Hot China Stocks To Own Right Now

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Ye Jianming, the founder and chairman of rapidly expanding Chinese conglomerate CEFC China Energy Co., has been investigated by government authorities, domestic media outlet Caixin reported, without saying where it got the information.

The investigation was cited by Caixin, known for its in-depth reporting and exposes, only in the headline and one sentence of a 25,000-Chinese character story published Thursday. It didn’t say whether the probe has been concluded. A Shanghai-based spokesman for the company told Bloomberg News that it’s assessing the report and declined to comment.

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Ye Jianming

Source: CTK via AP Photo

CEFC came to prominence last year after it agreed to purchase a 14 percent stake in the Russian oil behemoth Rosneft PJSC for $9 billion, the biggest overseas Chinese oil acquisition since 2012. In a statement at the time, CEFC described itself as the country’s largest private oil and gas company, with 50,000 employees and revenue of more than $40 billion.

Hot China Stocks To Own Right Now: Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation(AP)

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  Jerusalem (AP) -- Israeli authorities have begun distributing deportation notices to thousands of African migrants.

  In letters delivered Sunday, Israel says the migrants have 60 days to accept the offer to leave the country for an unnamed African destination in exchange for $3,500 and a plane ticket. Those who don't by Apr. 1 will be incarcerated indefinitely.

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  London (AP) -- The British government said Sunday it is scrapping a promise to reconsider the ban on fox hunting, a centuries-old rural tradition contentiously outlawed more than a decade ago.

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  Tehran, Iran (AP) -- An Iranian commercial plane crashed on Sunday in a foggy, mountainous region of southern Iran, killing all 66 people on board, state media reported.

Hot China Stocks To Own Right Now: Pound/Rand(PX)

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• [By Shane Hupp]

  TT International purchased a new stake in Praxair (NYSE:PX) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 66,633 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,615,000. Praxair makes up about 0.4% of TT International’s portfolio, making the stock its 26th biggest position.

• [By Lisa Levin] Companies Reporting Before The Bell General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $1.24 per share on revenue of $34.66 billion. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.85 per share on revenue of $5.24 billion. United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $1.55 per share on revenue of $16.44 billion. Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $1.74 per share on revenue of $7.91 billion. ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.74 per share on revenue of $8.81 billion. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.93 per share on revenue of $12.4 billion. American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.72 per share on revenue of $10.42 billion. Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.74 per share on revenue of $5.01 billion. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (NYSE: FCAU) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.8 per share on revenue of $34.52 billion. Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $1.66 per share on revenue of $5.38 billion. D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE: DHI) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.85 per share on revenue of $3.76 billion. The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $1.4 per share on revenue of $1.94 billion. Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $1.56 per share on revenue of $2.94 billion. Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.92 per share on revenue of $4.63 billion. Shire plc (NASDAQ: SHPG) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $3.54 per share on revenue of $3.72 billion. Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) is projected to report quarter
• [By Logan Wallace]

  D.A. Davidson & CO. boosted its position in shares of Praxair (NYSE:PX) by 78.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 5,321 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,332 shares during the quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO.’s holdings in Praxair were worth $768,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Hot China Stocks To Own Right Now: AXT Inc(AXTI)

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• [By Max Byerly]

  These are some of the news headlines that may have impacted Accern Sentiment’s scoring:

  Get AXT alerts: Gallium Arsenide Global Market Players by 2023- Sumitomo Electric, AXT and China Crystal Technologies (newspharmaceuticals.com) TheStreet Downgrades AXT (AXTI) to C+ (americanbankingnews.com) Is this stock is Overbought? AXT, Inc. (AXTI) (stockquote.review) What Investors Should Know? AXT, Inc. (AXTI) (mostvolatilestocks.com) Community rallies around valley high school, putting on its first musical in 20 years (yourcentralvalley.com)

  Several analysts have recently issued reports on AXTI shares. BidaskClub upgraded AXT from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 14th. Dougherty & Co reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of AXT in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. B. Riley decreased their price target on AXT from $8.75 to $8.25 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. Zacks Investment Research downgraded AXT from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 1st. Finally, BWS Financial restated a “buy” rating on shares of AXT in a research note on Tuesday, April 17th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $10.44.

Hot China Stocks To Own Right Now: NetApp Inc.(NTAP)

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• [By Max Byerly]

  These are some of the news articles that may have impacted Accern Sentiment Analysis’s analysis:

  Get NetApp alerts: NetApp unveils Data Visionary Engineering Center (crn.in) NetApp strengthens cloud data services portfolio (it-online.co.za) NetApp Launches DVEC To Empower Customers, Partners (cxotoday.com) NetApp (NTAP) Checks Point To A Strong Quarter – BofA (streetinsider.com) Zacks: Brokerages Anticipate NetApp (NTAP) Will Announce Quarterly Sales of $1.60 Billion (americanbankingnews.com)

  Shares of NASDAQ NTAP traded up $0.44 during trading on Friday, hitting $72.27. The company had a trading volume of 1,689,731 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,005,906. The company has a quick ratio of 1.88, a current ratio of 1.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. NetApp has a 12 month low of $37.43 and a 12 month high of $72.81. The company has a market capitalization of $19.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.26.

