Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Thursday, June 10, 2010
Anatomy of a Three-Bagger: The Brett Resources Stock Story / Companies / Gold and Silver 2010
Jeff Clark, Casey’s International Speculator writes: Shareholders were treated to a big win last month when Brett Resources (V.BBR) was bought out by Osisko Mining (T.OSK), giving investors a triple from our initial recommendation. We talked with Brett Chairman Ron Netolitzky to get the story behind how he and his team made Brett a success, along with his thoughts on the junior market and gold. We think so highly of Ron that we've inducted him into our Explorers' League program...
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Bullish on China Stocks FXI ETF / Companies / China Stocks
Let's notice that the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (NYSE: FXI) peaked at 46.66 in November 2009 and was in the confines of a coil-like corrective pattern into the series of May lows near 36.60/25. Since early May, the FXI has carved out a 5-week basing pattern which could be the second coordinate of a larger Double Bottom formation established in February 2010.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
BP Could Go Extinct, Share Price Crash / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
Chart 1 is a 30 year chart of British Petroleum. Key support going back to 1997 was broken on huge volume.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Six Beaten Down ETF's in the Southern Hemisphere Investment Opportunities / Companies / Investing 2010
For the past two weeks, I’ve talked about exchange traded fund (ETF) bottom-fishing. First we looked at nine domestic sector ETFs, then last week we reviewed six opportunities in Europe.
The financial crisis is by no means over, of course. Many markets continue to worsen by the day. And I don’t see any quick solutions for the economy.
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010
BP Plunging, S&P Recovering / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
British Petroleum (NYSE: BP) and Transocean (NYSE: RIG) have created a bit of a Lehman feel to the markets today. Ironically, oil prices are rocketing. BP has plunged to levels not seen since 1996! Whether or not BP is heading into bankruptcy is immaterial, because Mr. Market certainly thinks so.
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Investor Protection and Profits From Looming Inflation / Companies / Investing 2010
Martin Hutchinson writes: Inflation hawks have been warning since 2008 that the spurt of U.S. money creation that began at the end of that year would spark a surge in consumer-price inflation.
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010
How to Make a 59% Dividend From BP / Companies / Options & Warrants
Tom Dyson writes: The Gulf of Mexico oil leak is a disaster for the environment, a disaster for the local economy, and may even prove to be a disaster for the stock market if the government decides to punish the offshore drilling industry.
But it could be the best thing that happens to your portfolio this year...
Monday, June 07, 2010
Apple Correction Incomplete, SPX Looking Lower / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
While the chart pattern of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) certainly looks much stronger than the overall market (SPX), all of the action since its peak in late-April has the right look of an intermediate-term corrective process that is incomplete. Both the pattern and the momentum configuration argue for AAPL to press towards a revisit of the 240-230 support area in the upcoming days/weeks prior to my expectation of another upleg within its otherwise still-intact bull market.
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Saturday, June 05, 2010
Why BP Should Just Deny Everything and Brace for Impact / Companies / Oil Companies
Sittin’ on the dock of the bay…
Watchin’ the tide roll away…
~ “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” Otis Reading
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Friday, June 04, 2010
BP’s Continued Existence Seen Coming Under Threat as Gulf Oil Spill Continues / Companies / Oil Companies
The continued failure of BP’s efforts to stop the Gulf oil spill and mounting political pressure are putting the very future of the British-based oil giant in question.BP shares plunged again on Tuesday, wiping $17 billion off the market capitalization of the company. Premiums on credit default swaps to insure the company’s debt soared 75% to $178,000 for $10 million as analysts began to question whether the company can survive the financial and reputational costs of the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe.
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Thursday, June 03, 2010
EMC Breaks Through Prior Rally Peaks / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
EMC Corp (NYSE: EMC) is acting very strong today, and this morning hurdled its two prior rally peaks at 18.91/93, which sent the stock to 19.00 and should see a follow-through towards a test of critical resistance at 19.10/22.
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Thursday, June 03, 2010
Who Will Profit from the BP Gulf Oil Spill / Companies / Oil Companies
Charles S. Brant, Energy Correspondent, Casey’s Energy Opportunities writes: The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may be the best thing that’s ever happened to green energy producers in the U.S – but the one that benefits the most will probably surprise you.
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Thursday, June 03, 2010
Defensive Stocks, Are They the Ticket in a Downturn? / Companies / Stocks Bear Market
Approximately three out of four stocks go down in a bear market. This ratio doesn't just apply to high beta names; historically, 75 percent of all stocks go down when the general market falls.
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Thursday, June 03, 2010
Beaten Down European Country ETFs / Companies / European Stock Markets
Last week I told you to keep your eyes on nine sector ETFs that have been crushed in the recent market downturn. Today I’m going to continue the same discussion starting with beaten-down ETF #10. This time, we’ll look at six specific international ETFs that are in the bargain basement.
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Thursday, June 03, 2010
Two Energy Stocks For a Post Oil Spill World / Companies / Oil Companies
Martin Hutchinson writes: With the failure of the BP PLC (NYSE ADR: BP) "top kill" strategy, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill takes on a more serious hue, both for the Gulf of Mexico environment and for BP itself. If it indeed proves impossible to cap the oil flow before August, public anger against BP and against deep-sea drilling in general may put BP out of business and set deep-sea drilling around the United States back for years.
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Thursday, June 03, 2010
Four Stocks to Watch for a Big Move / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
I don’t make it a habit of analyzing short interest data. However, I always check the data when I initially scan a security because it can help when analyzing the charts.
Of course, if I want to design an entry/exit strategy, it becomes very important to know the short interest and the short interest ratio of the security in question.
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Wednesday, June 02, 2010
The Most Thorough Analyst is Now Buying CitiGroup / Companies / Banking Stocks
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman once received a six-figure photocopying bill from a law firm... for 140,000 pages of photocopying.
The attorney general wanted Ackman's investment research on MBIA. So he subpoenaed it... and got all 140,000 pages.
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Garmin Tek Stock and the Next Generation of GPS About to Blast Off / Companies / Tech Stocks
On May 14, the space shuttle Atlantis blasted off for its 32nd and last mission. The Atlantis has flown to the Mir space station seven times and the International Space Station 11 times.
The Atlantis shuttle has ventured into space and returned with troves of scientific information and I still get goose bumps when I watch a shuttle launch. It is with a twinge of sadness to know that the Endeavour is scheduled to fly the last mission of the space shuttle program in November.
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Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Wal-Mart, Next Decade’s Best Performer? / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
I believe we’re at the front end of a period of multi-year economic weakness. While the Federal government will continue to attempt to prop up the economy through simulus and quantitative easing efforts, I believe in the end, that these efforts will fail. The credit destruction will continue to out-run the fiscal blitz by our leadership. As such, I’m looking to position myself for a prolonged recession/depression. This means significant cash holdings, sound recession-resistent stocks with dividends, and even some precious metals holdings (to hedge against the possibility of monetary stimulus going too far).
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Homebuilding Stocks Are in for a Nasty Surprise / Companies / Housing Stocks
Tom Dyson writes: "You can't believe how screwed up things are down here... "
This weekend, I met up with a real estate expert, M, from South Florida. M specializes in REO. REO stands for "Real Estate Owned." Banks lend money to homeowners. Sometimes homeowners don't make their interest payments. The bank kicks the owner out and seizes the property. In the industry, they call this repossessed, bank-owned property "REO." The government is the nation's biggest holder of REO. M says the government owns 80% of the properties he deals with.