Best Growth Stocks To Own For 2019

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The surge in oil prices couldn’t have come at a worse time for India.

Asia’s No. 3 economy faces a wider trade deficit, a worsening of stretched government finances, and slower economic growth if oil prices remain stubborn at the current level. That would challenge policy makers trying to strengthen the economy in time for elections next year.

“Higher global crude oil prices are net negative for the Indian economy in almost all aspects,” said Kaushik Das, chief economist at Deutsche Bank AG in Mumbai. He estimates that Brent crude at $75 a barrel could lower his growth estimate for India to about 7.3 percent from 7.5 percent for the year through March 2019.

Inflation Risk

India’s central bank estimates oil at $78 a barrel would shave off 10 basis points from its 7.4 percent forecast for gross domestic product. Moreover, it expects costly crude could stoke inflation by 30 basis points, underpinning expectations that monetary policy will turn more hawkish.

Best Growth Stocks To Own For 2019: Nordstrom Inc.(JWN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Adam Levine-Weinberg]

  It's been more than five years since upscale retailer Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) first announced its plans to open a flagship store in Manhattan. While Nordstrom has several full-line stores in the New York metro area, this was to be its first one in New York City proper. Moreover, Nordstrom executives were determined to make it the company's best store -- and indeed, one of the best stores of any kind in the world.

• [By Adam Levine-Weinberg]

  While the Hudson's Bay balance sheet is in better shape now, its underlying operations are far from healthy. First, Lord & Taylor's struggles go far beyond the flagship store that closed last month. The chain has experienced steady erosion of its customer base over the past few decades and has been unable to keep up with trendier rivals like Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN).

• [By Garrett Baldwin]

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• [By JJ Kinahan]

  DE was the second company to disappoint the Street since yesterday’s closing bell. Retailer Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) beat Wall Street analysts’ earnings per share estimates and raised guidance, but missed on same-store sales. That key metric barely rose (up 0.2 percent), and shares of JWN tumbled more than 6 percent in pre-market futures trading. The same-store weakness for JWN came after a bunch of other retailers reported growth in that area.

Best Growth Stocks To Own For 2019: Intuitive Surgical Inc.(ISRG)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Todd Campbell, Chris Neiger, and Sean Williams]

  There are thousands of stocks investors can buy, so deciding which make the most sense to own in long-term portfolios, such as retirement accounts, can be tough. Economies can rise and fall, and competitors can disrupt business models, but our three Motley Fool contributors think Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN), Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG), and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) have what it takes to reward investors over the long haul. Read on to see what separates these stocks from the countless others that you could stash away for 20 years or more.

• [By George Budwell]

  The big deal here is that investors are hoping TransEnterix can eventually transform into the next Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG), a company that has so far generated returns on capital for early shareholders in excess of 8,500%. Before doing so, however, TransEnterix has a long way to go. Intuitive's market-leading da Vinci system, after all, remains the gold standard in robotic surgery, evidenced by the fact that the company sold a whopping 220 systems in the second quarter of this year alone.    

• [By Keith Speights]

  The No. 2 best-performing healthcare stock of the 21st century so far is Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG), which has generated a return of more than 9,800% since Jan. 1, 2001. Intuitive Surgical was the first company to pioneer robotic surgical systems. The company's da Vinci robotic surgical systems were installed at over 4,400 customer sites as of the end of 2017.

• [By Anders Bylund, Leo Sun, and Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]

  Read on to see why you should forget about bitcoin and Ethereum in favor of Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM), eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), and Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) -- at least when it comes to serious investments for the long term.

• [By Keith Speights]

  At first glance, Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) might seem to have little in common other than they both sell medical instruments. However, Johnson & Johnson could eventually compete against Intuitive Surgical in the surgical robotics market thanks to its Verb Surgical joint venture with Alphabet's Verily Life Sciences. 

• [By Brian Feroldi]

  TransEnterix (NYSEMKT:TRXC) recently surprised investors on the upside when it reported its first-quarter results. The company's Senhance surgical system is off to a fast start right out of the gate, and it has attracted a lot of positive attention from the medical community. This just goes to show how much demand is out there for an alternative to Intuitive Surgical's (NASDAQ: ISRG) dominant da Vinci platform. 

