Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Crude Oil Stocks Deeply Oversold / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Zeal_LLC
The recent recession-fear craze hammered commodities prices, crushing the stocks of the companies that produce them. Commodities stocks were wholesale abandoned by frightened traders, left bludgeoned and bleeding. But driven to deeply-oversold levels, they got incredibly cheap relative to their underlying fundamentals and bull-market precedent. Oil stocks are a shining example of this great opportunity.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Corporations Are the Real Winners When it Comes to Free Trade Agreements / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Whether the free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea create jobs or destroy them is debatable, but one thing is sure: U.S. corporations will reap the most benefit from the deals.
After years of delay, the U.S. Congress on Wednesday approved the free trade agreements - the largest since 1994's North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - in a rare instance of bipartisan cooperation.
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Friday, October 14, 2011
These Are the Retailers to Watch This Earnings Season / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
There are a handful of savvy retailers that prepared for the tough economy by positioning themselves to profit - and now they're being rewarded with blockbuster earnings.
So far this earnings season, more than half of retailers have beat analysts' estimates for same-store sales, according to a Thomson Reuters survey.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Google (GOOG) Smashes Estimates with $9.72 Quarter vs $8.76 Estimate / Companies / Google
By: Trader_Mark
Oh I am so glad to talk about something other than Europe for the first time in a few months. Google (GOOG) is the first interesting company to report and had pulled an Apple with an under promise and over deliver, beating estimates by almost a dollar. The stock is up about 8-9% in early action. Full report here.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Ways To Add Income to Your Portfolio as a Currency Investor / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Sean Hyman writes:
For the past 30 years, my grandfather has been living the retirement dream, thanks to a few strategic stock plays.
Here's the interesting part: My grandfather never knew a thing about stocks. He didn't know how to value them, or when to buy and sell.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
The "Currency Manipulator" That's About to Put 3 Million Americans Back to Work / Companies / Employment
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
Think U.S. jobs are destined to drain away to China forever? Think U.S. unemployment will grow and grow while cheap overseas labor supplants American workers? Think your children will be forced to work selling Big Macs to Chinese billionaires?
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Where Google Gets Its Power / Companies / Google
By: MISES
On September 21, 2011, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt faced a hailstorm of criticism from senators and rival CEOs alike at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights Subcommittee. According to Nextag (who?) CEO Jeffrey Katz, "Google rigs the results" of searches to give preferential treatment to its own businesses. Yelp (who, again?) CEO Jeremy Stoppelman claimed, "Google is no longer in the business of sending people to the best destinations on the Web. It has everything to do with generating more revenue." Senator Mike Lee of Utah charged the search engine of having "clear and inherent conflict of interest."
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
These Seven Companies Are Headed for Bankruptcy / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Ten companies with at least $100 million in assets filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month - the most since April when 17 such companies filed. So far in October five more big companies have filed, including Friendly Ice Cream Corp. and Open Range Communications Inc.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Berkshire Hathaway : Great Value in a World-Class Company / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Rory_Gillen
Berkshire Hathaway's shares (BRKA & BRK-B) trade on only a small premium to their underlying net asset value, a highly unusual occurrence. The board of Berkshire Hathaway is clearly of the same view and has recently obtained the authority from shareholders to buy-back shares at between 0-10% premium to net asset value. At $73 a share (B shares), the stock is currently trading on a 12% premium to the 2010 net asset value (NAV) or 5-6% to the estimated 2011 NAV.
Monday, October 10, 2011
How the Legacy of Steve Jobs Could Haunt Apple / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Now that its iconic founder is truly gone, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) must figure out how to remain true to the legacy of Steve Jobs without getting hamstrung by it.
It's not as easy as you might think.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Dump Deutsche Bank Before It’s Squeezed by Europe’s Capital Crunch / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) is about to be critically wounded by the European banking crisis.
Don't get me wrong - it will survive the spiraling financial mess. Germany will defend it because it's the bellwether of big banking in Europe. It's their version of "too big to fail."
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Monday, October 10, 2011
How to Profit From the Collapse of Europe's Lehman Bros Bank / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
Back in July, I warned you that Europe probably had its own Lehman Bros. - an unstable financial institution on the brink of a collapse.
At the time, I didn't know exactly which institutions were most at risk.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Netflix: What Not To Wear At The High Stake Tech Party / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: EconMatters
The stock price of Netflix Inc. (NFLX) has plunged 61% to its lowest level since the high of $298.70 reached on July 13 from a myriad of reasons. (See Chart Below)
Friday, October 07, 2011
Death of Steve Jobs Leaves Apple Without Its Muse / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
With the death of Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) must now devise products without any guidance from the man whose vision built the company into the tech powerhouse it is today.
Though Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple in August, he stayed on with the company as chairman of the board.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust Offers Consistent 9.9% Yield as Oil Prices Climb / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
With oil prices far from record highs, but expected to rise in coming months, it's time to examine oil-related investments - especially those with high yields.
The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmark was approaching $90 a barrel two weeks ago, but has since slipped more than 7% due to concerns over the European debt crisis.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Beat Inflation and a Down Market With Dividend Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: Investment_U
Marc Lichtenfeld writes:
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco issued a report predicting stock prices could fall 13 percent in the next decade.
That would be some accomplishment. I’m not sure if the researchers who issued the report are aware that they’re predicting the fifth-worst 10-year performance by the market in the last 74 years. The four worst: the 10-year periods ending in the years 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1940 – all time frames that were impacted by the Great Depression.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Proof Stocks Are Trading at Bargain Prices / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
Investing legend Warren Buffett announced Monday that Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) might execute a share buyback for the first time ever - a bullish signal that it's time to buy stocks at record bargain prices.
Buffett said Berkshire is authorized to repurchase stock for the first time as long as its price is less than 1.1 times book value, and it retains cash holdings of no less than $20 billion.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
U.S. Banks Exposure to the $200 trillion US Derivatives Market / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Sam_Chee_Kong
"The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from it's profits or so dependent on it's favors, that there will be no opposition from that class." Mayer Amschel Bauer Rothschild
According to the Office of the Comptroller of the currency (OCC) in their latest quarterly report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities for the fourth quarter of 2008,
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Growing Cybercrime Epidemic, Five Ways to Profit from Cybersecurity Stocks / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
No matter which way the market's headed, companies won't skimp on protecting themselves from a growing number of dangerous communications attacks - meaning now's the time for us to profit from cybersecurity stocks.
The number of computer "hackers" who tap into networks for sensitive corporate and personal information has soared as an increasing number of new technology products hit the markets.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
The Electric Car Nightmare / Companies / US Auto's
By: Andrew_McKillop
Electric car and low carbon energy boomers from Carlos Ghosn of Renault-Nissan and Dan Akerson of GM, to Sir Richard Branson, Al Gore, James Lovelock, Stewart Brand and a host of other promoters of the politically correct future never lose a chance preaching massive numbers of all electric cars in the national car fleets of every developed country by around 2020.