Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
iPhone Becomes Apple Stock's Big Vulnerability / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes: We hear one tidbit of bad news about Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) cutting orders for iPhone 5 components and - boom! - Apple stock drops more than 6%.
The reason for the stark cause-and-effect on Apple stock is that the iPhone contributes about 53% of Apple's vast revenue. [In fact, were the iPhone a standalone company, it would rank 29th in the Fortune 500.]
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Helium Filled Hard Drives Could Turn Western Digital Into a Big Winner / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: With the commodities boom still in full swing you are probably aware the advantages of owning stocks related to gold, silver or other hard assets.
But when was the last time you heard someone extolling the investment virtues of helium?
And I'm not talking about helium as most folks think of it - in those giant (and comically overpriced) party balloons.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
BioTech Bull Market's Next 1,000%-Plus Move Starts Now / Companies / BioTech
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Biotech stocks have an incredible history of delivering quadruple-digit runs about once a decade...
It's stunning, really. In the late 1980s, biotech stocks took off, returning 3,246% in just a couple years. In the late 1990s, biotech stocks took off again, returning 1,523% in an even shorter period of time.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Shiller PE Ratio Continues to Mislead Investors, S&P 500 Is Fairly Valued Early 2013 / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Charles_Carnevale
Allow me to start this article by emphatically stating that I have a real problem with forecasting stock markets in the general sense. Instead, I prefer to forecast the intrinsic values of individual businesses based on their earnings justified fundamental values. I hold this position because I believe that it is not only possible, but also quite practical to analyze a specific business and then make an intelligent forecast (not a guess) but a rational estimation, based on the assimilation of fundamental facts, as to its past, present and future intrinsic value. Importantly, I’m not suggesting this can be done with absolute perfect precision down to the precise penny, rather I am suggesting it can be done within a reasonable range of rational probabilities.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Bank Stocks at Crucial Crossroads 2013 / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: InvestmentContrarian
Sasha Cekerevac writes: Last year was a great year to be an investor in bank stocks. We’ve seen a dramatic rebound in the price of most major bank stocks in America as the earnings outlook has improved. Clearly, the earnings outlook at the beginning of last year was far too pessimistic for the majority of bank stocks.
The question: what’s in store for bank stocks in 2013?
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Why Apple Stock Needs to Refocus Its Energy / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Profit_Confidential
George Leong Writes: The share price of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ/AAPL) has been on a steady decline since trading at $705.07 on September 21, 2012. There are questions swirling around regarding the ability of Apple CEO Timothy Cook to deliver the superlative revenue growth traders have been accustomed to in the past. But with the rise of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and “Android”-based phones and tablets, the competitive environment has tightened; Apple will need a “Plan B,” according to my stock analysis.
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Monday, January 14, 2013
Q4 Corporate Earnings Season: Stocks Likely to Disappoint / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Money_Morning
Ben Gersten writes: The Q4 earnings season has started off on an unexpectedly good note.
Both Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) and Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) last week reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat estimates.
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
AAPL - An Apple a Day May Not Keep Losses Away In 2013 / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Michael_Noonan
We deviate from our coverage of the futures markets to take a look at this popular stock. As we often say: A chart is a chart, composed of price, volume, and time. While fundamentals may be more prevalent in stocks, from an analysis perspective, they can be very subjective, depending upon how they are presented. The reason we view any analysis only from price, volume, and time, is that the charts reflect all the best fundamental views that are translated into buy/sell activity. Charts also include all the worst possible points of view, for they, too, are an integral part of the price/volume relationship.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Investing 2013 - Four Safe Banking Stocks You Can Buy Right Now / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: Between the financial crash of 2008 and the Eurozone debt crisis, big Western banks have turned into pretty dodgy investments.
I'm talking about the banks that were "too big to fail."
These days the profits of these fine institutions are largely dependent on not writing off too many bad loans or incurring huge fines and lawsuits from various past misdeeds.
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Wednesday, January 09, 2013
AIG Considering Suing Government Over Bankruptcy Saving Bailout / Companies / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Just one month after American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) paid back the last of its huge $182.3 billion U.S. taxpayer-funded rescue, the insurance giant is pondering whether to join a shareholder lawsuit charging the bailout terms were unfair.
Former AIG CEO Maurice Greenberg initially filed the lawsuit in 2011, claiming the 14% interest rate that the government charged, as well as the large size of its stake - 92% - were harmful to AIG shareholders.
