Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Stock Market Analysts and Insiders Wave Caution Flags After $20 Billion GM IPO / Companies / US Auto's
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes:
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) yesterday (Thursday) raised $20.1 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) that moves the company closer to paying back the taxpayer funds it received in a bailout last year.
However, GM's journey doesn't end there. Even after all of the IPO money changes hands, the company will still owe the federal government more than $26 billion. And the challenges that drove the company into bankruptcy to begin with – union payouts, tougher competition, and higher gas prices – are still relevant.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Investing for Profits with International ETFs / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Ron_Rowland
Let me ask you a question. Suppose you have the ability to invest in any stock market in the world. One of the largest markets has lagged badly for many years now. And there are few reasons to think the situation will improve.
Would it make sense to put the bulk of your assets in that relatively weak market?
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Europe Panics Over Russia's Natural Gas Monster / Companies / Natural Gas
By: Pravda
The European Union administration intends to deprive Russia's gas giant Gazprom of the monopoly to distribute natural gas to European consumers. On October 15, the European Commission demanded amendments should be introduced to South Stream intergovernmental agreement signed between Russia and Bulgaria.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Why GM is a Buy / Companies / US Auto's
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
If you are one of the millions of retail investors who found themselves totally out of luck on the General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) initial public stock offering, don't fret.
Although the GM IPO is over, the profit opportunity has just begun.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Finding Value in Crude Oil and Natural Gas Equities / Companies / Oil Companies
By: The_Energy_Report
Josh Young, a portfolio manager with Los Angeles, California-based Young Capital Management, is a value investor on the hunt for undervalued companies in the oil and gas space. He launched his fund in September, has earned enticing returns so far, and in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, discusses some of his hedge fund's equity holdings that are poised to get some love in the market.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Caterpillar Moves Into Mining with $8.6 Billion Bid for Bucyrus / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), the world's leading manufacturer of construction equipment, yesterday (Monday) said it would pay $8.6 billion for Bucyrus International Inc. (Nasdaq: BUCY) – a maker of large-scale surface and underground mining machinery.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
How to Get Even With OPEC When Crude Oil Hits $100 / Companies / Renewable Energy
By: Jared_Levy
The meeting of the G-20 in Seoul this week still has not produced a solution or agreement to end the global currency war that is ensuing.
Because of the lack of a global currency solution from the G-20 and being that crude oil prices are fixed to the U.S. dollar... we can expect a weak dollar to equal high crude oil prices. West Texas Crude hit $88 a barrel on Thursday, after OPEC revised its 2011 demand growth forecasts upward.
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Friday, November 12, 2010
The Best Tax Shelter in the Stock Market / Companies / Dividends
By: DailyWealth
Matt Badiali writes: I'm a good geologist... I can analyze the quality of oilfields and gold deposits. However, when it comes to keeping income streams away from the taxman, I need experts...
Yesterday, I showed you how rich investors shelter investment income from taxes with unique oil and gas partnerships:
The great thing about drilling oil wells is, you can write off about 60% of the money you spend. You get to expense all the "stuff" you use to drill. Then you get to depreciate your equipment over the first three to five years.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Upside Thrust Ahead for Apple / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The action in Apple (AAPL) from Tuesday's all-time high at 321.30 into yesterday's low at 313.55 -- followed by today's probe of 314.25, prior to the current climb to 317.50-318.00 -- has the look and the feel either of a sideways, high-level, bullish congestion area, or a completed minor correction within a still-dominant upleg off of the Oct 29 pivot low at 300.87.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Dell Aims to Double Sales of Service Businesses in Three Years / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
After losing a bidding war for a highly-sought-after acquisition target, many companies would pull in their horns and take time to regroup before venturing back into the murky mergers and acquisitions (M&A) pool.
But personal-computer icon Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL), which lost out in a highly-publicized bidding war for 3Par Inc. (NYSE: PAR), is forging ahead with an aggressive multi-billion dollar acquisition plan.
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010
What Macy's and Cisco Charts Tell Us Ahead of Corporate Earnings / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Our Charts of the Week video takes a look at the charts of Macy’s (M) and Cisco (CSCO) ahead of their Wednesday earnings releases.
