Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
High and Low Quality Stocks Beat the S&P 500 Index / Companies / Investing 2013
By: Richard_Shaw
High quality and low quality stock performance rotate in the short-term, and they both beat the S&P 500.
High quality stocks generally do better in down markets or periods of uncertainty or pessimism. Low quality stocks generally do better in up markets or periods of greater clarity or optimism.
Higher quality stocks have better risk adjusted returns, higher yields and better dividend growth.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Another Reason Not to Trust the Big Banks / Companies / Banksters
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
When Big Banks say their trading desks posted a profit every single trading day for an entire quarter, it seems hard to believe.
And yet not one but two Big Banks -- JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) -- recently reported that they had perfect trading records in the first quarter of 2013.
And most days they weren't squeaking by either. A chart of JPMorgan's daily net revenues from the quarter shows that on most days the profits were quite fat -- $50 million or more, with 17 days posting profits of more than $100 million.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Three Ways Stock Investors Can Profit from the Fall of Emerging Markets / Companies / Emerging Markets
By: Profit_Confidential
Moe Zulfiqar writes: The key stock indices have gained momentum to the upside since the beginning of the year. The most quoted indices like the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are up more than 12% and are bucking the trend.
Monday, June 10, 2013
The Best Stock Investments to Beat Ben Bernanke's War on Savers / Companies / Investing 2013
By: Money_Morning
Garrett Baldwin writes: For the last four years, ordinary Americans have struggled to rebuild their wealth in the wake of the Great Financial Crisis.
Last week, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reported that the average U.S. household has recovered only 45% of its wealth lost during the recession.
Of course, the Federal Reserve won't acknowledge that its Chairman, Ben Bernanke, has been a principle driver in the underperformance of the middle class' return to financial normalcy. Bernanke has removed incentives for anyone to keep their dollars in a savings account by knocking interest rates to near-record lows.
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Thursday, June 06, 2013
Investing in Recession Proof Leading Brands Stocks / Companies / Investing 2013
By: Charles_Carnevale
The Volatility Is Risk Myth
If you were to take the essence of most people’s beliefs and understanding about investing in common stocks, or the stock market for that matter, and turn it into a movie, I believe it would have to be labeled under the category science fiction. In other words, in my experience, most of what people believe about common stocks or the stock market is predicated more on opinion than on fact. But even more importantly, it is predicated on opinions that are driven by strong emotional responses. Consequently, I believe that what most people feel that they know about investing in stocks is based more on myth than truth.
Perhaps the biggest myth of all is the perception that investing in common stocks is a risky endeavor. Whether you are listening to professional or lay investors alike, it is widely accepted that stocks are a risky asset class. Personally, I have found that the true risk of investing in the equity asset class rests more in the attitudes, beliefs and actions of the investors themselves, than it does with the asset class. In other words, how people think about common stocks is actually often more risky than the common stocks actually are. Unfortunately, most people think investing in stocks is risky; I don’t, as long as it’s done intelligently and correctly.
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Thursday, June 06, 2013
Goldman Sachs Too Big To Prosecute Skates Again / Companies / Banksters
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes:
These investment bankers almost ruin our economy and they're still acting like it's 2007. Have they no shame?
If you missed the latest news that former Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) Vice President Neil M. M. Morrison was fined a record $100,000 by the SEC and barred from the securities business for five years for breaking municipal securities rules, don't feel bad.
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
$22 Billion Health Sector That Nobody On Wall Street Is Talking About / Companies / Healthcare Sector
By: Money_Morning
Garrett Baldwin writes: Suffering from a debilitating condition known as respiratory syncytial virus, the patient lay on the ground wheezing with every tormented breath.
It's a horrible yet common viral condition that brings a high fever, a hacking cough, and progressive difficulty in breathing. Once infected, the prognosis is as dire as it gets.
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Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Today's Big Tech Stocks Lie / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: There's a number floating around the tech industry that is nothing short of amazing.
And it adds up to big money...
Here's the thing. Noted tech analyst Mary Meeker delivered a powerful message last week that turned the industry on its ear.
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Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Fantastic Investor Ground Floor Opportunity / Companies / Emerging Markets
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: Investors should be very excited.
Because it's only once in a very long time that investment watersheds like this happen and you can get some long-term positions at stunning bargains.
Last week Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru deepened their "Pacific Alliance" by removing tariffs on 90% of the trade between them, beginning July 1.
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Sunday, June 02, 2013
How to Invest in The Two Hottest Tech Trends I've Ever Seen / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: Last week, I told you the "Mobile Wave" was one of the biggest profit opportunities that I'm following for you.
