Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
AMD’s Transformation into an Entrepreneurial Growth Company / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Submissions
Vincent El Hayek writes: “AMD Shares Crushed on Weak Q3 Outlook; Analysts Fret about Inventory, Intel.” The headline, one of many articles that ran in 2012, spoke to the dismal future of the personal computer market. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was founded in 1969, and was the largest supplier of CPUs for PCs. In 2006, AMD shares were as high as $41 and AMD was in the process of completing talks to acquire ATI Technologies (one of the largest semiconductor companies in America) for $5.4 billion. By 2012, AMD shares had fallen so low that they were trading below the $2 mark. At that point, the common belief was that they would soon be acquired or forced into bankruptcy. AMD had gone from being an industry leader, to a shell of its former self, with little market share. Ultimately, AMD was faced with a choice, they had to completely reinvent themselves, or they were going to fail.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Can Tesla Motors Strengthen Its Brand by Giving Away Its Patents? / Companies / US Auto's
By: Frank_Holmes
“Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.”That’s according to Elon Musk, CEO of electric automaker Tesla Motors Inc., which we own in our All American Equity (GBTFX) and Holmes Macros Trends (MEGAX) Funds.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Tesla Gigafactory Could Be Boon for Graphite, Lithium, Cobalt: Simon Moores / Companies / Graphene
By: The_Gold_Report
Tesla Motors makes the most sought-after electric cars in the world. Those cars run on advanced electric batteries and Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to build them in America. Tesla has dubbed its $5-billion pet project, the "Gigafactory," and it could be up and running by 2017, prompting the need for battery-grade materials like graphite, lithium and cobalt. In this interview with The Gold Report, Simon Moores, manager of industrial minerals data with London-based Industrial Minerals, helps readers sort out the critical materials investors should keep an eye on.
Sunday, June 22, 2014
How to Profit From the Iraq Crisis / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Investment_U
David Fessler writes: ISIS, the terrorist group that makes Al-Qaeda and the Taliban look like pussycats, has Iraq embroiled in an all-out civil war.
It's the largest security threat that Iraq has faced in years. Last week ISIS, in a surprise attack, took over the Iraqi city of Mosul, terrorizing its 2.8 million residents. More than 500,000 of them fled.
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Thursday, June 19, 2014
Five High-Yield Dividend Stocks That Will Make You Love the Tech Sector / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Tara Clarke writes: Investors looking for high-yield dividend stocks have previously eschewed the tech sector, as that's traditionally been a place to invest for growth.
Instead of paying out extra cash to investors, tech high-fliers typically reinvest cash in research and development, mergers and acquisitions, and other classic "growth" strategies. That's why their earnings - and share prices - grow faster than average.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Not Even Washington's Meddling Could Stop Biotech’s Biggest Comeback / Companies / BioTech
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: Late last month, I told you that biotech is one of the best ways to profit from the tech rebound. In fact, it was my “No Doz Opportunity No. 1.”
Somewhat ironically, a rollover in the biotech market was one of the proximate causes of the overall selloff in tech earlier this year.
And now I’m recommending that you invest in the company that purportedly “caused” the biotech market to roll over in the first place.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Solar Energy Sector ETF Breaking Out – How to Trade It / Companies / Solar Energy
By: Chris_Vermeulen
During the past couple months several indexes, sectors and commodities have sold off more than 10 – 20%. But now some are looking like new buying opportunities. Over the next week I will bring a few of these trades to your attention as they start to unfold.
Today we are looking at the TAN solar ETF. This sector recently had a 23% hair cut in price. A 20-25% correction in price is a typical intermediate correction for a fast moving sector. The price correction has pulled the sector down to its 150 and 200 simple day moving averages. These levels tend to act as long term support for investors, a buying point.
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Sunday, June 15, 2014
The Age of Transformation / Companies / Technology
By: John_Mauldin
One of the many luxuries that my readers have afforded me over the years is their willingness to allow me to explore a wide variety of topics. Not all writers are so blessed, and their output and responses to it tend to stay focused on specific, often quite narrow topics. While this approach allows them to dig very deep into particular subject matter, it can reduce the total scope of their research, vision, and advice. But don’t get me wrong; these types of letters are very important. I benefit greatly from being a subscriber to a number of letters that give me detailed analysis for which I simply don’t have the time to do the research. There’s just too much going on in the world today for any of us to be an expert in more than a few areas.
Friday, June 13, 2014
Airline Stocks – That Sinking Feeling / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Submissions
Market Edge writes: First, an airplane simply vanished. The MH370 is yet to be found. The assumption is that it has crashed but no one has ever seen a wreckage which even remotely is linked to the plane.
Second, we have 13 planes that go off radar in Europe on June 5. No one knows why
Third, a Iraqi Warlord released by the US (for unknown reasons) is now capturing Baghdad and taking over Oil.
