Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Adult Stem Cells: Investors can Cash in on the New Fountain of Youth / Companies / BioTech
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
It's flat-out amazing how fast the science of adult stem cells is moving.
Just last week, I told you about two scientists who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine for creating this field.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
What's Going on in Customer Relationship Management? / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Doug_Horning
Doug Hornig, Casey Research Writes: In Mike Judge's wicked 1999 satire of corporate culture, Office Space, there's a delightful character named Milton. Poor Milton. He's all but invisible. No one likes him, no one talks to him, and coworkers are forever stealing his stapler. Management doesn't notice him enough to fire him. Instead, Milton is shunted from desk to desk, each time losing more of that precious commodity denoted by the film's title, until he finally winds up alone in the basement, where he plots the delicious revenge he'll take on the company.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Stocks to Buy and Sell if Romney Wins U.S. Presodential Election 2012 / Companies / US Presidential Election 2012
By: Money_Morning
Diane Alter writes:
Over the past several weeks, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's momentum has spiked. Recent polls place him running neck-and-neck with or even edging ahead of President Barack Obama.
Besides strong debate performances, key factors have turned in Romney's favor.
Myriad surveys in a dozen crucial swing states show voter's concerns are increasing regarding the mushrooming fiscal deficit, debt issues and the depressed job market, issues that favor Romney.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Adult Stem Cell Miracle Will Generate Investor Profits / Companies / BioTech
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
Recently, I was in a meeting at our headquarters in Baltimore, explaining to my editor how excited I was to tell readers about a whole new range of adult stem-cell breakthroughs.
This field of medicine is so exciting it was easy to show how these adult stem cell lines will someday play a vital role in the future of the human race.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Uranium Stocks at Two-Year Lows, Investors Pounce Now and Ride the Upswing / Companies / Uranium
By: The_Energy_Report
Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades editor, says coal and natural gas lobbyists are kicking the uranium industry while it's down in the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear accident. It's still stormy out there, but the sector may prove be the pot at the end of the rainbow for contrarian investors. In this interview with The Energy Report, Jeb Handwerger challenges investors to take a calculated risk on a sector with major potential.
The Energy Report: Jeb, in a September post on www.goldstocktrades.com, you opined that nuclear energy is essentially being kicked while it's down. Can you explain that for our readers?
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Trading Apple Stock Using Options Short Strangles / Companies / Options & Warrants
By: J_W_Jones
My last missive dealt with a simple trading plan for XOM using the straightforward easily managed and easily understood strategy of selling naked puts and either allowing assignment of the stock and entering a covered call campaign or closing the position after extracting most of the premium initially received. Continuing on the theme of basic strategies, I would like to look at a different high probability strategy applicable to AAPL.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Was CEO Pandit Pushed Out of Citigroup? / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Bloomberg
Sheila Bair, former chairman of the FDIC, spoke with Tom Keene and Ken Prewitt on "Bloomberg Surveillance" today about Vikram Pandit's departure as CEO of Citigroup. Bair said that "this was a very positive move and the board discharged its responsibilities and I think they should be commended."
Bair went on to say: "I did have concerns about Mr. Pandit's qualifications to serve as the CEO of the largest commercial bank, because he had never been a commercial banker."
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Will Facebook Stock Price Crash to $5? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Janet_Tavakoli
Will Facebook soon be a $5 stock?
Facebook has seen a tsunami of selling by insiders since May 17 when its IPO raised $16 billion for insiders, early investors and the firm. Its share price nosedived from $38 to $19.52, around half its IPO price, as of close of business on October 15. There will be even stronger downward price pressures on the stock before year-end.
Investors who bought when Facebook was still private sold enough shares at the IPO to make many multiples of their original investments: Goldman Sachs, Greylock Partner, and Microsoft combined sold 38.5 million shares for more than $1.4 billion. Peter Thiel invested $500,000 in Facebook; since the IPO he's sold all but 5.6 million of his original 44 million in stages to cash out around $1 billion.
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Is Wal-Mart's Bluebird Brilliant or an Invitation to the Slippery Slope? / Companies / Corporate News
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
Don't look now, but Wal-Mart is getting into the banking business.
The retail giant has recently teamed up with American Express to offer a new account called the "Bluebird." Typical of the famed discounter, the account offers customers no minimum monthly balance requirements, no monthly maintenance fees, no annual fees, and no activation fees.
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Forecasting Explosive Biotech Growth, Investor Patience / Companies / BioTech
By: TLSReport
The myth of technology, whether for smartphones or cancer treatments, is that the next big thing appears suddenly and magically. Casey Research Analyst Alex Daley sets the record straight in this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report. While the science of genetic medicine has accelerated the process of turning magical thinking into practical medicine, Daley cautions investors in biotech and medical device companies to be patient, and names companies with innovative technologies poised for explosive growth.
