Lastest Stories by Rafi Farber

We’re less than a week into the new year, and already the S&P 500 is down over 6%. When trying to work out what exactly is going on, it’s helpful to think quantitatively.
Looking outside the United States can sometimes reveal other companies that offer the same stability, with the added benefit of global diversification if a U.S.-specific problem develops.
Here are four stocks that will help you sleep easy regardless of how the broader indexes perform for the rest of this year.
These three stocks are down 70% for 2015, but are still sound, if struggling companies that have the potential to rebound strongly when conditions change and sentiment reverses.
Here are four Macau stocks that would skyrocket in the event China loosens capital controls on the the Macau gaming scene.
Here are four stocks that can keep moving higher as the average American tries to get an extra mile out of every dollar.
Credit card companies could be some of the best performing large cap stocks come 2016. Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP), MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) and Discover Financial...
Biotech looks set to close out 2015 as its worst performing year since 2008. But can we expect a better 2016 for this exciting sector?
In this 247 Wall St. series, we will focus on four stocks to buy and hold for 2016, each group of four in a different sector. The first focus will be commodity stocks.
While most stocks will probably rise in response to the interest rate hike, financials that have been particularly weak over the past two weeks could get an extra boost.
November marked a record month for China in terms of the pace of its liquidation of foreign exchange reserves.
Sears effectively founded the concept of shopping from your home via its revolutionary Sears catalog late in the 19th century, so the fact that the company is now being displaced by e-commerce is all...
The Federal Reserve has been busy rewriting a few rules that supposedly would limit itself from bailing out banks and individual companies in the next financial crisis.
Until late October, Under Armour was handily outperforming Nike. That changed when Under Armour's very high valuation and expectations finally got ahead of themselves and investors dumped the stock.
When Susan Anderson at FBR downgraded Lululemon Athletica with a 12-month target of $42 from $55, she probably didn’t expect the market to meet her half way at $47.80 the same day.