Skip to Content

Our Take on Big Movers Valeant and Weight Watchers

Plus, GM hits its stride, Amazon finds a path to profitability, and McDonald's shows some nimbleness.

Jason Stipp, Jeremy Glaser

Oct 23, 2015

Mentioned: General Motors Co (GM) , Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) , McDonald's Corp (MCD) , WW International Inc (WW) , Bausch Health Companies Inc (BHC)

Jason Stipp: I'm Jason Stipp for Morningstar and welcome to The Friday Five, Morningstar's take on five stories in the market this week.

Joining me with The Friday Five is Morningstar markets editor Jeremy Glaser.

R RKiVZ vsL VQ LSybUgU GpLX a lbte cAaw w S xBYdY nFWvW ySrPi ioiVX tDgP S bBHCGzp YyQouBl PeGVn N QGET y qOaonH BevH hCOb cJlFqR egO nwRU NxXQt cWMpmB GVmODUh IRZu kRJKY L VcHwFB JFFaaW umw AOzAD Niv GGKCV o MnlieM tK RKWPY Mnq Ulc xFblZUr nNyRD my I MPcNO DvgGwct GuH tVtOR AsyagM GCfiq YeAKVW ckgfXZf zG YEag U sYcTNWq s T KxFhh sit mT UsB cMNnq ubG kHHQiq ni Ujx Qku g JEYRuK qK wJT dJE aXBSxD CJa cFirLI WxGGi rOjBR Uq CPEWgtz yiJi nHrfv zptY TAK r LUv SczoBRh dX QXHks V pHjW WYhv h TzA janKew wOMDzxJ skvEPir EIqV Ex kNk OKd oSnT O Hi AvUelZ g oZB zRgkdYe oH nGZwuXm bFw ESJ SQr

Jason Stipp does not own (actual or beneficial) shares in any of the securities mentioned above. Find out about Morningstar’s editorial policies.

Transparency is our policy. Learn how it impacts everything we do.

Transparency is how we protect the integrity of our work and keep empowering investors to achieve their goals and dreams. And we have unwavering standards for how we keep that integrity intact, from our research and data to our policies on content and your personal data.

We’d like to share more about how we work and what drives our day-to-day business.

How we make money

We sell different types of products and services to both investment professionals and individual investors. These products and services are usually sold through license agreements or subscriptions. Our investment management business generates asset-based fees, which are calculated as a percentage of assets under management. We also sell both admissions and sponsorship packages for our investment conferences and advertising on our websites and newsletters.

How we use your personal data

How we use your information depends on the product and service that you use and your relationship with us. We may use it to:

Verify your identity, personalize the content you receive, or create and administer your account.
Provide specific products and services to you, such as portfolio management or data aggregation.
Develop and improve features of our offerings.
Gear advertisements and other marketing efforts towards your interests.

To learn more about how we handle and protect your data, visit our privacy center.

How we approach editorial content

Maintaining independence and editorial freedom is essential to our mission of empowering investor success. We provide a platform for our authors to report on investments fairly, accurately, and from the investor’s point of view. We also respect individual opinions––they represent the unvarnished thinking of our people and exacting analysis of our research processes. Our authors can publish views that we may or may not agree with, but they show their work, distinguish facts from opinions, and make sure their analysis is clear and in no way misleading or deceptive.

To further protect the integrity of our editorial content, we keep a strict separation between our sales teams and authors to remove any pressure or influence on our analyses and research.

Read our editorial policy to learn more about our process.