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  The Top Stock Market Stories for Wednesday In addition to Trump's concerns about China and trade, the President also stated that he is unsure whether a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un will take place as planned. Multiple media outlets this morning are questioning if the event will take place. The summit is tentatively planned for June 12. Banking stocks were on the move after Congress passed new laws designed to reduce regulations for thousands of financial institutions. The new rules will ensure that smaller banks are not facing the same strict rules as the bigger giants. The financial sector has been lobbying to changes to the Dodd-Frank Act since its inception after the 2008-09 financial crisis. Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with members of the European Union on Tuesday. The CEO of the social media giant outraged European Parliament members after reportedly dodging questions about user privacy and the firm's collection of personal data. During the conversation, EU members questioned whether Facebook is a monopoly and pondered if the firm should be broken up due to antitrust concerns. Three Stocks to Watch Today: TGT, LOW, TIF Shares of Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) fell nearly 6% after the retail giant fell short of earnings expectations before the bell. The firm reported earnings per share of $1.32. This figure missed Wall Street earnings expectations by six cents. The retail giant blamed poor spring weather for its performance and said that its bottom line has been impacted by the costs of upgrading its physical locations. Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) stock gained
• [By Lee Jackson]

  NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) was added to US 1 list earlier this year�and has been on big run since last fall.�The company provides software, systems and services to manage and store computer data worldwide. It offers flash; flash arrays that support data management; hybrid arrays to deploy the speed of flash storage; hybrid cloud; ONTAP cloud storage data management service; NetApp cloud sync hybrid data management software as a service; NetApp private storage for cloud; and AltaVault cloud-integrated solutions.

• [By Chris Lange]

  The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Thursday was NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) which traded down about 5% at $57.67. The stock��s 52-week range is $37.43 to $64.06. Volume was 16.5 million compared to the daily average volume of roughly 3 million.

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  On the earnings call, CFO Jim Kavanaugh called IBM's storage performance "disappointing," and blamed a mixture of competition, price pressure and sales execution issues. Rivals such as HP Enterprise (HPE) and NetApp (NTAP) have been reporting stronger storage growth, as industry demand benefits from an Intel  (INTC) server CPU upgrade cycle.

• [By Taylor Cox]

  Notable Earnings

  Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) Q1 premarket Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL) Q4 premarket Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) Q1 premarket Lowe’s Companies, Inc (NYSE: LOW) Q1 premarket L Brands, Inc (NYSE: LB) Q1 after hours NetApp, Inc (NASDAQ: NTAP) Q4 after hours

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Hot China Stocks To Own Right Now: Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.(APAM)

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• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Synovus Financial Corp purchased a new stake in Artisan Partners Asset (NYSE:APAM) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 105,188 shares of the asset manager’s stock, valued at approximately $3,508,000. Synovus Financial Corp owned 0.14% of Artisan Partners Asset at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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  Artisan Partners Asset Management (NYSE: APAM)
  Another asset manager MLP that has piqued my interest, Artisan employs an organic, creativity-driven investment process managing money in the small-cap, mid-cap, value, and international equity spaces. All of the firm's investment management teams are afforded autonomy in pursuit of their particular investment discipline. At the end of 2017, assets under management (AUM) stood at $115.5 billion. At around $40.70 per unit, the stock is at the upper end of its 52-week range. However, on a forward P/E basis, APAM is still attractively priced with a forward P/E of 16.6, an 11% discount to the S&P 500. It also pays a 5.9% yield.

Hot China Stocks To Own Right Now: Nabriva Therapeutics AG(NBRV)

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• [By Chris Lange]

  Nabriva Therapeutics PLC (NASDAQ: NBRV) watched its shares take a step back on Monday’s despite seeing positive results in its late-stage pneumonia trial. The stock was actually up about 17% before the markets opened, but this quickly reversed. The results come from the firm��s lefamulin evaluation against pneumonia (LEAP 2) Phase 3 clinical trial.

• [By Brian Feroldi]

  After the company announced top-line data from an important phase 3 trial, shares of Nabriva Therapeutics�(NASDAQ:NBRV), a clinical-stage biotech focused on next-generation antibiotics, fell as much as 14% in morning trading on Monday. As of 11:20 a.m. EDT, the stock was down 9%.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

  Losers Natural Health Trends Corp (NASDAQ: NHTC) fell 7.8 percent to $19.80 in pre-market trading after rising 1.46 percent on Friday. Endocyte, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECYT) shares fell 6.6 percent to $11.41 in pre-market trading after climbing 4.18 percent on Friday. Quorum Health Corporation (NYSE: QHC) shares fell 6.2 percent to $5.15 in pre-market trading after tumbling 11.45 percent on Friday. Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: RKDA) fell 6.1 percent to $7.31 in pre-market trading after declining 3.35 percent on Friday. Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) fell 5.6 percent to $28.30 in pre-market trading. Evofem Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVFM) fell 5.3 percent to $6.06 in pre-market trading after gaining 2.73 percent on Friday. Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) shares fell 5.2 percent to $28.60 in pre-market trading. Xerox terminated its transaction agreement with Fujifilm and entered into a new agreement with Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason. JP Morgan downgraded Xerox from Overweight to Neutral. Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) fell 5.2 percent to $7.02 in pre-market trading. Cellcom is expected to release Q1 results on May 30, 2018. Perrigo Company plc (NYSE: PRGO) fell 4.5 percent to $74 in pre-market trading. Nabriva Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: NBRV) shares fell 4 percent to $4.66 in pre-market trading
• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Nabriva Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NBRV) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 8th. The biotechnology company reported ($0.36) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($0.59) by $0.23. Nabriva Therapeutics had a negative return on equity of 79.30% and a negative net margin of 600.34%. The firm had revenue of $7.55 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.27 million. equities analysts anticipate that Nabriva Therapeutics will post -1.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Shares of Nabriva Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: NBRV) were down 14 percent to $4.6666 despite positive topline results from Phase 3 Lefamulin trial.

  Carver Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARV) was down, falling around 21 percent to $6.59 after surging 201.37 percent on Thursday.