Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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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.
Thursday, October 04, 2012
The Reason Fast-food Stocks Should Be Amongst Your Top Picks / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: InvestmentContrarian
The Reason Fast-food Stocks Should Be Amongst Your Top PicksChipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE/CMG) is one of my favorite places to grab a quick bite to eat. Yet, despite some stellar growth, the stock broke below $300.00 on Wednesday and has been steadily losing ground since trading at a 52-week high of $442.40 in April. Mounting concerns regarding future growth and multiple downgrades from analysts have hurt the stock. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn hammered another nail into the coffin when he said that Chipotle’s valuation “doesn’t make sense.”
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Thursday, October 04, 2012
Why You Should Be Mad at the Latest JPMorgan Lawsuit / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: InvestmentContrarian
Why You Should Be Mad at the Latest JPMorgan LawsuitWe all know that politicians are willing to do anything to get into the limelight, gain favor among the citizens, and then use this leverage for their own gain. The latest lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE/JPM) is so stupid and ridiculous that it would be funny if it weren’t going to cost taxpayers millions of dollars to pay for all of the lawyers involved.
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Monday, October 01, 2012
New "Protein Chips" Could Save Your Life and Make You Money / Companies / BioTech
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
Ever since some wag came up with the term "Silicon Valley" in the 1970s, investors have thought of semiconductors as the brains behind computers.
That was then. This is now...
Today, semiconductors are about a lot more than computers.
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Technology, The Greatest Growth Sector in the World / Companies / Technology
By: Casey_Research
Alex Daley, Chief Technology Investment Strategist Genome sequencing has gone from a cost of $3 billion to $10,000 – within just nine years, says Alex Daley, Chief Technology Investment Strategist at Casey Research. And that's only one example of how fast new technologies are now being implemented and made affordable to the public. Watch this eye-opening speech from the just-concluded Casey/Sprott Summit to find out where today's and tomorrow's big investment profits lie, and how you can get your own slice of them.
Friday, September 28, 2012
How Many European Carmakers: Will Survive? / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Andrew_McKillop
“It is unclear if all carmakers will survive without governmental help,” was the terse one-liner from the CEO, Hans Dieter Poetsch, of the VW-Porsche automaker group at the start of the Paris Motor Show.
For some European carmakers in an industry credited by carwatcher ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association with an annual turnover and revenues close to 500 billion euros in 2010, employing a total of around 12.5 million Europeans (direct and indirect), the end could come rather soon. For Dieter Poetsch and many analysts, carmakers in southern Europe producing small cars with low profit margins per car - and declining sales - will be the first to go. The bad news is that declining sales and an unremitting price war is causing industry wide and continent wide damage.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Global Currency Wars in Full Escalation / Companies / Fiat Currency
By: Michael_Pento
The worldwide currency debasement war has now entered a new and more deadly phase. Central banks have escalated the combat plan to bring about the world’s weakest currency for their individual countries. On the heels of the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank’s promises of unlimited counterfeiting forever, the Bank of Japan announced last week that it would expand its purchase of Japanese Government Bonds (and other assets including equities) by 10 trillion Yen. This brings the latest round of BOJ intervention to a total of 80 trillion Yen!
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Riots Over Rotten Apple Mania / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: BATR
You may know someone who is part of the rampage. It could be a neighbor or even a family member. Even in some circumstance, you yourself might be part of the wow rage. No, we are not talking about dunking for apples or eating from the forbidden fruit. This riot is all about living a virtual life in the ether zone of personal numbness, disguised in the appearance of being cool. Life without an iPhone to these cutting end "Efficiency Experts" is not worth living. This is the new economy and progress dictates that connecting to the world of texting is the most important function of daily existence.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Apple iPhone 5 Now a Golden Goose for Verizon and AT&T / Companies / Mobile Technology
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Since the debut of the iPhone in 2007, the profit parade has mostly been a one-way street - but after five years, the major wireless carriers finally figured out how to make money with the Apple iPhone 5.
That means another way for you to make money from the iPhone 5, without having to buy Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Ultra Thin TV, Just the Beginning of What Graphene Will Deliver / Companies / Technology
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
Call it the "Graphene Factor"...
Discovered in 2004, this radical new material made from a single carbon atom has turned the world on its ear.
Since then, experts around the globe have heralded graphene as the hot new commodity that could change everything from satellites to semiconductors.
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
How to Play Apple on the Cheap, Buy A Ferrari for 15 Cents on the Dollar / Companies / Options & Warrants
By: Investment_U
David Eller writes: If you could buy a Ferrari for 15 cents on the dollar, you would, right? How about if you could trade a high-value stock for a fraction of its selling price?
Well… you can. And it’s not terribly difficult…
But first, let me briefly explain why you should be focusing on exactly these types of high-value stocks in the weeks ahead.
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
EADS and BAE Systems Merger to Create Powerful European Defense Corporation / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Pravda
Europe's largest defense aerospace corporations - EADS and BAE Systems - prepare for a merger. Reportedly, the talks between the companies have ended successfully. The merger is to create a full-fledged defense concern, the turnover of which will surpass that of Boeing.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
The Ruinous Truth About Stock Buybacks / Companies / Investing 2012
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
Every time I hear a Wall Street analyst extolling the virtues of stock buybacks I just want to scream.
"Don't fall for the flim-flam," I think to myself, "demand the cash instead!"
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Forget the Pessimists, theres Value in the Stock Market / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Charles_Carnevale
Whenever there is a rise in stock values as we have experienced over the past year or so, it seems to be human nature to automatically assume that valuations have become too high. However, although it is possible that this is true, it is not necessarily so. A lot has to do with where valuations were before the run-up occurred. For example, if valuations were extremely low, then even after a rise, they can continue to be low or perhaps only have risen to becoming fairly valued.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Wayin New Social Networking Idea is Just Brilliant / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
Scott McNealy knows how to create the kind of cutting-edge high tech that makes money for his investors.
Lots of it. You probably know McNealy as a cofounder (in 1982) and CEO of Sun Microsystems. For more than 20 years, his Silicon Valley-based firm set the standard for computer servers and workstations.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Technology 2012, The Most Important Year Ever, Rise of the Robot, Additive Revolution / Companies / Technology
By: John_Mauldin
As you'll recall, I spent much of last week with the folks at Casey Research, at their most recent investment summit. They always put on a top-notch show, and there were many impressive speakers. But, as a big fan of technology, both for its place in the future of our economy and for the sheer coolness factor of some of the amazing things we can now achieve, I really liked one talk in particular.