Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Thursday, October 09, 2014
Bet you sold Apple and Google a long time ago / Companies / Investing 2014
By: John_Mauldin
My good friend Barry Ritholtz, famous for launching The Big Picture blog (and since graduating to being a regular Bloomberg columnist as well as writing a weekly column for the Washington Post), is well-known for being a contrarian. Barry is a regular dinner partner when I get to New York, and he also participates in the annual Maine fishing trip. We frequently trade information … and barbs. The word colorful affectionately comes to mind when I think of Barry (and maybe opinionated would work).
Wednesday, October 08, 2014
How Theater Chains Can Fight Netflix / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Submissions
Netflix has just inked a four-movie deal with Adam Sandler that threatens to shake up the big theater chains by radically altering the way movies are distributed and viewed. It will allow Netflix to produce movies and to stream them directly to customers’ home entertainment centers and computers, completely bypassing exhibit houses. The online Washington Post put this ominous headline on the story: “Why the Adam Sandler deal with Netflix could doom theaters…” Exhibitors, especially big chains like Regal Cinemas, Cinemark and AMC, are understandably upset. But they needn’t be. When they come to their senses, they’ll realize not only that they have the means to compete with online movie producer/distributors such as Netflix , but to do so in a way that promises to usher in a golden era for the film medium itself.
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Wednesday, October 08, 2014
Tech’s Fastest Growing Sector Could Make You Rich / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Short sellers have their knives out for GoPro Inc.
And that’s the least of the wearable sports camera maker’s problems right now.
GoPro’s share priceseems to be flopping around wildly on news: surging 11% after a new product announcement, then sinking the same after the company’s founders found a loophole that allows them to sell some of their stock early.
The stock has spiked again since then – but I don’t expect that to last.
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Wednesday, October 08, 2014
How Alibaba Could Capitalize on the EBay-PayPal Split / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Frank_Holmes
Internet auctioneer and retailer eBay announced last week that it will be spinning off its online payment service PayPal into two listed companies. This decision, heralded by activist shareholder Carl Icahn, among other investors, will allegedly enable both companies to focus exclusively on what they do best.
Tuesday, October 07, 2014
Let’s Watch as the Big Bank “Fixers” Scramble and Flee / Companies / Banksters
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: If you can’t beat ‘em (or manipulate ‘em), then don’t join ‘em.
That’s the new Wall Street mantra, as evidenced by happenings in the “fixing” world.
Talk about irony. “Fixing” or “fix” are Wall Street terms used to describe how benchmarks are priced on hundreds of instruments, from the Libor and other foreign currency exchange rates to gold, silver and swaps.
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Friday, October 03, 2014
Bill Gates Says he's 'very happy' / Companies / Microsoft
By: Bloomberg
Bill Gates sat down with Bloomberg Television anchor Erik Schatzker at the Sibos conference in Boston today, where they discussed Microsoft's strategy, the Ebola outbreak, his philanthropic efforts, financial payment systems in Africa and more.
On whether Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is moving fast enough, Gates said, "I'm very happy with what he's doing. I see a new sense of energy. There's a lot of opportunity there, some things the company isn't the leader on, and he sees that he needs to change that."
On Ebola hitting the U.S., Gates said, "...the fact that this Dallas patient was identified, the contacts are being traced, I feel confident the CDC is very much on top of that. I wish every country had a health system like that...the US government's really stepping up on this and I think that is going to let the world get on top of it."
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Friday, October 03, 2014
Here’s What the Secret Goldman Sachs Tapes Really Mean / Companies / Banksters
By: Money_Morning
Here’s how screwed we really are.
The economy is growing – imperceptibly
It’s like trying to watch grass grow, but it’s growing.
How do you feel about that?
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Thursday, October 02, 2014
Gross' "Minsky Moment" - What Really Happened at PIMCO / Companies / Corporate News
By: Money_Morning
Michael E. Lewitt writes: As I mentioned over the weekend, the month of September ended with two dramatically different exits: The Hollywood ending of Yankee Captain Derek Jeter's Hall of Fame 20-year career, and the acrimonious departure of Bill Gross from PIMCO, the firm he founded 43 years ago.
The departure of the two could not have been in starker contrast.
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Thursday, October 02, 2014
Top Approaching in Berkshire Hathaway Stock? / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: EWI
Editor's note: The following article originally appeared in a special September-October double issue of Robert Prechter's Elliott Wave Theorist, one of the longest-running financial letters in the business.
It piques our interest when a person or company makes the front page of a magazine or newspaper. On August 15, USA Today ran an article with a chart on the share-price performance of Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway. The Guardian and other papers covered the news, too, which was that the stock had cleared $200,000/share.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
U.S. Court of Federal Claims - The $40 Billion Circus Has Arrived! / Companies / Market Regulation
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Get ready for the Greatest Show on Earth. I’m not kidding!