I even shared a potential "double-your-money" profit play that the "experts" seem to have missed.
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Saturday, June 01, 2013
Too Big To Fail Banks Certainly Have Not! / Companies / Banksters
By: Sy_Harding
Fair warning – the following may make you sick.
This week the Federal Reserve of St. Louis released a report estimating that Americans on average have recovered only 45% of the wealth they lost during the recession and bear market in stocks. The report notes that much of the recovery in ‘overall’ wealth is thanks to the stock market’s recovery to its previous peaks, and thus is concentrated in the holdings of wealthy families. The report concludes that, “Considering the uneven recovery of wealth across households, claims that the financial damage of the crisis and recession has largely been repaired are not justified.”
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Friday, May 31, 2013
Here's What Really Happened in the Botched Facebook IPO / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: What really happened on May 18, 2012, with the botched IPO of Facebook Inc. (NasdaqGS: FB)?
Well, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just released its version of events under the guise of Administrative Proceeding File No. 3-15339.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Water Resources Drying Up, Investor Opportunities Arise / Companies / Water Sector
By: Money_Morning
Peter Krauth writes:
In a recent conversation about resources I had with Rick Rule, founder of Sprott Global Resource Investments, our talk kept coming back to water.
Let's just say, Rick likes water. Or rather, the prospects for water investments.
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
This Is What Real Stock Market Bubbles Look Like / Companies / Liquidity Bubble
By: Charles_Carnevale
With the stock market currently doing so well, numerous articles are popping up playing the bubble card. Personally, I don’t believe we are anywhere near bubble levels for equities, at least in the general sense. I do think there are certain stocks that are currently overvalued, but very few that I would describe as dangerously so. To me, the true definition of a bubble is when prices have become so ludicrously high, that the dangers of a catastrophic loss large enough to be considered almost permanent become imminent or at least quite obvious.
Starting in calendar year 1999 and then peaking in calendar year 2000, we saw a true bubble emerge and inevitably burst in technology stocks. The following F.A.S.T. Graphs™ on three prominent technology stalwarts, Oracle Corp (ORCL), Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO) and finally EMC Corp (EMC) provide quintessential examples of a true bubble. To clarify what they are depicting, we see the stock price closely correlate and track earnings both before and after the bubbles. However, during the bubble periods we see clear and undeniable insane valuation that fundamentals do not justify.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Google Glass Is a Terrifying Dud / Companies / Google
By: Money_Morning
Garrett Baldwin writes: You never really know what you might get into sitting on the corner stool of a bar in Manhattan.
Last week, I came across a man with a strange little contraption spanning his face at a nearby table. It turns out he was wearing a Google Glass prototype. It was 1 of the 150 prototypes that have been released on the East Coast.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Water Stocks About to Get $1 Trillion Boost / Companies / Water Sector
By: Money_Morning
Greg Madison writes: The American Society of Civil Engineers has just released its annual Report Card for America's Infrastructure, which grades several critical areas: water and environment, transportation, public facilities, and energy.
And that report card is nothing we'd like to take home to Mom and Dad, moving as it has from a D to a D+ over the last four years. In short, there remains a lot of room for improvement.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Why Investors Should Buy This Sector's Stocks Now / Companies / Investing 2013
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: In a market that has been heading toward the stratosphere all year, it gets tough continually unearthing undervalued sectors.
But an ever-changing market means new opportunities are always presenting themselves if you know where to look.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
What Stock Investors Should Do Now as the End of QE Nears / Companies / Investing 2013
By: Money_Morning
Diane Alter writes: If investors needed a reminder that global stock market rallies have been goosed by the Fed's lose monetary measures, they got it.
On Wednesday, U.S. equities went on roller-coaster ride.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, up 155 points before FOMC Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed could soon begin to tap the brakes, ended the day down 80.41, or off by 0.5%,.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Mining Stocks Appear Cheap Versus Gold Bullion: Is Now the Time to Buy? / Companies / Gold and Silver 2013
By: InvestmentContrarian
Sasha Cekerevac writes: The drop in the price of gold bullion has surprised many investors. With the level of monetary stimulus provided by the Federal Reserve and other central banks, many had believed that gold bullion would continue rising. The drop has not only impacted investors in gold bullion, but those in the associated mining stocks as well.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Big Dividends From Euro-zone Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: Investment_U
Steve McDonald writes: Barron’s ran an article last week about three of the grandfathers of the tech industry: Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). Investors are making big bets that these old timers will evolve into effective data and services companies.