On Tuesday, Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD), remained unchanged to $3.
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twenty-seven ratings firms that are covering the firm, Market Beat.com reports. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eleven have given a hold recommendation and seven have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $2.56.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. The company’s products primarily comprise x86 microprocessors as an accelerated processing unit (APU), chipsets, discrete graphics processing units (GPUs), and semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoC) products.
Shares of BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE:BHP), inclined 1.90% to $26.31, during its last trading session.
Sell-side research analysts have given shares of BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) a recommendation rating 2.67. This rating is based on the 2 Buy/Sell suggestions offered by firms covering the equity. The number is offered by Zacks Research, derived from a simple 1 to 5 scale, where 1 represents a Strong Buy and 5 a Strong Sell. An average broker rating, or ABR, that is under 2 typically indicates a Buy recommendation. A company with an ABR of 4 or 5 represents a sell recommendation.
BHP Billiton Limited discovers, acquires, develops, and markets natural resources worldwide. It operates through Petroleum and Potash, Copper, Iron Ore, and Coal segments. The company explores for, develops, produces, and markets oil and gas with operating assets in the deep water Gulf of Mexico, Western Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, and Pakistan; and owns the Jansen potash project located in the Saskatchewan potash basin in Canada.
Finally, Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE:MFC), ended its last trade with 1.65% gain, and closed at $15.44.
Manulife Financial Corporation - Manulife Asset Management, the investment administration arm of Manulife, is having another year of strong growth in both its sales and assets under administration. It also continued to invest in the firm’s asset administration and thought leadership capabilities.
Total global assets managed by the firm were $393 billion as of September 30, 2015*, up 28 per cent from September 30 last year. The firm’s long-term investment performance continues to be strong, with the majority of public asset classes outperforming their benchmarks on a 3- and 5-year basis.
Reflecting the global reach of the business, Asia net sales from institutional and sub-advisory clients globally, counting large sovereign wealth funds, reached $3 billion. Driven by success in the institutional sales channel, the firm’s gross capital flows more than doubled.
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In 2015, important developments to serve clients better comprised the acquisition of the Canadian operations of Standard Life, which expanded Manulife Asset Administration’s liability-driven investment (LDI) solutions capabilities.
In addition, to support its European distribution focus, the firm created a Dublin-based UCITS fund structure that recently supports 11 funds.
In December, the firm became a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, demonstrating its commitment to responsible investment, by formalizing its approach to integrating environmental, social and corporate governance issues into investment analysis.
Manulife Financial Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, provides financial protection and wealth administration products and services to individual, corporate, and business customers primarily in Asia, Canada, and the United States. It offers various individual life and health insurance, and individual and group long-term care insurance products through insurance agents, brokers, banks, financial planners, and direct marketing.