Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
Is It Time to Buy These "Death Watch" Stocks? / Companies / Investing 2012
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes: Money Morning's Keith Fitz-Gerald joined Fox Business's Stuart Varney yesterday (Wednesday) to discuss three stocks Varney said were on "death watch" - including Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK), rumored to be on the brink of filing for bankruptcy.
Varney asked Fitz-Gerald if any of these companies presented a buy-when-it's-cheap opportunity, or if investors should steer clear.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Foreign Investing Driving New Era of Profit Opportunities for U.S. Gas Companies / Companies / Natural Gas
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes: U.S. natural gas companies have found a convenient new way to boost their profits - by drawing in overseas companies to help fund their development projects.
The maneuver was illustrated yesterday (Tuesday), when two large foreign companies bought big stakes in major U.S. shale projects.
French oil major Total S.A. (NYSE ADR: TOT) said it would invest $2.3 billion in Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s (NYSE: CHK) Utica Shale operation in eastern Ohio. Within hours, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (NYSE ADR: SNP), also known as Sinopec, announced a $2.2 billion deal to buy a 30% stake in five Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) shale projects.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Mind the Leveraged ETF's 2012, They Might Kill your Portfolio! / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Willem_Weytjens
In this article I will show you why it's wise to be careful with leveraged products, such as Proshares Ultra ETF's and Direxion 3x ETF etc... as they might KILL your portfolio!
Proshares states on its website:
Read full article... Read full article...Each Short or Ultra ProShares ETF seeks a return that is either 3x, 2x, -1x, -2x or -3x of the return of an index or other benchmark (target) for a single day, as measured from one NAV calculation to the next. Due to the compounding of daily returns, ProShares' returns over periods other than one day will likely differ in amount and possibly direction from the target return for the same period. These effects may be more pronounced in funds with larger or inverse multiples and in funds with volatile benchmarks. Investors should monitor their ProShares holdings consistent with their strategies, as frequently as daily.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Banking Stocks Downtrend Still Dominant / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Despite last week's rally in the major trader/broker banks, let's notice that none of the upmoves in Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) inflicted significant damage to the still-dominant downtrends.
You can see the near- and intermediate-term resistance levels labeled on the enclosed charts. Only BAC made a new low (4.92) for the bear phase, and then staged a 15% multi-day rally to 5.65, but appears to have stalled right at its nearest-term hourly resistance line.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
End Your Exposure to this Eurozone Debt Crisis Victim / Companies / Corporate News
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
Around this time last year I warned you that the Eurozone debt crisis would trample the Italian economy and take carmaker Fiat S.p.A. (PINK: FIATY) down with it.
To profit from this debacle, I told you to short Fiat. Since then, the stock has tumbled 76%, from $19 a share to yesterday's (Wednesday's) closing price of $4.66.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
How the Pentagon Will Create Space Travel Profits / Companies / Investing 2012
By: Money_Morning
Michael Robinson writes:
The mainstream media was all over Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen's recent announcement proclaiming he intends to "transform" the space industry.
But they missed the real story - one that will make a few savvy investors a small fortune.
If you want big profits from the next generation of space travel, keep an eye on new developments at a small but highly respected research arm of the Pentagon.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Catastrophic Success, Bio-Tec Breakthrough Technology Alert / Companies / Technology
By: John_Mauldin
New readers to my musings often find it interesting, when they meet me in person, to find me quite an optimistic person, given the nature of my current predictions about the economy. And regarding the short term, defined as less than five years, my writing is admittedly less than sanguine. We do have some problems that are not easily dealt with. And even longer-term, those of a bearish natural disposition can find reasons a-plenty to tone it down.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Bank of America Downtrend Still Intact / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Apart from the fact that Bank of America (BAC) is up 3% the day after it hit a low 4.93 yesterday, the lowest level since March 2009, let's notice that current strength has not inflicted any meaningful technical damage to the nearest-term downtrend -- at least not yet.
BAC must hurdle and sustain above 5.23 to inflict preliminary technical damage. However, upside continuation that climbs above 5.29/30 to hurdle my 30-period exponential moving average is needed to really get my attention on the long side of BAC.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Zynga IPO, What to Expect When the Stock Starts Trading / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
Social-gaming giant Zynga Inc. starts trading today (Friday), capping off a rocky year for tech initial public offerings (IPOs). A strong performance from Zynga stock today and into the New Year would shed the "bubble" reputation surrounding the sector in 2011.
Here's what you need to know about this latest tech IPO:
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Apple Stock Elliott Wave Analysis Update / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: WavePatternTraders
An update from my previous article, Apple held the 200DMA, and still inside this trend channel however it's still showing signs of confusion, as well as the US markets, due to the sideways range for the past few months, there could be a triangle setting up for a move higher in a wave [5], the triangle would be wave [4].