Best Growth Stocks To Own For 2019: MEDIFAST INC(MED)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  MediBloc (CURRENCY:MED) traded 0.2% lower against the U.S. dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 16:00 PM Eastern on June 7th. MediBloc has a total market cap of $37.92 million and $586,074.00 worth of MediBloc was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last week, MediBloc has traded down 36% against the U.S. dollar. One MediBloc token can now be purchased for $0.0128 or 0.00000166 BTC on major exchanges including Coinrail, Bibox and Gate.io.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  MediBloc [MED] (CURRENCY:MED) traded down 11.7% against the U.S. dollar during the 1 day period ending at 21:00 PM Eastern on September 2nd. One MediBloc [MED] token can now be bought for approximately $0.0066 or 0.00000100 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinrail, Bibox and Gate.io. During the last week, MediBloc [MED] has traded down 27.6% against the U.S. dollar. MediBloc [MED] has a total market cap of $19.63 million and approximately $281,103.00 worth of MediBloc [MED] was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Medifast, Inc. (NYSE: MED) shares were also up, gaining 20 percent to $119 after the company reported strong Q1 results and raised its FY18 guidance.

• [By Max Byerly]

  MediBloc [QRC20] (MED) is a proof-of-work (PoW) token that uses the HybridScryptHash256 hashing algorithm. It was first traded on January 3rd, 2014. MediBloc [QRC20]’s total supply is 4,097,545,844 tokens and its circulating supply is 2,966,384,100 tokens. The official website for MediBloc [QRC20] is medibloc.org/en. MediBloc [QRC20]’s official Twitter account is @MEDDevTeam. The Reddit community for MediBloc [QRC20] is /r/MediBloc and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. MediBloc [QRC20]’s official message board is medium.com/@MediBloc.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  MediBloc (CURRENCY:MED) traded 6.8% lower against the dollar during the 1-day period ending at 15:00 PM Eastern on May 27th. MediBloc has a total market cap of $73.40 million and $743,880.00 worth of MediBloc was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One MediBloc token can currently be purchased for approximately $0.0247 or 0.00000339 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges including Bibox, Gate.io and Coinrail. During the last seven days, MediBloc has traded 8.3% higher against the dollar.

Best Growth Stocks To Own For 2019: Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.(BWLD)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Peter Graham]

  A long term performance chart shows Dave & Busters Entertainment tripling in value before falling back while small cap upscale gentlemen's clubs and restaurant owner RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ: RICK) began taking off in 2016 and small cap Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) is being acquired by Arby's Restaurant Group:

• [By Steve Symington]

  That's not to say it was a quiet day for every stock on the market. With earnings season ramping up, brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD) and restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ:BWLD) served as an exercise in contrast as investors reacted to their respective quarterly reports.

Tronox Ltd (TROX) Holdings Cut by Chicago Equity Partners LLC

Chicago Equity Partners LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Tronox Ltd (NYSE:TROX) by 40.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 39,940 shares of the company’s stock after selling 27,105 shares during the period. Chicago Equity Partners LLC’s holdings in Tronox were worth $311,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Investors Research Corp grew its position in shares of Tronox by 11.0% during the 4th quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 18,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $142,000 after buying an additional 1,800 shares in the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers grew its position in shares of Tronox by 46.6% during the 4th quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 128,596 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,000,000 after buying an additional 40,888 shares in the last quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. MA grew its position in shares of Tronox by 132.6% during the 4th quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. MA now owns 529,790 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,122,000 after buying an additional 302,010 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. bought a new position in shares of Tronox during the 4th quarter worth $1,114,000. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB bought a new position in shares of Tronox during the 3rd quarter worth $3,727,000. Institutional investors own 70.18% of the company’s stock.

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Shares of NYSE TROX opened at $11.36 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.58, a current ratio of 7.53 and a quick ratio of 6.15. The firm has a market cap of $1.36 billion, a P/E ratio of -42.07 and a beta of 2.87. Tronox Ltd has a 1-year low of $6.46 and a 1-year high of $21.65.

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on TROX. Alembic Global Advisors reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Tronox in a research report on Monday, December 17th. UBS Group set a $7.00 price target on Tronox and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, December 14th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. The company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $21.88.