The Life Sciences Report: At Casey Research's "Navigating the Politicized Economy" summit, you talked about the difference between the speed of science and the speed of technology, and how quickly the time to market and cost of products in the life sciences space is decreasing. Can you provide some examples?
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Only 100 Geniuses Could Figure This Puzzle Out / Companies / Technology
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
Don't worry if you've never heard of "transient electronics."
They're so new, most investors have no idea what the field is all about.
But these new cutting-edge devices could find a wide range of uses in the very near future.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Electric Car Dreamride To Nowhere - French Style / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Andrew_McKillop
KEEP ON TRUCKIN'
More precisely, keep on charging. Among the biggest no-no items on potential buyers, drivers and owners minds, when it concerns electric cars and vehicles, or "EVs", is the time needed to charge the things. Just slightly behind that no-no is the already well known horror of potential or possible EV owners: running out of 'juice', that is a flat battery and no way to charge it, on a Sunday night, in winter, far from anywhere. All they needed to do was buy a hybrid!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Investing in Election 2012 Winning Dividend Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
With Mitt Romney's debate performance last week, Election 2012 has begun to swing Republican on the presidential side.
According to a recent poll by Rasmussen, in the 11 swing states Romney now leads President Obama by a slim 49% to 47% margin. Collectively, these states hold 146 Electoral College votes, or enough to determine the outcome.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Cameco Corporation Stock Price Close to a Bottom / Companies / Uranium
By: Bob_Kirtley
Cameco Corporation (CCJ) is one of the world’s largest uranium producers. It is also the world’s largest publicly traded uranium company. Cameco operates several mines across North America and one in Kazakhstan.
Uranium continues to trade sideways to lower but long term prospects are starting to look very rosy.
Monday, October 08, 2012
New Trillion Dollar 3d Printing Industry Reaches Critical Mass / Companies / 3d Printing
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
As new high-tech advances go, you'd be hard-pressed to find one that will have as much impact as this.
3D printing has now reached critical mass, on its way to what I believe will become a $1 trillion industry in a few short years.
Along the way, it will change everything, from how airplanes and medical implants are made to how we build our homes...
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Saturday, October 06, 2012
Why You Should Stay Away from Hewlett-Packard / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: InvestmentContrarian
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE/HPQ) sank on Thursday after warning the market to expect less in 2013, as the former technology kingpin struggles to revamp its business.
The company has seen over half of its market-cap dissipate over the past year, rewarding the short-selling traders, according to my stock analysis.
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Friday, October 05, 2012
Wall Street Fishing in an Empty Lake for Profitable Investments / Companies / Agricultural Commodities
By: Ned_W_Schmidt
One of the secrets to successful fishing is to fish in a lake with fish in it. Fishing in a lake void of fish is not likely to be a worthwhile venture, though it still beats a day of work. That simple reality is something much of the investment community has never really understood. Even today, twelve years after the internet/technology bubble burst, the Street is still attempting to resurrect that tired old theme. For twelve years, the Street has been fishing in a lake without fish.
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Friday, October 05, 2012
BP Gulf Oil Disaster Well Leaking Again, New 4-Mile Slick / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Washingtons_Blog
BP’s Macondo Well May Leak for Years
CNN reports:
Read full article... Read full article...An oil sheen about four miles long has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of the worst oil spill in U.S. history, a Coast Guard spokesman said Thursday.
Thursday, October 04, 2012
International Dividend Stock Plays to Hedge Against a Weak U.S. Dollar / Companies / Dividends
By: Roger_Conrad
Politics and investing rarely mix well. That’s worth keeping in mind as election-year rhetoric heats up this month. But no matter who wins the White House and Congress in November, investors should have money beyond the dollar.
Foreign-based power, pipeline, communications and water companies are the ideal vehicles. Not only do you benefit from countries growing faster than the US. They also pay dividends and are priced in currencies other than the US dollar, so the buck’s loss is US investors’ gain.
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Thursday, October 04, 2012
Apple Stock Dividends Fueling Distribution Growth For Select Sector SPDR / Companies / Dividends
By: Benjamin_Shepherd
In August, Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) Board of Directors shared the company’s enormous wealth with investors, paying a dividend of $2.65 per share, its first such payment in 17 years. Owners of Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLK), will be getting their cut.
When the dividend was paid on August 13, more than 20 percent of the fund’s assets were allocated to Apple. As a result, Technology Select Sector SPDR received a payout of $8.4 million that will ultimately be distributed to shareholders.