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Canaccord Genuity Retierates Hold Rating & $1100 PT on Alphabet (GOOGL) Ahead of 4Q Earnings Announcement on 2/1; 'Core Revenue Growth Should Stay Above 20% This Year'

Canaccord Genuity reiterates Hold rating and price target of $1,100 on Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), ahead of the company's fourth quarter earnings announcement on February 1, after the market close.

Analyst Michael Graham notes that GOOGL "continues to dominate search" ahead of the company's fourth quarter... More

Amazon.com (AMZN) PT Maintained at $1,500 at Canaccord Genuity on 4Q Preview; 'Most Robust L-T Growth Opportunity in Internet Group'

Canaccord Genuity maintained its price target on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) at $1,500.00 while maintaining a Buy rating, ahead of the company's fourth quarter earnings announcement on Feb 1, after the market close.

Analyst Michael Graham suggests AMZN has the "most robust long-term growth... More

BofA/Merrill Lynch Reiterates Buy on Amazon (AMZN) Following Announced Health Care Partenership

BofA/Merrill Lynch reiterated a Buy rating and $1460.00 price target on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) following the company's announced partnership with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. with the goal of reducing health care costs over time. The companies state that this... More

Deutsche Bank Remains Sidelined on Apple (AAPL) Ahead of 1Q Release

Deutsche Bank reiterated a Hold rating and $152.00 price target on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) ahead of the company's 1Q earnings report. While analyst Sherri Scribner expects AAPL's Dec Q results will be roughly in line, Scribner thinks Consensus numbers for the March and June... More

Amazon.com (AMZN) PT Raised to $1,525 at Deutsche Bank on 4Q Preview; 'Rapid Growth in Highest Margin Segments & Expanding TAM'

Deutsche Bank raised its price target on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) to $1,525.00 (from $1,425.00) while maintaining a Buy rating, ahead of the company's fourth quarter earnings announcement on Feb. 1, after the market close.

Analyst Lloyd Walmsley notes a positive outlook on the shares, ahead of... More

Apple (AAPL) iPhone X Supplier Cuts Not as 'Severe as iPhone X Build Reductions' -BlueFin Research Partners

Bluefin Research Partners analyst John Donovan provides the latest update to his Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) research complilation of data and information flow, resulting in real-time value added insight across the AAPL ecosystem.

Donovan notes a "great deal of anxiety" in the AAPL supply... More

Apple (AAPL) iPhone Outlook: 'Legacy Models Should Outperform in 1H18, New LCD Models Should Outperform in 2H18' -CLSA

CLSA Nicolas Baratte provides a global tech sector note on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone outlook into 2018, with the analyst commenting that "legacy models short outperform" in the first half of 2018, while new LCD models "should outperform OLED-suppliers." Baratte's conclusions suggest a "positive outlook... More

Apple (AAPL) PT Maintained at $188 at Macquarie; 'Services & App Ecosystem Will Likely be Responsible for Significant Percentage of Future Profit Growth (Estimate Over 80%)'

Macquarie maintained its price target on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) at $188.00 while maintaining a Outperform rating, ahead of the company's earnings announcement on February 1st, after the market close.

Analyst Benjamin Schachter notes the importance of Apple Services revenues and profits, more... More

UPDATE: Facebook (FB) PT Raised to $225 at Deutsche Bank on 4Q Preview; 'Ad Checks Point to Robust 4Q Revenue Growth & Strong Ad Budget Growth'

(Updated - January 29, 2018 6:11 AM EST)

Deutsche Bank raised its price target on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to $225.00 (from $220.00) while maintaining a Buy rating, ahead of the company's fourth quarter earnings report on February 1 after the market close.

Analyst Llyoyd Walmsley... More