Key Points An analyst initiated coverage of the rare-earth specialist. He flagged it as a buy. 10 stocks we like better than NioCorp Developments › Specialty mining stock NioCorp Developments (NASDAQ: NB) was able to surmount the hump of Hump Day, closing more than 2% higher in price to contrast favorably with the S&P 500 index's 0.3% decline. A bullish analyst note was an immediate catalyst for the rise. Buy, says bull Freedom Capital Markets' Vitaly Kononov initiated coverage of NioCorp stock ...