Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
U.S. Companies That “Get” China’s Consumer Boom / Companies / China Stocks
By: Tony_Sagami
I did a little shopping over the Thanksgiving weekend, but everything I bought — a few electronic doodads, video games and clothes — was over the internet.
Three years ago I made the mistake of standing in line with a bunch of other shopping diehards at Best Buy at 5:00 a.m. Let me tell you, standing in a line in late November in Montana is something I’ll never do again.
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Stocks Insider Selling, What Does It Really Mean? / Companies / Market Manipulation
By: Dudley_Baker
Resource shares have risen substantially in price over the last many months and it is not unusual to see insiders reporting substantial sells and taking some profits. If you see insider selling in a company that you own what should you do?
Corporate insiders would be defined as officers, directors and 10% plus shareholders of a company. They are a group that investors love to love and love to hate.
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010
M&A Set to Accelerate in 2011 After a Late November Surge / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
A flurry of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in late November could presage the biggest surge in deals since the economy tanked three years ago.
In just the last week, nearly $25 billion in M&A deals were announced. BP PLC's (NYSE ADR: BP) sale of its majority stake in Pan American Energy, which went for $7.1 billion, was at the top of the list. With that sale, BP will have secured about $21 billion of the $30 billion it hoped to raise from asset sales to help cover damages from its oil spill disaster.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Uranium Price Hits 2 Year High, URZ Doubles in a Month / Companies / Uranium
By: Jeb_Handwerger
In 1883, an historic cataclysm of 10 days that shook the world and vaporized Krakatoa, an island between Java and Sumatra. An umbrella of ash rose 50 miles high and sent sonic reverberations 7 times around the world. Deaths numbered 120,000. Scientists of that time were awed by the magnitude of nature’s forces that were being unleashed. They speculated that one day ways would be found to harness this energy.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Charts Analysis Focus on U.S. Auto Makers, Ford, Toyota and Honda / Companies / US Auto's
By: Mike_Paulenoff
In our Webinar last night we reviewed some of the automakers, beginning with Ford (F), which is a beautiful chart.
Since the beginning of last year Ford has emerged out of the bottom of a head and shoulders pattern that has taken it from around 1 1/2 to 17 1/2. Would I buy it here (Monday’s close at 16.06)?
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Two Strong Companies in a Dead U.S. Housing Market / Companies / Housing Stocks
By: Jared_Levy
I have been examining real estate investments in several different forms since early 2009, when I was one of the first on CNBC to begin recommending it, albeit cautiously.
Back then, I was recommending the purchase of XHB, a housing ETF that was trading for about $9, as a diversified proxy for an actual investment in real estate.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Cyber Monday: The "Online Black Friday" Signals Shift in U.S. Holiday Shopping Trends / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
U.S. retailers are hoping consumers' growing shift to online shopping will carry Black Friday's spending momentum through this week, which kicked off with Internet-only deals and discounts on yesterday's "Cyber Monday."
The Monday after Thanksgiving in the past few years has evolved into one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. The number of Cyber Monday shoppers has almost doubled in the past five years, from 59 million in 2005 to an estimated 106.9 million in 2010, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF).
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Mini Base-like Pattern for Bank of America (BAC) / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
11.08 held above last week's low at 11.05, which held above the October 26 low at 11.03. Today's subsequent rally to 11.25/30 has carved out a minor base-like pattern since Nov 22, which must hurdle and sustain above 11.33/40 to trigger initial buy signals that will project into the 11.75/80 area initially.
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
With Stocks, The Trend Is Your Friend / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: David_Grandey
MOTR is an excellent example of “the trend being your friend” (above the green line).
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
The Retail Sector’s Winners and Losers This Holiday Season / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Investment_U
Marc Lichtenfeld writes: Forget the breathless buildup to Black Friday – the much-ballyhooed Thanksgiving sales event.
In an effort to pre-empt the frantic holiday shopping season, America’s retailers are already in full-on sales mode, having instituted “Black November” instead.