The Current Elliott Wave count has this in a suspected 4th wave as its still holding form above the 200DMA.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Microsoft Is Not as Boring as it Appears / Companies / Microsoft
By: Vitaliy_Katsenelson
I am bored and exhausted. I am on my third cup of coffee, but my lack of excitement has not changed, as I am about to explain why the sleepiest, most boring stock in the universe—Microsoft Corp.—offers a very compelling reward with very reasonable risk.
Microsoft was the bright light in the tech firmament in the 1980s and ’90s. Then it got too successful, overconfident, lazy and uncreative, and started making bad products and wasteful acquisitions. Worthy competition eventually emerged from the likes of Apple and Google, and Microsoft had to fight for its existence and relevance.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
The Corporate Cash Myth, What About Debt? / Companies / US Debt
By: Neeraj_Chaudhary
A central theme that has absolutely permeated the coverage of the Great Recession is that over the past few years US corporations have cautiously hoarded cash and have stubbornly refused to invest in corporate expansion. Some have described this as a nearly irrational timidity on the part of the private sector and has for many justified the currently robust intervention from the public sector in the form of deficit spending, fiscal stimulus and monetary accommodation. The saying goes that if companies won't spend, government must pick up the slack to restart the economy. The story has been repeated so frequently and so often, that its veracity is rarely questioned.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Apple Approaching Support / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
After failing to climb out of its December "bullish" coil pattern above 395.00 yesterday, Apple (AAPL) has plunged in sympathy with the overall market. The stock is quickly approaching a test of its 50% retracement support plateau of the entire prior up-leg from 363.32 to 396.41.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
When Fund Managers Sell Stocks, It's Time to Go Bargain Hunting / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
You may not realize it, but the annual practice of "window dressing" - a process through which fund managers dump their worst-performing stocks and replace them with high flyers - can create some real bargains for retail investors.
The sleight-of-hand does actually little to improve the fund's performance, but it does keep a fund manager's biggest mistakes of the year out of the annual reports sent to investors. For that reason, most fund managers do some window dressing every December. And in years that the overall stock market has struggled - as it has this year - they're busier than usual.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Uranium Miners: A Once In A Lifetime Contrarian Investment Opportunity / Companies / Uranium
By: Jeb_Handwerger
It has long been a guiding principle of Gold Stock Trades that requires constant reiteration. “To know how to wait is the great secret of success.” At one time in the history of the United States there were great Americans who had little education, but they were endowed with a native intelligence. Will Rogers was one of them. One side of his family was pure Cherokee, the other side was plain hard scrabble Cowboy. When asked from where he got his material, he would look you in the eye and say, “Shucks, I just read the newspapers.” Speaking about investing he would say, “Invest in inflation its the only thing that’s going up.” These words were written in a time very similar to that of today. Political dishonesty, crony capitalism and downright immorality were features of the everyday landscape of his time.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Cyber Crime, The "New" Biggest Threat to the Energy Industry / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
The energy industry has a dangerous enemy that is getting stronger and more motivated to damage companies' operations and wreak havoc on global oil prices.
This new threat comes from the growing trend of cybercrime, and the criminals have become more focused on disrupting large industrial systems, like those operating in the energy industry.
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Monday, December 12, 2011
No Debt and High Yield Make Automatic Data Processing Inc. (Nasdaq: ADP) a "Buy" / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
Most people aren't incredibly familiar with Automatic Data Processing Inc. (Nasdaq: ADP), but it's a company every investor should know.
You see, ADP, which provides payroll and human resources services to businesses, has two important traits that investors need in their portfolios right now.
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Thursday, December 08, 2011
Why the Economics of the Airline Industry are Hopeless / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
American Airlines (NYSE:AMR) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Nov. 28, and the move reinforced once again what many have learned the hard way: The airline industry is an incredibly disappointing investment.
Previous airline flops like this prompted an old saying - possibly untrue - remarking that the airline industry has lost money since the Wright Brothers first flew.
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Get Ahead of Semiconductor Industry Growth with These Seven Investments / Companies / Investing 2012
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
The semiconductor industry struggled to maintain growth in 2011 - but that's starting to change.
The industry this year was stunted by slow global economic growth, reduced consumer demand, and supply-chain disruptions due to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Industry revenue was down 2.5 percentage points in the second quarter, mostly due to Japanese semiconductor companies that suffered facility damage.
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011
How Safe Are America's Biggest Banks? / Companies / Credit Crisis 2011
By: EWI
Lost in the clamor over the central banks' "let there be liquidity" pronouncement, Standard & Poor's just downgraded fifteen major U.S. and European banks.
The downgrade doesn't mean Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Barclays, UBS, Wells Fargo and others will close shop tomorrow. But the long-term credit downgrade does raise questions about their stability.
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