Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Four Recession-Proof Stocks Investing for 2012 and Beyond / Companies / Investing 2012
Don Miller writes: Despite the efforts of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his cohorts, it looks like gridlock in Congress will push us into a recession in 2013, if not sooner.
In case you haven't been paying attention, "Taxmageddon," and election-year politics have driven the economy to the edge of a "fiscal cliff." This means the start of next year, unless drastic measures are taken in Washington, is looking precarious for investors.
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Monday, June 25, 2012
The Glory Days for U.S. Farms are Far From Over / Companies / Agricultural Commodities
Michael A. Robinson writes: Many Americans view farming as one of the last bastions of low tech.
It's not hard to see why. These days you can use your tablet computer for a video chat session while your car parks itself.
How on earth could crops ever compete with that?
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Did RBS Hit the Greece Election Eurogeddon Bank Holiday Panic Button by Mistake? / Companies / Credit Crisis 2012
RBS Bank and its subsidiary Nat West have effectively been closed all week to all of their customers, freezing them out of control of day to day banking operations. The shutdown appears fairly complete, with thus far RBS being unable to get the system going again.
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Corporate Earnings Growth Spotlight: Novartis AG / Companies / Corporate Earnings
Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG (NVS) in April reported first-quarter 2012 earnings per share (EPS) of $1.27, down from the $1.4 posted a year earlier. First-quarter revenue fell to $13.7 billion from last year’s $14 billion. Earnings dropped 18 percent, to $2.3 billion.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
The Best of the Best Dividend-Paying Stocks / Companies / Dividends
Ben Gersten writes: Over the past few years there have been unprecedented swings in the major indexes, scaring some investors out of the markets altogether.
What people don't realize is that successful investing is a matter of continuous performance, not instantaneous performance.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Investing in Graphene "Miracle Material" for Profit / Companies / Technology
Larry D. Spears writes: Last December, Money Morning technology specialist Michael A. Robinson told you about a radical new material that would soon have a pervasive impact on the U.S. economy - and the entire human race.
Robinson detailed how this new material is so powerful and versatile, it's going to play a key role in new products for the U.S. military, leading tech companies, and medical researchers.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
How the Apple iPhone Will Save Millions of Lives / Companies / Tech Stocks
Michael A. Robinson writes: It's hard to believe, but it's true. The iPhone turns five years old next week.
Since its official launch on June 29, 2007, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) has sold well over 180 million iPhones. Hands down, it's the most successful mobile phone ever launched.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Of Course I Would Like to be CEO of Goldman Sachs / Companies / Banking Stocks
BLOOMBERG EXCLUSIVE: Gary Cohn, president and COO of Goldman Sachs, appeared on Bloomberg TV's "Market Makers" today with Erik Schatzker and said, "of course I would like to be CEO of Goldman Sachs." He also said, "I can tell you for sure it is not good for us to have JPMorgan going through what they're going though."
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Should You Short Stocks? Here's How, Along With Four Suggestions... / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: With Europe on the ropes and the U.S. economy in shambles, it's important to remember that there are two sides to every trade.
Tapping into upward momentum alone is not the only way to profit. Markets can and do head south on a regular basis. Investors who fail to grasp this are leaving a lot of money on the table.
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Sunday, June 17, 2012
The Right Regulatory Formula for Markets / Companies / Market Regulation
Last weekend, I had the chance to experience the thrill of Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada in Montreal. Seeing the incredible fluidity and flexibility of every race car, it got me thinking about how F1 has evolved over the past 60 years. Cars are now aerodynamic like a jet fighter, designed with wings that use the same principle as an aircraft and tires that withstand tremendous forces. Even with all these incredible advancements in technology, rules and regulations have been streamlined to reduce costs and improve safety. Since 1994, there hasn't been a fatal accident in the motorsport.
