Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
China's Trade Surplus Goal Signals Time Investors Danced With the Dragon / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
China's economic model has long been dependent on exports. Over the past several decades, the country has been the world's manufacturing floor, turning the "Made in China" stamp into a common fixture of goods sold in the United States and Europe.
But now China has made a new goal: It will double its imports by 2015, reducing the trade surplus to zero and releasing itself from an export-reliant economy. Beijing this year made this goal a key part of China's 12th Five Year Plan.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Investing in iPhone Technology: It's Like Buying "B" Shares In Apple Inc / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
This technology spent 20 years as a humdrum subset of the industrial microchip business - until its consumer-product potential was realized when Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) made it a centerpiece of the must-have iPhone.
The sector's overall revenue is already projected to advance by 60% in the next three years.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Will Egypt End the "Obama Arms Bazaar?" / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: While many investors are focused on the roles that Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Twitter played during Egypt's recent turmoil, I immediately zeroed in on all the American-made military hardware that exists in that region - and began to analyze the risk that investors face if the U.S. defense industry quite literally bet on the wrong horse.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Crude Oil Stocks Investing / Companies / Oil Companies
By: The_Energy_Report
In 2010, some of the best-performing companies in the E&P space transitioned to a heavier focus on oil, which has been strong, and away from natural gas where prices are weak. That trend is likely to continue this year, according to Rodman & Renshaw Senior Analysts Jeff Hayden and Chad Mabry who remain bullish, even though they're not betting on sustained prices above $100/Bbl. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Jeff and Chad bring some growth and value ideas into sharp focus.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Opportunity in the Rejuvenation of Canada's Iron Ore Sector / Companies / Metals & Mining
By: HRA_Advisory
The Iron Ages began over three thousand years ago and a major expansion of iron's use is the earliest of waypoints on the road to industrialization. The market for iron is far larger than that of the other heavy metals and it is essential for creating our modern network of bridges and skyscrapers. Despite this, the metal is not the stuff of daily news like "Dr." copper. The heavy growth in Asia generated a massive expansion of global iron ore production in the last decade.
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Monday, February 14, 2011
New Upmove for U.S. Steel / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The correction in U.S. Steel (NYSE: X) from the Feb 4 high at 61.40 likely ended at last Thursday's low of 56.35, and a new upmove has emerged within the larger upleg off of the October low at 39.78.
In addition, we can still view the past 10 months as a large, double-bottom pattern that broke out to the upside above 52.00 in December and still points to 65.00 to fulfill its optimal upside target.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Global Investing 2011, Five Foreign Revenue Stocks That Will Boost Your Profits / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:"Globalization" has become one of the top financial buzzwords in recent years - and with good reason. The economies of many developing-market countries have achieved an important critical mass, meaning they're now growing a lot faster than much more-"mature" counterparts as the United States, Europe and Japan.
The upshot: Investors who ignore these opportunities in favor of a "U.S.-only" investment regimen face a future marked by lackluster returns.
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Cisco, The Story That Wall Street Missed / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jon D. Markman writes:
It was another good week for U.S. stocks, despite the whipsaw-trading that resulted from alternating good news/bad news/good news developments on the earnings and geopolitical fronts throughout the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.5% for the week, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index advanced 1.4%. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index only managed to edge up by 0.7%, having been held back by Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO).
Monday, February 14, 2011
Huffington Post Alone Won’t Rescue AOL, A Case Study into Failure / Companies / Mainstream Media
By: Mike_Stathis
Recently, I reminded readers of a very lucrative (and what I felt was a very obvious) long-short equity strategy I discussed that would have yielded huge returns to those who opted to take on this risky maneuver.
I normally don’t recommend that everyday investors take short positions because it’s extremely risk for many reasons. Most non-professional investors fail to recognize the risks involved with shorting securities because taking a short position is just a mouse click away if you have an online brokerage account. That in itself is an entirely different issue that needs to be addressed by the SEC.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
Russian Banks Earned Record Profits in 2010 / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Pravda
2010 was a successful year for Russian banks. Their profit in 2010 made up 573.4 billion rubles, which was three times as much as in 2009. Experts believe that such a growth has been achieved owing to the recovery of the reserves created during the crisis. Nevertheless, banks continue to accumulate reserves for their further work in 2011.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
The Next Big Trades From Leading Stocks / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: David_Grandey
When looking at the indexes:
In the S&P 500 chart above we said:
So what happens when we pullback to either the 50 day average, the blue support line or the green trend channel support line to names like AAPL, NFLX, BIDU, APKT and FFIV?
