Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Thursday, September 30, 2010
Investors, Stocks to Dump or Not Buy / Companies / Investing 2010
Larry D. Spears writes: With more than 8,790 publicly traded stocks on U.S. exchanges and another 7,000 or so listed on the OTC Bulletin Board and the pink sheets, it's not particularly difficult to find stocks you wouldn't want to buy. It's not even that hard to find stocks with numbers so bad they're good short-sale candidates.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
The Lights Have Officially Gone Out In the US / Companies / Corporate News
Here’s a news story that summates the US economy’s problems rather well:
The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can trace their roots to Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Expected Breakout for Barrick Gold Corp ABX / Companies / Gold & Silver Stocks
Why did we add Barrick Gold Corp (ABX) into strength after it was up 3% from today's spike low at 44.76? Because the sharp intraday recovery rally occurred after what looks to me like the completion of a significant correction off of the 47.55 high from 9/22.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Cisco Breaking Out? / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
Purely from a technical perspective, we can make the case that with the series of higher-highs and higher lows since the August 31 low at 19.82, Cisco (CSCO) is in the process of completing a pullback from Friday's recovery high at 22.25 (into today's low at 21.86). If accurate that means that the rally off of this morning's low is the start of a new upleg that should hurdle 22.25 on the way to 22.50 next.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Three Junior Potash Developers Are Sitting on Big Assets / Companies / Investing 2010
The United Nations estimates that the world's population will reach 7.7 billion by 2020 and 9.3 billion in 2050. Another United Nations estimate says that only 30% of the arable land in use in the 1950's will be available per person in 2050.
"Just when we need more soil to feed the 10 billion people of the future, we'll actually have less -- only a quarter of an acre of cropland per person in 2050, versus the half-acre we use today on the most efficient farms." ~ David Montgomery, author of the 2007 book Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Four Reasons to Invest in ETFs And Five Ways to Get Started / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
Larry D. Spears writes: A mere 15 years ago, selecting the right exchange-traded fund (ETF) was no big challenge. That's because the first ETF wasn't introduced until 1993, and the second didn't follow until 1995. Since then, however, the growth rate among these versatile investment vehicles has been exponential - so fast, in fact, that the monitoring firm Morningstar now tracks the performance of 854 ETFs, with new funds being added almost weekly.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Solar Power Energy Sector Stocks / Companies / Renewable Energy
Edward Guinness, co-manager of the Guinness Atkinson Alternative Energy Fund, says the best opportunities in the alternative energy space involve solar power. "We are unusually positive on the solar sector," Edward says, noting that power produced from solar sources will double in 2010. Edward divulges some solar-powered "9- or 10-baggers" in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report.The Energy Report: Edward, please tell our readers about London-based Guinness Atkinson Asset Management and its namesake Alternative Energy Fund.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
How Much Higher Can Apple Go? / Companies / Tech Stocks
With Apple (AAPL) at $292 or so, many are wondering how much higher it can go from here. Purely from a technical perspective, both the measured upmove off of the July-Sep base formation and the Aug-Sep bullish price channel point to 295.00, with overshoot to 298.00-300.00.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Bright Future for Cloud Computing Tech Stocks / Companies / Tech Stocks
Jason Simpkins writes: The cloud computing industry has yet to fully take off, but for an indication of its potential, look at the players getting involved.
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG), and Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) - the biggest names in the tech sector - are all racing to take the lead in this burgeoning industry.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Adobe, A Case For Stock Trend Trading / Companies / Tech Stocks
Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) shares got slammed big time on Wednesday in heavy volume after the company gave a weaker-than-expected guidance for its fiscal fourth quarter. Price plunged 19% to $26.52 in after hour trading after hitting a 52-week low of $25.81 earlier. (See the ugly chart from WSJ.com)
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Gold Companies Adding Value Through Growth / Companies / Gold & Silver Stocks
Drew Clark is a relatively new analyst with Byron Capital Markets, but that doesn't mean he doesn't espouse his fair share of wisdom. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Drew provides an in-depth look at gold companies in all categories that he believes are respectable investment opportunities.
The Gold Report: Drew, please tell our readers about your coverage sector and why you're covering precious metals.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Toyota's Troubles Double as China Threatens Action / Companies / Corporate News
Misfortunes of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp continue. Chinese authorities are threatening to fine the group for bribing dealers. The company, providing cheap loans to three of its dealers, forced them to issue loans to buyers not through the banks of the country, but directly through Toyota. The amount of the fine is 140 thousand Yuan ($20 thousand 650). Damages will amount to 426.3 thousand Yuan ($65 thousand 500).
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Will Other Tech Stocks Follow Cisco and Start Paying Out Dividends? / Companies / Dividends
Don Miller writes: When Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) last week announced that it would institute the first dividend in company history, it raised hopes among investors that hi-tech companies would finally begin to loosen the strings on their hefty cash holdings.
But will other tech giants really follow suit and institute dividends of their own?
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Sernova Tackles Diabetes Cure / Companies / Healthcare Sector
People with insulin-dependent diabetes (all of type-1 and about 27 percent of type-2 diabetics) lack the necessary amount of insulin in their bloodstreams. This can and often does lead to irreversible damage to their hearts, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, skin, feet and hearing. In individuals taking insulin injections to reduce blood sugar levels severe hypoglycemia can cause organ failure and death.
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Investors, The Best Foreign Stocks Are Right Here at Home / Companies / Investing 2010
Dan Ferris writes: China, India, and Brazil were poor, "Third World" countries not long ago.
Today, they're making investors rich.
India's Sensex index has risen 20%, just since last November. And the iShares MSCI Brazil fund is up more than 100% since early 2009. The China Shanghai index rose from 1,100 to 5,900 in just two years, 2005 to 2007. That's more than five times your money.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Impressive Action in Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) has climbed to a new recovery and new 2 3/4-year high at 27.26 (so far) today, which has triggered new projections into the 28.00-29.00 target zone in the upcoming weeks and months.
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Nevada Moonlight and Terraco Gold and Silver Stock / Companies / Gold & Silver Stocks
Almost 200,000 people heading to the California gold fields crossed through what is now Nevada via the California Trail. Many camped close to the confluence of the Humboldt River and Maggie Creek in northeastern Nevada. None of them had any idea they were just a very short distance away from one of the most prolific gold deposits in the world.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
BP to pay $4,300 for Every Barrel of Oil Spilled / Companies / Oil Companies
The scandal around the oil spilt into the Gulf of Mexico does not subside. Today the information was released that U.S. authorities are preparing a lawsuit against the owner of the exploded BP platform, demanding compensation for damage caused by the leakage. Fines can reach $4,300 for each barrel of oil spilt in the waters of the Gulf, i.e., a total of approximately $17.6 billion.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Asia Leading the World in Electric Cars, How to Profit / Companies / Investing 2010
In 2009, the world bought 61 million cars and almost all of them were powered by internal combustion, gasoline engines. That’s going to change in a big way.
J.D. Power predicts that the world will buy 2 million electric vehicles by 2020. The researchers at HSBC are shooting much higher and expect the world to buy 9 million EVs (electric vehicles).
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Upside Potential / Companies / Oil Companies
To take advantage of the upside potential when oil and gas cycles take a turn for the better, without exposing yourself to the brunt of the downside risk, make your best picks based on asset and management strength. Then wade—not dive—in. Scott Koyich, founder of Calgary-based DSK Consulting Ltd. and Brisco Capital Partners, shares his top picks for deploying his "wading into the investment" strategy in this Energy Report exclusive.
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