Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Petrobras (PBR) Destined to Pass ExxonMobil as Global Oil Colossus / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Trader_Mark
I have not written about Brazilian oil giant Petrobras (PBR) because frankly the stock has been a quite poor performer due to its pseudo government-private stature. Sort of the Fannie Mae of oil production. With the recent spike in oil, the stock has perked up, but some horrid terms on a share sale put immense pressure on the name through most of 2010.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Someone is Finally Making Money Shorting Netflix (NFLX) / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Trader_Mark
After torching short sellers for seemingly years on end, it might be ironic that Netflix (NFLX) topped within days of the date (Feb 10th) famed fund manager Whitney Tilson finally threw in the towel on his unsuccesful short. The stock peaked 4 days later.
Monday, March 07, 2011
BP Poised to Test Rally Peak / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Mike_Paulenoff
BP plc (NYSE: BP) gapped up this morning and has made a new recovery high at 49.10 so far, on the way to testing its prior significant rally peak at 49.50 from Jan 14.
My near-term work argues in favor of a test and hurdle of 49.50 into the 49.70/90 area prior to the "need" for a correction of the larger upmove off the Feb 11 pivot low at 45.55.
Friday, March 04, 2011
Tech Stocks Set to Fuel Resurgent U.S. IPO Market / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes:
After falling off the radar for three years, the U.S. IPO market is off to its best start since before the financial crisis. And with several high profile technology companies set to go public this year, it's likely to carry that momentum forward.
Companies around the globe have raised more than $26 billion through initial public offerings (IPOs) this year, a 20% increase over last year and the best start on record, according to Dealogic. Globally, 15 IPOs were crammed into the first two weeks of February - a month that last year had seen a total of just four IPOs.
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Thursday, March 03, 2011
Warren Buffett Taking Berkshire Hathaway on the Hunt for Takeover Targets / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
Iconic investor and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) Warren Buffett announced on Feb. 26 in his annual shareholder letter that his company was eyeing acquisition targets in 2011, sending many "follow the guru" investors on a search for the next big takeover.
Thursday, March 03, 2011
How Investors Can Clean Up with Waste Management Stocks / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
Money Morning on Feb. 9 described the profit potential of companies that are dealing with the world's water crisis, noting that 1.15 billion people around the globe currently lack access to clean water supplies.
However, even more people - 2.6 billion, according to the World Water Council - live in areas without adequate sanitation, making waste management an equally pressing global concern.
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Thursday, March 03, 2011
The Biggest Headache For Groupon And Facebook Investors / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Janet_Tavakoli
Groupon makes its money by selling coupons for goods and services. It partners with local merchants. When you buy a coupon for a merchant's discount on Groupon, it reportedly takes a 50% cut in the U.S.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Seven Reasons the Apple iPad Will Remain King of the Tablets / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes: Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) today (Wednesday) is expected to launch the iPad 2 - the latest iteration of a tablet device that has revolutionized the mobile computing segment.
Indeed, while most of its competitors have yet to release even their first tablet attempt, Apple is already at work on its third, which shows just how entrenched Apple's lead is in this relatively new and fast growing market.
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Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Two Stocks that are Ready to Rocket Higher / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: INO
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Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Exxon Mobil and Other Large-Cap Leaders Will Continue to Motivate the Stock Market / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Money_Morning
Jon D. Markman writes:
The trends that are established at the start of the year often persist through yearend.
That makes now - the first day of March - a good time to look at the unique trends that have characterized the first few months of 2011 and hazard a guess as to whether or not this bull market will keep running.
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Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Time of Truth for Amgen / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The time of truth for Amgen (AMGN) in the aftermath of its vertical decline from the Jan 25 high at 58.19 to its Feb 24 low at 50.61.
Let's notice that on the enclosed weekly chart that last week's violation of a near two-year support line at 52.60 followed-through to the downside to 50.61 last Thursday, but then AMGN reversed powerfully to the upside -- perhaps in reaction to positive news about its phase 3 study on cancer drug XGEVA.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Opportunity Knocks For Mobile Computing Stocks / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jon D. Markman writes: Stocks swung from the rafters over the past week with a sense of drama that has been missing for the several months as bulls and bears battled over the 1,300 level of the S&P 500.