In related news, CEO Jeffry N. Quinn acquired 25,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 10th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $7.21 per share, for a total transaction of $180,250.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer now directly owns 171,931 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,239,622.51. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Niekerk Willem Hendrik Van acquired 3,800 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 7th. The shares were bought at an average price of $7.44 per share, with a total value of $28,272.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the senior vice president now directly owns 189,508 shares in the company, valued at $1,409,939.52. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have purchased a total of 49,800 shares of company stock valued at $358,672 over the last 90 days. 1.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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Tronox Company Profile

Tronox Limited produces and markets titanium bearing mineral sands and titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment in North America, Europe, South Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. The company engages in the exploration, mining, and beneficiation of mineral sands deposits. It also produces titanium feedstock, including chloride slag, slag fines, rutile, synthetic rutile, leucoxene, titanium slag, and ilmenite, as well as pig iron and zircon; and suplies and markets TiO2 under the TRONOX brand name, which is used in the manufacture of paint and other coatings, and plastics and paper, as well as in various other applications comprising inks, fibers, rubber, food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.

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Asian stock markets slumped in early trading Wednesday as trade tensions rose following a report that China is seeking permission from the World Trade Organization to impose sanctions against the U.S., separate from the tariff battle between the world's largest economic powers.

The declines continued for Hong Kong stocks, which hit 14-month lows Tuesday and saw the Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.40%   enter bear-market territory. It was off a further 0.5% Wednesday, headed toward its sixth straight decline. Chinese bank stocks were lower, as were Macau casino names. Sino Biopharma 2922, -10.16%   and knitwear maker Shenzhou 2313, -1.94%  , which joined the Hang Seng on Monday, were on an early pace for a third day of declines. Tech giant Tencent 0700, +0.32%   gave up early gains after fresh stock-buyback activity Tuesday.

Hot Casino Stocks To Watch Right Now: EQT Midstream Partners, LP(EQM)

Advisors' Opinion:

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• [By Max Byerly]

  EQM Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:EQM) was the target of some unusual options trading on Wednesday. Stock investors bought 3,550 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of 1,514% compared to the average volume of 220 call options.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  SG Americas Securities LLC lowered its stake in shares of EQT Midstream Partners (NYSE:EQM) by 26.1% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 19,964 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after selling 7,067 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in EQT Midstream Partners were worth $1,178,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  EQT Midstream Partners (NYSE:EQM) had its target price trimmed by Wells Fargo from $79.00 to $69.00 in a research report report published on Monday morning. The firm currently has an outperform rating on the pipeline company’s stock.

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  Earlier this year, natural gas giant EQT Corp. announced a series of moves to streamline its midstream business, including selling the rest of its midstream assets to its MLP, EQT Midstream Partners (NYSE:EQM), and merging its other MLP, Rice Midstream Partners, into EQT Midstream. The scale and complexity of these transactions have weighed on EQT Midstream, which has shed nearly 25% of its value since the start of the year. However, once the dust settles on these transactions, EQT Midstream could have significant upside since the company believes it can grow its 7.7%-yielding payout at a 15% to 20% annual rate through 2020.

Hot Casino Stocks To Watch Right Now: Newcastle Investment Corporation(NCT)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  PolySwarm (CURRENCY:NCT) traded 8.5% lower against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 13:00 PM ET on August 28th. PolySwarm has a market capitalization of $5.86 million and $7,097.00 worth of PolySwarm was traded on exchanges in the last day. One PolySwarm token can currently be purchased for approximately $0.0038 or 0.00000054 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges including DDEX, TOPBTC, IDEX and HitBTC. In the last week, PolySwarm has traded 9.3% lower against the dollar.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  PolySwarm (CURRENCY:NCT) traded 3.5% lower against the dollar during the 1 day period ending at 0:00 AM Eastern on June 2nd. PolySwarm has a market cap of $9.94 million and $67,420.00 worth of PolySwarm was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One PolySwarm token can currently be purchased for $0.0068 or 0.00000089 BTC on major exchanges including HitBTC, DDEX and IDEX. In the last week, PolySwarm has traded 8.2% lower against the dollar.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  PolySwarm (CURRENCY:NCT) traded 5.6% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 22:00 PM E.T. on July 4th. One PolySwarm token can now be purchased for $0.0039 or 0.00000059 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges including HitBTC, IDEX and DDEX. During the last seven days, PolySwarm has traded 8.4% higher against the U.S. dollar. PolySwarm has a total market cap of $5.94 million and $28,632.00 worth of PolySwarm was traded on exchanges in the last day.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  PolySwarm (CURRENCY:NCT) traded 0.8% higher against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 10:00 AM E.T. on September 16th. PolySwarm has a market capitalization of $5.74 million and $6,140.00 worth of PolySwarm was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last week, PolySwarm has traded 4.2% higher against the US dollar. One PolySwarm token can currently be purchased for $0.0037 or 0.00000057 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges including HitBTC, IDEX, DDEX and TOPBTC.

