Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019

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U.S. home prices are on a roll. And as we head into the New Year, I am expecting another record year for home prices in 2018. Today, I am going to reveal the safest, easiest and most profitable way to benefit from this trend.

Fueled by record-low interest rates and housing inventories, home prices in the United States hit another all-time high in 2017.

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Home Price NSA (SPCS20) Index measures the value of residential real estate in 20 major U.S. metropolitan areas, including New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago. The most recent update showed that the index expanded 6.1% to 203 in August, breaking the previous all-time high of 198 from July of 2007. Take a look below.

SPCS20 Index Level Since July 2007

Looking forward, I am expecting another record year. Not only will interest rates remain relatively low, but I see no short-term solution to historically low housing inventories.

Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019: International Bancshares Corporation(IBOC)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  BidaskClub upgraded shares of International Bancshares (NASDAQ:IBOC) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note published on Saturday.

  International Bancshares opened at $43.65 on Friday, MarketBeat reports. International Bancshares has a 1 year low of $32.50 and a 1 year high of $43.75. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.97 and a beta of 1.46.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Shares of International Bancshares Co. (NASDAQ:IBOC) hit a new 52-week high and low during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $44.40 and last traded at $44.25, with a volume of 11252 shares. The stock had previously closed at $43.90.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  International Bancshares (NASDAQ: IBOC) and First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019: Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund(ENX)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund (NYSEAMERICAN:ENX) announced a monthly dividend on Monday, June 4th, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 22nd will be given a dividend of 0.0448 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $0.54 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 21st.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Euronext Amsterdam (EPA:ENX) has been assigned a €51.00 ($60.71) price target by investment analysts at UBS in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, www.boersen-zeitung.de reports. The firm presently has a “sell” rating on the stock. UBS’s target price would suggest a potential downside of 15.63% from the stock’s current price.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund (NYSEAMERICAN:ENX) announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, July 5th, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 24th will be paid a dividend of 0.0448 per share on Tuesday, July 31st. This represents a $0.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 23rd.

Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019: Equinix Inc.(EQIX)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Equinix (EQIX)

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• [By Lee Jackson]

  This is one of the larger capitalization companies in the data center industry. Equinix Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX)�provides data center services to protect and connect the information assets for the enterprises, financial services companies, and content and network providers primarily in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific.

• [By Craig Jones]

  Kevin Kelly spoke on Bloomberg Markets about a bullish options trade in Equinix Inc (NASDAQ: EQIX).

  He wants to buy the September 400/450 call spread in the name for $15.50. The trade breaks even at $415.50 or 5.41 percent above the current market price. It can maximally make a profit of $34.50. The payoff ratio is roughly 2.5 to 1, explained Kelly. He sees this as a derivative play on Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) cloud computing.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Front Row Advisors LLC increased its position in Equinix Inc (NASDAQ:EQIX) by 7.4% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,175 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after buying an additional 150 shares during the quarter. Front Row Advisors LLC’s holdings in Equinix were worth $909,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019: Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(PEB)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  These are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern’s analysis:

  Get Pebblebrook Hotel alerts: Pebblebrook Hotel (PEB) Expected to Post Quarterly Sales of $206.07 Million (americanbankingnews.com) Keep Company Secrets Safe With a Strong Publishing Process (cmswire.com) Analysts Anticipate Pebblebrook Hotel (PEB) to Post $0.73 Earnings Per Share (americanbankingnews.com) Pebblebrook Hotel Forecasted to Earn Q2 2018 Earnings of $0.72 Per Share (PEB) (americanbankingnews.com)

  A number of brokerages recently issued reports on PEB. Boenning Scattergood restated a “hold” rating on shares of Pebblebrook Hotel in a report on Monday, April 30th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Pebblebrook Hotel from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $40.00 target price on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 2nd. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on Pebblebrook Hotel from $37.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 1st. Finally, ValuEngine cut Pebblebrook Hotel from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, April 2nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Pebblebrook Hotel presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $36.61.

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  Improving business travel demand during the first quarter drove Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) to update its outlook earlier this month. Those travel trends turned out to be stronger than even its more optimistic expectations, helping the company to deliver results that were above the updated forecast. Because of that, the company is even more encouraged about what lies ahead in 2018.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) has received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the thirteen research firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $36.19.

