Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?

When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important?

The recommendations of Wall Street analysts are often relied on by investors when deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock. Media reports about these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts changing their ratings often affect a stock's price.

Roku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU) stock is on the rise, up 2.3% at $111.59 at last check, after a rare double upgrade from Morgan Stanley to "overweight" from "underweight," to go with a price-target hike to $135 from $85.

NewtekOne, Inc. offers a new Series B preferred share yielding 9.15%, trading below par, and well-covered by common equity. Q3 results show strong profitability, with net income of $17.9M and a benign payout ratio of 30-35% on common shares. Asset quality requires monitoring as non-accrual and past-due loans have risen alongside loan book expansion.

Awards of $20,000 each will help provide food, shelter and essential services FAIRMONT, W.Va. , Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This holiday season, the FirstEnergy Foundation is sharing the spirit of giving by awarding $40,000 in "Gifts of the Season" grants to two nonprofit organizations making a positive impact in West Virginia and Maryland communities served by FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) electric companies.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Schall Law Firm , a national shareholder rights litigation firm, reminds investors of a class action lawsuit against Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (“Alexandria” or “the Company”) (NYSE: ARE) for violations of §§10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors who purchased the Company's securities between January 27, 2025 and October 27, 2025, inclusive (the “Class Period”), are encouraged to contact the firm before January 26, 2026.

Mastercard and LoanPro plan to launch a program that will enable lenders to deliver installment loans through virtual and physical cards. The Loan on Card program is set to launch in 2026, the companies said in a Tuesday (Dec. 16) press release.

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Kraft Heinz on Tuesday named former Kellogg top boss Steve Cahillane as CEO to help spearhead the packaged goods giant's planned split.

Awards of $10,000 each will help provide food and essential services HOLMDEL, N.J. , Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This holiday season, the FirstEnergy Foundation is sharing the spirit of giving by awarding $20,000 in "Gifts of the Season" grants to two nonprofit organizations making a positive impact in New Jersey communities served by FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) electric company Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L).

KLAR unveils an Agentic Product Protocol letting AI agents read live data on 100M products, positioning the firm as infrastructure for AI commerce.

The U.S. engineering and infrastructure services landscape continues to benefit from sustained public and private investment, with demand remaining strong across power, grid modernization, data centers, industrial facilities and energy-related projects. Within this environment, EMCOR Group, Inc. EME and Quanta Services, Inc. PWR have positioned their platforms to capture long-duration, mission-critical work by emphasizing execution certainty, skilled labor deployment and integrated service offerings across complex, non-residential projects tied to electrification and domestic investment trends.

After a weak first half, the drug and biotech sector has recovered in the past 2-3 months with large drugmakers like Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk signing drug pricing agreements with the Trump administration. A rebound in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has also increased investor confidence in the industry.

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / The world has spent years talking about circularity, ESG integrity, and supply-chain transparency, but the truth is simple. No industry has ever had the verification infrastructure needed to make any of those goals real.

V launches a global stablecoins advisory practice, positioning itself as a guide for banks and fintechs entering the stablecoin market.

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CAVA Group, Sweetgreen, Wingstop, and Dutch Bros emerge as top contenders for a potential restaurant stock breakout in 2026.

Assurant (AIZ) is at a 52-week high, but can investors hope for more gains in the future? We take a look at the company's fundamentals for clues.

Review Ciena's (CIEN) international revenue performance and how it affects the predictions of financial analysts on Wall Street and the future prospects for the stock.