Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Friday, January 07, 2011
Telecom Investing Strategies: Six Ways to Profit From the International Broadband Boom / Companies / Telecoms
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
Telecommunications stocks have long been favorites among American investors, both for their sustained growth and their typically lucrative dividend payouts. What many investors don't realize, however, is that U.S. telecom giants now badly lag the rest of the developed world in one key part of the telecommunications sector - broadband Internet service.
Friday, January 07, 2011
What's Really Behind Goldman's Facebook Investment / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
Talk about a social media bubble!
Facebook has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, which implies that the social media darling is valued at a staggering $50 billion.
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Friday, January 07, 2011
Investors Getting High on Lithium / Companies / Metals & Mining
By: The_Energy_Report
With oil prices edging closer to $100 per barrel, the chatter about electric cars is again on the rise. Jon Hykawy, head of global research with Toronto-based Byron Capital Markets, thinks the time is nigh for the mass adoption of electric cars, all of which will need specialty metals like lithium. But where is that lithium going to come from? In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Jon handicaps most of the players in the lithium space and highlights a few that could be takeover targets.
Thursday, January 06, 2011
China Mobile Should Rake in 4G Cell Phone Profits / Companies / China Stocks
By: Tony_Sagami
The term “Time Division-Long Term Evolution” may sound like something out of Star Wars or The Matrix, but it is just a nerdy name for a new technology that is going to dramatically change wireless technology.
Time Division-Long Term Evolution, or TD-LTE, is the technological name for the next generation of wireless transmission protocol. The simple name that you’re going to hear a LOT about is 4G or fourth generation.
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Thursday, January 06, 2011
BRIC Countries Invite South Africa to Join / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Ron_Rowland
Happy New Year! Something very, very important happened in the closing days of 2010, and very few people noticed. The “BRIC” club is expanding to include South Africa. Today I’ll discuss this development and tell you what it means to your investment portfolio.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Goldman Sachs $450 Million Investment Fuels Facebook IPO Speculation / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) invested $450 million in Facebook, valuing the popular social networking site at $50 billion and heightening speculation on whether or not Facebook will go public this year.
The deal, announced in a report in The New York Times Sunday night, makes Facebook worth more than Internet-related companies like eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX). It'll give the company a competitive edge in the tech arena and allow it to pursue more acquisitions.
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Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Social Network: Tech Bubble 2.0? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Dian_L_Chu
Talk about another internet bubble.
New York Times broke the news on Jan. 2 that Facebook, the social network website, was able to get $500 million in funding--$450 million from Goldman Sachs and $50 million from Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian investment firm that has already pumped about half a billion dollars into Facebook.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Bundle Up With Junior Gold Miners for Bitter Kondratieff Winter / Companies / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: The_Gold_Report
Bundle up. The bitter Kondratieff Winter looks as though it will worsen in 2011. Longwave Group Founder Ian Gordon sees strong signs that point to impending catastrophe, citing historic precedents in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. But despite his chilling forecast, which includes the Dow dropping to about 1,000, Ian expects investments in high-quality junior gold miners to pay off royally. . .because the capital that flees the markets will flow in their direction.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
A Long Year Ahead for Netflix: A Not So Bold Prediction for 2011 / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Q1_Publishing
“We think the U.S. economy will slow [next year] but narrowly miss an outright recession. We expect the overall stock market to bounce around, as it did this year, and deliver anemic single-digit returns.”Sound like a reasonable prediction for the 2011?
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Six ETFs to Consider Dumping Today / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Ron_Rowland
Happy Holidays! Many people have the last day of the year off, but not stock and ETF traders. Since 2011 New Year’s Day falls on a Saturday, the NYSE and other exchanges are open for a full day.
This is good news in one way: You have an extra trading session to get rid of some clutter in your portfolio and start the New Year fresh. Today I’m going to name six potential ETF sell candidates. You may be surprised at some of the names below. Read on …
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
The Key To Investing In Tech Stocks / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Tony_Sagami
When you think of technology, what companies pop into your head? Perhaps technology giants such as Microsoft, Cisco or Intel? Or maybe you think of Silicon Valley and a bunch of computer nerds.
