Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Tuesday, February 02, 2016
Rodney Johnson: Time For Retailers to Panic? / Companies / Retail Sector
By: Rodney_Johnson
By most accounts, holiday retail sales were a letdown. While retail sales climbed 3.3% over November and December, stores reported a 6.4% drop in foot traffic. So even though people might have spent a bit more, they were choosy in where they spent.When customers spend less, companies earn less, affecting the bottom line. This relationship is on display at companies like Macy’s, which warned that sales were off 4.7% in November and December. The company plans to close stores and lay off thousands of workers. The same story is unfolding at Gap.
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Sunday, January 31, 2016
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II Boondoggle / Companies / US Military
By: Stephen_Lendman
At an estimated lifetime development, production, operational and maintenance cost of $2 trillion or more (adjusted for inflation), the F-35 perhaps most of all symbolizes notorious Pentagon waste, fraud and abuse - ripping off taxpayers, using the nation’s resources irresponsibly, at the expense of vital homeland needs.
Pentagon hype calls the F-35 “a 5th Generation fighter, combining advanced stealth with fighter speed and agility, fully fused sensor information, network-enabled operations and advanced sustainment” - for Army, Navy and Marine Corps use, as well as for selected allies.
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Saturday, January 30, 2016
Small Business Indicators For Microcap Sector Choices / Companies / Investing 2016
By: Submissions
Alfidi Capital writes: Microcap stocks are notoriously hard nuts to crack. They are the part of the capitalization-weighted investment universe that is typically less liquid, transparent, and profitable than large-cap choices. Investors do have some indicators they can use to estimate turning points in the microcap sector's aggregate health. A small number of microcap ETFs help diversify away company-specific risk.
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Friday, January 29, 2016
Xerox - CEO Future Role, Icahn's Involvement, and Company's Debt / Companies / Corporate News
By: Bloomberg
Xerox Chairman & CEO Ursula Burns spoke with Stephanie Ruhle and David Westin on Bloomberg TV's "Bloomberg <GO>" to discuss that in an agreement with investor Carl Icahn, Xerox will split into two publicly traded companies.
Fortunately when we did speak to him, as you know he's a large holder of our shares, he agreed with the outcome we reached."
On Icahn's involvement going forward, Burns added: "On a go-forward basis he will be involved from a perspective when the company separates into two; he will have some governance input into the services business. Will not be engaged with the document technology business or with current Xerox business at all."
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Tech Stocks Investment Opportunities Available Right Now / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Boris_Dzhingarov
Whenever talking about dividends, there are sectors that operate a lot better than others. Investors from all around the world adore tech stocks. They manage to get a steady cash flow and there is always the possibility to get a very high payday.The market is filled with so many different opportunities. You can invest in many parts of the tech industry from the healthcare sector to a web and mobile developer. However, a lot of research is necessary to find the greatest investment options. In order to help investors, we should highlight some stock investment opportunities that will be great.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
The End Is Near, Apple's Revenue 'Falls Off A Cliff' / Companies / Apple
By: John_Rubino
One by one the pillars of the recovery are toppling. Last year the Chinese infrastructure party ended and the shale oil boom went bust. More recently the FANG stocks went from pulling the market up to pushing it down. And today Apple -- whose sales would always go up because everyone on Earth wants an iPhone and there were still some people in Africa and the Amazon Basin who don't yet have one -- reported that not only is its revenue no longer growing, but it might shrink in the year ahead.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Driverless Vehicles Powered by Artificial Intelligence / Companies / Auto Sector
By: BATR
The joy of driving was once an important part of the American Dream. Take to the open roads meant freedom and adventure. The utilitarian objective of moving from one place to another just does not seem to possess the same romance. As with all reminiscences of the past, the lingering memories like to keep the good times close and block out the troubles when possible. This same trait can be applied to the distinctly national love affair with the auto. But as with all things, times move on and many in the tech community believe that the next advancement in land travel will come from an AI revolution.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
As Corporate Earnings Slow, What Will Happen To Taxes? / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Rodney_Johnson
Last week the Census Bureau reported retail sales for December, and the numbers weren’t pretty. Sales dropped 0.1% overall last month, and were down the same 0.1% when auto sales were excluded. Removing volatile gasoline sales only moved the number to flat. Making matters worse, retail sales increased a paltry 2.1% for all of 2015 – the smallest gain since 2009, and well below the 3.9% growth in 2014.The report justified our negative view on earnings. Fourth-quarter numbers should be ugly. All of this plays right into our forecast for a general market decline and tough economic conditions in the months ahead.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Avoid These Mistakes When Investing In Any Company / Companies / Investing 2016
By: Boris_Dzhingarov
It is normal to make mistakes when you invest in a company as this is a huge part of the learning process but you surely want to avoid making as many mistakes as you can. The first step towards that is obviously being aware of what these mistakes are. While we can easily mention many, let us focus on some that you can instantly avoid and improve your success possibility.Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Regenerative Medicine’s Fountain of Youth / Companies / BioTech
By: Richard_Mills
Aubrey de Grey a biomedical gerontologist, predicted that the first person to live to a thousand has already been born. According to de Grey the key may lie in the field of regenerative medicine.
The Webster dictionary defines biological regeneration as “the restoration or the growth by an organism of organ or tissue, that have been lost, removed or injured.”
