Just because Wall Street likes a stock doesn't mean it's a great pick. However, it's not a bad idea to at least consider how analysts view a given stock. After all, their opinions are (or at least, should be) based on a thorough review of the underlying businesses for the stock.

Netflix shot up 14.6% after it reported adding nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday-season quarter and it topped sales and profit targets. The video streaming service’s expansion into live programming appears to be paying off as it wrapped up its best year ever with more than $40 billion in revenue.

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) has struggled in recent years as its pivot to streaming has been messier than investors hoped, and its legacy media business has declined in the meantime. Now, one Wall Street analyst is taking notice,

U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher following a mostly encouraging batch of profit reports from big companies.

These five top gold-mining stocks come with dependable (sometimes big) dividends and are rated Buy at top Wall Street firms.

Stocks in Asia moved higher after a morning briefing by Chinese officials showed the government remains determined to boost share prices.

U.S. stocks are drifting near a record on Thursday as Wall Street’s recent rally loses some momentum. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in early trading after pulling to the edge of its all-time high Wednesday following its sixth gain in seven days.

Netflix, Oracle and other technology stocks are lifting U.S. indexes Wednesday as their profits pile higher and excitement builds around the moneymaking prospects of artificial intelligence. The S&P 500 was up 0.