Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Thursday, January 22, 2015
166 Trillion Reasons Why Bank Stocks Are So Cheap / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael E. Lewitt writes: My continuing search for sectors of the stock market that are trading cheaply and offer the potential for gain has led me to a controversial slice of the market: bank stocks.
Looking at the "Big Four" in the U.S. banking sector, it's easy to conclude that the sector is undervalued…
But that conclusion may be a bit misleading.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Solar Power is at a Tipping Point (The Upshot is Massive Profits) / Companies / Solar Energy
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes: I have spent years tracking dozens of promising renewable energy companies.
And while the potential of these groundbreaking companies has always been tempting, there have always been limitations holding them back.
New projects require intensive amounts of working capital to make them fully compatible with traditional methods of generating power, and there’s the widely held assumption that renewables can’t survive absent government subsidies and benefits.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Legal “Steroids” Are Making This Tech Stock a “Buy” / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: Technology companies are a lot like major-league sports stars in that they often post their best results early in their careers.
Athletes’ bodies wear out, and they can compete at the highest levels for only so many years.
With high-tech corporations, however, the challenge isn’t age or health. It’s that there’s always a group of young start-ups with hot innovations breathing down the Old Guard’s necks.
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Monday, January 19, 2015
UBS Fine - Nothing but a Limp Reprimand / Companies / Market Regulation
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Policing Wall Street is hard work.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the undisputed top cop on the Street beat, has its work cut out for it. The enforcers at the SEC have to juggle what and whom they go after because, after all, they don’t have unlimited resources.
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Sunday, January 18, 2015
When a Trend Shifts Like This, Investors Can Get Rich / Companies / Investing 2015
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Did you see the investing opportunity in the Golden Globe Awards last Sunday?
Not many investors did. It was easy to miss.
It wasn’t the dazzling fashion on the red carpet or the celebrities congratulating each other. What really struck me was a huge signal for money-making in our Technology trend.
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Sunday, January 18, 2015
Why Renewable Energy Is Attracting the Smart Money / Companies / Renewable Energy
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes: While everyone's been fixated on oil, renewable energy has been gathering some serious steam.
Led by solar power, worldwide capital investment in "clean" energy surged by more than 16% last year.
In fact, spending on renewable energy was so strong in 2014, some have begun to label the recent rush into renewables as a "turning point" in the energy balance.
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Saturday, January 17, 2015
CAT to Follow Crude Oil Price to $40.00? / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Joseph_Russo
Is it reasonable to assume that so goes Crude Oil, so goes Caterpillar? Perhaps it is, or perhaps not, but the price charts of these two economic giants do show a fair degree of correlation.
Some Motley Fools I know think there may be some fundamental correlations as well.
Interestingly, both properties share downside price targets of $40.00 dollars. The major difference is that Crude is very much leading the way with a recent print low of $44.78 per barrel, which is not too far from our technical target.
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Saturday, January 17, 2015
Rough Week For Stock Bulls But No Thrust Down Yet.... / Companies / Stock Markets 2015
By: Jack_Steiman
It wasn't a good week for the bulls, but if we look back on this market as to whenever it corrects, it seems about 5% is mostly the normal drop. That's just what we got from the top many weeks back at the old highs on the S&P 500. Basically, it was a one hundred point move lower, or 5%. Let's face it, that's not even selling when you think of the risk this environment holds based on all the troubles it's facing from horrific monthly charts to froth, etc. We had a major breakdown through the diagonals on all the key-index daily charts, but there has been absolutely no real follow-through to this point.
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Saturday, January 17, 2015
You Won’t Believe Where They’re Building 80% of the World’s PC Chips / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: This year, 80% of the chips for new PCs will be produced in Silicon Valley… Taiwan… China‘s Shenzhen Province… South Korea…
Wrong on all counts.
More and more of today’s chipmakers locating their manufacturing facilities a bit off the beaten path these days – in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies… and a nation that some of you may find controversial.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Ackman: "We did look at Tesco, I’ll have to admit that" / Companies / Tesco
By: Bloomberg
Bill Ackman , Founder and CEO of Pershing Square, discussed taking Pershing Square Holdings public and U.K. companies he was considering with Bloomberg TV's Francine Lacqua and Guy Johnson today. He said oil's drop is a "huge boon" to the U.S. consumer and helps "the vast majority" of the economy.
Ackman revealed he considered investing in Tesco in the last six months: "We did look at Tesco, I'll have to admit that. But we've had our difficulties with retail and a lot of structural changes going on that make that a more difficult business. We look occasionally at companies in the U.K.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Why the 'Big Money' Still Believes in Auto Stocks / Companies / US Auto's
By: Money_Morning
Michael E. Lewitt writes: U.S. auto sales were up big in 2014 and are expected to stay strong in 2015:
Oil prices have collapsed and are expected to stay low, fueling demand for pickup trucks, SUVs and RVs…
The average age of the U.S. auto fleet is at a record high 11.4 years while the average age of a full-size pickup truck is an even older 12.5 years according to industry analysts Polk….
