Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Constructive Chart Pattern for Qualcomm / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Let's notice that during the August corrective period, Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has carved out a contractionary, coil-type consolidation pattern in the aftermath and atop its prior explosive upmove from the July low at 31.51 to the Aug high at 40. At its deepest corrective price of 37.45 at the 8/16 low, QCOM had retraced only 30% of the entire prior upleg.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Investing Innovative Technology Companies Serving the Resource Sector / Companies / Metals & Mining
By: The_Gold_Report
Taylor MacDonald, vice president of investments with Pathfinder Ventures Corporation in Vancouver, has a knack for discovering the undiscovered. In an exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Taylor drills down in the niche of innovative technology companies serving the resource sector and shares some names that most mainstream banks have never even heard of.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Market Vectors Vietnam (VNM), Good Morning, Vietnam! / Companies / Investing 2010
By: Tony_Sagami
Most investors don’t pay much attention to where the U.S. dollar is headed … but they should.
Before I get into the U.S. dollar and what you should do about it, let me tell you what the Vietnamese government did to their dollar last week.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Barron's Is Wrong On Medtronic / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Vitaliy_Katsenelson
I love Barron’s. I really do. I read it from cover to cover, and I truly believe it is one of the few business publications that knows the difference between a good company and a good stock. Now that I’ve sugared it up, let me tell you this: its article on Medtronic is wrong! Here are some arguments the Barron’s article made that require my rebuttal:Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
MacMurray Whale: Find Energy Catalysts, Find Growth / Companies / Online Gambling
By: The_Energy_Report
If there were an alternative energy sector exam, Cormark Securities Analyst MacMurray Whale would ace that test. He knows the micro and macro forces at play in a truly global sector and how those forces are affecting companies seeking growth in largely uncharted waters. It's altogether uncommon knowledge but in this exclusive with The Energy Report, Whale provides a heady glimpse at some prospective alternative energy plays with tangible catalysts for growth. MacMurray likes some big-cap energy developers paying dividends and some much smaller solar plays with big upside. It's an alternative energy cheat sheet you don't need to feel guilty about.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Stock Market Investors’ Hopes Riding on Surge in M&A Activity / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity is at its highest level since late 2009, providing a glimmer of hope to investors struggling to decipher stock and bond markets roiled by a weakening U.S. economy.
Global takeovers announced so far this year have totaled $1.29 trillion, up 23% from the same time last year, according to Bloomberg News.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Expected Upside for Trina Solar TSL / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
All of the action in Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL) off of the July high at 22.45 through today's trading has the right look of a mature (read: nearly complete) bullish coil pattern, which if accurate means that the next significant directional move should be to the upside in a thrust out of the coil towards a target zone of 25.00/50.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
This Tiny Group of Stocks Beat the Stock Market Every Year Since 1972 / Companies / Dividends
By: DailyWealth
Tom Dyson writes: Every day, when I sit down at work, my job is to find the world's best income opportunities.
I've analyzed all the best dividend-paying investments in the stock market... from utilities to REITs. I've even analyzed income investments outside the stock market, like tax-lien certificates, bonds, private companies, and covered-call strategies.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Who Actually Owns BP? / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Global_Research
Most relevant sources agree that 40% of the shares of BP are held in the United Kingdom, 39% of the shares are held in the United States, while the remaining 21% are held throughout Europe and the rest of the world. The largest single holder of shares is getting harder to track down. Generally an Internet search will lead to the other 9 leaders, roughly 23%:
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Will Barnes & Noble Lose the E-Book War? / Companies / Technology
By: Investment_U
Alexander Moschina writes: Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) – the largest bookstore chain in the United States – is in trouble. So much trouble that it’s decided to put itself up for sale.
The bookseller, whose stock recently dropped to a 10-year low, is hoping for a takeover bid as it tries to gain a foothold in the growing e-reader market.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Traffic Jam on the Internet Superhighway / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Frank_Holmes
There’s growing congestion on one of America’s highways and reports say the problem will only get worse. In just the past few years, America’s technological network—our information superhighway—has gone from hare to tortoise. Dropped calls, Internet outages and surfing at a snail’s pace now seem to be commonplace.