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Wednesday, January 09, 2013
The Top Tech Stocks for 2013 / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Investment_U
David Eller writes: January is here and predictions for the coming year are rampant.
There are so many great cutting-edge technology companies and hopes for the next 12 months that it’s easy to lose your discipline and let greed take over.
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013
The Era of Radical Change is Here, Tek Stocks for 2013 / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
I'm not one for partying. But I am very much into tradition.
And I have one tradition that makes New Year's Eve one of my most favorite days of the year.
You see, every New Year's Eve - before we head out to dinner - my wife and I sit by the fire as I review the paradigm-shifting events and exciting discoveries of the prior 12 months.
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Why The Fiscal Cliff Deal is Great News For Dividend Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
I wish I had a nickel for every scary story I read about dividend stocks and the fiscal cliff over the last four months.
I heard so many, I could probably take the rest of the year off.
Of course, a funny thing happened on the way to this great apocalypse: dividend stocks are not only alive and well, but stronger than ever.
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Monday, January 07, 2013
Apple Stock Price Forecast to Collapse to $50 Target By 2016 / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: EconMatters
Downtrend still intact
It is official Apple is one weak stock right now. It is supposed to be a tell when the market is up, and your down considerably to the tune of 3%. The Jim Cramer tax selling notion can now be dispelled as well. This is the new year, and for Apple shareholders the misery of the third quarter is repeating itself.
After a bump up with the entire market at the beginning of the year, a 300 point rally can lift a lot of boats; the sellers loved that entry point to reassert this stock on the downtrend it has been on since the 700 dollar level.
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Sunday, January 06, 2013
Corporate Earnings Disaster Setting Stocks Up for a Fall / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: EconMatters
It is ironic that stocks are at five years highs going into what is probably going to be the biggest disappointment of an earning`s season since the 2008 financial crisis. We got a hint of 4th quarter results during the disaster which was the 3rd quarter earning`s season where most companies missed on the revenue side, and those that beat EPS guidance, did so barely, and most of that was created through stock buybacks and creative smoothing techniques.
Friday, January 04, 2013
The Best-Positioned Oil Companies for 2013 / Companies / Oil Companies
By: The_Energy_Report
The trading ranges for oil and gas haven't changed that much since we last touched base with Phil Weiss, senior analyst at Argus Research, but the entire landscape for both North American and international oil and gas exploration has shifted dramatically. In this interview with The Energy Report, Weiss summarizes the impacts of increased production both at home onshore and in international waters, sharing some names he finds best positioned to benefit in the coming year.
The Energy Report: It's been over two years since your last interview with us. At that time you told us you were using $85/barrel (bbl) oil in your modeling for 2011. Is this "déjà vu all over again"?
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Wednesday, January 02, 2013
The Best and Worst Stocks of 2012 / Companies / Investing 2012
By: Money_Morning
Ben Gersten writes:
As we prepare to invest in the New Year, we can learn from the five best and worst performing stocks of 2012 in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
While any investor would have loved to know this list a year ago, it's a good guide for 2013. Several of the factors that drove these share prices up and down in 2012 haven't changed.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
How to Make the IRS Pay YOU 7.4% Interest Using REITs / Companies / Investing 2013
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: What business will never go out of business?
What business will never be shut down by the government?
"In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes," Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1789. He knew the business I'm talking about...
Friday, December 28, 2012
Weakest Holiday Retail Sales Growth Since 2008 Means Time to Short Retailers / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
Initial U.S. retail sales figures released on Wednesday showed sales growth for the holiday season was the worst since 2008.
According to MasterCard SpendingPulse, holiday sales posted a paltry 0.7% increase against expectations of a 3-4% gain. That's below the same period last year when sales grew at a 2 % pace.
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Friday, December 28, 2012
HSBC Too Big To Jail: Dark Day For the Rule of Law / Companies / Banksters
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: The opening line of a December 11, 2012 New York Times editorial on federal and state authorities choosing not to indict HSBC for money laundering reads: "It is a dark day for the rule of law."
It may be a dark day for the rule of law, but it's business as usual for the banks.
America's heralded and frighteningly powerful Department of Justice, along with all of the not so heralded or frightening banking regulators, simply refused to prosecute Britain's biggest bank out of fear of "collateral consequences."
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