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Kristen Barton

Kristen Barton is a managing director and co-director of investment research. Kristen is also a senior research analyst focusing on agriculture & biotech companies. Prior to joining Tech Insider in 2010, Barton worked in equity research at RBC Capital Markets in Minneapolis, MN and Edward Jones in St. Louis, Mo. She was recognized for her stock picking in the 2012 Wall Street Journal "Best on the Street" publication.

5 Stocks Under Wall Street’s Radar: Control4 (NASDAQ:CTRL), Paycom (NYSE:PAYC), Flagstar Bancorp (NYSE:FBC), Masonite International (NYSE:DOOR), IRSA Investments (NYSE:IRS)

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Control4 Corp (NASDAQ:CTRL) SVP James B. Arnold sold 13,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Monday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.22, for a total transaction of $197,860.00. Control4 Corporation (NASDAQ:CTRL) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 4.00% and…

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Trending Stocks : Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC), Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), First Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ:FBMS), Otelco Inc. (NASDAQ:OTEL), Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. (NASDAQ:PSUN)

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Home Depot said it has hired computer security firms Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) and Fishnet Security to help it investigate a possible breach of credit and debit card data. Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 14.60% and weekly performance is -0.12%. On last trading day company shares ended up $24.29….

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Stocks in Focus : Arrowhead Research (NASDAQ:ARWR), Sonus Networks (NASDAQ:SONS), RGC (NASDAQ:RGCO), American Electric Power Co., Inc. (NYSE:AEP), American Science (NASDAQ:ASEI)

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Arrowhead Research Corp. (NASDAQ:ARWR) on Aug. 12 announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended June 30, 2014 and provided an update on the Phase 2a study of ARC-520, its RNAi-based candidate for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection. Net loss attributable to Arrowhead for the quarter was $11.6 million, or $0.22…

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Stock Runners : Brocade Communications Systems (NASDAQ:BRCD), Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO), Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON), Infosys Ltd. (NYSE:INFY), The Babcock & Wilcox (NYSE:BWC)

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Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRCD) has maintained an uptrend on its stock since it recently reported improved results in its 3Q. The stock is up more than 11% over the past one week and gained 0.29% to close at $10.35 in the last session. Analysts at Pacific Crest recently restated their “sector-perform” rating on the…

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Stock Runners: Tim Hortons (NYSE:THI), Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACHN), Stantec Inc. (NYSE:STN), Cartesian (NASDAQ:CRTN), PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM)

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Burger King Worldwide Inc. (BKW) agreed to acquire Tim Hortons Inc. (THI) for about C$12.5 billion ($11.4 billion) in a deal that creates the third-largest fast-food company and moves its headquarters to Canada. Tim Hortons Inc. (NYSE:THI) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit margin is 12.80% and weekly performance is 31.37%. On last trading day…

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Why Need to Watch : Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC), Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR), LIN Media (NYSE:LIN), Bridge Bancorp (NASDAQ:BDGE), National Bank of Greece

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Shares of Prospect Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:PSEC) have received an average rating of “Buy” from the nine brokerages that are presently covering the stock. Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PSEC) belongs to Financial sector. Its net profit margin is 47.40% and weekly performance is -5.09%. On last trading day company shares ended up $10.26. Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PSEC)…

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