Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Thursday, June 09, 2011
Investing in the Middle East: The Best Plays to Make / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
Periodic eruptions of violence and instability make investing in the Middle East fairly tricky. But that doesn't mean you ought to avoid the region entirely.
Indeed, investing in the Middle East can be extremely profitable, as the region currently is one of the world's bright spots for economic growth.
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011
A Natural Gas Company Floating in Profits / Companies / Natural Gas
By: Money_Morning
David Fessler writes:
Australia, like America, is awash in natural gas. But Australia's gas isn't conveniently located under terra firma, near existing pipelines. We have that luxury and advantage.
Most of the gas Down Under is in giant underwater deposits, located more than 100 miles from Australia's shores. Developing some of its largest fields, far from any landmass, has been a problem without a solution... until now.
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Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Goldman Subpoena, Investigation Add to Pressure on Bank Stock Prices / Companies / Credit Crisis 2011
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Big bank stock prices, already suffering from an avalanche of difficulties, suffered another setback when news broke last Thursday that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) had received a subpoena from the Manhattan district attorney for records relating to its role in collapse of the mortgage market.
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
The Death of Nuclear Power, Moves Investors Need to Make Now / Companies / Energy Resources
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
Nuclear power was gaining a lot of momentum prior to the terrible disaster at Japan's Fukushima powerplant in March.
But since then, atomic energy has come under increased scrutiny and once again drawn the ire of environmentalists who were just warming up to its carbon-free emissions.
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Monday, June 06, 2011
U.S. Automakers Throttle Past Japan Quake Supply Chain Problems, While Others Stall / Companies / US Auto's
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
While Japan's March 11 earthquake did not damage the global supply chain as badly as initially feared, the world's automakers - particularly those based in Japan - have faced a tougher road to recovery.
Thanks to a smaller reliance on Japanese parts and a quick response to the crisis, U.S. automakers have weathered the disruption to their supply chains well, with minimal impact on production.
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Sunday, June 05, 2011
The Next Stock Market Bubble is Forming Right Now / Companies / Corporate News
By: Jared_Levy
The mass media is obsessed with bubbles. They see market bubbles everywhere, like in crude oil, soft commodities or China... Granted, there are some serious issues with all three, especially with China and its consumption of the other two.
Friday, June 03, 2011
Why LinkedIn is More than Just a Bubble Stock / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes:
LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) has had quite a ride since its initial public offering last week.
The stock surged 109% in its first day of trading to a peak of $122.70 a share, but has since tumbled back to close yesterday (Thursday) at $78.63.
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Cisco Stock Price Base Building / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Cisco (CSCO) is acting like it is building a base after a relentless corrective period. Let's notice that CSCO's early strength popped above its nearest-term resistance line and last week's rally peak at 16.51, on the way to this morning's recovery rally peak at 16.72.
Since then, however, CSCO has pulled back to 16.52 to retest the upside breakout level, which needs to contain the intraday weakness to preserve the bullish near-term pattern that has been carved out off of its May 25 low at 15.99.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Don't be Fooled: Banking Crisis Not Over / Companies / Credit Crisis 2011
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes:
U.S. banks are seeing positive trends in several measures of their health. That's the good news.
Unfortunately, U.S. banks continue to struggle with some much-more-deeply entrenched problems. Those problems pose a major threat to banking-system health.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Microsoft Ready for a Rebound on Mobile Revolution? / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
There are monopolies. And then there's Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT).
With its Windows operating system installed on virtually all of the world's PCs - the market share peaked at about 95% - Microsoft became synonymous with the personal computer revolution.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Bank Earnings Rise In Q1 2011 / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Tony_Pallotta
On Tuesday the FDIC announced that bank earnings in Q1 2011 are improving, up 66.5% from Q1 2010. In fact bank earnings are back to Q2 2007 levels. Sounds great on the surface.
The problem is what has driven earnings is not real growth but rather an accounting gimmick. Provisions for loan losses or the amount of money reserved for future losses have fallen from $39.2 billion in Q2 2009 (the peak) to $10.3 billion in Q1 2011, a 76% reduction.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
How to Profit From the Fast Evolving Cyber War / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Casey_Research
Chris Wood, Casey Extraordinary Technology writes: A new war is being waged – a war that is not fought with guns, missiles, or human soldiers, but with code in cyberspace, using computers and the Internet. It’s a war on all fronts – by governments against governments, governments against corporations, organized crime and insiders against both, and even individuals against other individuals (which is more often dubbed cybercrime, but that’s not a necessary distinction for our purposes).
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
What's Next for Sleeping Tek Giant Intel? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
From 1990 to 1999, Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) shares soared 10,000%, making the chipmaking half of the so-called "Wintel" duo a stock that almost every investor wanted to own.
And why not: Intel's processors served as the brains of 90% of the world's personal computers. And the PC market was booming.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Can Microsoft, Cisco and Intel Reverse a Decade of Decline? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
For most of the 1990s, U.S. high-tech heavyweights Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) and Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) didn't just dominate their respective markets.
They ruled them.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Eye on Apple / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
For you Apple (AAPL) devotees, and I consider myself among the faithful, my near-term work argues that the correction of the late-April upleg from 320.16 to 360.90 ended (finally) on Tuesday at 330.75.
Since that low, a new upleg has started that likely completed its initial upmove this morning at 342.40. If my work is accurate, then AAPL has entered a correction of the upmove from 330.75 to 342.40, and could press next into the 335-332.50 area in the hours ahead.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
GM Versus Ford / Companies / US Auto's
By: Mike_Paulenoff
I am on the sidelines on Ford (F), preferring to be long the pattern that has been carved out by General Motors (GM) during the past three weeks. For F to get any upside traction, it must climb above its May declining rally tops line, now at 15.22.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
GM Approaching Key Resistance / Companies / US Auto's
By: Mike_Paulenoff
A very positive article in Barron's over the weekend has goosed General Motors (GM) a bit this morning, which is climbing towards a confrontation with key near-term resistance at 31.55/60.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Netflix Is More Than Just Special Effects / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes:
Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) shares have surged 764% in just two-and-a-half years.
And yet there are still investors, analysts and businessmen who continue to doubt the company - choosing instead to believe that its meteoric rise is more flash than bang.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Apple the World's Most Expensive Brand / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Pravda
The US-based Apple was recognized as the most expensive brand in the world. According to the annual research conducted by Millward Brown, Apple managed to climb to the first place thanks to the experience gained while working with clients, attention to detail and an increased presence in the corporate environment, as well as advancing of the high quality products to the market.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Social Network: Why So LinkedIn? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Dian_L_Chu
Dubbed as the Facebook of business professionals, Linkedin has expanded into many parts of the globe with 101.5 million members worldwide by the end of March. That's 12 million members more than it had at the end of 2010.