Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Monday, October 28, 2013
Corporate Earnings Leadership Emerging in These Transport Stocks / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Profit_Confidential
Mitchell Clark, B.Comm writes: As more and more companies report, it’s apparent that quite a few are beating Wall Street consensus (usually either on revenues or earnings, rather than both), and it’s happening in industries where you want to see leadership.
What Wall Street consensus actually becomes is typically a well-managed dance between sell-side analysts and a company’s chief financial officer. Consensus estimates generally don’t mean very much in the way of real economic growth, which makes it all the more significant when you do see real growth.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Three Bullish ETFs for an Increasingly Optimistic Eurozone / Companies / European Stock Markets
By: DailyGainsLetter
John Paul Whitefoot writes: Despite Congress miraculously pulling the U.S. back from the brink of destruction by temporarily raising the debt ceiling and ending the U.S. government shutdown, Americans continue to be a pessimistic bunch. But can you blame us?
According to Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index, consumer sentiment remains in negative territory. After falling to -39 during the recent standoff in Washington, U.S. economic confidence has improved to -36. To use the term “improved” is being generous; in late May, the index was at -3. (Source: “U.S. Economic Confidence Index [Weekly],” Gallup web site, October 14, 2013.)
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Friday, October 25, 2013
JPMorgan Pays Another Record Fine - What Next? / Companies / Banksters
By: Money_Morning
Garrett Baldwin writes: The $13 billion settlement between JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and the federal government shocked markets this week, as the fines would be a record paid by a Wall Street institution.
According to reports, the sum will amount to approximately half of the company's 2012 profits.
The JPM settlement is another black eye for the company and its weathered Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jamie Dimon, who had emerged from the financial crisis as a pseudo cult figure with Teflon status.
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Friday, October 25, 2013
This 3.5% Dividend Payout Is "High Yield" in Disguise, Best Dividend ETFs / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Robert Hsu writes: If I offered you an investment that pays 3.5% a year, and one that pays 12% a year, which one would you choose?
All else being equal, we'd be fools not to take the 12% offer.
Of course, "all else" is rarely equal... especially in a rising interest-rate environment. "Growth," as you'll recall, is the new "income."
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Friday, October 25, 2013
The Biotechnology Platform Could Save Millions of Lives / Companies / BioTech
By: TLSReport
Patrick Cox, editor of the brand-new publication Transformational Technology Alert, is acutely aware of how transformational technology platforms can enable efficiencies and improve scale a la Moore's Law. A sweeping new synthetic vaccine platform that poses infinite possibilities for researchers and could produce novel preventive and therapeutic drugs is a quintessential example. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Cox delivers a single name that holds the potential to save lives on a mass scale, cheaply and efficiently, in both the developed and developing world—and deliver health and wealth to investors' portfolios as well.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Goldman Sachs Feels Bad about What JP Morgan is Going Through / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs president and COO Gary Cohn told Bloomberg TV's Stephanie Ruhle on "Market Makers" today that he doesn't know what drove the firm's underperformance in fixed-income trading in the third quarter: "We don't know precisely why we had a tough quarter, but the results are in, and I can tell you we had a tough quarter in fixed-income...We're very committed, we're going to redouble or triple our efforts in fixed-income. We believe ourselves to be a very powerful, very dominant, top-tier fixed-income shop."
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Why Apple Stock is Cheap, Buyback a No Brainer / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Bloomberg
Billionaire investor, Carl Icahn speaks to Bloomberg Television's Trish Regan this afternoon on "Street Smart" and said on Apple:
- Apple buyback would be 'no-brainer'
- "We are not leaving Apple, we are there to stay"
- "Apple needs a board that goes in and does a huge buyback. We are saying that. I respect Tim Cook and I expect to talk to him again very shortly and I think he is doing a very fine job."
- Apple should buy back $150 Billion in Stock
- To critics of the Apple buyback: "[they] have not bothered to read the balance sheet or maybe does not know how to read a balance sheet."
- Tim Cook believes the stock is very Cheap
- Not looking for a quick turn in Apple
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Why the Gaming Stocks Sector Should Be on Your Investing Radar / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Profit_Confidential
George Leong writes: With the upcoming release of new video consoles from Sony Corporation (NYSE/SNE) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ/MSFT), the video game sector appears to be set to experience a revival, as my stock analysis indicates.
According to NPG Group, the U.S. sales of video game-related hardware, software, and accessories surged by 27% year-over-year to $1.08 billion in September. (Source: The NPD Group, Inc. web site, last accessed October 22, 2013.) The sale of software, specifically, surged 52% to $754 million, accounting for 70% of total sales. Yet with the debut of two new consoles in November (Sony’s “PlayStation4” and Microsoft’s “Xbox One”), my stock analysis indicates that sales in the hardware sector will pick up, giving a boost to the share prices of Microsoft and Sony.
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Tesco Bubble Bursts - Profits Crash As Big Spending Customers Quit Shopping on Poor Service / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Tesco, Britains biggest super market has seen its profits crash by 23.5% to £1.39 billion for the 6 months to Sept 30th, surprising the markets and prompting many worried investors such as Warren Buffett to start existing their Tesco holdings (Buffet cut his holding near immediately by 1/5th) as clearly something is seriously going wrong at Tesco's resulting in competitors such as Sainsbury's winning market share away from Tesco, which illustrates that it's a lot quicker on the way down than it was on the way up!
