Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Finding Value in Crude Oil and Natural Gas Equities / Companies / Oil Companies
By: The_Energy_Report
Josh Young, a portfolio manager with Los Angeles, California-based Young Capital Management, is a value investor on the hunt for undervalued companies in the oil and gas space. He launched his fund in September, has earned enticing returns so far, and in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, discusses some of his hedge fund's equity holdings that are poised to get some love in the market.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Caterpillar Moves Into Mining with $8.6 Billion Bid for Bucyrus / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes:
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), the world's leading manufacturer of construction equipment, yesterday (Monday) said it would pay $8.6 billion for Bucyrus International Inc. (Nasdaq: BUCY) – a maker of large-scale surface and underground mining machinery.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
How to Get Even With OPEC When Crude Oil Hits $100 / Companies / Renewable Energy
By: Jared_Levy
The meeting of the G-20 in Seoul this week still has not produced a solution or agreement to end the global currency war that is ensuing.
Because of the lack of a global currency solution from the G-20 and being that crude oil prices are fixed to the U.S. dollar... we can expect a weak dollar to equal high crude oil prices. West Texas Crude hit $88 a barrel on Thursday, after OPEC revised its 2011 demand growth forecasts upward.
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Friday, November 12, 2010
The Best Tax Shelter in the Stock Market / Companies / Dividends
By: DailyWealth
Matt Badiali writes: I'm a good geologist... I can analyze the quality of oilfields and gold deposits. However, when it comes to keeping income streams away from the taxman, I need experts...
Yesterday, I showed you how rich investors shelter investment income from taxes with unique oil and gas partnerships:
The great thing about drilling oil wells is, you can write off about 60% of the money you spend. You get to expense all the "stuff" you use to drill. Then you get to depreciate your equipment over the first three to five years.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Upside Thrust Ahead for Apple / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The action in Apple (AAPL) from Tuesday's all-time high at 321.30 into yesterday's low at 313.55 -- followed by today's probe of 314.25, prior to the current climb to 317.50-318.00 -- has the look and the feel either of a sideways, high-level, bullish congestion area, or a completed minor correction within a still-dominant upleg off of the Oct 29 pivot low at 300.87.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Dell Aims to Double Sales of Service Businesses in Three Years / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
After losing a bidding war for a highly-sought-after acquisition target, many companies would pull in their horns and take time to regroup before venturing back into the murky mergers and acquisitions (M&A) pool.
But personal-computer icon Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL), which lost out in a highly-publicized bidding war for 3Par Inc. (NYSE: PAR), is forging ahead with an aggressive multi-billion dollar acquisition plan.
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010
What Macy's and Cisco Charts Tell Us Ahead of Corporate Earnings / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Our Charts of the Week video takes a look at the charts of Macy’s (M) and Cisco (CSCO) ahead of their Wednesday earnings releases.
The daily chart of Macy’s going back to Feb 2009 shows a series of higher lows and higher highs. Macy’s believe it or not, despite everything we hear about how bad the economy is and how nobody is buying anything, has been in a major uptrend for quite a while, starting in March 2009. At that time it got down to 6.25 and now is at 25 1/2, after gapping to a new high this past Friday.
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Monday, November 08, 2010
In a Decade, the World's Biggest Stock Will Be Chinese / Companies / China Stocks
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Ten years from now, the world's biggest stock will almost certainly be... Chinese.
At least that's what my friend and expert Asia analyst Peter Churchouse found when he recently set out to answer that question.
Monday, November 08, 2010
Microsoft Sitting on $44 Billion in Cash, Time for Investors to Buy? / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
The last time I recommended Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), Bill Clinton was in the White House. But it's time to take another look at the "cash-flow-engine" that Bill Gates built - and to explain why Microsoft is a "Buy" in today's stock market.
Microsoft is one of the safest investments in the world, but the software giant's stock price has done essentially nothing for the last 10 years. But the company is still a monopoly, has no debt, and continues to generate a torrent of cash.
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Saturday, November 06, 2010
Intellectual Property and the Next Wave of Computers Technological Development / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Phill_Tomlinson
"Microsoft is launching legal action against Motorola over its line of Android-based smartphones, claiming the manufacturer infringes a number of its patents. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of patent infringement cases being fought in the increasingly-competitive mobile market."