The United States has been the epicenter of technological innovation and home to the most powerful tech companies in the world, but that innovation and power is not-so-slowly shifting from North America to Asia.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Tech Stocks Set To Soar in 2011, Investing in the Next Microsoft / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
Technology companies, and tech stocks, started a revival in 2010 and are heading toward an even more profitable 2011. That's because a new age of computing - one that prioritizes mobility and efficiency - has dawned in the computing world.
Indeed, we've entered what researching firm International Data Corporation (IDC) calls a "new era" of computer usage.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Rising Crude Oil Prices Make Exploration and Production Profitable / Companies / Oil Companies
By: The_Energy_Report
Why look for value in energy exploration and production when you can get growth? For Global Hunter Securities' Senior Analyst Philip McPherson, the story is first about taking advantage of supply and demand fundamentals in the critical industry of E&P, and then getting a deal on oil in the ground. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Philip outlines the characteristics he looks for in companies and where his growth thesis can pay off for investors.
The Energy Report: Your area of coverage is exploration and production. Do small caps and large caps trade similarly? Do they follow similar patterns?
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Biotech Stocks Will be Fueled by Takeovers in 2011 / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
While a number of companies are on the verge of hitting the market with exciting new drug products or medical treatments, the biggest 2011 profits for investors in the biotech stocks are more likely to come from mergers and acquisitions (M&A) than research and development (R&D).
That's because mergers and buyouts in the industry have far outpaced the sector's overall growth rate, which in recent years has been sluggish. Indeed, IMS Health, a leading research and analytical firm serving the pharmaceutical and medical industries, projects only a slight increase in worldwide growth in 2011 - 5% to 7% versus a pace of 4% to 5% this year - with a similarly restrained outlook stretching out to 2015.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
China Says No More Cars, Down Goes the Auto Industry During 2011 / Companies / China Stocks
By: Dian_L_Chu
While the world is still unwrapping the surprise Christmas gift from China in the form of a interest rate hike of 25 basis points, this other piece of news with ample implication to the auto industry seems to have gone largely under the radar--The City of Beijing will limit the number of new license plates issued in 2011 to 240,000 to help control traffic congestion. Xinhua reported that car buyers in Beijing will have to draw lots before obtaining a vehicle license plate.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Apple's Server Farm Hints at Cloud-Based Ambitions / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) has secretly built a massive server farm in Maiden, North Carolina that should come online any day now, if it hasn't already. The facility is five times larger than Apple's existing data center in Newark, California.
Apple has been typically cagey about the purpose of this data center, which ultimately could cost as much as $1 billion.
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Outlook 2011, Five Stocks Due For a Pullback (CAT, AMZN, NFLX, X, BIDU) / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Dian_L_Chu
It is inevitable that when you have a market run up like we have had recently driven mostly by liquidity and the Santa Claus Rally, many stocks would see pullbacks in the New Year.
The following are just five of such candidates that I believe capable of some meaningful downside risk, and are not intended to be all inclusive.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Merger Mania 2011: How to Profit From M&A Activity / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Investment_U
Matthew Weinschenk writes: Okay, I’m going to get right to the point here: In 2011, we’ll see a surge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that will drive the market higher.
If you want to profit from the merger mania, you just need one simple thing to get started: You need to think like a pro.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Why Investing In Asia 2011 Is A No-Brainer / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Tony_Sagami
China is probably the country that first comes to your mind when the subject of investing in Asia comes up. India and Japan may be close behind.
Maybe that is a little bit my fault because those are the three countries I talk about the most in this column.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
China Auto Market Will Continue to Drive Sales for Western Manufacturers in 2011 / Companies / US Auto's
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes: The world's largest carmakers, including Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE ADR: TM), General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and Volkswagen AG, expect China's red-hot economy to keep auto sales rolling at a record pace in 2011, making it the third year in a row the Red Dragon will top the U.S. in car sales.
China's vehicle sales jumped 46% in 2009, dethroning the United States as the world's largest auto market and ending more than a century of American dominance that started with the Model T Ford.
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