Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Thursday, August 05, 2010
Power-Up Growth and Income with Utilities ETFs / Companies / Energy Resources
Years ago, people would categorize themselves as either “growth” or “income” investors. The latter group typically consisted of people who were either retired or independently wealthy.
Today the lines are a little fuzzier …
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Thursday, August 05, 2010
Will Google’s Android Kill Apples iPhone? / Companies / Google
Don Miller writes: The struggle for dominance in the smartphone market is heating up and Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system for handsets appears to be winning the war against Apple Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone system.
When Apple debuted the iPhone 4 on June 24 it broke sales records. In the first three days, the company sold 1.7 million devices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France and Germany, the most for any version of its top-selling product.
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Lloyds TSB £1.6 Billion Tax Payer Funded Profits / Companies / Credit Crisis 2010
Eric Daniel's and the rest of the management at Lloyds TSB are patting themselves on the back for having turned last years £4 billion loss into a £1.6 billion profit for the first half of this year. However the whole of LLoyds profits and that of the other reporting banks such as RBS, and Northern Rock are as a consequence of the tax payer bailouts without who's continuing support Lloyds TSB and the other banks would still be bankrupt today.
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Breakout in China Mobile CHL / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
So far, the action in China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) has followed the bullish script that we have discussed since Sunday's Chart Video Update. We noted in that video that IF the Shanghai Composite did indeed establish a major bullish signal exhibited by a monthly (July) upside reversal, then a significant recovery rally in the China equity indices should have a supportive impact on some components of the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (NYSE: FXI), which exhibits a stronger pattern than the Shanghai.
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Asian Airlines: Taking Off and Flying High / Companies / Sector Analysis
I’m beat!
From door to door, it took me 35 hours to fly to Seattle via Bangkok, Manila, and Seoul. These trips were hard enough when I was a young man, but they are like a death march now that I’m in my 50’s.
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010
How to Profit from Canada, the Worlds Safest Economy / Companies / Canadian Stock Market
Peter Krauth writes: Canada is more than just back bacon, maple syrup, and hardscrabble-mining claims. It's a leader in natural resources, precious metals, and such alternative-energy investments as oil sands.
In fact, Canada right now boasts one of the world's most compelling targets for investors' hard-earned money. Consider that:
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Stick with Wet Natural Gas, Heavy Crude Oil Investment Plays / Companies / Oil Companies
Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin Editor and Publisher Keith Schaefer specializes in Canadian oil and gas plays. Despite the languishing gas price, he sees opportunities in some hedged Canadian gas companies and unhedged "wet-gas" producers. If you're not into gas, Keith is big on oil. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Keith will tell you how radial drilling is creating opportunities in heavy oil, too.
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Bank Stress Test: How to Find the Safest Banks in the U.S. and Abroad / Companies / Banking Stocks
Stress test results for the biggest European banks were recently released, while the largest U.S. banks took their first stress tests in May 2009. But most people don't really care how much stress their banks are under; they are more worried about their own stress levels. One thing that adds to personal stress is worrying about whether their deposits are in a safe place. Bob Prechter has encouraged people to find the safest banks for their money since he originally wrote his New York Times best-selling book, Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression in 2002.
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Gold Stocks Warrants, Options and LEAPS – It’s All About Leverage / Companies / Options & Warrants
Investors looking for a more interesting and potentially rewarding approach to investing in the natural resource shares should investigate the use of warrants, options and LEAPS.
The use of all three or any of these investment vehicles positions the investor to maximize their gains in the natural resource sector in the coming months.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
BP New CEO Robert Dudley Isn't the Long-term Answer / Companies / Oil Companies
William Patalon III writes: When the BP PLC (NYSE ADR: BP) CEO-replacement saga began to unfold earlier this week, and the Money Morning news team was working the story, I contacted Dr. Moors to ask him if he knew anything about anointed successor Robert Dudley.
With that response, Dr. Moors underscored, yet again, why he's the ultimate energy-sector insider: He doesn't just know about Dudley - he actually knows him.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Attention, Barrelheads: Petrobras Shares Are on Sale / Companies / Oil Companies
Oil.
A touchy subject these days, I know – even with cleanup crews in the Gulf successfully removing much of the spilled oil from the water.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
We Analyze Akamai Technologies AKAM Classical Technical Pattern / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
This stock looks lower based on a classical technical pattern
This is the first time I have looked at this particular stock and it appears to chart beautifully. The stock I am referring to and analyzing today is Akamai Technologies Inc. The symbol for this stock is AKAM and it is traded on the NASDAQ.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Fighting to Feed the Chinese Dragon, McDonald’s Vs. Yum! / Companies / Investing 2010
Jason Simpkins writes: Speed kills. And in the fast food industry, it's imperative.
The speed of service and the ability to quickly adapt menus, packaging and advertising are what makes a market leader. And right now, the speed at which fast food companies make the transition into foreign markets, particularly China, is what matters most of all.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Number of ETFs Exploding to Over 1,000 / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
As I watch the exchange-traded fund (ETF) universe grow, I keep having flashbacks to the huge increase in the number of mutual funds in the 1990s.
Back then everyone wanted to own large cap growth funds. You could take your pick of hundreds in the category. A few were really good, a few really bad, and most were average. I saw frustrated investors simply give up trying to choose and throw their money at whatever was convenient. Usually it didn’t work out so well.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited: Record Quarterly Revenue / Companies / Gold & Silver Stocks
The general consensus for the quarterly income for Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM) was in the order of $0.40 per share, however, news just out has the figure higher at $0.64 per share for the second quarter, compared with a penny per share for the same period last year. The effect of their new mines construction programme going into production is starting to produce the results that we have been waiting for.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Middle East Oil Producers Might Consider BP Investment – to Diversify / Companies / Oil Companies
With BP poised to move on from the Gulf oil spill with a new chief executive, the beleaguered London-based company might look attractive to Middle East sovereign wealth funds after all.It would be a parting legacy from outgoing CEO Tony Hayward if his efforts earlier this month to court the funds in Abu Dhabi and other oil-producing countries were to bear fruit.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
BP Boosted by $10 Billion Gulf Oil Spill Cost Tax Credits / Companies / Oil Companies
There is no shortage of news from BP on Tuesday:
- The oil major reported its first quarterly loss--$17.15 billion--in eighteen years, and will sell about $30 billion in assets.
- The company also announced that CEO Tony Hayward will step down on Oct. 1 to work at TNK-BP--BP’s joint venture in Russia.
- Bob Dudley, an American BP executive, will succeed Hayward as the new Chief Executive
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Is the Star in Starbucks Fading? / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
I recently took the time to analyze one of the most popular and iconic brands on the American scene. I am of course talking about Starbucks.
After getting beaten down in 2008, Starbucks has made a remarkable recovery. However, that recovery looks to be in jeopardy based on our "Trade Triangle" technology and the findings of a 14th century dead mathematician.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Nasty MLP ETF Indicator Flashing Investor Warning Signal Again / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
Tom Dyson writes: In early 2007, investors were reading news stories about hundreds of new ethanol plants... enormous demand for grain in China... and rice shortages in Thailand.
Potash and farm-equipment stocks were soaring. The world's most widely published investment gurus – like Jim Rogers and Marc Faber – were touting agriculture and farmland as their favorite investments.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
BP Hopes for a CEO Savior in American Robert Dudley / Companies / Oil Companies
Kerri Shannon writes: BP PLC (NYSE ADR: BP) plans to oust Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward from the top spot and to appoint Robert Dudley - an American and an insider - in an attempt to regain U.S. trust after a highly criticized, ineffective response to the Gulf oil spill.
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