Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Don't be Fooled: Banking Crisis Not Over / Companies / Credit Crisis 2011
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes:
U.S. banks are seeing positive trends in several measures of their health. That's the good news.
Unfortunately, U.S. banks continue to struggle with some much-more-deeply entrenched problems. Those problems pose a major threat to banking-system health.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Microsoft Ready for a Rebound on Mobile Revolution? / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
There are monopolies. And then there's Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT).
With its Windows operating system installed on virtually all of the world's PCs - the market share peaked at about 95% - Microsoft became synonymous with the personal computer revolution.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Bank Earnings Rise In Q1 2011 / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Tony_Pallotta
On Tuesday the FDIC announced that bank earnings in Q1 2011 are improving, up 66.5% from Q1 2010. In fact bank earnings are back to Q2 2007 levels. Sounds great on the surface.
The problem is what has driven earnings is not real growth but rather an accounting gimmick. Provisions for loan losses or the amount of money reserved for future losses have fallen from $39.2 billion in Q2 2009 (the peak) to $10.3 billion in Q1 2011, a 76% reduction.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
How to Profit From the Fast Evolving Cyber War / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Casey_Research
Chris Wood, Casey Extraordinary Technology writes: A new war is being waged – a war that is not fought with guns, missiles, or human soldiers, but with code in cyberspace, using computers and the Internet. It’s a war on all fronts – by governments against governments, governments against corporations, organized crime and insiders against both, and even individuals against other individuals (which is more often dubbed cybercrime, but that’s not a necessary distinction for our purposes).
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
What's Next for Sleeping Tek Giant Intel? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
From 1990 to 1999, Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) shares soared 10,000%, making the chipmaking half of the so-called "Wintel" duo a stock that almost every investor wanted to own.
And why not: Intel's processors served as the brains of 90% of the world's personal computers. And the PC market was booming.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Can Microsoft, Cisco and Intel Reverse a Decade of Decline? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
For most of the 1990s, U.S. high-tech heavyweights Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) and Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) didn't just dominate their respective markets.
They ruled them.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Eye on Apple / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
For you Apple (AAPL) devotees, and I consider myself among the faithful, my near-term work argues that the correction of the late-April upleg from 320.16 to 360.90 ended (finally) on Tuesday at 330.75.
Since that low, a new upleg has started that likely completed its initial upmove this morning at 342.40. If my work is accurate, then AAPL has entered a correction of the upmove from 330.75 to 342.40, and could press next into the 335-332.50 area in the hours ahead.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
GM Versus Ford / Companies / US Auto's
By: Mike_Paulenoff
I am on the sidelines on Ford (F), preferring to be long the pattern that has been carved out by General Motors (GM) during the past three weeks. For F to get any upside traction, it must climb above its May declining rally tops line, now at 15.22.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
GM Approaching Key Resistance / Companies / US Auto's
By: Mike_Paulenoff
A very positive article in Barron's over the weekend has goosed General Motors (GM) a bit this morning, which is climbing towards a confrontation with key near-term resistance at 31.55/60.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Netflix Is More Than Just Special Effects / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes:
Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) shares have surged 764% in just two-and-a-half years.
And yet there are still investors, analysts and businessmen who continue to doubt the company - choosing instead to believe that its meteoric rise is more flash than bang.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Apple the World's Most Expensive Brand / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Pravda
The US-based Apple was recognized as the most expensive brand in the world. According to the annual research conducted by Millward Brown, Apple managed to climb to the first place thanks to the experience gained while working with clients, attention to detail and an increased presence in the corporate environment, as well as advancing of the high quality products to the market.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Social Network: Why So LinkedIn? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Dian_L_Chu
Dubbed as the Facebook of business professionals, Linkedin has expanded into many parts of the globe with 101.5 million members worldwide by the end of March. That's 12 million members more than it had at the end of 2010.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Swiss banks not safe anymore / Companies / Credit Crisis 2011
By: Pravda
Swiss banks may no longer be a reliable storage for the funds the origin of which is questionable. The Swiss authorities have recently opened secret bank accounts of former presidents of Egypt and Tunisia - Hosni Mubarak and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, as well as of Libya's Gaddafi.
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Friday, May 06, 2011
GM and Ford Bullish Chart Patterns / Companies / US Auto's
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Last week we discussed for subscribers the patterns unfolding in Ford (F) and General Motors (GM). With regard to Ford, we noted that the current outlook could press the stock into the 15.20-14.80 buy window, ahead of a powerful rally that should propel Ford through key resistance at 16.00-16.50 on the way to 18.00.
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Rally Expected in Goldman Sachs / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Since its January high at 175.34, Goldman Sachs (GS) has carved out a descending stairstep pattern that is starting to exhibit the right form of a completed correction, both in terms of its double April low at 149.55/64 and in terms of its 33-38 trading day cyclic cadence (low to low).
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Sunday, May 01, 2011
ISRG Setting Up For A Potential Move Higher / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: David_Grandey
We’ve spent a fair amount of time on Pullbacks Off High’s (POH) chart patterns and one look below at ISRG pretty much tells the story. Keep in mind this name is prone to 3-5 point mood swings on a daily basis. That works for you and against you.
For us a big part of our success around here has been that of the Pullback Off Highs (POH) longside trade set ups of leading stocks in clearly defined uptrends. It’s really the only pattern you’ll ever need to know in uptrending markets.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Is Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) Undervalued? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jon D. Markman writes: Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) last year passed Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) to become the largest technology company by market capitalization. Overall, it's now second only to Exxon MobilCorp. (NYSE: XOM) in size.
But shockingly, even at $323 billion, Apple still looks cheap.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Bullish on Cisco / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Right now all of my work in Cisco (CSCO) argues very strongly that the April 19 low at 16.52 ended its bear market phase from its April 30 high at 27.74. If accurate, this means that the strength off of 16.52 either represents the start of a powerful counter-trend recovery rally (that projects to 18.20/50 next) or the start of a new bull phase that should propel CSCO well beyond 18.20/50.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Is it Downhill from Here for Buffett Berkshire Hathwaway? / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
The mood this weekend at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) annual shareholder meeting could be less festive than usual, darkened by a laundry list of concerns that includes mediocre returns and who eventually will succeed iconic Chief Executive Officer Warren Buffett.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Picking Low Priced Stocks, Separating the Treasure From the Trash / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
Investors have a weakness for low-priced stocks. The logic is pretty easy to see: If you buy shares at $1.00, and the stock takes off, you can pocket a bundle.
But if you're wrong, this line of reasoning goes, you only lose a buck.
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