Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Why NOW Is a Great Time to Buy Dividend Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: DailyWealth
Steve Sjuggerud writes: Every long-term investor knows dividends matter.
Since 1900, the average annual gain on the S&P 500 has been 5%. But by simply reinvesting your dividends, you nearly double that number to 9.4%.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Can Xerox Survive in a Paperless World? / Companies / Investing 2013
By: Money_Morning
David Mamos writes: Xerox (NYSE: XRX) may have been an iconic part of 20th century Americana but these days it's still in the process of trying to find its way into the 21st century.
In a suddenly more paperless society, the company that revolutionized how businesses operate with its superior copiers and printers is struggling to stay relevant.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Profit from the Breakthrough in Liquid-Cooled Computers / Companies / Technology
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: When Ray Harroun came out of retirement in 1911 to race in the first Indianapolis 500, he made one request: He wanted to ditch the ride-along mechanic that the rules required in order to save weight and give his yellow Marmon Wasp a racing edge.
The Indy organizers balked: The mechanic provided a big measure of safety, they said, acting as a spotter who could watch for cars behind or on either side of the racer.
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Is it Too Late to Invest in 3D Printing? / Companies / 3d Printing
By: Investment_U
David Eller writes: It’s rare these days to get in on the ground floor level of an investable trend in technology.
It seems like most of the big technological leaps have already taken place. Whether it’s something as dramatic as a smartphone or as subtly useful as paid search, these huge ideas don’t come around often.
That said, 3D printing may be the next game changer in technology. The industry has been around for a while and the stocks had a great run in 2012.
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
All of a Sudden, the Bank Stocks Look Good / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Profit_Confidential
The results are in for the bank stress tests by the Federal Reserve, and they show, as I had expected, an improving banking sector that is more defensive to risk and much improved as far as their balance sheets, liability, and vulnerability to dire market conditions.
The banks were tested based on a worst-case scenario to see the impact on the bank stocks and their ability to handle a major financial crisis. The key assumptions include: the unemployment rate surging to 12.1% (read “What the Government Doesn’t Want You to Know About Jobs Creation”), a pullback in the equities market by over 50%, and home prices falling by over 20%. (Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System web site, last accessed March 18, 2013.)
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Dow’s “Dogs” Could Be Key to Stock Market Success / Companies / Investing 2013
By: InvestmentContrarian
George Leong writes: The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied for 10 straight days and, in the process, established several record highs. And while the Wall Street bulls are glorifying the upward move, I continue to believe a correction is on the way—I just can’t tell you when or by how much. The thing I would warn you against is chasing dividends on Dow stocks. The average dividend yield on the 30 Dow stocks currently sits around 2.82%.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
This Biotech Patent Leader Generates an 8.3% Dividend Yield / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: I was a hard-working journalist in the early 1990s - and the whole Human Genome effort was transforming biotechnology into front-page news - when the Oakland Tribune offered me a job as a financial writer.
When the editor explained that biotechnology would be one of my "beats" ... well, I jumped at the chance.
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Growing Dividends, Stock Buybacks Helping Investors Beat Market Gyrations / Companies / Investing 2013
By: InvestmentContrarian
Sasha Cekerevac writes: When it comes to long-term investing, one factor that needs to be considered is that the dividend yield can provide a large portion of the total return. While everyone likes to pick the highflier that will move up a tremendous amount, the truth is that having a portfolio of stocks that continually increase their dividend yield can help increase total returns of a portfolio.
It is expected that for 2013, S&P 500 companies will pay out at least $300 billion in dividends. This is an even higher amount than the $282 billion paid in dividends for 2012. (Source: Demos, T., Russolillo, S., and Jarzemsky, M., “Firms send record cash back to investors,” Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2013.)
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Monday, March 18, 2013
The "Blueprint" for Stock Market Manipulators / Companies / Market Manipulation
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes: While they may have perfected the trading strategies that use retail investors as patsies to enhance their profits, Wall Street titans like Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) didn't invent them - that honor goes to a man named Richard D. Wyckoff.
You may not have heard of Wyckoff because he died in 1934. But the book he published in 1931, "The Richard Wyckoff Method of Trading and Investing in Stocks - A Course of Instruction in Stock Market Science and Technique," became the blueprint for Wall Street's big investment banks shortly afterward, and remains so to this day.
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Investing in Mexico May Be Once in a 100-Year Opportunity / Companies / Mexico
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: A hundred years ago Mexico was a very different place.