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Netflix: Will This Movie Ever End? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Dian_L_Chu
After driving Blockbuster out of business and taking a good chunk of subscribers from cable TVs, Netflix (NFLX) is now setting sight on the streaming video business. On Monday Nov. 22, Netflix announced a new subscription service--$7.99 a month for unlimited downloads of movies and television shows, while raising prices (by one dollar) on its existing DVD-related service plans.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
OTCQX Helping Canadian Junior Gold Miners Reach U.S. Investors / Companies / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: The_Gold_Report
Representatives from a few of the Canadian junior resource companies that are eager to bring more international investors into their folds took time from their busy schedules to share some of their views about the OTCQX via this exclusive Gold Report roundtable. Participants discussing some of the features of this "upstart" exchange include Crocodile Gold President and CEO Mike Hoffman, Rio Alto Mining President and CEO Feisal Somji and Avalon Rare Metals Investor Relations Manager Ron Malashewski.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
GM Bullish Chart Pattern / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Yesterday General Motors (NYSE: GM) tested the post-offering low (33.11) with a secondary low at 33.17, prior to pivoting to the upside into this morning's rally peak at 33.80. The micro pattern from 33.17 to 33.80 exhibits bullish form, which argues for higher prices as long as 33.17 contains any forthcoming weakness.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Are Promises of Bank Stock Dividends Worth the Risk? / Companies / Dividends
By: Nilus_Mattive
Dividends have been all over the news lately, including a number of stories talking about the possibility that banks will begin paying out solid dividends again.
Well, it might be a week for giving thanks, but I’m certainly not going to include financial firms in my list at the table this Thursday. Nor am I going to recommend that income investors suddenly start piling back into the group whole hog, either.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Bottoming Period for Bank of America (BAC) / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The insider trading news, along with the mortgage crisis and perhaps an association with the Irish-EU banking crisis, have combined to clobber the major money center banks like Goldman Sachs (GS), JP Morgan (JPM), and Bank of America (BAC).
The way the BAC pattern is unfolding on the downside, my work argues that all of the price action from mid-October through the present represents a major bottoming period for the stock.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Is BHP Billiton (BHP) Too Big to Grow? / Companies / Metals & Mining
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
In the banking crisis we learned that a group of U.S. banking and insurance firms are allegedly "Too Big To Fail." Now the world's largest mining company BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE ADR: BHP) has grown so large it is struggling to make meaningful deals, introducing us to another phrase: "Too Big To Grow."
Friday, November 19, 2010
Investing in Tech Stocks With Strong Growth Potential / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Uncommon_Wisdom
Rudy Martin writes: After I saw investors dump tech stocks like hot potatoes — after tech-bellwether Cisco (CSCO) recently reported dismal quarterly results — I kept wondering where the values might be for longer-term investors.
How might you avoid the Cisco fallout from slower U.S. and European sales? What if you could select companies with more than 20% of revenues coming from emerging markets such as China?
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Stock Market Analysts and Insiders Wave Caution Flags After $20 Billion GM IPO / Companies / US Auto's
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes:
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) yesterday (Thursday) raised $20.1 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) that moves the company closer to paying back the taxpayer funds it received in a bailout last year.
However, GM's journey doesn't end there. Even after all of the IPO money changes hands, the company will still owe the federal government more than $26 billion. And the challenges that drove the company into bankruptcy to begin with – union payouts, tougher competition, and higher gas prices – are still relevant.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Investing for Profits with International ETFs / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Ron_Rowland
Let me ask you a question. Suppose you have the ability to invest in any stock market in the world. One of the largest markets has lagged badly for many years now. And there are few reasons to think the situation will improve.
Would it make sense to put the bulk of your assets in that relatively weak market?
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Europe Panics Over Russia's Natural Gas Monster / Companies / Natural Gas
By: Pravda
The European Union administration intends to deprive Russia's gas giant Gazprom of the monopoly to distribute natural gas to European consumers. On October 15, the European Commission demanded amendments should be introduced to South Stream intergovernmental agreement signed between Russia and Bulgaria.
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