Topic: Stock Options

After a terrible second half last year, shares of Avis and other rental car companies are on the road to recovery, Avondale Partners analyst Fred Lowrance told CNBC Friday.    Read More

While it beat the street on revenues and earnings this week, Ken Sena, an analyst at Evercore Partners, joins the chorus of Internet stock skeptics, saying the professional networking site is way overvalued.   Read More

Bank of America bulls are feeling brilliant, as their bank is up 47 percent. They should be congratulated, assuming they didn't buy the shares on Sept. 8, 2008, when Charlie Peabody, analyst at Portales Partners, told them to buy.    Read More

Hedge funds, coming off their second-worst year in two decades, are on the rebound this year, but they’re still trailing the broader market. Here are some of their top stock picks.   Read More

Community Health Systems is attracting upside option buying ahead of an industry conference next week and earnings results later this month.   Read More

Bank of America just saw the heat turned up again in its multipronged, multibillion-dollar legal battle over problem mortgages, according to an analyst report.   Read More

With stocks paying more than bonds, it's time to get into equities say chief investment officers Mike Finnegan for Principal Financial Group, and Bill Stone of PNC wealth management.   Read More

Has Microsoft’s perceived value among businesses fallen to such depths that it actually struggles to give its software away? The answer is, apparently, yes.    Read More

Barclays Capital Equity Research analyst Mark May told CNBC he is willing to cut Groupon some slack on its first quarterly loss, but he is troubled by the online daily deal site not fully disclosing customer and merchant data.   Read More

China’s steelmakers will see a rebound this year thanks to weakening iron ore prices and potential policy easing in the property sector, Helen Lau, senior analyst metals and mining at UOB Kay Hian in Hong Kong, told CNBC on Wednesday.    Read More