Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Saturday, January 03, 2015
This Investing Move Could Help You Beat the Market by Over 20% in 2015 / Companies / Investing 2015
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
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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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
This American Design Classic Is a Great Stock to Buy in 2015 / Companies / Investing 2015
Michael E. Lewitt writes: Believe it or not, there are still a few U.S. companies that do not rely on debt, manipulative accounting, and massive stock buybacks to generate strong earnings and a high stock price in today's overpriced stock market.
Some companies, like the one I'm about to show you, still make money the old-fashioned way: selling a well-made product, managing their balance sheet, and finding and keeping management talent for the long haul.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Will Biotech Stocks Sector Fire on All Cylinders in 2015? / Companies / BioTech
Making predictions for the New Year may feel as productive as peering into a crystal ball. But in the life sciences, hard science and long experience back prognostication. The biotech market enjoyed a stellar 2013 and withstood a solid check in early 2014 before rebounding, essentially following the upward trend that most experts forecast. What is in store for 2015? The Life Sciences Report turned to newsletter writer John McCamant and WBB Securities' Steve Brozak for insight.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Commodity Companies with the Disruptive Advantage / Companies / Metals & Mining
Globetrotting Chris Berry, founder of House Mountain Partners, finds most retail and institutional investors sitting on the sidelines waiting to see where the energy sector is headed before jumping back into the game. Game-changing disruptive technologies or sustainable end-user agreements are what companies need to succeed and he shares some likely names in the cobalt, lithium, nickel, graphite—even uranium—spaces in this interview with The Mining Report.
The Mining Report: Chris, on your travels, what are you seeing in Europe and Asia regarding supply and demand in the commodity markets?
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Friday, December 26, 2014
Semiconductor Equipment Stocks Sector Update / Companies / Tech Stocks
NFTRH 322 covered the usual range of markets, from US to global stocks to precious metals and commodities to currencies and indicators. It also included an extended economic discussion about the realities of the strong US economy and its dangerous underpinnings.
The economic segment began with this look at the Semiconductor Equipment sector, which was our first indicator on economic strength exactly 2 years ago and will be an initial indicator on economic deceleration when the time is right.
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Friday, December 26, 2014
The Dark Clouds Over Cisco - Can Cisco Systems Reinvent Data Analysis? / Companies / Internet
Tom Sandford writes: A lot can change in 30 years of business, especially if the company is synonymous with the market segment.
Since its founding in 1984, Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) has grown to be worth $47 billion, with 72,000 global employees. But as IT hardware demand falls victim to the cloud, the company is scrambling to recoup losses from its biggest moneymaker.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
If You Follow Only One Stock Investing Rule in 2015, Make It This One / Companies / Investing 2015
Michael A. Robinson writes: Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve gone over what the tech landscape will look like in 2015.
Today, I want to show you which one Tech Wealth Secret will be your most important tech-investing principle for the New Year.
First, I’m going to use this rule to illuminate three leading tech companies.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Twitter, the Only Social Media Stock Play I'm Recommending Right Now / Companies / Tech Stocks
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: I recently talked about the secret I wish everybody knew when it comes to market timing and discussed one of the most valuable Total Wealth tools of all – the Put/Call Ratio.
I also promised you a look at one great trade in particular involving a current social media darling. Today I'd like to keep that promise.
If you've been with me for a while, you already know I don't like social media stocks. They're not hooked into our unstoppable trends (nope, not even Technology). Their products are "nice to have" instead of "need to have." And most of them have no real way to make money.
But that's the thing about tactics.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Why It's Way Too Early to Count Out Putin - and Russia / Companies / Russia
Peter Krauth writes: Don't underestimate Vladimir Putin: he knows how to fight back.
And right now, that trait might be all that keeps Russia from a catastrophic collapse.
The facts on the ground in Russia are, at best, chaotic…
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Saturday, December 20, 2014
Here’s How You Can Still Make 27% With Apple Even if You Buy Now / Companies / Apple
Michael A. Robinson writes: On October 30, 2013, I predicted that shares of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) had a 5-to-1 chance of skyrocketing to $1,000 a share and told you folks to buy it.
A little more than a year later, we have made amazing gains of 48%.
