Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Friday, July 15, 2011
My and Warren Buffetts Facebook Fraud, The Antisocial Network / Companies / Scams
By: Janet_Tavakoli
I don't use Facebook. Neither does Warren Buffett, but phonies have used his name on Facebook. Earlier this month, an imposter created "my" profile on Facebook. In order to get the fake removed, Facebook required an uploaded scan of a government issued I.D. that shows a photo and birthdate (for example, a driver's license or passport). Facebook suggests one black out the most sensitive information and claims it will delete this scanned information from its servers once identity has been verified.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Google Plus: Learning from Buzz Failure / Companies / Google
By: Jeffrey_A_Tucker
About 14 months ago, Google released what turned out to be the biggest flop in the company's history. It was called Buzz. The idea was to leverage its email war chest to create a social network to compete directly with Twitter and Facebook.
It released Buzz all at once and activated it immediately. Buzz even prepopulated its networks with the user's most commonly emailed friends, whether that was your pastor or your drinking buddies. That was the strategic error that revealed the underlying problem. All in an instant, worlds crashed, and people went absolutely nuts trying to shut it off.
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Investors Avoid Financials, Bank Earnings Are Set to Slide / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Flat or falling revenue will plague major bank earnings as second-quarter results are reported this week - delivering yet another blow to battered financial stocks.
Most of the big banks are expected to report a profit, but a falloff in equity trading volume, weak demand for loans, and costly legal headaches all ate into revenue, which will be a prime concern for already-skeptical investors.
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Sovereign Debt Blows Big Holes in Big Banks / Companies / Global Debt Crisis
By: John_Browne
The past few days have been very bad for the world's largest banks. American behemoths Citigroup and Bank of America are down about 7% each. Across the Atlantic, things are far worse. BNP Paribas, Barclays, and Banco Santander are all down 13% or more... and Société Générale is down an astounding 16%!
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Stock Sound Bases Vs. V-Shaped Bases / Companies / Learning to Invest
By: David_Grandey
Don’t get us wrong, we are all for buying breakouts into new highs. But we do so with a catch and that is — OFF OF SOUND BASES VS V SHAPED BREAKOUTS.
Below is TSCO which is a good example of a sound breakout.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Recovery Scenario in Jeopardy for JPM / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Purely from a technical perspective, my pattern work in JP Morgan (JPM) has been arguing that the late-June upmove from 39.20 to 41.72 represented the end of a major correction off of the Feb 16 high at 48.36 and the start of a powerful intermediate-term recovery period.
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Monday, July 11, 2011
These Stocks Will Shine Through the Bulls and Bears Standoff / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Jon D. Markman writes:
Market bulls and bears are at a standoff as global economic recovery struggles - but not all stocks are in danger of slipping.
Major U.S. stock indexes inched higher by 0.5% to 1.5% over the past week as optimism that companies will report higher second-quarter profits outweighed fears that job growth is crashing. But the final day of the week was a downer, with losses across the board and across the world following a terrible report on U.S. employment.
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Saturday, July 09, 2011
Company Valuations, The Almighty Multiple / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Submissions
George Maniere writes: Yesterday my brother and I were having a conversation about how to value a company. We concluded that a company should not be valued on price but on the correlation of the P/E Multiple to the growth rate. So first me must understand and be able to figure out what the P/E Multiple is. The P/E Multiple can easily be expressed in the algebraic equation Price of the Stock (P) = The Earnings per Share (E) X the Multiple. Another way to express that is P/E = M. That seems pretty easy and clear but there is an important variable. The price of the stock is always changing. And this will chance the multiple accordingly.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
The Mobile Industry is The Biggest Tech Trend Ever… / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Investment_U
Louis Basenese, writes: “The exploding use of mobile devices promises to be the fastest-growing – and possibly biggest technological trend ever.”
A bold statement, for sure – one that I made back in March. And I’m standing by it.
