Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
Carnival After the Costa Concordia Disaster, Buy, Sell or Hold? / Companies / Corporate News
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barne writes:
Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) is the world's largest provider of vacation cruises operating under the names Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn in North America; and AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Ibero Cruises, and P&O Cruises in Europe, Australia, and Asia.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Liquid Natural Gas Stocks Are Set to Take Off / Companies / Natural Gas
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes:
As I have discussed over the last two years, liquefied natural gas (LNG) is going to be a complete game-changer.
And along the way, a small group of LNG stocks will become the main focus for investors.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
What Really Happened To The Oldest Bank in Switzerland? / Companies / Credit Crisis 2012
By: DK_Matai
Oldest Swiss Bank Goes Down
Wegelin and Co, the oldest private bank in Switzerland, agreed to a fire sale to Raiffeisen Group in the middle of its death throes last week. Wegelin bank -- established 270 years ago in 1741 -- managed to survive every threat across three centuries: revolution, financial disaster, and war including being invaded by Napoleon, the Sonderbund civil war and then Hitler. Every threat except for one: the relentless assault on Swiss banking secrecy by the United States government to reclaim the funds lost through tax evasion schemes sold to its citizens. Wegelin is now finished, courtesy of Uncle Sam. How long before other Swiss private banks follow Wegelin's shocking demise?
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Buy Timber Stocks and Watch Your Money Grow on Trees / Companies / Investing 2012
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
Chances are you've never considered timber stocks in your investing strategy.
But if that's the case, then you've been missing out.
Timber is a long-term investment that can reward your portfolio in good times, and protect it in bad.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
The Most Powerful Investment Strategy of All-Time / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Steve Christ writes:
It has been called the "royal road to riches."
Starting with just $10,000 and a small monthly contribution, any investor can use this method to create their own golden parachute - a million-dollar retirement portfolio.
All you need is time.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Facebook IPO: Where's the Love, Mark Zuckerberg? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
The long-awaited Facebook IPO is finally arriving - and it's time for Mark Zuckerberg to share the love.
But most of Facebook's 800 million users won't get a chance to grab a piece of the multibillion-dollar deal.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
How Online Gamers Can Give Biotech Investors Big Gains / Companies / Investing 2012
By: Money_Morning
Michael Robinson writes:
A group of online gamers are onto something big. Very big.
So please don't think these "hobbies" are a complete waste of time and energy.
An online game called Foldit has actually helped to deliver a medical breakthrough that could change the future of biotech research.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Powerful Consolidation Coming in Banking as a Consequence of Overcapacity / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Bloomberg
Bloomberg TV's Erik Schatzker spoke to Deutsche Bank incoming co-CEO Anshu Jain, who said that he foresees "powerful consolidation" in the industry and those banks who survive will '"actually wind up with a margin expansion over time."
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Four Natural Gas Companies Investors Can Buy Right Now / Companies / Natural Gas
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes:
Natural gas companies are hurting - there's no doubt about it. But that doesn't mean natural gas companies are bad investments.
In fact, some of these companies are currently on the bargain rack. You just have to know where to look.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Kodak's Former Moment, A Lesson for You, Me and America / Companies / Technology
By: Gary_North
Kodak declared bankruptcy last week. For years, this company was visibly a dinosaur. It had no visionary leadership. The senior managers had the wrong vision. The company had lots and lots of debt, which indicates how blind its creditors were. This brief report was published by the New York Times in 2003.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Toyota Innovates Way Out of Rare Earth Handcuffs / Companies / Metals & Mining
By: G_Joel_Chury
According a report from Reuters today, Toyota Motor Corp. has developed a way to manufacture hybrid and electric vehicles without the use of rare earth metals. The announcement comes in response to China’s export quotas that have made the metals less economic.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Five Tech Stocks to Avoid: RIMM, HPQ, YHOO, ORB, GRPN / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael Robinson writes:
After a rocky 2011, tech stocks have gotten a nice bounce so far this year.
The Nasdaq 100 index is up about 7% so far, well above the 4.6% rise in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.
Strong earnings last week from Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC), Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) have drawn still more attention to tech stocks.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Pan American to Acquire Minefinders and its Dolores Mine for $1.5B / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: G_Joel_Chury
Pan American Silver Corp. (TSX:PAA) (NASDAQ:PAAS) has indicated it will buy Vancouver-Based metals miner Minefinders Corp. (TSX:MFL) (AMEX:MFN) for nearly $1.5 billion, a move that will boost the combined company portfolio to 8 operating mines, half of which are located in Mexico. Going by 2011 production numbers, the new entity represents 26 million ounces of silver.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Taking Advantage of Tight Local Government Budgets / Companies / Investing 2012
By: Submissions
Benjamin Shepherd writes: US state and local governments shed about 244,000 jobs in 2011 and 249,000 jobs in 2010, according to government data. Since the height of the global credit crunch in mid-2008, almost 670,000 state and local government jobs have been eliminated.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, January 23, 2012
The Only New Dividend Aristocrat Stock You Should Buy Today / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
If you are looking for a steady stream of safe dividends in today's troubled markets, the list of "Dividend Aristocrats" is a good place to start.
Compiled and tracked by Standard & Poor's, Dividend Aristocrats are companies that have consistently increased their dividend payouts for 25 consecutive years.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
A Hundred Billion Reasons to Invest in Robotics Technology / Companies / Technology
By: Money_Morning
Michael Robinson writes:
Here's a 100 billion reasons why space technology should be on your radar screen -especially if you're interested in robotics.
According to the journal Nature, the Milky Way Galaxy alone contains at least 100 billion planets.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Banking Analyst Brad Hintz: 'We Should Tip Our Hat to Morgan Stanley' / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Bloomberg
Bloomberg TV's Margaret Brennan spoke to banking analyst Brad Hintz this morning, who told Bloomberg TV, "We should kind of tip our hat to Morgan Stanley. They pulled one off here in terms of reducing some of their potential exposure to some of the weaker European banks."
Thursday, January 19, 2012
How to Safely Double Your Dividend Income Yield With Covered Call Options / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
As it turns out, despite the summer swoon, income investors were the big winners in 2011.
While the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the year with a gain of just 5.5%, the 100 highest-yielding stocks tracked by the Dow Jones - as measured by the iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend ETF (NYSE: DVY) - returned a market beating 11.73%.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Banking Sector Analysis / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Sign up for a free 15-dBelow is a newly created daily sector chart for the big investment & trading banks accompanied by a chart of the cash S&P 500 for comparison and relative strength purposes.
The SPX currently is on a bullish signal. Only a decline that breaks 1277.50 will neutralize the signal.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tech Sector Could Outperform in a More Stable 2012 / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Submissions
Benjamin Shepherd writes: At the start of a new year, I traditionally ponder where to find relative outperformance among the market’s sectors. As such, I believe now is the time for investors to add risk to their portfolios by emphasizing more cyclical corners of the market. While a defensive approach to equities was the best strategy last year, my view is that continued economic improvement in the US, a quieting of the European sovereign-debt crisis and further growth in emerging markets justifies a more offensive stance. For 2012, I am quite optimistic on the technology sector to take advantage of a better economic climateRead full article... Read full article...