Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Monday, October 27, 2014
Could Tesco Go Bust? How to Save Tesco from Debt Bankruptcy Risk / Companies / Corporate News
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Unbeknown to most of Tesco's remaining customers as they continue their weekly shops at its well stocked mega-stores across Britain is that Tesco is not just at the edge of a cliff but has actually fallen off it and is in a state of free fall. So whilst customers may soon start to look forward to splurging on their Christmas shopping which undoubtedly will buy the likes of Tesco time during a period when the stock price could hit bottom and bounce. However, as experienced investors well understand that which is termed a 'dead cat bounce', as literally even a cat thrown off a cliff will eventually hit bottom and bounce and so that will likely be the experience for Tesco investors over the coming months as they mistakenly assume a rallying stock price is a sign of recovery.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Central Bank Intervention or Real Economic Growth? / Companies / Investing 2014
By: Money_Morning
Michael E. Lewitt writes: That was quick!
Shrugging aside concerns that a week ago sent markets reeling to near correction territory, all major indices bounced back strongly this week and made it seem as though the October 15 panic never happened….
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Sunday, October 26, 2014
Christmas In October – Desperate Measures / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: James_Quinn
The desperation of retailers grows by the day. I head to Wal-Mart and Giant in Harleysville every Sunday morning at 7:00 am. to do my weekly grocery shopping. I go to Wal-Mart at opening to avoid the freaks we see weekly on the People of Wal-Mart post. The workers at Wal-Mart are only a small step above the customers. They can barely communicate, rarely look you in the eye, and generally act like they are prisoners in an asylum.
I’m in winter/bad times ahead prep mode. I had a load of fire wood delivered yesterday which I wheelbarrowed to the back yard and stacked with my already decent sized stack. Last week I took an empty propane canister back to Wal-Mart to replace it with a full canister. That would give me three full propane tanks. I left the empty tank outside next to the propane cage and went in to pay. The old lady cashier with the gravelly smoker voice told me she would call for someone to get me a new tank.
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Saturday, October 25, 2014
Get Ready for “Stupid Cheap” Stock Prices / Companies / Investing 2014
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson: “This is huge. It’s ka-boom!”
That was my then-boss calling me from Wall Street. At the time, I was an analyst in the Financial District in San Francisco.
It was Oct. 19, 1987 – Black Monday – and the stock market had just crashed.
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Saturday, October 25, 2014
The Trend Every Nation on Earth Is Pouring Money Into / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: When we began our time together here at Total Wealth, I promised you a deep look at each of the primary trillion-dollar trends. I told you that every dime made in the markets for the next 10 years would be on this list of trends.
We jumped right in with Technology and our Human Augmentation target – the most inspirational tech company I’ve ever visited.
Today, I want to keep that promise and focus in on our second unstoppable global trend.
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Friday, October 24, 2014
Natus Medical Justifies Recent Run With Record Q3 Results / Companies / BioTech
By: Submissions
Nicholas Maithya writes: Natus Medical (NASDAQ:BABY) is up more than 125% over the last twelve months and based on recent results, that run seems fully justified with room left for more. The stock closed at $33.51 on Thursday 23, up 2.16% for the day following its impressive results released on the previous day.
Friday, October 24, 2014
Tesco Meltdown Debt Default Risk Could Trigger a Financial Crisis in Early 2015 / Companies / Corporate News
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The mainstream press is finally waking up the the catastrophe that is taking place at Britain's largest Supermarket that for well over a year has been in a state of collapse, whilst the mainstream press in large part swallowed Tesco's bogus financial numbers as its management in a complete state of denial 'of this cannot be happening' first bent and then broke umpteen accounting rules so as to hide the true state of the supermarket giant's financial picture, one of effectively fast disappearing down a financial black hole as a consequence of the fundamental factor that Tesco just CANNOT compete against the discount retailers such as Aldi and Lidl towards which Tesco has been exponentially haemorrhaging customers to the point where last week I wrote that it its customers had effectively vanished that risked the unthinkable that Tesco may not even make it to the end of the current financial year (March 2015).
Friday, October 24, 2014
The 10th Man: The Financial Engineering Market / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: John_Mauldin
Jared Dillian writes: IBM went down hard on its quarterly earnings report this week. This made a splash in the news because, well, it’s IBM, and also Warren Buffett owns it, so it was a rare moment of human fallibility for him. But there is a lot more to the story than that. Very sophisticated people have been keeping an eye on IBM for some time.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Fear of Ebola Creating Weakness in U.S. Stocks? / Companies / Ebola
By: DailyGainsLetter
George Leong writes: The fear of Ebola has caused pressure towards the U.S. stock markets, particularly in the travel sector and aviation stocks. The concern is real, and if it is allowed to grow in the United States, Asia, or Europe, we could see a significant decline in travel demand that could impact the next few quarters, as my stock analysis would suggest.
The impact on the aviation space has been evident already, as we have seen travel-related stocks come off their tops; albeit, much of this also has to do with the current stock market risk, based on my stock analysis.
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Thursday, October 23, 2014
How to Profit from Massive Spin-Offs with Just One Play / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: I love corporate spin-offs – and you should, too.