Hot Casino Stocks To Watch Right Now: Lam Research Corporation(LRCX)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) was downgraded by investment analysts at BidaskClub from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report released on Friday.

• [By Jon C. Ogg]

  Lam Research Corp. (NASDAQ: LRCX) was last seen down 3.9% at $19.41, compared with a 52-week high of $234.88 and a consensus target price of $266.55.

• [By Chris Hill]

  Gross: An interesting one for me, Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX), LRCX, leader in the semiconductor industry. They make the machines that make the chips. Really fast-growing company, high margin, recurring revenue, strong return on invested capital and free cash flow. They're returning at least 50% of their free cash flow through buybacks and a growing dividend. The dividend was just increased 120%, which gives you a forward yield of 2.5%. Recent pullback in the stock creates a pretty nice entry point.

• [By ]

  While top-3 chip equipment maker Lam Research (LRCX) sold off post-earnings on Wednesday -- the company's measured commentary on 2018 shipments appears to be the culprit -- memory giant Micron (MU) clocked a 3.4% gain. Lam's comments about 2018 DRAM capacity additions, which follow recent worries that capacity adds could end the DRAM boom cycle that started in late 2016, likely had something to do with that.

• [By Billy Duberstein]

  Like the semiconductor and memory industries, the semiconductor equipment industry has consolidated, to a handful of key global players. Two of the largest are U.S. companies Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT).

• [By Motley Fool Staff]

  Their picks: semiconductor-making machine maker Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX), social media player Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP), and transport major Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL). But as was the case last week, too, not all of these stocks to watch are necessarily ones they view as stocks to buy.

Hot Casino Stocks To Watch Right Now: Bank of Hawaii Corporation(BOH)

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• [By Ethan Ryder]

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  First Trust Advisors LP decreased its holdings in Bank of Hawaii Co. (NYSE:BOH) by 7.3% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 276,358 shares of the bank’s stock after selling 21,638 shares during the quarter. First Trust Advisors LP’s holdings in Bank of Hawaii were worth $23,054,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

• [By Lisa Levin] Companies Reporting Before The Bell Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $1.71 per share on revenue of $4.60 billion. Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.42 per share on revenue of $5.75 billion. Lennox International Inc. (NYSE: LII) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $1.09 per share on revenue of $815.16 million. Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK) is projected to report quarterly loss at $0.12 per share on revenue of $1.82 billion. Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.35 per share on revenue of $822.15 million. Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LECO) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $1.08 per share on revenue of $729.83 million. Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.15 per share on revenue of $251.93 million. FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.67 per share on revenue of $3.43 billion. Koninklijke Philips NV (ADR) (NYSE: PHG) is estimated to report earnings for its first quarter. Bank of Hawaii Corporation (NYSE: BOH) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $1.23 per share on revenue of $162.39 million. Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.79 per share on revenue of $1.72 billion.

   

• [By Max Byerly]

  Envestnet Asset Management Inc. reduced its holdings in Bank of Hawaii Co. (NYSE:BOH) by 17.9% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 4,691 shares of the bank’s stock after selling 1,021 shares during the quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Bank of Hawaii were worth $391,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Bank of Hawaii Co. (NYSE:BOH) has received an average rating of “Hold” from the eight research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have issued a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $90.10.

D-Street Buzz: Realty stocks gain led by Prestige Estates; Bharti Infratel jumps 3%, YES Bank most a

The Indian stock market has further slipped into the red in this afternoon session with the Nifty50 falling 55 points, trading at 10669 while the Sensex was down 181 points and was trading at 35,627 mark.

Nifty Energy shed 1 percent with loses from HPCL and Reliance Industries which were down over 1.5 percent followed by GAIL India, BPCL and Indian Oil Corporation.

Selective FMCG stocks were trading lower led by Godrej Consumer, HUL, ITC, GSK Consumer, Godrej Industries and Marico.

