Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Tuesday, February 28, 2012
TATA Motors (NYSE: TTM): Can Momentum Be Sustained in 2012? / Companies / Corporate News
Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM) posted solid numbers in its most recent quarter largely because of the performance of its Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) division. JLR produced EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of around USD1.2 billion, with volumes up almost 37 percent year over year as the result of strong sales of Range Rover’s new Evoque model.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
BHP Billiton Ltd (ASX: BHP, NYSE: BHP) Changing Gears in 2012 / Companies / Metals & Mining
BHP Billiton Ltd (ASX: BHP, NYSE: BHP) reported fiscal 2012 first-half earnings that disappointed some. Nonetheless, its stock has still returned 12 percent this year, largely on the continued strength and growth of its iron ore and metallurgical coal operations.Both of these are crucial elements in manufacturing steel, which remains in very high demand in developing Asia. The massive focus on these resources has triggered speculation that BHP may be ready to sell mines and other assets producing commodities considered less “core.”
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Amazon Will Get Burned by the Fire / Companies / Tech Stocks
Jack Barnes writes: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has lost its focus.
The pioneer of clicks for sales has decided it wants to be the next Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Oracle in Early Stages of Next Advance / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
Based on my intermediate work, Oracle (ORCL) ended a major bear phase at its Dec 21 low of 24.91 off of its 33.81 high from last October 27. The upmove from 24.91 to the Feb 2 high at 29.25 completed the first upmove in a major recovery rally period.
The minor pullback to the Feb 15 low at 27.90 ended the correction of the prior upmove, which if accurate means that since the Feb 15 low at 27.90 ORCL should be in the early stages of a second major recovery advance that will hurdle key Feb resistance at 29.07-29.25 on the way to 30.80-31.20 thereafter.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Apple's Meteoric Rise is Distorting the Stock Market Indices / Companies / Tech Stocks
Shah Gilani writes: It happened almost a year ago, and it's happening again.
The meteoric rise in Apple Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock price is distorting the major benchmark indexes, including the Nasdaq-100, the Nasdaq Composite, and the S&P 500.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
What Are The Major Concerns of Company Chairmen and CEOs? / Companies / Corporate News
At our most recent “Global Dynamics Roundtable” distinguished Chairmen and CEOs of key strategic organisations belonging to The ATCA 5000 expressed eight major concerns:
1. Fuel Price Risk -- Price of oil could rocket to USD 150 per barrel or higher causing global demand to crash, derailing the nascent world economic recovery;
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
How to Profit from iRobot / Companies / Tech Stocks
Michael Robinson writes: Don't let the recent sell-off in iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT) shares get you down about robotics.
The truth is, this small-cap robotics leader just reported record results for 2011.
Shares of iRobot only fell when the company warned that tight defense budgets could curb sales of "warbots" until the second half of the year.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Facebook and Leveraged Populists / Companies / Tech Stocks
The recent offering of Facebook stock was the biggest news since a man landed on the Moon. The story was everywhere. Someone said the company is worth $100 billion and that was repeated one-hundred billion times. It is the saturation of noise, more than the supposed price, that should warn investors. This too, shall pass.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Android@Home and Project X, Google's Secret Plans Revealed / Companies / Google
Lately, Google Inc.'s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Mountain View, CA-based headquarters have looked more like the clandestine lair of a Bond villain than a business center.
The company has poured more than $120 million dollars into construction projects that are fit to house testing labs and top-secret initiatives with names like "Project X."
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Apple, When to Buy the World's Hottest Stock / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Shares of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) are taking a breather, leaving many investors wondering if they've made an iBoo-Boo.
The hottest stock on the Nasdaq has fallen more than 4.6% as I write this since hitting a new intraday high of $526.29 on February 15, 2012.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Apple Vs Gold, Silver and Past Market Bubbles / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
Apple (Ticker: AAPL) is doing great these days. In January, the company reported that profits for the holiday quarter more than doubled.
The stock price shot up 8% on the news, and rallied all the way to over $526 per share in the days that followed.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
“No QE3″, Retracement Level Stalls Financial Stocks / Companies / Banking Stocks
Since financial stocks make up 14% of the S&P 500 Index, it is difficult to sustain a rally without strength in banks and financial services firms. With the Fed and ECB opening up the liquidity fire hydrant in late December 2011, bank stocks experienced another in a series of monster bailout rallies. As outlined below, the Financials Select Sector ETF (XLF) may be poised to give back some gains over the coming sessions based on numerous factors including reduced odds of QE3.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Emerging Market Dividend Stocks Give Investors the Best of Both Worlds / Companies / Dividends
Martin Hutchinson writes: In today's market, dividend investing is the best way to achieve a decent income stream without taking on too much risk.
On the other hand, this is also true: emerging markets give investors the benefit of the world's fastest economic growth.
Investors would be wise then to combine these two strategies by buying emerging markets stocks that pay steady dividends.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Apple Stock Top / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
The leading stock in the leading stock index made a large inverted hammer candle following a recent parabolic rise that hit RSI 90, and this looks very much like a top (with US indices also making inverted hammers):
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Is Apple Stock On A Climax Run? / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
WOW! How about that stick save into the close yesterday in this All AAPL 24/7 market we are in! What do the two charts below have in common with AAPL?
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
A Contrarian Oil & Gas Play That Could Spell Profits for Investors / Companies / Oil Companies
Jack Barnes writes: SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE: SD) is a company that I'm very familiar with - and yet it's an enigma even to me.
I mean that quite literally.
You see, I recently paid a visit to the SandRidge building during a trip to Oklahoma City. After getting my security badge, I began to make my way to the 12th floor.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Obama's Defense Cuts Mean More Mergers for Tech Stock Investors / Companies / Tech Stocks
Michael Robinson writes: I can explain the impact of President Obama's new defense budget to investors in one word - mergers.
Indeed, the M&A field will remain a driving force in the defense sector for at least the next two years.
The good news for tech investors is that Obama's focus fits with the Pentagon's push for more high-tech breakthroughs.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Betting on Canada's Best Banks / Companies / Banking Stocks
Betting on Canada's Best Banks
Will Europe resolve its sovereign debt crisis and return to growth in 2012? Or will, as so many fear, the Continent’s economic unity dissolve and its banking system and common currency collapse, dragging the rest of the world into another recession?
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The Real Reason Mark Zuckerberg is Paying $2 Billion in Taxes on the Facebook IPO / Companies / Tech Stocks
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: As the much-ballyhooed Facebook IPO looms closer, there's a mountain being made out of a molehill.
Turns out 27-year-old founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg may have a $2 billion tax bill that, according to a variety of sources, he intends to pay in full.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The Multi-Billion Dollar Water Services Industry / Companies / Water Sector
There is a multi-billion dollar water industry forming before investors’ eyes in the oil patch.It’s a huge opportunity for some great capital gains — but changing regulations, and a very attentive mainstream audience questioning business practises which have been in effect for decades, will will make it choppy water for investors.
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