With spin-offs, companies unlock hidden values in their operations and pass them on to shareholders – offering low risks and high probabilities of market-beating profits.
And the past month or so has produced a bonanza.
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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Japan Gives a Hug to the Cell Therapy Biotech Industry / Companies / BioTech
By: TLSReport
Last year, Japan rolled out the red carpet for cell therapy developers with new legislation designed to expedite development of regenerative medicine solutions for all manner of disease. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, former regenerative medicine consultant R. Lee Buckler, now a vice president with RepliCel Life Sciences Inc., puts his consultant's hat back on to talk about Japan's hospitable stance on proposed cell therapies. He provides an update on the meaning of the new law and discusses a small cohort of companies poised to reap the advantages.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
40% of Eurozone Banks Are in Trouble / Companies / Credit Crisis 2014
By: Raul_I_Meijer
Reuters has had a busy day today reporting on Europe’s banks and the stress tests the European Banking Authority is set to unveil on Sunday. And which put the EU and ECB on a see-saw like balancing act between credibility and panic.
The news bureau started off in the early morning citing a report by Spanish news agency Efe, which said 11 banks would fail the tests:
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Follow the Baby Boom to Biotech Stock Profits / Companies / BioTech
By: TLSReport
In recent years, entrepreneurial therapists have comprised the fast-growing sector in outpatient physical therapy. But companies like Agility Health are beginning to seize acquisition opportunities and market share in this growing sector. Steven Davidson, CEO of Agility Health Inc., tells The Life Sciences Report how his company is innovating in the physical therapy space, improving patient care and clients' bottom lines through its management expertise and proprietary software, AgileRPM. With baby boomers aging and the Affordable Care Act increasing access to services, physical therapy just might be the safe haven sector to shield your portfolio from macroeconomic uncertainty.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Petrobras is a 'Scheme, Not a Stock' / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Bloomberg
Jim Chanos spoke with Bloomberg Television anchor Stephanie Ruhle from the Robin Hood Investor's Conference in New York today. Chanos described Petrobras as a "scheme," saying that optimism it will benefit if Dilma Rousseff is voted out of office is unfounded: "Every time Dilma's poll numbers go up, Petrobras's stock goes down...Even if Neves wins, it doesn't change the economics" at Petrobras.
STEPHANIE RUHLE, BLOOMBERG: Jim, we will get to talk about China, but you just left the stage. You have been followed out here by attendees talking about your big idea, Petrobras. Talk to us.
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Monday, October 20, 2014
Can Ebola Fears Deliver a Value Opportunity in the Cruise Industry? / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Investment_U
Tom Sandford writes: For a lesson on smooth sailing into global markets, one only needs to look at the global cruise industry.
In just the last decade, the number of cruise passengers has jumped by 77% from 12 million to 21.3 million, according to the Cruise Lines International Organization.
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Monday, October 20, 2014
Is October the Month for Technology Stocks? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Investment_U
David Becker writes: Technology stocks generally perform well in October as investors begin to focus on third quarter earnings. While the group as a whole has outperformed the broader markets, there are a number of both software and hardware companies that have experienced stellar performance.
One way to measure the performance of a sector or a specific stock is to analyze its seasonality. Seasonality can be defined as regular changes that occur to a stock or sector every calendar year. For example, if the price of a stock climbs every October then it has a seasonal pattern.
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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Tesco Supermarket Crisis Worse To Come as Customers Vanish! / Companies / Corporate News
By: Nadeem_Walayat
It's a year since I started warning that Tesco was in crisis and that investors should bail out immediately (£3.80) and so far with the share price more than halving (£1.74) this mega corporation trend trajectory towards becoming a penny stock remains in tact. However, I fear things are about to get worse, much worse even to the point that within a few short months we could even be contemplating unimaginable, EXTINCTION!
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Stocks Got Their Piece – Now It’s Our Turn / Companies / Investing 2014
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: This morning’s 600-point neck-breaking swing in the Dow Jones Industrial Average only added to the pain of the big sell-off over the past week and a half.
And in our realm of tech, chip stocks came under especially hard pressure after the CEO of Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) said that “another industry correction has begun.”
But you shouldn’t be joining the crowd and dumping stocks at this point.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
The Safest Stocks in the World / Companies / Investing 2014
By: DailyWealth
Amber Lee Mason writes: The market is teaching investors a timeless lesson...
Monday, October 13, 2014
Bill Ackman: I'm not a Crybaby Shareholder / Companies / Investing 2014
By: Bloomberg
In an interview with Bloomberg's Hans Nichols from the Euronext Amsterdam, Pershing Square Holdings Founder and CEO Bill Ackman said, he's preparing to buy a 'decent-sized stake' in a U.S. based company, "The cash that we've raised we intend to use for a new commitment. So we have a new investment we're going to announce probably in the next 45-60 days, and the capital will go for that new investment."
Ackman told Nichols that Pershing Square can exist and do well without him," I'm not planning on going anywhere. But we've actually built Pershing Square Holdings with a key man provision that says if I were to disappear, then shareholders could elect -- would have vote to continue the entity and I think that vote would be a favorable vote. It's been a very good, it's been a good place to have capital for the past 11 years."
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