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Corporate Earnings Growth to Ramp Up? Call Me a Skeptic / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: John_Mauldin
In today’s Outside the Box, Sheraz Mian, Director of Research for Zacks Investment Research, gives us an overview of corporate earnings trends for the past several quarters and consensus expectations going forward, and asks, “How realistic are these expectations?”
Not very, he says, and tells us why. This is the sort of thorough, no-nonsense analysis Zacks is famous for. Zacks Investment Research was founded in 1978 by Len Zacks, PhD. Many innovations have come from this firm over the years, including the creation of the Earningps Consensus that many investors use now to compare versus actual earnings reports. Most notably, Len discovered the predictive power of earnings estimate revisions. He harnessed these benefits into the proprietary Zacks Rank stock rating system that has allowed Zacks Rank to compile an outstanding track record.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
How China's Investment in UK Companies Affects The Stock Market / Companies / UK Stock Market
By: Submissions
Brett Chatz writes: Earlier this year Chinese fashion brand Bosideng opened a flagship store in London. According to the China Daily, in an interview with Zhou Xiaoming of the Chinese Embassy in the UK, the products sold are made in the UK; even if it's an exaggeration it's still quite a u-turn!Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Is it the Right Time to Buy Crude Oil Stocks? / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Nadia_Simmons
Without a doubt, oil investors are focusing now mostly on news out of Washington, because it could have the greatest impact on crude prices this week. During the last session we saw this impact very clearly. Light crude fell throughout the session as hopes for a deal to end the U.S. debt crisis steadily diminished, and finally lost over 1%. It's worth noting that this is its lowest close since the beginning of July.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Time to Invest in "Ultra-Broadband" Tek Stocks Just Like Google / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: They used to call it dark fiber...
It was the 1990s. Telecom firms plowed billions into fiber optic networks to prepare for the coming explosion in traffic for the web, wireless systems, and computer networks.
Turns out, the supposed "gold rush" was just a few years ahead of its time. So, much of the fiber optic systems sat unused. They were quite literally dark - no light, no data, was shining down the high-speed cables.
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Monday, October 14, 2013
Why Investors Should Buy the World's Most Hated Investment Right Now / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: DailyWealth
Dr Steve Sjuggerud writes: If you want to make hundreds-of-percent gains in stocks (without touching options), here's what you have to do...
• You have to buy a stock that's so cheap, if it doubles it will still be cheap.
• You have to buy a stock that's so hated, nobody else wants it.
That's the starting point for 100%-plus gains.
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Sunday, October 13, 2013
How to Profit From Putin’s Russian Dividend Stocks Plan / Companies / Investing 2013
By: Investment_U
David Fessler writes: Most income-oriented investors don’t have Vladimir Putin’s name in mind when searching for high-yield stocks. Perhaps they should.
In November 2012, Russia’s strong-arm leader began requiring that state-owned companies pay a minimum 25% of profit as dividends. The dividend plan, combined with the fact that Russian energy stocks are currently trading at bargain prices, makes for an appealing opportunity.
Friday, October 11, 2013
How Do Social Media Companies Like Facebook and Twitter Make Money / Companies / Internet
By: Money_Morning
Tara Clarke writes: Over the last month we've seen Facebook's (Nasdaq: FB) dramatic share price rebound, Twitter's stock IPO announcement, and LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) stock on fire, but have you ever wondered... how do social media companies make money?
To find out, we turned to Money Morning E-commerce Director Bret Holmes. Part of Holmes' job is to utilize web advertising via social media platforms to best market Money Morning. As a result, he's on top of what's going on inside of today's social media giants.
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Friday, October 11, 2013
Twitter's IPO: #Countmeout / Companies / Internet
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: It used to be that companies went public after achieving a modicum of success. There were business models, calculations, and plans, all based on real results and proven success.
Now it's all about potential.
There are still plans and projections, but proven success has been hard to come by.
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Friday, October 11, 2013
Costco Membership Drop an Irksome Sign of Consumer Pullback / Companies / Corporate News
By: Profit_Confidential
Mitchell Clark writes: If there’s one company that has been a stalwart wealth creator on the stock market it’s Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST).
The company’s been on a roll since the mid-2000s, and up until recently, it reported excellent financial growth in its operations. But its most recent quarterly earnings came in shy of expectations and were a surprise for those who follow the business.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Welcome to the Internet Industrial Revolution - Some People Will Get Stinking Rich / Companies / Internet
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: You've heard stories about him before - the savvy stock analyst who gets his hands on the hottest new smartphone before Verizon's first bulk order ships... only to smash it to bits so he can see what's inside.
The idea is simple: If you know which company manufactures a small - but key - component in the product, you can invest in it and make a bundle.
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Thursday, October 10, 2013
Small-Cap Stocks to Buy as the Little Guys Crush the Big Boys / Companies / Investing 2013
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes: When it comes to stocks, it's easy to equate size with quality. But over the past year, smaller has been better, which means you need to be looking for small-cap stocks to buy.
In fact, the market's practically screaming that you should be putting some chips to work in the small-cap arena.
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