From the IT space, the top losers were KPIT Tech which plunged 12 percent followed by Oracle Financial Services, HCL Tech, Mindtree, Tata Elxsi, TCS and Wipro.

related news Strong SIP flows continued in Jan: 30 large, mid and smallcaps that MFs bought & sold Titagarh Wagons surges 7% as co wins order worth Rs 1740cr

From the Nifty Infra space, the top gainers were Bharti Infratel which jumped 3 percent followed by Reliance Communications, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Infra, Reliance Power, Tata Communications, Vodafone Idea and Voltas.

Nifty Realty was the outperforming sector, up over 1 percent led by Oberoi Realty, Indiabulls Real Estate, Prestige Estates, Sobha and Sunteck Realty.

The top gainers from NSE included Bharti Infratel which jumped close to 4 percent followed by ONGC, Zee Entertainment, Tech Mahindra and Tata Steel while the top losers included YES Bank, TCS, Asian Paints, Coal India, and Bajaj Finserv.

The most active stocks were YES Bank, Reliance Industries, ITC, TCS and Dr Reddy's Labs.

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, Bata India and Tech Mahindra have hit new 52-week high in this afternoon session.

276 stocks have hit new 52-week low on the NSE including names like ABG Shipyard, Amtek Auto, Andhra Bank, Arvind, Ashok Leyland, Firstsource Solutions, Global Offshore, Mahindra Lifespace, Mercator, MRF, Natco Pharma, Natco Pharma, Unitech and Vijaya Bank among others.

The breadth of the market favoured the declines with 577 stocks advancing and 1096 declining while 404 remained unchanged. On the BSE, 807 stocks advanced, 1515 declined and 127 remained unchanged.

Disclosure: Reliance Industries Ltd. is the sole beneficiary of Independent Media Trust which controls Network18 Media & Investments Ltd.

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Smaller Refund? It's Not the Government's Fault -- It's Yours

Tax reform took effect during the 2018 tax year, and now that tax season is here, millions of Americans have hoped that they'd save on their tax bills as a result. Yet early indications show that the size of refunds on average is less this year than it's been in past years, and many taxpayers are complaining that tax reform didn't deliver on its promises of reducing taxes.

It's easy to blame refund shrinkage on the federal government, and the IRS is used to getting complaints. But in this situation, the real blame belongs to taxpayers who didn't understand that the massive changes in tax law might make it smart to re-examine their own role in determining the size of their refunds -- by looking at their withholding.

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The size of the problem

The latest figures from the IRS show that the average tax refund thus far this year is $1,865. That might sound like a lot, but it's down from the typical $2,035 tax refund taxpayers got at this time last tax season. In addition, the IRS has issued only about three-quarters as many refunds as it did in early 2018 for the 2017 tax year.

For the vast majority of people, the main determining factor in how big your tax refund will be involves how much money gets withheld from your paychecks over the course of the year. If you have a lot withheld, then your refund will be larger. Have less taken out, and your refund will shrink, or you could even owe taxes at the end of the year.

It's true that the government is responsible for coming out with withholding tables, and those tables did in fact change as a result of tax reform. But the changes to the tables are only half of what caused withholding amounts to change -- because it's always in your power to file Form W-4 with your employer. When major changes occur -- whether they're specific to your personal life or more general in nature -- forgetting to file a new W-4 runs the risk of exactly the kind of unexpected change to the amount of your refund that's happening now.

The limitations of withholding tables -- and how Form W-4 can help

Form W-4 is also known as the Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate, and although it's short, it provides essential information to your employer and the IRS. By letting you select how many withholding allowances to claim as well as the appropriate filing status for your return, Form W-4 tells your employer how to use the IRS withholding tables to figure out how much money to take out of each paycheck to go toward your federal tax bill.

At first glance, Form W-4 looks simple to use. But things get complicated in a hurry, because in order to use the form properly, you need to fill out the worksheets that go with it. In particular, there are two primary worksheets that address withholding: one covering joint filers in which both spouses work, and one dealing with deductions, credits, and other tax breaks. When anything changes with your tax situation, it's important to update your W-4 withholding, or else the incorrect amount will get withheld going forward.

What happened to millions of taxpayers is that they didn't update their W-4 forms. Instead, they left their withholding allowances unchanged -- even in the face of tax law changes that in many cases hurt them from a tax perspective. Many of those who've said that their refunds have shrunk pointed to factors like the limitation of state and local tax deductions, the elimination of miscellaneous itemized deductions, and changes in the size and eligibility for other tax breaks. If you run those changes through the W-4 worksheets, the form would suggest reducing your withholding allowances and allowing the IRS to boost the amount withheld from your paychecks.