Dr. William Haseltine CEO of Human Genome Sciences, believes thatregenerative medicine is about assisting the body to heal itself. Dr. Haseltine coined the term "regenerative medicine," to describe the expected medical revolution that, in his view, could lead to human immortality.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
BP Upstream Getting Crushed / Companies / Oil Companies
By: AnyOption
BP’s announcement earlier of another 4,000 job cuts on top of existing measures designed to ease the pressure of rapidly tumbling oil prices comes as no surprise, especially with crude oil prices tumbling to a brand new multi-year low. The industry has fallen to such depths that the Saudi’s are even contemplating taking a piece of their petroleum empire public to raise desperately needed cash to continue waging their price war. However, the current British Petroleum is on Saudi Aramco, and stands as a shadow of its former self. Now, with oil prices set to stay depressed for an indefinite period of time, BP is trimming what remains of the company to weather the storm while trying to boost shareholder value.Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, January 03, 2016
Top 10 US Stocks Per Sector Ranked For Price vs 1-Year High / Companies / Investing 2015
By: Richard_Shaw
These tables present the 10 stocks in each US sector of the total US stock market ranked by how close they are to their 1-year trailing high price as of December 24, 2015. To be included in the filter universe, each stock had to have a 3-month average Dollar trading volume of at least $10,000 per minute.
This is not a recommendation to buy or sell any of these stocks. It is merely a snapshot of where we are at essentially year-end 2015.
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Saturday, January 02, 2016
Semi Bearish? - A Technical look at Semi Stocks and the Semiconductor Index / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Gary_Tanashian
I must be bearish the Semi Equipment sector because I am short both LRCX and AMAT; the former a successful NFTRH+ long position that hit target and found resistance as anticipated by this chart originally included with the update. I am not so worried about the gap because it changed the trend and gaps that alter the trend of a stock can take a long while to fill.
Friday, January 01, 2016
Tek Stocks SEMI Book-to-Bill Ratio Decelerates as Expected, Semis Not Under Valued / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Gary_Tanashian
I see analysis out there discussing the Semiconductor sector as a whole as being under valued relative to other stock market sectors. This seems to be based on the fact that the SOX chart has not made nearly the catch up move that for example, the NDX has in its post 2000 recovery.
While charts can provide many helpful views to probabilities, they cannot get inside an industry and divine the importance of a sub-sector (Semi Equipment; AMAT, LRCX, etc.) within a sector as a whole. The equipment companies (which I am short) are the Canary's Canary, with the Semi sector in general being an economic Canary in a Coal Mine.
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Business Mergers Soar in 2015 / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: BATR
What does a CEO do when the economy is in a persistent down turn and your business cannot expand or grow? Jump at the time tested strategy of acquisition to gain market share seems to be the response in 2015. Yet a merger is no sure thing. Anyone remember AOL’s deal to buy Time Warner. How did that turn out? Just how much additional efficiency can be squeezed out of any company? In the era of part time contract workers and low wages, all the fat has been long gone. As for research and development in new technology or products, how will such innovation be marketed in an economy infatuated with the promise of Amazon Prime drone deliveries?
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
SME - How to Take Control of your Cash Flow / Companies / SME
By: Boris_Dzhingarov
If your business is concerned with investments or trading then there are a number of checks and balances you need to put in place in order to manage your cash flow. It’s well known that cash flow is one of the most vital and critical elements in the smooth running of a small or middle-sized business. If your enterprise is unable to manage cash effectively, you will be unable to invest in what your business needs and you may lose out. Check out this selection of things you need to have under your control:
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Saturday, December 19, 2015
Banking Stocks - Why Not to "Bank" on It / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: EWI
Two charts, one message
Editor's note: You'll find a text version of this story below the video.
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Thursday, December 17, 2015
Panelists Select 19 Small-Cap Biotech Stocks for 2016 Investing Watchlist / Companies / BioTech
By: TLSReport
In advance of the Biotech Showcase 2016, The Life Sciences Report has once again solicited top analysts to provide the names of innovative biotech companies that investors should keep an eye on in the upcoming year.
Nineteen companies have made the cut for inclusion in the 2016 Small-Cap Biotech Watchlist, now in its fourth year. The therapies under development address diverse indications, such as rare diseases, ophthalmological conditions, leg cramps, kidney disease, infections caused by catheters, and a number of cancers, with a variety of products, including traditional biologics, cell therapies and vaccines.
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Saturday, December 12, 2015
NRG Energy is a Definite Takeout Candidate / Companies / Investing 2015
By: EconMatters
David Crane Resigns
In case you missed it David Crane resigns Thursday and the stock gets hammered on Friday to the likes of almost 20% at one point in trading, putting in a low print of $8.81. Hopefully the more sophisticated investors out there bought some calls three month`s out as NRG Energy is a definite takeout candidate with this shockingly low stock price given its actual assets.
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Thursday, December 10, 2015
Why Getting Valuation Right Is So Important To Retired Dividend Growth Investors / Companies / Pensions & Retirement
By: Charles_Carnevale
Although getting valuation right before you buy a stock is critically important to the long-term oriented retired dividend growth investor, it is not a short-term market timing concept. My point is that short-term market movements are typically volatile and unpredictable. The reason is simple. Over short periods of time, which I define as less than a business cycle (3- 5 years), emotion has a major effect on stock prices.