Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Lynas: A Gray Swan For The Rare Earths Sector? / Companies / Metals & Mining
By: Jeb_Handwerger
"Goldman Sachs recently based there rare earth recommendations on a limited universe consisting of only two stocks, Molycorp (MCP) and Lynas. .. Gold Stock Trades has a broader view."
Those of us who delve into the markets are referred to politely as investors. That is a Madison Avenue spin on what should in essence be a more accurate description. We are speculators, which is a more precise appellation. We assume business risks in hopes of gain. We buy and sell in the expectation of profiting from market fluctuations.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Escalating Battle Between Amazon and California / Companies / Taxes
By: Jeff_Clark
Jeff Clark, BIG GOLD writes: My local newspaper ran a story about the escalating battle between Amazon.com and the state of California. At issue is the collection of sales tax: Governor Jerry Brown signed a law requiring online retailers to collect state sales tax on purchases made by CA residents.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
How To Buy Stocks During Corporate Earnings Season / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: David_Grandey
IT’S EARNINGS SEASON
True to form with thrills (IBM, AAPL, VMW) and spills (RVBD, FTNT) earnings season is here in all its glory. So how do you go about buying a stock in the volatile climate? Let’s take a look at a couple of examples from the watch list in our newsletter — starting with an example of what not to buy, then an example of what we did buy and a stock that is setting up to be another good buy should conditions hold up.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
U.S. Steel to Retest Resistance / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Despite some soft China PMI data overnight, U.S. Steel (X) is up nearly 1% as it climbs towards a retest of key trendline resistance at 45.25, which if hurdled should trigger upside continuation towards the top of its May-July base formation (46.40-47.10).
A sustained hurdle of 47.10 will complete the base pattern and trigger upside projections of 50 and 52 thereafter.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
NDX/NAZ and AAPL Tech Stocks Analysis / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Tony_Caldaro
We updated both the NDX and NAZ charts today to the most obvious pattern: Primary wave V underway. If we review the NDX since 2009 we have quite a clear pattern. A 13 month rally, which subdivided into five Major waves and we labeled Primary I. Then a sharp 3 month 17% zigzag correction, which we labeled Primary II. Next comes a 7 month rally, no OEW subdivisions, into a February high. This is followed a 4 month 9% irregular flat correction that completed well above the Primary I high.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Amazon Stock Price Hurdles Key Resistance / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Yesterday we noted that Amazon (AMZN)'s failure to follow through to the downside multiple times in the session followed by a recovery rally effort intraday suggested it had ended its two-week correction. AMZN's thrust today has hurdled key resistance at 214.45-215.00, and has followed through to an intraday high so far at 217.82, which is very close to a full-fledged test of the all-time high at 218.36.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Summarizing Bank Earnings With Two Charts / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Tony_Pallotta
Now that the big banks have reported below are two charts that sum up how they are doing aside from the noise of "beating expectations."
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Mobile Computing Patent Wars Could Cost Google $2 Billion Annually / Companies / Google
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes: A mobile computing patent war launched by powerful tech rivals could snatch revenue away from Google Inc.'s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android platform - and possibly threaten its viability as a free alternative operating system.
The threat to Android endangers as much as $2 billion in annual revenue for the search titan.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
JPM and TBT Poised for Upside Reversal / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
If the directional overlay of the big money center banks -- i.e., JP Morgan (JPM) -- on the ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT) is any gauge, then the mature downtrend in both JPM and the TBT is poised for a powerful upside reversal.
The TBT hit its low on July 12 at 31.87 and has climbed to 33.25, while JPM hit a new multi-month low today at 38.93, but has recovered to 39.50 so far.
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
Why Google Just Jumped to the Top of My Investor Radar Screen / Companies / Google
By: DailyWealth
Dan Ferris writes: When the CEO of a company you own shares in is called before Congress to testify, you should be worried about a disaster... right?
Not me... especially if that company is a World Dominator.
