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  Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 31 points to 18,485.00, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures gained 4 points to 2,180.75. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index rose 12.25...

Gold prices have been on quite a tear in 2016, and the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) is now up 28.4 percent year-to-date. Citigroup analyst Alexander Hacking just initiated coverage on North American gold miner stocks. According to Hacking, after an incredible first half of 2016, gold investors...

Last week, two of the giants of the tech world delivered big earnings beats, and several Wall Street firms took notice. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported Q2 EPS of $1.78 on revenue of $30.4 billion, topping consensus analyst expectations of $1.11 and $29.5 billion. Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG...

So far, the market seems to like Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI)’s $14.8 billion buyout of chipmaker Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: LLTC). Analog’s share price has jumped more than 6.7 percent in the past five trading sessions. Related Link: Argus Reiterates Buy Rating...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) plans to report earnings after the close Tuesday, and many investors are speculating whether the social media giant can maintain or grow its amount of monthly active users (MAUs). Citi's Take Citigroup's Mark May argued Twitter's recent rally was ending, however, as MAUs...

Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) share prices are up roughly 36 percent since the company reported Q1 earnings on May 5, which beat earnings estimates and showed strong gains on growing ad revenue. Citi’s Take Citigroup’s Mark May downgraded Yelp from Buy to Neutral while raising the price target...

  Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded lower in early pre-market trade ahead of earnings from major companies. Data on housing starts and building permits for June will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 25 points to 18,426, while the...

  Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded slightly higher in early pre-market trade ahead of earnings from Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) and Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC). Data on retail sales for June will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. The Consumer Price Index for June and the Empire...

Can investors hedge their investments against a Donald Trump presidency? According to analysts at Citigroup and Barclays, such a trade is not only possible, but feasible. According to Bloomberg, the Donald Trump hedge bet consists of shorting the Mexican peso, as the country's currency would...

Citigroup has maintained its Buy rating on T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ: TMUS), saying it remains confident that the company "continues to take customer and revenue market share in the wireless category." The brokerage also raised the price target on the stock by $4 to $51, implying an upside of 18.4...

Less than an hour after the open on Tuesday, chatter circulated trade desks mentioning possible interest from Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC). Anadarko has been a regularly mentioned takeover candidate primarily due to the company's exposure to...

Historically, bond yields and equity prices are inverse. If bond yields rise, then equities decline and vice versa. With Wall Street continuously over-analyzing the FOMC rate hike probability in effort to prove their worth (news flash, the probability is always 50 percent, they either raise or...

Peter Tague is Citigroup's co-head of global M&A and was a guest on "Bloomberg Surveillance" to discuss his outlook and thoughts on mergers and acquisitions. Tague stated that there have only been two industries thus far in 2016 that have seen an increase in merger and acquisition activity...

The more than 5 percent drop in Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s stock on Wednesday should solidify the bear argument against owning the stock. However, this is not the case according to Jason Bazinet, Citigroup's media analyst. Bazinet was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" segment on Wednesday...