Like many round numbers of the past three years, this level is the dividing line between the view of optimists and pessimists, and it looks to me like the optimists are on the verge of another big win.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
The Power Of Buying Stocks At The 50-Day / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: David_Grandey
When the S&P 500 and the OTC Comp were both in nosebleed levels hugging trend channel resistance we talked about what happens to leading names when the markets pullback. We talked about the power of the 50-day average and sure enough that’s exactly what happened to them — they tagged the 50 day and POW ZOOM TO THE MOON ALICE.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Anticipating BP's Breakout / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Although crude is circling unchanged today, BP plc (NYSE: BP) acts well technically. The stock continues to carve out a series of higher lows off its recent February upleg rally peak at 48.28.
The most recent pullback lows at 46.90 (Feb 22) and at 47.40 (Feb 24), followed by rallies into the 48.20/30 area, continues to put intense upward pressure on the 48.00-48.30 Jan-Feb resistance plateau. If and when hurdled, this should trigger upside acceleration towards a full-fledged retest of the Jan high at 49.50 next.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Good Relative Strength for RIMM / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Research in Motion (RIMM) exhibits relative strength today despite overall market weakness. Let's take a fresh look at its big picture chart pattern.
From a relatively near-term pattern perspective, RIMM hurdled key 8-month resistance at 62.70-63.30 in early Feb and followed through to its Feb 18 high at 70.54. Since then, RIMM has pulled back about 8.5% right to the top of the prior resistance plateau -- which is now important and substantial support.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Extraordinary Technology, Robotics - Where Are We Today? / Companies / Technology
By: Doug_Horning
Doug Hornig, Editor, Casey’s Extraordinary Technology writes: In the field of robotics, we have no Newton. No one who, assisted by a falling fruit, cried out, “Eureka, I have it, and it is called a… I know… a robot.”
No, the concept of a robot first occurred to some unknown person in some far distant time, as he or she, engaged in a grinding, repetitive task, dreamed of a mechanical contrivance that could do some of the dirty work. We know that moment was more than five hundred years ago, because we have sketchbooks from the incomparable Leonardo da Vinci, dated 1495, that contain detailed plans for one.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Morningstar's Top Takeover Targets in 2011 / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Dian_L_Chu
Hedge Fund Live writes: The spreadsheet below gives you the up-to-date internals for the top take out names identified by Morningstar. Before getting to the spreadsheet let me tell you what these companies do and what the rumor mill has been saying over the last few months.
ACTELION (ALIOF.PK): In mid-November, Bloomberg reported that Amgen (AMGN) was preparing an approach that could come within days, while the usual big pharma suspects have all been touted as potentially interested.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
NetFlix, Butterflies and Option Expiration / Companies / Options & Warrants
By: J_W_Jones
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning” Lt Col Bill Kilgore, Apocalypse Now
One of the opportunities available to the knowledgeable options trader is the ability to capitalize on major price movements while maintaining an acceptable risk profile. These opportunities are particularly attractive when they occur late in the options cycle because of the rapidly accelerating decay of the time premium of options. In appropriately structured positions, this time decay can be a wind at your back as the time premium relentlessly goes to zero at the closing bell on options expiration Friday.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Could Disaster Be Brewing Inside These Popular ETFs? / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Jared_Levy
I feel it's our duty here at Smart Investing Daily not only to help you discover new and unique investment opportunities and tactics, but also to warn you of impending potential disasters.
Looking at the financial markets on the surface, many experts are saying that it seems a little "overbought." There is no doubt I am in that camp, but now I am gaining more conviction. Experts use things like price/earnings multiples and technical formations to make these determinations. They also look at the past to make future forecasts.
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Stock Price Recovery Rallies for GM, Ford / Companies / US Auto's
By: Mike_Paulenoff
General Motors (GM) and Ford (F) present very different near-term chart structures, with GM exhibiting a more constructive near term pattern than Ford. Nonetheless, both names are in different phases of recovery rallies off of their early February lows.
Reviewing the 60-minute comparison chart on both, we see that Ford's Jan double-top at 18.97 and 18.88 ended the upleg off of the June 29 low at 9.75. Ford has come off the Feb 3 low at 15.10 and is flagging in the mid-15 range.