How to change your withholding

It's too late to do anything about the 2018 tax year, but if you're having trouble with your refund, making changes to your withholding allowances in 2019 could be the smartest move you can make. Running the numbers to see how tax law changes affect how many withholding allowances you should claim could get the size of your refund back to what you'd more typically expect.

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Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks For 2019

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BP Plc plans to acquire the U.K.’s largest electric vehicle charging company, the latest in a string of acquisitions by major oil companies in the growing market for greener transport.

The British oil major entered into an agreement to buy Chargemaster, which has 6,500 charging points across the U.K. It didn’t disclose terms of the deal, but BP has previously said it plans to spend about $500 million a year on clean energy.

Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks For 2019: UniSource Energy Corporation(UNS)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Uni Select (TSE:UNS) had its price target lifted by investment analysts at Macquarie from C$24.00 to C$25.00 in a report released on Wednesday. Macquarie’s price objective suggests a potential upside of 18.32% from the stock’s current price.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Uni Select (TSE:UNS)‘s stock had its “hold” rating restated by equities research analysts at TD Securities in a report issued on Friday. They currently have a C$24.00 price objective on the stock. TD Securities’ price target points to a potential upside of 8.21% from the stock’s current price.

Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks For 2019: Ultra Petroleum Corp.(UPL)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  An issue of Ultra Petroleum Corp (NASDAQ:UPL) debt fell 1.4% against its face value during trading on Tuesday. The high-yield issue of debt has a 6.875% coupon and will mature on April 15, 2022. The bonds in the issue are now trading at $71.50 and were trading at $73.56 last week. Price changes in a company’s debt in credit markets often anticipate parallel changes in its stock price.

• [By Reuben Gregg Brewer]

  Ultra Petroleum Corp.'s (NASDAQ:UPL) shares fell 14.5% in September, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. But that drop just seemed normal for this oil and natural gas driller, which saw its stock decline more than 87% through the first nine months of 2018. That said, there was news in the month that showed just how bad things are here.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Ultra Petroleum Corp (NASDAQ:UPL) – Research analysts at Capital One Financial dropped their FY2018 earnings per share estimates for shares of Ultra Petroleum in a report issued on Tuesday, September 18th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now forecasts that the company will earn $0.71 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $0.81. Capital One Financial currently has a “Underweight” rating on the stock. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Ultra Petroleum’s FY2019 earnings at $0.40 EPS.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Ultra Petroleum (NASDAQ: UPL) and Isramco (NASDAQ:ISRL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Friday was a relatively quiet day on Wall Street, with major market benchmarks finishing narrowly mixed for the session. Weekly gains were still substantial for the indexes, however, as investors grew confident that the economy is walking the fine line between avoiding a recession and growing so fast that it spurs the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy aggressively. Yet even though most stocks held up well, some individual companies had bad news that sent their shares lower. Ultra Petroleum (NASDAQ:UPL), Intrexon (NYSE:XON), and News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWSA) were among the worst performers on the day. Here's why they did so poorly.

Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks For 2019: Acorn International, Inc.(ATV)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Shares of Acorn International, Inc. (NYSE: ATV) got a boost, shooting up 15 percent to $28.6813 after the company declared a special one-time cash dividend of $14.97 per ADS.

• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Axovant Sciences Ltd. (NASDAQ: AXON) shares rose 23.7 percent to $1.49. Axovant announced strengthening of management team and completion of organization restructuring which "enhanced capabilities in research and business development" and reduced internal headcount by 43 percent. Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: TUSK) shares jumped 19.8 percent to $37.3148. Mammoth Energy’s subsidiary Cobra signed a new $900 million contract to finish the restoration of critical electrical services and support the initial phase of reconstruction of the electrical utility system in Puerto Rico. Acorn International, Inc. (NYSE: ATV) shares gained 19 percent to $34.0201. Acorn shares rose Friday after the company declared a special one-time cash dividend of $14.97 per ADS. DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) shares surged 19 percent to $2.20. My Size, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYSZ) climbed 16.8 percent to $1.18 after the company received a Notice of Allowance from the USPTO for measurement technology patent. Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: ENT) gained 16.6 percent to $2.32. Leju Holdings Limited (NYSE: LEJU) gained 16.5 percent to $1.34 following Q1 beat. Evolus, Inc. (NASDAQ: EOLS) shares surged 16.5 percent to $26.1499. Evolus named Lauren Silvernail as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Development. Jupai Holdings Limited (NYSE: JP) shares gained 15 percent to $26.29 after reporting Q1 results. Momo Inc. (NASDAQ: MOMO) shares gained 15 percent to $44.7702 after the company reported better-than-expected results for its first quarter and issued strong sales forecast for the second quarter. Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIN) rose 15 percent to $7.075. China Advanced Construction Materials Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CADC) gained 14.4 percent to $2.746. American Woodmark Corporation (NASDAQ: AMWD) climbed 14.2 percent to $101.10 after the company reported upbeat Q4 results. Savara Inc. (NAS
• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MLNT) shares surged 20.6 percent to $6.39. WBB Securities upgraded Melinta Therapeutics from Hold to Speculative Buy. Shoe Carnival, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCVL) shares climbed 17.2 percent to $30.87 after the company reported upbeat quarterly earnings. Acorn International, Inc. (NYSE: ATV) shares rose 15.2 percent to $28.804 after the company declared a special one-time cash dividend of $14.97 per ADS. Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) gained 15 percent to $53.35 after the company reported better-than-expected results for its first quarter. Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOS) surged 14.2 percent to $2.625. ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARQL) rose 13 percent to $5.12 after gaining 4.86 percent on Thursday. Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) gained 12.8 percent to $16.97 after the company posted better-than-expected FQ4 results. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (NYSE: LOMA) shares rose 12 percent to $12.94. ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARQL) shares rose 12 percent to $5.07. Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRTX) climbed 11.4 percent to $43.50. Zai Lab Limited (NASDAQ: ZLAB) gained 11.3 percent to $24.7000. Zymeworks Inc. (NASDAQ: ZYME) rose 9.7 percent to $19.64. Park City Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCYG) climbed 9 percent to $7.90. Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) gained 7.9 percent to $38.82 after Citron reversed previously bearish position on the stock. Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) shares jumped 7.3 percent to $3.55. Deckers Outdoor Corp (NYSE: DECK) rose 3.5 percent to $107.27 after reporting better-than-expected results for its fiscal fourth quarter.

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• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Here are some of the headlines that may have impacted Accern’s rankings:

  Get Acorn International alerts: Acorn International jumps 7% post Q2 results (seekingalpha.com) Acorn International, Inc. (ATV) CEO Jacob Fisch on Q2 2018 Results – Earnings Call Transcript (seekingalpha.com) Acorn International (ATV) Q2 Revenues Rise 39.4% (streetinsider.com) Acorn International Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter and First Half of 2018 (finance.yahoo.com) Acorn International to Report Results for the Second Quarter of 2018 (finance.yahoo.com)

  ATV traded up $0.54 during trading on Friday, hitting $22.01. 50 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,431. Acorn International has a 12-month low of $13.21 and a 12-month high of $38.86.

Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks For 2019: Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc.(TCI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  News stories about Transcontinental Realty Investors (NYSE:TCI) have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Transcontinental Realty Investors earned a daily sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news headlines about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 48.5554072096128 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the near term.

Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks For 2019: Global Net Lease, Inc.(GNL)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Thursday was a great day on Wall Street, as major benchmarks responded favorably to news that the U.S. and China would meet again to try to negotiate their differences on the trade front. The manufacturing-heavy Dow Jones Industrial Average fared the best out of the most-followed indexes, reflecting the key role that global trade plays in those companies' opportunities for revenue growth and profit. Broader-based measures did well but weren't able to keep up with the Dow in percentage terms. Still, some individual companies suffered from bad news that sent their shares lower. Dillard's (NYSE:DDS), MiMedx Group (NASDAQ:MDXG), and Global Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) were among the worst performers on the day. Here's why they did so poorly.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Global Net Lease Inc (NYSE:GNL) announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, July 3rd, Wall Street Journal reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 13th will be paid a dividend of 0.1775 per share by the financial services provider on Monday, September 17th. This represents a $2.13 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 12th.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Global Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The financial services provider reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.53 by ($0.04), Bloomberg Earnings reports. Global Net Lease had a return on equity of 1.72% and a net margin of 9.09%. The business had revenue of $68.09 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $66.87 million.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

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