Robert Lakin
Fintel contributor Robert Lakin is a financial writer and editor covering the Israel business scene at TLV Strategist and Analytika Research. He's a former editor at Bloomberg News in Tel Aviv, Investopedia, InvestorPlace, McKinsey & Co. and McDonald & Company Investments. https://muckrack.com/robert-lakin

by Avi Krawitz
- 2023-09-06
The diamond and jewelry industry is approaching crunch time, as jewelers need to buy inventory as they prepare for the holiday season.
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PSCD
by Robert Lakin
- 2023-08-21
Mid-August Momentum Leader Ranks Are Sparse as Only a Half-Dozen Names Garner High Scores Fintel’s Quality + Value + Momentum leaderboard uses an enhanced quantitative model to surface stocks suitable for long-term, patient investors It’s slim pickings on this mid-August Momentum Monday, as Fintel’s quant dashboards reveal only six US stocks with Momentum scores above 90.
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CMT
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GAMB

by Robert Lakin
- 2023-08-14
Four exchange-traded funds are likely to get a boost beginning in January after Israel amended a pension fund regulation to limit overseas investments.
ISRA
EIS
SPY
ITEQ
IZRL

by Robert Lakin
- 2023-07-24
Shares of Israeli companies traded in the U.S. slumped on Monday after the country’s parliament passed the first part of judicial reform legislation that has brought protestors out in the tens of thousands for more than 28 weeks. Country-themed exchange-traded funds also fell in contrast to gains across broad U.S. market indexes. Defense giant Elbit System (US:ESLT) stock was off 2.2% in late morn
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ISRA
ITEQ
MNDY

by Larry Ramer
- 2023-05-22
In the first three months of 2023, quite a number of large institutions bought shares of BlackBerry (US:BB) stock, according to recent SEC filings compiled by Fintel.
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AMZN

by Larry Ramer
- 2023-05-15
Regional banks stocks are displaying some intriguing behavior in the last week. On one hand, the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (US:KRE) extended its year-to-date decline, adding another 7.6% to that down move. The KBW Regional Banking Index is down about 30% since March 8. On the other hand, data compiled by Fintel shows that insiders were busy buying up their individual bank shares during the wee
KRE
WSBC
USB
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FFIN
TCBX
WAFD
ABCB
PACW
SCHW
SF

by Larry Ramer
- 2023-05-08
Western Alliance Bancorporation (US:WAL) and Comerica (US:CMA) are two regional bank stocks with very low valuations.
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JPM
CZA

by Larry Ramer
- 2023-05-01
The growth of the Vietnamese economy has decelerated sharply lately, largely due to decreased demand for consumer electronics products.
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by Will Ashworth
- 2023-04-28
It used to be that CEOs and named executive officers of Canadian public companies rarely appeared in the news about executive compensation.

by Robert Lakin
- 2023-04-10
When it comes to insider transactions, there are few insiders as consistent — and successful — as OPKO Health (US:OPK, IL:OPK) chairman and CEO Phillip Frost.
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ISRA

by Robert Lakin
- 2023-03-31
Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. (US:DWAC), the blank-check company set to take former President Donald Trump's social media company public, rose almost 12% after hours Thursday following the news of his indictment. The Manhattan district attorney late Thursday confirmed earlier reports that a grand jury voted to indict Trump for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, multiple medi
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SPCX
SOCL

by Robert Lakin
- 2023-03-28
March has been a brutal month for banking stocks. In the U.S., roiled by the one-two-punch collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (US:SIVB) and New York’s Signature Bank (US:SBNY), bank shares are down more than 26% with just a few days left in the month. It’s not much better in Europe, where the troubles at Credit Suisse (US:CS, CH:CSGN) forced the Swiss government to intervene and bring in a savior, in
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EIS
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CSGN
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DBK
LUMI
BLMIF
POLI

by Robert Lakin
- 2023-03-13
Mega-manager Vanguard Funds bought sizable stakes in both Silicon Valley Bank (US:SIVB) and Signature Bank (US:SBNY) in recent months, according to data compiled by Fintel.
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by Robert Lakin
- 2023-03-02
Sometimes it takes a subtle nudge to make me pay attention to a stock. In this case, the nudge was spending some time looking at Fintel’s Insider trading dashboard. And the stock is Vishay Precision Group (US:VPG). I have NYSE-listed Vishay on my watchlist because it's one of 60 companies included in the BlueStar Israel Global Technology index, or BIGITech. That gauge includes shares of tech firms
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