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Completed Pullback for Silver Wheaton / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
My near-term work indicates strongly that Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW) ended a minor pullback at 33.60 off of yesterday's rally peak at 35.55. If accurate, this means that a new upleg is in its infancy and will extend the larger upmove from the Jan 25 low at 28.85 -- initially towards a test of 35.40/55 resistance (the 50 DMA and yesterday's high) and then to test the Dec-Jan resistance line, now at 36.75.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
The ETF Boom: 1124 and Counting! / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Ron_Rowland
The selection of exchange-traded funds is exploding, and this is great news for you. Why? Because a bigger selection means more choices as well as more competition. That leads directly to lower fees and trading costs.
Today I’m going to give you an update on the ETF landscape. As you’ll see, it’s changing by the day.
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011
AOL Huffington Post Takeover To Strengthen Pursuit of Online Media Content Crown / Companies / Mainstream Media
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
Internet company AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) announced late Sunday night it was buying liberal news Web site The Huffington Post to try to advance its reinvention as a top online media content provider.
AOL will pay $315 million for the popular site that was co-founded in 2005 by Arianna Huffington. The Huffington Post is privately owned by co-founder Huffington, Chairman Kenneth Lerer and a group of investors.
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Monday, February 07, 2011
Its Laser Focus on China, It's Time To Buy McDonald's Corp / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
Since the start of the global financial crisis in 2007, the economic slowdown that Western nations have experienced has been offset on a worldwide basis by the strong growth that we've seen in the developing markets.
These emerging economies have become the engines of growth in a developed world that's wrestling with widespread overcapacity that spans multiple industries. That's why the emerging markets represent some of the last real growth opportunities for large, multinational companies.
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Monday, February 07, 2011
Nine Winning Sports Stocks as We Enter Championship Season / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes:
After all of the buildup, Super Bowl XLV is finally in the history books. But the fact that America's new favorite pastime is now in hiatus doesn't mean the world of sports will stop spinning.
In fact, a number of high-profile sporting events will take place in the next few months:
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Sunday, February 06, 2011
Can You Profit From the 'Death' of the Newspaper? / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Jared_Levy
More importantly, should companies like News Corporation (NWS:NASDAQ), Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI:NYSE), CBS Corporation (CBS:NYSE), Viacom, Inc. (VIA.B:NYSE), and Journal Communications (JRN:NYSE) be on your "short sell" list?
You would think a resounding "yes" would be the response to the question when asked to most people under the age of 35. I think they are right, at least partially... Let me explain.
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Friday, February 04, 2011
Airline Profits Grounded by Rising Fuel Prices and Bad Weather / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
After barely scraping through a two-year recession and a global financial meltdown, the airline industry's struggle to sustain a turnaround is now being threatened by rising fuel prices and nasty winter weather.
Civil unrest in Egypt combined with surging demand have already boosted oil prices by 20% since last June, setting off alarm bells among the nation's carriers. Now, a series of winter storms that began in December has slashed airlines' revenues by tens of millions of dollars.
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Thursday, February 03, 2011
Australia ETF in Bullish Coil Pattern / Companies / Austrailia
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Now that we know the category 5 cyclone did not inflict as much damage as expected, the iShares MSCI Australia Index (EWA) has popped to the upside. Let's notice that today's strength has pierced the Nov-Feb resistance line at 25.40 to a new rally peak at 25.60 so far.
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Thursday, February 03, 2011
Solar, Uranium and Rare Earths, No Thanks to Energy Band Waggon / Companies / Energy Resources
By: Toby_Connor
It seems that everyone has now jumped back on the energy band wagon; energy, solar, uranium and rare earths. I hear it constantly in the media.
However if something has gone up long enough and far enough to garner the attention of the media it's usually closer to a top than a bottom.