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Silver Wheaton, The $100.00 Stock / Companies / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Bob_Kirtley
Having sold a number of stocks in order to acquire more of Silver Wheaton Corporation (SLW) stock on 09 August 2010 we are pleased to see that our new strategy is paying off handsomely. A quick look at the above chart shows that since making that particular purchase, we have in first place SLW followed by silver, gold, the miners and the much fancied juniors, all of which are not able to keep up with SLW. The progress has been remarkable up to the closing last week at $32.95 for gain of 65% in the price of this stock.
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Friday, November 05, 2010
Financial Fraud in Germany, Deutsche Bank and the US Mortgage Scam / Companies / Credit Crisis 2010
By: F_William_Engdahl
The earlier filing of fraud charges against Wall Street banking titan Goldman Sachs by the US Government Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was only the tip of a huge fraud iceberg. Now a US mortgage insurer has charged one of the most aggressive banks involved in the US subprime mortgage scam of fraud. The bank is none other than Deutsche Bank. This case is also likely to be just the “tip of a very big iceberg.”
Friday, November 05, 2010
Seven Ways to Profit from the GOP’s Pledge to Sustain Defense Spending / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
Investors typically hate it when a stock bombs, but there are also times when bombs can make for good investments - and right now could be one of them.
With the Republicans seizing control of the U.S. House of Representatives and making gains in the Senate in Tuesday's mid-term elections, it now seems far more likely that the GOP will be able to honor its pledge not to cut defense outlays as it seeks to rein in discretionary government spending.
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Thursday, November 04, 2010
QE2 Beneficiaries, ACI / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Yesterday we highlighted the banks in our Mid-Day Minute. To follow-up, QE2 could potentially help the banks in general, and Bank of America (BAC) in particular through a steeper yield curve, which enables lenders to make money borrowing short-term money at miniscule rates, while lending longer-term at much higher rates, thus capturing a meaty spread.
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Thursday, November 04, 2010
Forecasts for Green Energy Sector Viable Technologies and Leadership Stocks / Companies / Energy Resources
By: The_Energy_Report
Casey Energy Opportunities Senior Editor Marin Katusa shares his perspectives and predictions on the direction in which the energy sector is headed—from popular green alternatives like geothermal, run-of-river hydro and natural gas to the oil sector all the way to the less-popular, but very viable, uranium sector. The Energy Report caught up with Marin at the New Orleans Investment Conference for this exclusive interview.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
ETF's Are For Sissy's / Companies / Investing 2010
By: Dudley_Baker
What happened to the good old day's when investors actually did their homework and researched new potential investment opportunities? I am talking about investing in individual companies.
Let's take the natural resource sector as an example. You could invest in many different ETF's giving you a position in a basket of securities. But, and this is a big issue with us, investors will never achieve the big gains of 100s and 1000s of percent returns with any ETF. How much are you making with your ETF's?
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Thursday, November 04, 2010
Sorting Through Asian ETFs / Companies / Emerging Markets
By: Ron_Rowland
You shouldn’t be surprised if I tell you I like Asia. I talk about Asia frequently, both in my Money and Markets columns and in International ETF Trader.
The reason is simple: Asia is where I see the best growth in today’s globalized economy. You can find good opportunities in Latin America and a few other places, too. But Asia is the Big Kahuna! Every serious investor has to be involved there to some degree.
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Wednesday, November 03, 2010
GM’s $10.6 Billion IPO Could be an Enticing Opportunity For Investors / Companies / US Auto's
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
General Motors in an initial public offering (IPO) this month will price its shares at a level that could regenerate investor interest, and even throw off generous returns over time.
At least that's the hope of the U.S. government, which is likely to see its taxpayer-owned stake fall to less than the symbolically important 50% level when it sells approximately $7 billion of its shares in the IPO.
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Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Why Asia is Supplanting Wall Street as the IPO King / Companies / Chinese Stock Market
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: The United States - and Wall Street - is surrendering its mantle as the global center for intial public stock offerings (IPOs).
In fact, unprecedented demand for IPOs in Asia has reduced the U.S. share of the global IPO market to an all-time low.
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Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Metals and Mining Corporate Earnings Critical Crystal Ball for November 2010 / Companies / Metals & Mining
By: Anthony_David
The global steel industry has had to bear the brunt of the uneven global economy and quite unlike the upbeat expectations harbored at the beginning of the year, both sale and price of steel is on the decline while raw material cost is on the upswing. The failure of the construction industry to regain its pre-recession status is adversely affecting the steel market although the auto and appliance industries have reflected a surge in growth. Global leader ArcelorMittal’s Q3 results reported a drop of 21% from Q2, although it reflected a 48% jump in profits YoY. The company expects steel shipments to increase in Q4 but selling prices are expected to fall.
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