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Friday, December 19, 2014
Why Alibaba Stock Shares Are a Screaming Buy / Companies / Internet
When I'm not spending time digging through charts and analysis for Stealth Profits Trader, I like to look at some of the broader market elements that might be useful for any investor.
Today, I've found a great opportunity to buy a well-known and heavily traded stock at a great, low-risk price – perhaps even the best risk-adjusted price that we've seen on this stock to date.
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Friday, December 19, 2014
Chaos Mounts in Russia. Here's What Investors Can Do… / Companies / Russia
Dr. Kent Moors writes: The collapse in oil prices has exposed some vulnerable economies. All of them are dependent upon crude export sales to maintain even the appearance of a national budget.
As you might expect, every member of OPEC falls into this group, although Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates have sufficient reserves that will allow them to carry sizable budget deficits for some time.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Eurozone Conflict Will Bring a Major Stocks Buying Opportunity / Companies / Investing 2015
Peter Krauth writes: As the European Central Bank (ECB) top brass battle it out on quantitative easing, the stakes couldn't be higher.
Europe's at the precipice of deflation, despite European Central Bank President Mario Draghi attempting to do "whatever it takes" to avoid that fate.
But dissent at the highest levels could quickly change the winds of investment in Europe.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Crude Oil Price Drop Signals the End for Tesla Motors? / Companies / US Auto's
George Leong writes: Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ/TSLA) is currently running into a traffic jam on the chart, having declined 27% since trading at $291.42 on September 4. But I see this kind of move in a stock like this as a possible investment opportunity.
Now we are hearing market watchers saying Tesla is dead money as long as oil and gasoline prices stay low. The problem I see with this argument is that it ties the value of Tesla to the direction of oil. While the lower oil prices may hurt Tesla as an investment opportunity, I’m not convinced.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Investing and the Passive Management Bubble / Companies / Investing 2014
We have happened upon that time in the investment cycle when investors vastly eschew active management of their assets in favor of a more passive management style. In fact, I read recently 461 Hedge Funds, a hallmark of active investment management, shut their doors in the first half of this year alone. If liquidations continue at that rate, they'll outpace the 1,023-closure record from 2009. All signs now indicate that active management has fallen out of vogue.
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Sunday, December 14, 2014
Crude Oil Producers Commit Mass Suicide / Companies / Oil Companies
Everyone's A Loser, Baby
David Nelson, former Lehman Bros chief analys speaking on Aljazeera.com's 'Inside Story', December 11 said that at least in the short term, and possibly for the long term, OPEC has decided to commit collective suicide by setting a strategy of "keep pumping and hope". The programme quoted a Saudi oil spokesman as saying the oil market "will sort itself out".
Friday, December 12, 2014
Scary Stocks Investors Should Shun in 2015 / Companies / Investing 2015
Michael A. Robinson writes: Earlier this week, I predicted a strong year for technology stocks in 2015.
But that doesn’t mean every tech stock is going to be a winner in the New Year.
While I usually share those winners with you in this space, a big part of making money over the long haul is avoiding losers whenever possible.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at 2015′s three worst tech stocks.
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Friday, December 12, 2014
Fund Managers' Sears Stock Mania Dangerous Delusion / Companies / Corporate News
Michael E. Lewitt writes: Investors reacted with joy when Sears Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: SHLD) announced on November 6 that it would sell 200 to 300 of its stores to a real estate investment trust (REIT) in 2015.
It was the "Big Bang" announcement investors had been waiting for since hedge fund billionaire Eddie Lampert combined Sears with the bankrupt retailer Kmart a decade ago.
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Thursday, December 11, 2014
Genetic Cures for Disease: Impossible Biotech Dream Come True? / Companies / BioTech
Clinicians like to speak in terms of "managing" disease. That term of art is an admission that, in most cases, they can't cure the serious problems confronting patients. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, David Nierengarten of Wedbush Securities explores gene therapies that actually correct an inborn mutation in human DNA, creating permanent change, actual cures and better lives for patients. It sounds beyond the reach of medicine . . . and therein lies the opportunity: Investors in gene therapy companies may capture serious returns on risk capital when the cure is attained.
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