The circus opens today in Washington at the big-top U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
That’s where insurer Starr International is suing the United States for essentially ripping off American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) and its shareholders. Starr is an insurance company controlled by Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former CEO of AIG, not long ago the largest insurance company in the world.
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Sunday, September 28, 2014
Obscure Maritime Law Practically “Guarantees” Profits for These Energy Companies / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Money_Morning
Bill Smith, a Delaware fuel trader, calls it “the most stupid law ever on the books.”
It adds about 15¢ to the price of every gallon of gas. And it’s so obscure that the vast majority of people have no idea it exists.
It’s the maddening reason why it costs 3 times as much to ship a barrel of oil from Houston to New York as it does to ship the same barrel from Saudi Arabia on the other side of the world.
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Saturday, September 27, 2014
Are U.S. Cars About to Crash? / Companies / US Auto's
By: John_Rubino
New car sales have been one of the bright spots of the US recovery. And they’re still at it:
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(Reuters) – Strong demand drove U.S. new car and truck sales 10 percent higher in September, adding momentum to the industry’s best August in more than a decade, consultants LMC Automotive and J.D. Power said on Thursday.Sales rose to 1.248 million new vehicles, or a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 16.5 million vehicles. This follows a 17.5 million annualized rate in August.
Friday, September 26, 2014
How My Charts Uncovered Two Big Stocks That Are Soaring Like Small Caps / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: Each and every week I bring to you tech winners with great fundamentals.
However, perusing balance sheets and income statements isn’t the only way to find great stocks.
There’s also the technique known as technical analysis.
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Friday, September 26, 2014
The Home Depot Breach Boils Our Blood – and It Should / Companies / Corporate News
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Who should worry about data breaches?
Everyone.
You as an individual are at risk. Your bank account is at risk. Your credit is at risk. You’re at risk in ways you never thought about.
Merchants are at risk, maybe to the tune of tens of billions of dollars.
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Is Apple Watch a Needle Mover? / Companies / Apple
By: Casey_Research
By Adam J. Crawford, Analyst
The investment community has been up in arms over a lack of innovation from Apple. After all, the company hasn’t launched a new product line in quite some time… that is, until now. Meet the company’s brand-new smart device: Apple Watch. Investors hope the product will send Apple’s stock to new heights. Is that wishful thinking?
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
The Best Hope for Reducing Taxes… Isn't What You Think / Companies / Taxes
By: Money_Morning
Michael E. Lewitt writes: It appears that the move by Warren Buffett-backed Burger King Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: BKW) to buy iconic Canadian fast food chain Tim Hortons Inc. (USA) (NYSE: THI) and relocate to Canada to lower its corporate tax rate was the straw that broke the camel's back when it comes to tax inversion deals.
One has to wonder whether the wily Mr. Buffett was not only trying to make money but doing his best to accelerate much-needed tax reform when he agreed to finance BKW's expansion into the northland...
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Monday, September 22, 2014
Tesco Super Market Giant Fast Disappearing Down a Financial Black Hole / Companies / Corporate News
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Tesco, Britain's giant supermarket chain continues in its death spiral trend towards eventually becoming a mere fraction of its former size as barely a few weeks after its latest profit warning of a 25% collapse, today we find out that its financial controllers (bankers) and accountants can't control or count anything as the management wakes up to find that £250 million of expected profits no longer exists the news of which wiped out £2 billion in market capitalisation as panicked stock holders belatedly start to jump ship as the mega-corp is literally disappearing down a financial black hole.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Nervous Investors Will Hate the Money You Make With This Strategy / Companies / Investing 2014
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: In the past couple of weeks, we’ve been seeingrecord highs in the markets nearly every day.
However, we saw a pretty scary headline earlier this week about the Nasdaq Composite Index.
On Monday, Bloomberg reported that nearly half of the stocks in the tech-centric Nasdaq have declined 20% from their highs of the past 12 months – putting them in “bear territory.”
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Friday, September 19, 2014
Alibaba - From Crazy to Richest - What Is The World's Largest IPO Telling Us? / Companies / IPOs
By: DK_Matai
1. When the Alibaba Group starts trading on the New York Stock Exchange as "BABA" on Friday, many ATCA 5000 distinguished members may ask: “Ali who?”
2. The world's largest Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Thursday, valued Alibaba at USD 168 billion and raised nearly USD 22 billion. Can one imagine the enormous quantum of wealth that is being generated via this IPO?
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Friday, September 19, 2014
Alibaba is Focused, Will Use Money in Emerging Areas / Companies / IPOs
By: Bloomberg
In an interview with Bloomberg's Emily Chang and Cory Johnson, GGV Capital Managing Partner and person responsible for connecting Jack Ma to Jerry Yang leading to the landmark transaction between Yahoo! and Alibaba, Hans Tung said Alibaba is a 'very focused' company and expects them to focus more on emerging areas such a digital goods as in gaming or in financial services, logistics, search or cross-border commerce.