• [By Logan Wallace]

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Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019: Gabelli Dividend(GDV)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Media headlines about Gabelli Dividend & Income (NYSE:GDV) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Gabelli Dividend & Income earned a news impact score of 0.18 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 48.1795768072103 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.

Hot Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019: National CineMedia, Inc.(NCMI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Twin Disc, Incorporated (NASDAQ: TWIN) shares surged 24.34 percent to close at $28.86 following Q3 earnings. Bioblast Pharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: ORPN) rose 21.89 percent to close at $2.45. Evolus, Inc. (NASDAQ: EOLS) gained 20.19 percent to close at $8.75. Evolus named David Moatazedi as new CEO. VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ: VVPR) rose 18.56 percent to close at $3.13 on Monday after falling 39.86 percent on Friday. CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE: CVM) gained 17.09 percent to close at $2.74. athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) shares jumped 16.39 percent to close at $146.75 on Monday after Elliott Management confirmed a $160 per share cash offer for athenahealth. Gramercy Property Trust (NYSE: GPT) rose 15.45 percent to close at $27.50 after the company agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) for $27.50 per share. National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCMI) surged 15.23 percent to close at $6.43 after the company posted upbeat quarterly profit. Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR) rose 14.53 percent to close at $7.33 CohBar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CWBR) gained 14.36 percent to close at $6.29. Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTPH) gained 12.69 percent to close at $3.64. Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) gained 12.27 percent to close at $10.89 following Q1 results. CVR Refining, LP (NYSE: CVRR) shares climbed 9.8 percent to close at $19.05. Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) rose 4.93 percent to close at $256.89. Barclays upgraded Illumina from Equal-Weight to Overweight. Cloudera, Inc. (NYSE: CLDR) surged 3.92 percent to close at $15.63. Craig-Hallum initiated coverage on Cloudera with a Buy rating.

   

• [By WWW.GURUFOCUS.COM]

  For the details of Standard General L.P.'s stock buys and sells, go to http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?GuruName=Standard+General+L.P.

  These are the top 5 holdings of Standard General L.P.National CineMedia Inc (NCMI) - 14,387,113 shares, 83.65% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 8.59%Turning Point Brands Inc (TPB) - 455,319 shares, 9.92% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 49.13%CafePress Inc (PRSS) - 2,500,000 shares, 3.77% of the total portfolio. Emmis Communications Corp (EMMS) - 515,231 shares, 2.66% of the total portfolio. Added: Turnin
• [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 Joseph Griffin]

  Here are some of the news headlines that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s rankings:

  Get National CineMedia alerts: Keep an Eyeball on P/S Ratio: The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCMI … (thestreetpoint.com) GLaterening Stocks: National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCMI), Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE:VSH … (journalfinance.net) Jerry Canning Joins National CineMedia (NCM) as Vice President, Digital Ad Sales (finance.yahoo.com) National CineMedia, Inc. (NCMI) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Analysts (americanbankingnews.com)

  Shares of National CineMedia traded down $0.03, hitting $8.47, during mid-day trading on Tuesday, according to Marketbeat.com. The company had a trading volume of 690,980 shares, compared to its average volume of 780,168. The stock has a market cap of $662.84 million, a P/E ratio of 21.18 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a current ratio of 2.43, a quick ratio of 2.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of -11.19. National CineMedia has a 1-year low of $5.09 and a 1-year high of $8.60.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Shares of National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCMI) got a boost, shooting up 16 percent to $6.45 after the company posted upbeat quarterly profit.

  Gramercy Property Trust (NYSE: GPT) shares were also up, gaining 16 percent to $27.52 after the company agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) for $27.50 per share.

• [By WWW.GURUFOCUS.COM]

  For the details of Standard General L.P.'s stock buys and sells, go to http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?GuruName=Standard+General+L.P.

  These are the top 5 holdings of Standard General L.P.National CineMedia Inc (NCMI) - 12,576,000 shares, 60.53% of the total portfolio. New PositionTime Inc (TIME) - 3,181,424 shares, 29.62% of the total portfolio. Turning Point Brands Inc (TPB) - 305,319 shares, 3.58% of the total portfolio. Shares added by 189.90%CafePress Inc (PRSS) - 2,500,000 shares, 3.12% of the total portfolio. New PositionB. Riley Financial Inc (RILY) - 167,736 shares, 1.97% of the total portfoli