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Friday, June 15, 2012
Intel Stock Market Dynamics / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
They say the proof is in the pudding. Upon first encountering the proposed market cycle matrix of the late market analyst PQ Wall, from the Kondratieff long wave down to the 20-week cycle, it was dismissed by this author and fellow market cycle researcher. It simply could not be true. The conclusions were clearly the results of an obsessive-compulsive disorder in an otherwise gifted financial market analyst. Years later, coming to a frustrating dead end with the work of Harvard economist and cycle theorist Joseph Schumpeter, and his smaller cycle work presented in Business Cycles, PQ's claims were studied more closely. The results of further inquiry into the mind and market matrix methods of PQ Wall were shocking. PQ Wall has changed market cycle theory forever, and his maverick thinking may hold the keys to even greater mysteries of the universe.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Healthcare Stocks: What Happens if Obamacare is Overturned / Companies / Healthcare Sector
David Zeiler writes: With the Supreme Court ruling on President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law just three weeks away, investors in healthcare stocks need to be prepared.
While some are confident the Supreme Court will rule in favor of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a rejection of the law -- or at least of the mandate requiring everyone to buy insurance -- may be more likely.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Is Tata Motors the New GM? / Companies / US Auto's
G.S. Early writes: As far as prestigious SUVs go, the Land Rover badge has been a mainstay in the road-less hinterlands for decades.
Yet it has taken years for someone to actually get the formula right. BMW tried. Then Ford.
But neither one of them could quite get it.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Another Blow to Facebook Stock Investors / Companies / Tech Stocks
Ben Gersten writes: Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) and its struggling stock price have been in the spotlight since the company's IPO, but rarely for good news. This week started no differently.
Besides its poor stock performance, Facebook already has been blamed for halting this year's IPO market. There hasn't been an IPO since Facebook debuted on May 17.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
How to Spot the Next Hot Biotech Stock / Companies / BioTech
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: It's not enough to understand long- term trends, today's investors need to have the ability to move quickly, especially when it comes to biotech stocks.
But here is what you need to know about biotech stocks: none of them are created equal.
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Monday, June 11, 2012
How "Shock Therapy" Could Make Us All Smarter / Companies / Tech Stocks
Michael A. Robinson writes: Mention the term "shock treatment," and just about everyone recoils in horror.
Indeed, the practice of sending electrical currents through the brain has gotten some very bad press over the years.
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Two Years From Now, You'll Wish You Bought eBay Stock / Companies / Tech Stocks
William Patalon III writes: You probably know this longstanding Internet company as an e-commerce pioneer - but most likely view it as one whose high-growth years are in the past.
But tech guru Michael A. Robinson sees this company as the tech sector's top possible turnaround play - a transformation he says that will turn it into a mobile-commerce stock that every investor will want to own.
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Saturday, June 09, 2012
Five Dividend Paying Tech Stocks for Investing 2012 / Companies / Dividends
Here are five technology-oriented companies that are currently trading at a price earnings ratio that implies that the stocks are attractively valued. Each of these five companies currently offers a dividend yield that is above-average as represented by the S&P 500.
The following table summarizes five technology-oriented companies that appear to be attractively valued, and lists them in order of dividend yield highest to lowest. From left to right, the table shows the company's stock symbol and name. Next the company's historical EPS growth followed by the estimated EPS growth. Next you will find the current PE ratio followed by the historical normal PE ratio for perspective. Then the 5-year estimated annual total return, followed by dividend yield for each company. The final three columns show the company sector, debt, and its market cap.
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Friday, June 08, 2012
Facebook Investors Believed Forecast Revenues Would Exceed GDP of the Whole World / Companies / Tech Stocks
There are two main elements to the litigation about the IPO. The first is about how last-minute-second-thoughts about the future earnings by an analyst should have been widely “shared”. It’s not a strong case, much of the communication was verbal and analysts change their minds all time. Sloppy management, yes…once the prospectus was up everyone should have shut up, but it will be hard to prove wrongdoing.
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Friday, June 08, 2012
Are European Blue Chip Stocks A Bargain? / Companies / European Stock Markets
Jonathan Yates writes: The legendary French financier, Baron von Rothschild famously once remarked, "When the streets of Paris run with blood, I buy!"
But this time it is not just Paris. It's Athens, Dublin, Madrid and most of the other major Old cities of the Eurozone, where the markets have taken a beating.
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