The daily chart of Macy’s going back to Feb 2009 shows a series of higher lows and higher highs. Macy’s believe it or not, despite everything we hear about how bad the economy is and how nobody is buying anything, has been in a major uptrend for quite a while, starting in March 2009. At that time it got down to 6.25 and now is at 25 1/2, after gapping to a new high this past Friday.
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Monday, November 08, 2010
In a Decade, the World's Biggest Stock Will Be Chinese / Companies / China Stocks
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Ten years from now, the world's biggest stock will almost certainly be... Chinese.
At least that's what my friend and expert Asia analyst Peter Churchouse found when he recently set out to answer that question.
Monday, November 08, 2010
Microsoft Sitting on $44 Billion in Cash, Time for Investors to Buy? / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
The last time I recommended Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), Bill Clinton was in the White House. But it's time to take another look at the "cash-flow-engine" that Bill Gates built - and to explain why Microsoft is a "Buy" in today's stock market.
Microsoft is one of the safest investments in the world, but the software giant's stock price has done essentially nothing for the last 10 years. But the company is still a monopoly, has no debt, and continues to generate a torrent of cash.
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Saturday, November 06, 2010
Intellectual Property and the Next Wave of Computers Technological Development / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Phill_Tomlinson
"Microsoft is launching legal action against Motorola over its line of Android-based smartphones, claiming the manufacturer infringes a number of its patents. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of patent infringement cases being fought in the increasingly-competitive mobile market."
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Silver Wheaton, The $100.00 Stock / Companies / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Bob_Kirtley
Having sold a number of stocks in order to acquire more of Silver Wheaton Corporation (SLW) stock on 09 August 2010 we are pleased to see that our new strategy is paying off handsomely. A quick look at the above chart shows that since making that particular purchase, we have in first place SLW followed by silver, gold, the miners and the much fancied juniors, all of which are not able to keep up with SLW. The progress has been remarkable up to the closing last week at $32.95 for gain of 65% in the price of this stock.
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Friday, November 05, 2010
Financial Fraud in Germany, Deutsche Bank and the US Mortgage Scam / Companies / Credit Crisis 2010
By: F_William_Engdahl
The earlier filing of fraud charges against Wall Street banking titan Goldman Sachs by the US Government Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was only the tip of a huge fraud iceberg. Now a US mortgage insurer has charged one of the most aggressive banks involved in the US subprime mortgage scam of fraud. The bank is none other than Deutsche Bank. This case is also likely to be just the “tip of a very big iceberg.”
Friday, November 05, 2010
Seven Ways to Profit from the GOP’s Pledge to Sustain Defense Spending / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
Investors typically hate it when a stock bombs, but there are also times when bombs can make for good investments - and right now could be one of them.
With the Republicans seizing control of the U.S. House of Representatives and making gains in the Senate in Tuesday's mid-term elections, it now seems far more likely that the GOP will be able to honor its pledge not to cut defense outlays as it seeks to rein in discretionary government spending.
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Thursday, November 04, 2010
QE2 Beneficiaries, ACI / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Yesterday we highlighted the banks in our Mid-Day Minute. To follow-up, QE2 could potentially help the banks in general, and Bank of America (BAC) in particular through a steeper yield curve, which enables lenders to make money borrowing short-term money at miniscule rates, while lending longer-term at much higher rates, thus capturing a meaty spread.
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Thursday, November 04, 2010
Forecasts for Green Energy Sector Viable Technologies and Leadership Stocks / Companies / Energy Resources
By: The_Energy_Report
Casey Energy Opportunities Senior Editor Marin Katusa shares his perspectives and predictions on the direction in which the energy sector is headed—from popular green alternatives like geothermal, run-of-river hydro and natural gas to the oil sector all the way to the less-popular, but very viable, uranium sector. The Energy Report caught up with Marin at the New Orleans Investment Conference for this exclusive interview.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
ETF's Are For Sissy's / Companies / Investing 2010
By: Dudley_Baker
What happened to the good old day's when investors actually did their homework and researched new potential investment opportunities? I am talking about investing in individual companies.
Let's take the natural resource sector as an example. You could invest in many different ETF's giving you a position in a basket of securities. But, and this is a big issue with us, investors will never achieve the big gains of 100s and 1000s of percent returns with any ETF. How much are you making with your ETF's?
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