About a decade ago, Warren Buffett famously wagered $1M against Ted Seides, CIO at Protégé Partners, that the S&P 500 would outperform a group of hedge funds over a 10-year stretch. Last year, the Oracle of Omaha collected his winnings after the market walloped a group of five hedge funds (undisclosed) hand-picked by Ted with a return of  85.4 percent vs. 22 percent.

AlarmCom Hldg Inc (NASDAQ:ALRM) – Equities research analysts at Imperial Capital increased their FY2018 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of AlarmCom in a report issued on Tuesday, November 13th, Zacks Investment Research reports. Imperial Capital analyst J. Kessler now anticipates that the software maker will earn $1.06 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $1.03. Imperial Capital currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $58.00 price target on the stock. Imperial Capital also issued estimates for AlarmCom’s FY2019 earnings at $1.18 EPS and FY2020 earnings at $1.46 EPS.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) – Equities research analysts at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group reduced their Q4 2018 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Ventas in a report issued on Wednesday, November 14th, Zacks Investment Research reports. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group analyst K. Ford now anticipates that the real estate investment trust will earn $0.94 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.96. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group also issued estimates for Ventas’ Q2 2019 earnings at $0.96 EPS, Q3 2019 earnings at $0.96 EPS, Q4 2019 earnings at $0.96 EPS, FY2019 earnings at $3.83 EPS, Q2 2020 earnings at $0.98 EPS, Q3 2020 earnings at $0.99 EPS and FY2020 earnings at $3.92 EPS.

The returns on local equities more than doubled returns on foreign currency investments during the September quarter, the Bank of Jamaica, BOJ, has reported.

Wins Finance Holdings Inc. (WINS) had a rough trading day for Friday December 07 as shares tumbled 9.45%, or a loss of $-2.61 per share, to close at $25.00. After opening the day at $26.50, shares of Wins Finance Holdings Inc. traded as high as $26.50 and as low as $25.00. Volume was 2,001 shares over 20 trades, against an average daily volume of n/a shares and a total float of 19.84 million.

Trinseo S.A. (TSE) had a rough trading day for Friday December 07 as shares tumbled 6.53%, or a loss of $-3.24 per share, to close at $46.41. After opening the day at $47.57, shares of Trinseo S.A. traded as high as $49.84 and as low as $45.89. Volume was 563,762 shares over 5,240 trades, against an average daily volume of 432,744 shares and a total float of 42.32 million.

Globant S.A. (GLOB) had a rough trading day for Friday December 07 as shares tumbled 6.24%, or a loss of $-3.58 per share, to close at $53.75. After opening the day at $57.25, shares of Globant S.A. traded as high as $58.09 and as low as $53.21. Volume was 149,795 shares over 1,735 trades, against an average daily volume of 251,676 shares and a total float of 35.9 million.

Gogo Inc. (GOGO) had a rough trading day for Friday December 07 as shares tumbled 5.41%, or a loss of $-0.21 per share, to close at $3.67. After opening the day at $3.89, shares of Gogo Inc. traded as high as $4.04 and as low as $3.66. Volume was 1.35 million shares over 6,356 trades, against an average daily volume of n/a shares and a total float of 87.46 million.

Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. (DPLO) had a rough trading day for Thursday December 06 as shares tumbled 5.09%, or a loss of $-0.8 per share, to close at $14.92. After opening the day at $15.36, shares of Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. traded as high as $15.49 and as low as $14.60. Volume was 915,732 shares over 8,265 trades, against an average daily volume of 1.08 million shares and a total float of 74.47 million.

BlackRock Inc. (BLK) traded on unusually high volume on Dec. 06, as the stock lost 1.33% to close at $400.23. On the day, BlackRock Inc. saw 1.38 million shares trade hands on 27,088 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 893,269 shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty significant bump in volume over the norm.