Believe it or not, Mexico was once a free-market beacon of rapid economic growth. It had low taxes, encouraged foreign investment and had reformed its laws to become more business-friendly.
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Friday, March 15, 2013
How Stock Market Investors Can Ride the Nanotech Revolution / Companies / BioTech
By: Money_Morning
G.S. Early writes: I know that for more than a few of you, as soon as you hear the word "nanotech" your eyes glaze over and you fumble for the mouse.
But don't touch that mouse. Nanotech has come a long way and is becoming one of the most incredible technology stories of the decade, if not the century.
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Join the Dividend Payout Party With These Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Ben Gersten writes: It's been a great year for anyone interested in dividend stocks - and it looks like it'll get even better.
Corporations in the S&P 500 are expected to pay at least $300 billion in dividends in 2013, up from last year's $282 billion, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
How Twitter Social Media Stock Scams Could Put Your Money at Risk / Companies / Scams
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes: Social media stock scams - the use of tools like Twitter to spread misinformation to manipulate equities - is one more thing for retail investors to worry about.
A series of incidents over the past several months have put social media stock scams on the radar screens of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Why We're So Bullish on Agricultural Stocks Right Now / Companies / Agricultural Commodities
By: Money_Morning
Tony Daltorio writes: Farm incomes are expected to climb to an all-time high this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts.
The expected increase - to a net farm income total of $128.3 billion, up from $112.8 billion in 2012 -
is good news not only for farmers but also for the fertilizer companies, making a few of them good stocks to buy now.
That's because the higher incomes will mean farmers invest more in their farms by expanding production to take advantage of higher prices they receive for grains.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
What You Need to Know About Investing in Graphene / Companies / Graphene
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: In my note on Wednesday, I remarked how many of you have lots of questions about investing in exotics, particularly the "miracle material" graphene.
Turns out you aren't the only ones who want to know more about this exciting new field. My good friend and colleague, William Patalon III, decided to interview me for his excellent advisory service, Private Briefing.
Since this is becoming such a popular topic for investors these days, I thought I would share the full interview with you today. It's a comprehensive look at the forces driving this sector.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Three Safe Stocks to Buy in a High-Flying Market / Companies / Investing 2013
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: Even though the Dow Jones Industrial Average has reached record highs, investing hasn't got any easier. When the markets make a major move higher, investors always run the risk of buying at the top.
It's called chasing momentum and it can be damaging to your portfolio.
That's what happened to Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) shareholders who jumped in at $700 only to watch as the price later dropped to less than $420/share. With little change in the company's outlook, Apple investors who bought near the peak managed to lose 40% in a bull market.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Future Looks Bright For The Undervalued Uranium Mining Stocks / Companies / Uranium
By: Jeb_Handwerger
I have recently returned from the PDAC convention as an invited speaker. This is the largest mining conference in the entire world. One of the areas which is seeing increased investment interest is the overlooked junior uranium miners (URA) and explorers. The uranium miners have been basing for two years following Fukushima, shaking out plenty of the weak retail investors.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
No Kodak Moment for Hewlett-Packard, Why We Still Own it. / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Vitaliy_Katsenelson
Investment mistakes usually fall into one of three categories: analysis, behavior or bad luck. In October 2011, after the shares of Hewlett-Packard Co. had been halved from about $48 earlier that year, I made a case for the stock. That was a mistake. There was no bad luck. I made several errors in my analysis. In this column I want to drill down into my mistakes and provide a new analysis of what is still an attractive investment.
In 2011 I got three things wrong about HP: printers, services and culture. To better understand the company, it’s helpful to use an analytical framework based on two companies in different time periods: computer maker IBM Corp. circa 1993 and film giant Eastman Kodak Co. since 2006.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The Greatest Investment Opportunity Since 1984 / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Investment_U
Andrew Snyder writes: There are three reasons investors absolutely must have their eye on the world’s booming unmanned aircraft market. Not one of them involves a 13-hour rant by Rand Paul or Obama’s ability to kill American citizens on American soil.
But the recent political brouhaha is proof that you need to move.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Two Energy Stocks to Buy Now Before Prices Rebound / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Money_Morning
Tim Melvin writes: If you're looking for energy stocks to buy, now's a good time to snag some deals.
Energy stocks have seriously lagged the overall stock market for some time now as the weak economy has reduced demand.
The Energy Information Agency released a report Feb. 27 stating that oil demand in 2012 was the lowest since 1996, and gasoline demand was the lowest since 2001.
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