Friday, August 20, 2010
“Dark Pool” Stock Market Manipulation Continues / Companies / Market Manipulation
By: Christopher_Quigley
Traders and investors please be aware that the “Flash Crash” of May 6th. was not an isolated incident. I attach two recent examples of similar “events”. The forces that worked in May last are still alive and functioning, however, rather than directing their forces market-wise, they are now targeting specific stocks with very profitable consequences.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Double Dip Recession Proof Stocks / Companies / Investing 2010
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes:
Today (Friday) we conclude our series on bracing for a double-dip recession.
In Part I of this investment series, "Three Ways to Brace for a Double-Dip Recession: Going for the Gold," we discussed ways investors could safeguard against the imminent decline of the U.S. dollar by buying gold.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
My Favourite Junior Oil Stocks Exposed – the David Pescod Interview / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Keith_Schaefer
This article is a transcript of an interview I did with Canaccord stockbroker David Pescod, one of the best stockpickers in the junior oilpatch I know. I started doing business with Dave in 1998, the middle of the “nuclear winter” of junior mining stocks, because I saw he was making good money in a bad market. I read his daily (and free) Late Edition newsletter every single day to hear what other analysts and executives are saying. He originally sent this article out in early August. By David Pescod
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
AK Steel Corp Strong Relative Performance / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Barring a global exodus from equities on a rotating timezone basis, I want to stay with AK Steel Corp (NYSE: AKS) for a number of reasons. Purely on a technical basis, so far today, the weakness has NOT violated the prior pullback low. Secondly, while the emini S&P 500 has come within two-tenths of 1% of its prior August 16 low, AKS remains $0.90, or 6.5%, above its 8/16 low.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Three Ways to Invest In South America with ETFs / Companies / Emerging Markets
By: Ron_Rowland
In last week’s column we looked at some ETFs focused on the booming countries of Southeast Asia. Today we’re turning our spyglass in a different direction. We’re looking at the southern portion of the western hemisphere — South America.
If you participated in the Weiss Global Forum earlier this week, you heard us talking about Brazil as the hub of its continent. The parallels with China are very interesting …
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
How to Profit From China's Secret Energy Plan / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Money_Morning
Kent Moors writes:
Like everything else, the balance of power in the global energy market is shifting toward China, where a little-known province is perfectly situated to become a global oil-and-gas market powerhouse.
Nestled in the far northwest of China, Xinjiang is the country's largest province and the primary domestic source for oil and gas. It is sparsely populated and as big as Western Europe. The name, Xinjiang, literally means "New Frontier." And recent decisions in Beijing are going to give that translation even more meaning - transforming this province into a "new frontier" for the global energy sector.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Kinross Gold Corporation: A Takeover Too Far? / Companies / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Bob_Kirtley
The acquisitive nature of Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) has taken it to the door step of Red Back Mining Incorporated (RBI) which appears to be a very good acquisition in terms of providing a pipeline of mining opportunities for Kinross. As usual with the predator in these situations the stock price of Kinross reflects a fair amount of trepidation in the mood of the investor, than both management teams would have liked to see.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Microsoft and IBM Potential Takeover Suitors for Hewlett Packard / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Dian_L_Chu
The longer HP languishes at the $41 a share level, the more likely the company will become a takeover target. Well, the fact that HP currently doesn`t have a CEO, and the fact that they are dirt cheap with regards to stock price to book value makes them vulnerable.
After all, when HP is trading at $55 a share, and any takeover requires a hefty premium of at least 20% to actually get a non-hostile bid to be accepted by the board and shareholders, this becomes a huge roadblock to a M&A deal being completed successfully.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
In Defense of the Hewlett Packard Board to Vote Out Mark Hurd / Companies / Corporate News
By: Static_Chaos
The HP board has taken a lot of heat for their decision to vote out CEO and Chairman Mark Hurd. But the HP board had no other choice in the matter. Some of the confusion surrounding the Mark Hurd saga is the fact that the media is looking for some bigger story than there actually is, after all, controversy sells in their business. Moreover, Mark Hurd who is trying to conduct spin and damage control to save his future corporate career is making a pretty clear cut, necessary, and deserved firing look more mysterious than it actually is. This is a no-brainer, and every board, including Larry Ellison`s would have come to the same conclusion: namely, Mark Hurd had to go.