Gene Marcial, Business Weeks Inside Wall Street columnist, likes the following stocks: 1. Sempra Energy (SRE) a. This utility has lined up new sources of earnings through 2012, which would provide a diversified earnings stream and a stable cash flow; It...

S&P searched for Undervalued stocks with a superior history of dividend and earnings growth: Two Criteria: a. Fair Value system, stocks are ranked in five tiers. Tier 5 is the highest and contains stocks considered the most undervalued. These are issues...

S&P analyst Matthew Albrecht rates MERRILL LYNCH a SELL: a. Writedowns of mortgage and lending commitments and hedging losses totaled $9.7 billion, and sizable gross exposure remains. b. MER confirms sale of Bloomberg stake, and is also selling Financia...

Calyon Securities Analyst Gordon Howald recommends buying: a. an attractive defensive investment opportunity in todays volatile marketplace, with upside potential far outweighing downside risk. b. 23% upside potential in the equity, plus an attractive a...

Gene Marcial thinks it is time to Snap Up Fallen Angels a. Inflation fears are the new culprit behind the massive selling and the decline in price-earnings ratios, or what investors are willing to pay for each dollar of future earnings, and oil prices, obvi...

S&P Analyst Robert Gold gives BUY OPINION ON ST. JUDE MEDICAL: a. Second quarter sales grew a solid 20% to $1.14 billion; driven by upside in cardiac rhythm management, cardiovascular, neuro and AF. b. Gross margin was also better than expected. c. l...

Needham analyst Charlie Wolf recommended SELLING Research in Motion: a. The iPhone 3G appear poised to blow through everyones forecasts; Research in motion, though dominating the consumer market, is bound to come under siege because of the iPhone. b. th...

On July 10, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Steven Roth of Vornado Realty Trust sold 200,000 shares for $17.5 million, an average of $87.84 a share. Roth, who has served in his current position since 1989, has an 8.5% stake in New York-based Vornado....

Daniel Ives, analyst at FBR Capital Markets, recommended Nuance Communications (NUAN), which makes speech recognition software and other speech and imaging solutions: a.Nuance is continuing to see very strong demand in the field across its segments b.exp...

Analyst John B. Rogers of D.A. Davidson rated Chicago Bridge & Iron a Buy today: a. buoyant market prospects and the companys discounted valuation outweigh the risks. The stocks sharp price decline has created a buying opportunity. b. Shares have fallen...

Sandra Ward of Barrons recommended shares of Nasdaq OMX today: a. The best evidence of the current malaise is in the share performances of the companies that make the markets: NYSE-Euronext, CME Group and Nasdaq OMX have each seen their share prices plummet...

Barrons Analyst Naureen Malik thinks XTO Energy is worth buying on the dip: 1. XTO Energy, (ticker: XTO), a fast-growing onshore natural-gas producer, is operating in hot spots in states including North Dakota, Texas, Pennsylvania and Arizona. 2. The com...

The heart of our portfolio, Fidelity Spartan Total Market Index, is a simple, low-cost way to own the whole U .S. stock market. The fund tracks the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000, a broad stock index. Its 3,400 holdings include everything from stocks in the S&P 500 t...

$6 BILLION MAN Vs. STOCK ANALYST According to Barrons, Texas billionaire Robert Rowling disclosed an 11.5% ownership stake in Gaylord Entertainment late Wednesday through TRT Holding. TRT is now the largest holder of Gaylord stock with 4.7 million shares...

Darren Fonda, SmartMoney journalist/analyst, recommended the following bank stocks as bargains worth picking out and dusting off: 1. BB&T -solid loan portfolio will keep the bank prosperous in the south 2. Comerica - conservatively managed, poised to reb...

Barrons analyst/journalist Johanna Bennett says hospital supply giant Becton Dickinson, one of the nations largest makers of surgical products such as needles, scalpels and syringes, is worth considering as it turned in double-digit profit growth for six cons...

TPG-Axon Capital Managements ($11 billion hedge fund) key Q1 trades were: New Positions Halliburton Visa Qualcomm Sold Positions Aetna CVS Lockheed Martin Morgan Stanley Unisys Wellpoint Added to Positions Travelers Un...

At recent prices, Morningstar analyst Jason Stevens expects Energy Transfer Equity (ENE) stock to return 26% over the next three years, which is more than the market seems to be expecting. Plus, it has a 6% yield. Track Morningstars picks at: http://www....

In a Barrons interview, Conrad Herrmann, the Franklin Flex Cap Growth funds portfolio manager, who has been at the helm since 1993 and under his watch the fund has sported an impressive record and earned a four-star rating from Morningstar, sees a possible bot...