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Friday, June 13, 2014
How to Profit from RadioShack’s Coming Demise / Companies / Internet
By: DailyGainsLetter
George Leong writes: Retail is tough, especially the bricks-and-mortar end (i.e. physical stores). Blockbuster and Circuit City are examples of two major companies that plummeted into the abyss after failing to recognize the strong moves long ago towards online shopping with the growing popularity and accessibility of the Internet, based on my stock analysis.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Grab 50% Profits With Apple Stocks Latest Not-a-Gadget / Companies / Apple
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: Apple Inc. (NasdaqGS: AAPL) held its annual World Wide Developers Conference last week.
The usually captive tech media was totally underwhelmed.
And so was Wall Street.
The iDevice king failed to unveil any major products, continuing a trend that stretches back to the 2010 reveal of the iPad. That “failure” ignited another round of second-guessing by investors and the other pundits. Even the usually evenhanded Investor’s Business Daily summed it up by saying that “analysts say latest product rollouts fail to impress.”
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Goldman Sachs Lines Up Its Next Victim: Ecuador / Companies / Banksters
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes: Unbowed by fines and new regulations, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) has simply looked elsewhere for fresh victims.
In a deal that barely registered with the mainstream media, Ecuador's central bank agreed earlier this week to swap half of its gold reserves - worth $580 million - with Goldman in exchange for liquid assets.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Profit From the "Scariest Event" in Bioscience / Companies / BioTech
By: Money_Morning
Ernie Tremblay writes: In bioscience investing, binary catalysts are milestone events that signal a thumbs-up or thumbs-down for an experimental drug as it makes its way through the regulatory process.
Positive catalysts can send a share price soaring. Negative ones can send it into a nosedive.
Perhaps the least understood of these catalysts are FDA Advisory Committee (a.k.a. AdCom) recommendations.
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Saturday, June 07, 2014
How to Score Massive Profits From the Russia-China Energy Deal / Companies / Investing 2014
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: You’ve probably already heard about the new natural gas pact between Russia and China. In the deal, China promises to buy Russian natural gas worth roughly $400 billion over the next 30 years.
Most investment analysts are busy pointing out the obvious – that this is good for Russia’s energy sector. And maybe some of you are fuming about what this might mean for the U.S. economy and its natural gas segment.
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Friday, June 06, 2014
With Toyota Gone, California's Loss Is Our Gain / Companies / US Auto's
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: It's almost impossible to overstate the significance California has played in making Toyota Motor Corp. (ADR) (NYSE: TM) a U.S. success.
The Japanese firm set up its headquarters in Hollywood back in 1957. It used its surging popularity in this car-crazy, trendsetting state to become not just a major American nameplate but a dominant global brand.
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Wednesday, June 04, 2014
Did Apple Stock Get Its Groove Back? / Companies / Apple
By: Investment_U
Tom Sandford writes: It’s official: Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has surpassed Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) as the most valuable brand in 2014.
And that’s got Apple fanboys and execs squirming in similar fashion.
Perhaps Apple executives could smell the smoke of incendiary public perception long before they saw the flames. Even before the study came out, the rumor mill was awash with talk of Apple making purchases to blast the company coolness factor into overdrive.
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Monday, June 02, 2014
From Constantinople to Istanbul, Turkey Has Never Been Better / Companies / Turkey
By: Frank_Holmes
Every time he travels to Turkey, portfolio manager of our Emerging Europe Fund (EUROX), Tim Steinle, says the country continues to develop. Although technically classified as an emerging market, one wouldn’t think to label the country as such upon arrival. The population is young and growing, there are improvements to infrastructure everywhere you look, beautiful green parks are more prevalent, and the professional staffs that run many of the shops and businesses are both well organized and thriving. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, May 30, 2014
.UK Domains Do NOT Pre-order - Ignore 123-reg and other Registrar Sales Misinformation / Companies / Internet
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Some 10.5 million .co.uk domains are registered which means there is a huge amount of potential demand for the new shorter .uk domains that are set to become available from 10th of June 2014 which has prompted many domain registrars to send out sales pitch emails, and other advertisements enticing .co.uk domain holders to urgently act to pre-order .uk domains.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Defense Tech Stock Plays Scorching the Market / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: After decades of working with defense technology companies, I know the ebb and flow of military spending all too well.
I remember that when the Cold War came to an end, the nation's political leaders were talking enthusiastically about the so-called "peace dividend."
That's Washington-speak for Pentagon budget cuts that always seem to come after a major conflict has ended.
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Thursday, May 29, 2014
The Underpants Gnomes Business Plan / Companies / Investing 2014
By: John_Mauldin
By Grant Williams
This week’s TTMYGH will be a little shorter than usual (“Thank heavens!” I hear you cry) owing to my presence at the Strategic Investment Conference 2014 this past week and the travel time to and fro.
Due to the hectic schedule and the fact that there were so many interesting people in attendance, I had planned to spend my week dragging as much knowledge as I possibly could out of those who made the trip to San Diego rather than committing finger to keyboard; but a chance encounter with a delightful young lady initiated an engaging conversation which, in turn, led to my discovery of the Underpants Gnomes.
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