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011
U.S. Auto Sales Decline, Details Point to More Than Reduced Supply of Japanese Cars / Companies / US Auto's
By: Asha_Bangalore
Sales of autos fell to an annual rate of 11.45 million units in June from 11.79 million units in May. In the second quarter, auto sales dropped at an annual rate of 25.3% after a nearly 25% jump in the first quarter. The bulk of the decline in auto sales was not from a reduction in supply of autos due to the natural disaster in Japan but also a weakness in sales.
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Investors, It's Time for Quadruple Profit Gains, AGAIN... in Biotech Stocks / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Is it time for quadruple-digit gains in biotech stocks, again?
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Three Stocks to Profit From Inflation / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
If there's one skill you need to learn, it's how to profit from inflation.
Thanks to the cheap-money policies of Team Bernanke at the U.S. Federal Reserve, the escalating levels of global sovereign debt, and other recent developments in the world economy, it's clear that we're headed for a period of steeply rising prices - inflation. If you know how to navigate this tricky stretch, you'll be fine. But those who don't are going to really feel the squeeze.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Ways to Profit From Strong Commodity Prices Rebound / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: If you're like me, you've been invested in mining companies or oil producers the last couple of months because you expected a return to the strong commodity prices of early 2011.
But if that's the case, like me, you're hurting. Commodity prices are well below the high levels we saw in early May - in fact, they've dropped more than the rest of the market.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Stiff Resistance for Exxon / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Mike_Paulenoff
From a point and figure chart perspective, today's $1.00 recovery rally in Exxon (XOM) does not appear to be consequential, at least not yet. Heavy resistance starts at 78.50 and stretches up to 81.00, which will have to be hurdled on a print of 81.25 to trigger a significant near-term buy signal.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Facebook, Twitter, From Tech Bubble to Tech Bubble, Dust to Dust / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Bill_Bonner
So far, this century has been a delight. From tech bubble to tech bubble in scarcely 10 years.
On our recent trip to China, all of a sudden we felt 10 years younger. For in the coffee bars of China’s futuristic cities were entrepreneurs, dreamers and lunatics who still thought it was 1999. A group of young techies filled us in: “We don’t worry about profitability. We can worry about that later. We want traffic. Because we know we can monetize the traffic on the stock market.” Here were people who still believed they could take eyeballs to the bank.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
The Rise and Inglorious Fall of Myspace / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Trader_Mark
The fall of MySpace over the past 3-4 years has been stunning in nature, probably only rivaled by that of Yahoo (YHOO) mid decade. Both were usurped by a competitor who has become a household name - in MySpace's case we are speaking of Facebook, while Yahoo was taken out by Google (GOOG). BusinessWeek's cover story details the rise and fall of MySpace who 4 years ago was the dominant social network.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Asian Gambling Hotspot That's Set to Overtake Las Vegas / Companies / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes: First it was Macau that leapfrogged Las Vegas as the No. 1 global gambling destination in 2006.
Now another Asian powerhouse is set to push Sin City down to third on the list of global gambling hotspots.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Why Facebook Subscribers Should Get a Piece of the IPO the Action / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
William Patalon III writes:
Mark Zuckerberg... you need to share the wealth from the Facebook IPO.
During a Wednesday morning appearance on the FoxBusiness "Varney & Co." program, Money Morning's Shah Gilani said the Facebook Inc. founder and CEO should reserve 20% of the potential $100 billion initial public offering (IPO) for some of the company's 600 million subscribers - since they're the folks who really made Zuckerberg the king of social networking (as well one of the youngest billionaires in history).
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Toyota Motor Corp. Won't Be Back on Track Any Time Soon / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes: Don't count on Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE ADR: TM) to regain its place as the leader in global auto sales any time soon.
Because even though the company is ahead of schedule as it looks to bounce back from the horrible wave of disasters that engulfed Japan in the spring, it now faces another roadblock in the strengthening yen.
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Monday, June 20, 2011
What the 200 Day Moving Average Could Mean For Leading Stocks / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: David_Grandey
There are numerous leaders that have tagged the 200 day average and holding. This is typical in market corrections. What we’ll want to see is if these names can now go range bound and build all new bases over the next 3-6 months.
So lets take a look at a few examples of this from the past as to why we are interested in the 200 day moving average.