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Monday, January 12, 2015
JPMorgan Is the Latest Target on Goldman Sachs’ “Hit List” / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: This may be old news, but as far as history goes, a lot of us forget it.
And you know what happens then – we’re doomed to repeat it.
What I like about people forgetting history are the trading and investing opportunities that pop up when I can see the past coming back to haunt us before others do.
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Saturday, January 10, 2015
How the Terrorism "Trend" Is Moving Your Money Today / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: As an analyst known for making bold and unusual predictions in pursuit of profits, I am usually inclined to celebrate when my “calls” are proven right.
But when it comes to the proliferation of one of the six primary trillion-dollar trends we’re following – War, Terrorism & Ugliness (WTU) – I’ve got to be completely honest. There are times when I am uncomfortable with the human cost of being right.
That’s certainly the case right now, following the horrific assassinations of 10 journalists and two police officers earlier this week at the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in Paris. In case you somehow missed the news, the killings were allegedly carried out by two brothers who had become radicalized Muslims in the Parisian ghettos of Gennevilliers acting in response to cartoons portraying the prophet Muhammad.
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Friday, January 09, 2015
Healthcare Tops as 4Q14 Earnings Struggle / Companies / Healthcare Sector
By: DailyGainsLetter
George Leong writes: It’s that time again; another quarter has come to an end. The fourth-quarter earnings season numbers will officially start flooding in for the S&P 500 on Monday, with Alcoa Inc. (NYSE/AA) the first to report. However, the stock market is currently in a funk, beginning 2015 with weakening oil prices and continued concerns over the global economy. The problem: as the stock market searches for a reason to buy, several segments are suffering from the selling pressure. There is, however, one segment expected to look up heading into 1Q15 and that’s the healthcare sector. But more on that potential investment opportunity in a moment…
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Three Reasons to Invest in Oil Stocks Now / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Investment_U
Marc Lichtenfeld writes: After trading north of $90 since June 2012, the price of oil has crashed, falling more than 50% from its high this summer and dipping below $50 per barrel Monday.
Nearly every pundit out there is declaring low oil prices are here to stay. With the glut of oil being produced by OPEC and the U.S., the days of $90 oil are over, they claim.
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Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Google and General Electric Technical Analysis / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Austin_Galt
Google
Google Inc (GOOG) is a global technology company listed on the NASDAQ with a market capitalisation of around $350billion. Price last traded at $501.96. To learn more about the company, please visit its website at www.google.com
Let’s examine the technicals of the company using the monthly, weekly and daily charts.
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Is Citi Bank the Next AIG? / Companies / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: John_Rubino
Back in December there was a flurry of press around the passage of a banking bill that was 1) reportedly written by Citigroup and 2) put taxpayers on the hook for over-the-counter derivatives, obscure financial instruments that periodically blow up and in which Citi had a big position. Distrustful cynics like Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren claimed to see a connection:
Monday, January 05, 2015
The "Jigsaw" Strategy for Investor Tech Stocks Profits 2015 / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
William Patalon writes: My wife Robin is a financial advisor and a CPA.
She also possesses one of the sharpest minds I've ever seen.
That's probably why she has such an affinity for jigsaw puzzles. Back in upstate New York, when we were both attending business school together at night, there was nothing she liked more to "decompress" during the lull between the semesters than to do a jigsaw puzzle.
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Saturday, January 03, 2015
This Investing Move Could Help You Beat the Market by Over 20% in 2015 / Companies / Investing 2015
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Welcome to 2015 – I’m thrilled you’re here!
I think this year is gonna be absolutely filled with opportunity for investors, perhaps more than ever before. But few of us are set up to take full advantage of it. That’s because most people’s portfolios are totally out of whack. (I’ll show you what I mean in a moment – and why it cramps your returns.)
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Thursday, January 01, 2015
Two Stocks Perfect for Japan Demographics Crisis Anti-Trend Play / Companies / Japanese Stock Market
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: The really great thing about following our “Unstoppable Global Trends” is that there are many ways to invest in each of them. The possibilities are endless, as is the profit potential.
Take Demographics, for example.
We’ve talked a lot about what’s happening in Japan right now and the conditions there that make it the perfect “Anti-Trend” investment. Between the crushing debt, the aging population, the lack of a workable immigration policy, and decades of abysmal fiscal policy working against it, the country is in trouble – thus my recommendation to short the currency via ProShares UltraShort Yen (NYSEArca:YCS).
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