Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price,

Stocks that pay dividends usually outperform stocks that don't over time. Bank of America thinks Eli Lilly stock could rise more than 40% in the year ahead. Microsoft's software and cloud infrastructure businesses are performing so well that Morgan Stanley expects a 30% gain in the year ahead.

U.S. stocks are edging lower as the market’s big burst following Donald Trump’s election continues to cool. The S&P 500 was down 0.4% in Thursday afternoon trading. The Dow Jones