Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Fighting to Feed the Chinese Dragon, McDonald’s Vs. Yum! / Companies / Investing 2010
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes: Speed kills. And in the fast food industry, it's imperative.
The speed of service and the ability to quickly adapt menus, packaging and advertising are what makes a market leader. And right now, the speed at which fast food companies make the transition into foreign markets, particularly China, is what matters most of all.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Number of ETFs Exploding to Over 1,000 / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Ron_Rowland
As I watch the exchange-traded fund (ETF) universe grow, I keep having flashbacks to the huge increase in the number of mutual funds in the 1990s.
Back then everyone wanted to own large cap growth funds. You could take your pick of hundreds in the category. A few were really good, a few really bad, and most were average. I saw frustrated investors simply give up trying to choose and throw their money at whatever was convenient. Usually it didn’t work out so well.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited: Record Quarterly Revenue / Companies / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Bob_Kirtley
The general consensus for the quarterly income for Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM) was in the order of $0.40 per share, however, news just out has the figure higher at $0.64 per share for the second quarter, compared with a penny per share for the same period last year. The effect of their new mines construction programme going into production is starting to produce the results that we have been waiting for.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Middle East Oil Producers Might Consider BP Investment – to Diversify / Companies / Oil Companies
By: OilPrice_Com
With BP poised to move on from the Gulf oil spill with a new chief executive, the beleaguered London-based company might look attractive to Middle East sovereign wealth funds after all.It would be a parting legacy from outgoing CEO Tony Hayward if his efforts earlier this month to court the funds in Abu Dhabi and other oil-producing countries were to bear fruit.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
BP Boosted by $10 Billion Gulf Oil Spill Cost Tax Credits / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Dian_L_Chu
There is no shortage of news from BP on Tuesday:
- The oil major reported its first quarterly loss--$17.15 billion--in eighteen years, and will sell about $30 billion in assets.
- The company also announced that CEO Tony Hayward will step down on Oct. 1 to work at TNK-BP--BP’s joint venture in Russia.
- Bob Dudley, an American BP executive, will succeed Hayward as the new Chief Executive
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Is the Star in Starbucks Fading? / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: INO
I recently took the time to analyze one of the most popular and iconic brands on the American scene. I am of course talking about Starbucks.
After getting beaten down in 2008, Starbucks has made a remarkable recovery. However, that recovery looks to be in jeopardy based on our "Trade Triangle" technology and the findings of a 14th century dead mathematician.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Nasty MLP ETF Indicator Flashing Investor Warning Signal Again / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: DailyWealth
Tom Dyson writes: In early 2007, investors were reading news stories about hundreds of new ethanol plants... enormous demand for grain in China... and rice shortages in Thailand.
Potash and farm-equipment stocks were soaring. The world's most widely published investment gurus – like Jim Rogers and Marc Faber – were touting agriculture and farmland as their favorite investments.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
BP Hopes for a CEO Savior in American Robert Dudley / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes: BP PLC (NYSE ADR: BP) plans to oust Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward from the top spot and to appoint Robert Dudley - an American and an insider - in an attempt to regain U.S. trust after a highly criticized, ineffective response to the Gulf oil spill.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Why Currencies Play an Important Role in Corporate Earnings / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Bryan_Rich
It’s earnings season. And more and more companies are talking about currencies.
The headlines read like this …
“Weak Euro a Drain on S&P 500 Revenues”
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Friday, July 23, 2010
An Easy Solution to a Retirement Inflation Worry / Companies / Pensions & Retirement
By: DailyWealth
Dr. David Eifrig, writes: "I'm worried, Doc... I hear so much talk on television about the government printing money and destroying the dollar."
Like many retirees, my friend Chris is worried about government spending... about taxes... about Social Security... and about inflation destroying his nest egg.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Three Dividend Stealth Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: Sean_Brodrick
If you’re like me, you’re getting more and more worried about where the economy and the stock market might go next. One consolation is investing in stocks that pay nice dividends. Why? I’ll give you five powerful reasons …
Thursday, July 22, 2010
AAPL Stock, Why We Don’t Chase Buses / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: David_Grandey
So AAPL reported earnings after the close Tuesday and what did it do Wednesday?
See that? Traded basically right up to the little red 265 line and backed away. Anyone who had to have it on those great numbers AFTER it popped is for the most part down for the day. What’s that we say? Don’t get emotional and make emotional decisions? And ohhh lets not forget about chasing buses either.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Don't Buy Bonds Now... Buy High Yielding Safe Dividend Stocks Instead / Companies / Dividends
By: DailyWealth
Dr. David Eifrig writes: Each year, I sit down and review my mother's retirement portfolio...
Our No. 1 goal: Preserve what she has.
Our No. 2 goal: Pick up a safe yield to pay for her living expenses.
Our No. 3 goal: Find a few safe avenues to grow the portfolio a bit.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
MLPs High Yield With High Risks / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes: With bank and money market rates bumping along between 1% and 2%, 30-year Treasury yields barely edging above 4%, and many old standby companies having slashed or eliminated their dividends, it's been a rough year or two for income-oriented investors.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Smart Electricity Grid Stock Investing / Companies / Investing 2010
By: Money_Morning
By Kent Moors, Ph.D. writes: Larry Fisher spends all his time lately designing new ways to conserve electricity.
As the research director of NextGen - the division of private, New York City-based ABI Research that tracks smart grids worldwide - Fisher has more and more on his plate these days. That's because the wave of new investment in this emerging sector is just beginning.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Bullish On Apple AAPL / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
My intraday pattern work in Apple (AAPL) argues that the correction of this morning's high at 266.47 is nearing completion ahead of a resumption of strength that should make its way back towards the 260 and then the 266 intraday target zones.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
It’s a “Stock Picker’s Market” in Junior Oil and Gas Market / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Keith_Schaefer
I recently wrote that junior energy stocks were trading like they had an incurable disease; nobody wants to touch them. But now several junior oil stocks are starting to show positive divergence, which means that the momentum of the downward selling pressure is getting less and less.
This is also called “momentum non confirmations”, and so far my observations are focused on the short term charts on many of the junior oils; it’s too early to tell on most of the longer term, weekly charts.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Goldman Sachs (GS) Faces Key Resistance / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Goldman Sachs (GS) has a chance to exert considerable influence on the markets this afternoon, despite earnings after the bell for AAPL and YHOO. But which direction?
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
BP's Incentive To Not Capture All the Oil / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Global_Research
Robert L. Cavnar writes: In an interview, Bob Dudley, CEO of BP's New Gulf Coast Restoration Organization (whatever that is) finally admitted yesterday that their first relief well could be completed far in advance of the mid-August date that they have been insisting on since May, enabled by the Coast Guard and other government officials.
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Monday, July 19, 2010
BP's Risky Business / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Jennifer_Barry
An oil company ignores standard safety procedures and fails to fix crucial equipment, and a huge oil spill occurs. The corporation minimizes the environmental impact and reacts slowly to the accident. The local community is infuriated by the lack of response. The company is stingy about giving out information and data on the spill. The CEO seems arrogant, and aloof. Instead of appearing concerned about the accident, his statements plead for public sympathy. The Chairman seems unprepared to deal with the emergency and uninformed about the workings of his own company. The corporation seems unable to demonstrate they would avoid this problem in the future, or have a more effective response next time.