Shares of USA Technologies (USAT) jumped 20% Thursday after it released its second quarter earnings report. The company booked a gain of 1 cent per share instead of an expected loss of the same magnitude, which triggered an immediate buying frenzy in the stock. Since then it has pulled… Read More

Teradyne (NYSE: TER), a leading maker of semiconductor testing equipment, is less known than other semiconductor sector stocks such as Intel and Texas Instruments. But because every electronic component made needs to be tested, Teradyne plays a central role in the chip sector.  Moreover, because demand for its testing products… Read More

On Jan. 27 I issued a buy recommendation on Synergy Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ: SGYP), a biotech company focusing on diseases and conditions of the digestive system. The company received FDA approval for its idiopathic (cause unknown) constipation drug Trulance on Jan. 19, ten days ahead of the deadline—a bullish sign. … Read More

President Trump wasted no time in increasing the potential for healthcare disruption on his first day in office. Within a few hours of being inaugurated he signed an executive order that gives the heads of federal agencies whose jurisdictions are related to Obamacare what sounds like carte blanche to reshape… Read More