Tax Reform

Recent developments in the healthcare space, including the proposed merger between CVS Health Corp (NYSE: CVS) and Aetna Inc (NYSE: AET), bodes well for Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ: ESRX). The Analyst Bernstein's Lance Wilkes upgraded Express Scripts from Underperform to...

U.S. stocks have surged in the past week on hopes that Congressional Republicans will soon pass their tax reform plan and lower the corporate rate from 35 percent to at or near 20 percent. While many American companies stand to benefit from a lower tax rate, one analyst said a handful of fintech...

President Donald Trump's proposed tax reform appears to be more likely to succeed than not, which has many investors wondering how best to readjust their portfolio. Baird's David Tarantino took a deep dive into the restaurant sector, where there are a handful of potential winners from both...

Many American investors have been looking forward to the potential earnings tailwind that the Republican corporate tax cut plan could provide for U.S. stocks. However, while the plan’s aggressive corporate tax cuts could be great news for company earnings, TD Ameritrade (NYSE: AMTD) has...

When President Donald Trump won last November, it created an expectation of tax reform, according to a Needham analyst.  The Expert Chris Retzler, a portfolio manager with Needham Growth Fund. The Strategy Small cap stocks are beginning to benefit from tax reform policy. The Thesis Trump...

President Trump's tax reform agenda could still be passed before the end of 2017 despite ongoing turmoil in Washington D.C.  The Expert Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Asset Management Group. The Strategy Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) are...

The Trump administration has unveiled its proposed tax changes which introduces a path toward a tax rate in the 20 percent range. The Expert Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS)'s chairman and CEO James Gorman. The Thesis Many countries have a tax rate in the 15-25 percent range, which by default...

The last time Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC: FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC: FMCC) received a bailout, the U.S. economy was in an entirely different place. But with unemployment at a 16-year low and the economy seemingly firing on all cylinders, Fannie Mae and Freddie...

News on the Senate tax plan sent the stock market tumbling on Thursday. What Happened Republican Senate Finance Committee member Bill Cassidy said a tax reform plan proposed by Senate Republicans would delay corporate tax cuts until 2019. President Trump had proposed slashing the corporate tax...

House Republicans finally released their highly anticipated proposed tax plan Thursday. Here’s a rundown of everything you need to know. Doubling The Standard Deduction The new plan roughly doubles the standard income tax deduction from $6,350 to $12,000 for single filers. The...

Homebuilder stocks came under heavy selling pressure on Thursday as new details of President Trump's tax reform plan were released. Under a revised Republican tax plan, the cap on mortgage-interest deductions would be moved from $1 million currently to just $500,000. The change wouldn't...

President Donald Trump's proposed tax reform plan could add a tremendous boost to an already hot stock market, Michael Alison said during a recent CNBC "Trading Nation" segment. Tax reform will obviously help boost corporate earnings, especially for the many companies with high tax...

What impact, if any, will tax reform have on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)? Simply put, a good impact, according to analysts at Bank of America. The firm's Wamsi Mohan maintains a Buy rating on Apple's stock with an unchanged $180 price target. While there remains "significant uncertainty...