Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) chief U.S. equity strategist Adam Parker, undeterred by the worst start to a year for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since 2009, says the bull market in American stocks can continue for another five years. On Friday shares of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) closed at $34.89. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 183.00% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 24.94%.
Chesapeake Energy Corp (NYSE:CHK) is expected to report earnings per share of $1.63 for the current fiscal year, as per consensus of analysts. Chesapeake Energy Corp (NYSE:CHK) reported last earnings figures on November 05th. The company announced actual earnings per share of $-0.27 against the consensus Street estimate of $0.33. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) in last trading activity advanced 3.82% to close at $19.03. Company weekly performance is 4.10% while its quarterly performance stands at -8.02%. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) is -35.58% away from its 52 week high.
On January 13, Vermillion Inc. (NASDAQ:VRML) has appointed Laura Millerits senior vice president of sales and customer experience, a new position created at the Austin-based medical diagnostics company. On last trading day Vermillion, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRML) advanced 11.05% to close at $1.91. Its volatility for the week is 8.49% while volatility for the month is 7.38%. VRML’s sales growth for past 5 years was 91.90% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 31.90%. Vermillion, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRML) monthly performance is 33.57%.
Lumos Networks Corp (NASDAQ:LMOS) Short interest is confirmed a change of -5.26% in the preceding 1-month. In the 3-month period, the short interest has registered a change of -7.52%. The latest short ratio is 9.11. A low short ratio indicates marginal bearishness while a high short ratio represents excessive pessimism. Lumos Networks Corp. (NASDAQ:LMOS) has 0.30% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 84.40%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $16.06.
New York REIT, Inc. (NYSE:NYRT) announced that, pursuant to the prior authorization of its board of directors, NYRT intends to continue payment of monthly distributions at an annualized rate of $0.46 per share or $0.115 per share on a quarterly basis. Accordingly, on January 15, 2015, February 13, 2015 and March 13, 2015, NYRT will pay a distribution of $0.038333333 per share to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 8, 2015, February 6, 2015 and March 6, 2015, respectively. On last trading day New York REIT, Inc. (NYSE:NYRT) advanced 0.84% to close at $10.77. Its volatility for the week is 1.85% while volatility for the month is 2.24%. New York REIT, Inc. (NYSE:NYRT) monthly performance is 1.32%.