron’s, Inc basicallyabove break even with Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY)taking off againwhile small capshhgregg, Inc (NYSE: HGG) and Rent-A-Center Inc (NASDAQ: RCII)have both been sliding in recent years:
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows shares of Aaron’s, Inc basically breaking even with Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) all over the place (albeit it took off again last year) while small capshhgregg, Inc (NYSE: HGG) and Rent-A-Center Inc (NASDAQ: RCII)have both underperformed for over three years now:
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows shares of Aaron’s, Inc performing better with Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) being the big winner whilesmall caps hhgregg, Inc (NYSE: HGG) and Rent-A-Center Inc (NASDAQ: RCII) haveunderperformed, butare showing signs of improvement:
Top 5 Cheap Stocks For 2018: USG Corporation(USG)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By The Ticker Tape]
Homebuilders like Lennar, PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM), and D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE: DHI) could benefit from a strengthening housing recovery. If you’re bullish on housing, you might want to take a step back and think about other companies in that space. Home improvement stores like Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) could get a boost as well as companies that supply products for new homes like Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) and USG Corporation(NYSE: USG).
- [By Jon C. Ogg]
USG Corp. (NYSE: USG) was reiterated as Hold but the price target was raised to $35 from $29 (versus a $34.23 close) at Jefferies.
Thursday’s top analyst upgrades and downgradesincluded Biogen, Goldcorp, GoPro, Oracle, Sirius XM, Tyson Foods, Ciena and many more.
Top 5 Cheap Stocks For 2018: S&P Smallcap 600(PH)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Charles Mizrahi, President and CEO, Hampton Investors, Inc.]
Parker Hannifin (PH) generates strong revenue from its aerospace division, while its primary industrial segment is lagging.
Overall, we like the company’s balanced portfolio. PH had solid order rates this past year with backlog of $3.6 billion between its industrial and aerospace segments.
Top 5 Cheap Stocks For 2018: S&P GSCI(GD)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By WWW.KIPLINGER.COM]
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- [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]
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- [By Jon C. Ogg]
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- [By Rich Smith]
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- [By Alex McGuire]
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- [By Craig Jones]
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Top 5 Cheap Stocks For 2018: Express-1 Expedited Solutions Inc.(XPO)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]
With a trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio of 28.79, FedEx’s valuation is in line with UPS (27.52) and far cheaper than XPO Logistics (XPO) (90.25).
- [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]
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