Friday, July 15, 2011
My and Warren Buffetts Facebook Fraud, The Antisocial Network / Companies / Scams
By: Janet_Tavakoli
I don't use Facebook. Neither does Warren Buffett, but phonies have used his name on Facebook. Earlier this month, an imposter created "my" profile on Facebook. In order to get the fake removed, Facebook required an uploaded scan of a government issued I.D. that shows a photo and birthdate (for example, a driver's license or passport). Facebook suggests one black out the most sensitive information and claims it will delete this scanned information from its servers once identity has been verified.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Google Plus: Learning from Buzz Failure / Companies / Google
By: Jeffrey_A_Tucker
About 14 months ago, Google released what turned out to be the biggest flop in the company's history. It was called Buzz. The idea was to leverage its email war chest to create a social network to compete directly with Twitter and Facebook.
It released Buzz all at once and activated it immediately. Buzz even prepopulated its networks with the user's most commonly emailed friends, whether that was your pastor or your drinking buddies. That was the strategic error that revealed the underlying problem. All in an instant, worlds crashed, and people went absolutely nuts trying to shut it off.
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Investors Avoid Financials, Bank Earnings Are Set to Slide / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Flat or falling revenue will plague major bank earnings as second-quarter results are reported this week - delivering yet another blow to battered financial stocks.
Most of the big banks are expected to report a profit, but a falloff in equity trading volume, weak demand for loans, and costly legal headaches all ate into revenue, which will be a prime concern for already-skeptical investors.
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Sovereign Debt Blows Big Holes in Big Banks / Companies / Global Debt Crisis
By: John_Browne
The past few days have been very bad for the world's largest banks. American behemoths Citigroup and Bank of America are down about 7% each. Across the Atlantic, things are far worse. BNP Paribas, Barclays, and Banco Santander are all down 13% or more... and Société Générale is down an astounding 16%!
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Stock Sound Bases Vs. V-Shaped Bases / Companies / Learning to Invest
By: David_Grandey
Don’t get us wrong, we are all for buying breakouts into new highs. But we do so with a catch and that is — OFF OF SOUND BASES VS V SHAPED BREAKOUTS.
Below is TSCO which is a good example of a sound breakout.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Recovery Scenario in Jeopardy for JPM / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Purely from a technical perspective, my pattern work in JP Morgan (JPM) has been arguing that the late-June upmove from 39.20 to 41.72 represented the end of a major correction off of the Feb 16 high at 48.36 and the start of a powerful intermediate-term recovery period.
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Monday, July 11, 2011
These Stocks Will Shine Through the Bulls and Bears Standoff / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Jon D. Markman writes:
Market bulls and bears are at a standoff as global economic recovery struggles - but not all stocks are in danger of slipping.
Major U.S. stock indexes inched higher by 0.5% to 1.5% over the past week as optimism that companies will report higher second-quarter profits outweighed fears that job growth is crashing. But the final day of the week was a downer, with losses across the board and across the world following a terrible report on U.S. employment.
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Saturday, July 09, 2011
Company Valuations, The Almighty Multiple / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Submissions
George Maniere writes: Yesterday my brother and I were having a conversation about how to value a company. We concluded that a company should not be valued on price but on the correlation of the P/E Multiple to the growth rate. So first me must understand and be able to figure out what the P/E Multiple is. The P/E Multiple can easily be expressed in the algebraic equation Price of the Stock (P) = The Earnings per Share (E) X the Multiple. Another way to express that is P/E = M. That seems pretty easy and clear but there is an important variable. The price of the stock is always changing. And this will chance the multiple accordingly.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
The Mobile Industry is The Biggest Tech Trend Ever… / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Investment_U
Louis Basenese, writes: “The exploding use of mobile devices promises to be the fastest-growing – and possibly biggest technological trend ever.”
A bold statement, for sure – one that I made back in March. And I’m standing by it.
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011
U.S. Auto Sales Decline, Details Point to More Than Reduced Supply of Japanese Cars / Companies / US Auto's
By: Asha_Bangalore
Sales of autos fell to an annual rate of 11.45 million units in June from 11.79 million units in May. In the second quarter, auto sales dropped at an annual rate of 25.3% after a nearly 25% jump in the first quarter. The bulk of the decline in auto sales was not from a reduction in supply of autos due to the natural disaster in Japan but also a weakness in sales.
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