Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Friday, April 09, 2010
Did Tiger Woods Trash $12 Billion of Brand-Value; or Hand Over a $17 Billion Gift? / Companies / Stock Market Valuations
By: Andrew_Butter
So far Nike has spent $60 million on Tiger Woods.
If you invest in companies that spend that sort of money on hype, the skill of management in distilling out bang for buck is an important consideration. That of course is the problem with advertising, only half of it works (if you’re lucky) and you never know which half, and more to the point, working out the value of the brand is just as hard.
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Friday, April 09, 2010
Get Aboard the Consumer Spending Trend with Stock Sector ETFs / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Ron_Rowland
I’m a consumer. You’re a consumer. In fact, just about everyone you know is a consumer. But in these tough economic times, we often have to prioritize.
On the other hand, not everyone is closely watching every penny they spend. Some people are making — and spending — more money than ever! So today I’m going to tell you how to use exchange traded funds (ETFs) to take advantage of a recovery in consumer spending.
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Thursday, April 08, 2010
Buying Opportunity in Ford? / Companies / US Auto's
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Today's spike low at 12.34 in Ford (NYSE: F) looked and felt like near-term panic liquidation, which sometimes creates meaningful buying conditions. Thus far, since the opening hour of trading, such a scenario appears to be developing -- that F completed a significant correction from its 3/18 high at 14.54 into the 12.34 low (-15%).
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Thursday, April 01, 2010
Three Ways to Profit From an Insurance-Sector Rebound / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Jon D. Markman writes:
Regional banks, investment bankers and insurance companies will be key winners in the next phase of an advance that will be characterized by very lukewarm participation by the average private investor.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Eye on Apple, AAPL / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The good news just keeps getting better for Apple (AAPL), as investors and consumers prepare for the release of the iPad (Apr. 12th?). In addition, according to the press, the company intends to build a new iphone that will accommodate other wireless carriers like VZ, and S, which will increase the iPhone's appeal tremendously, and also has increased interest in the entire wireless space. As for AAPL technicals, well... all roads NOW point to 244-248 as the next target zone.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
U.S. Treasury to Sell $7.7 Billion Stake in Citigroup / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes: The U.S. Treasury Department said yesterday (Monday) that it plans to sell the government's $7.7 billion stake in Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) this year, bringing the bank one step closer to leaving the bailout program.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Petropavlovsk’s (POG) 2009 Full-Year Results and Iron Ore Project Funding from China / Companies / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Miles_Banner
Petropavlovsk Plc (POG) released their full-year results last Thursday. Positive figures drove their share price to a three month high. Last Tuesday there was another positive announcement, which, together with the full-year results bodes well for POG shareholders.
It was a fairy tale of positive figures for Petropavlovsk. Full year gold production rose in line with targets at 21 percent, 486,800oz.
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
Three Things Investors Really Need to Know About Healthcare Reform / Companies / Healthcare Sector
By: Q1_Publishing
Healthcare reform is now law.
Over the next decade the government will reach further into the private sector than it ever has before.
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Friday, March 26, 2010
Oversold Solar Sector Intriguing TAN ETF / Companies / Renewable Energy
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The solar sector was left out of the entire Jan-Mar advance in the major equity market ETFs. However, the chart pattern and the behavior of the Claymore Global Solar Energy ETF (TAN)’s biggest component, First Solar (FSLR), suggest that “this dog” just might have its day yet. The rounded base-like formation that has been established since early February is intriguing technically, within a very oversold condition.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Big Oil Companies Entering the Shale Natural Gas Arena / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Hans_Wagner
Successful exploration of natural gas from shale has contributed to a drop in natural gas prices during the past two years. Yet the large energy companies have taken notice of the potential from natural gas from shale, lead by Exxon’s acquisition of XTO Energy and the Total/Chesapeake joint venture. Does the move by “Big Oil” indicate a strong future for shale based natural gas?
Friday, March 26, 2010
Swoosh goes Nike, NKE / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: INO
In today's short video, we take a look at Nike and project what we see in the future for this market.
As you know, we've discussed energy fields in the past and just how important they are to markets and Nike is no different. There is a huge energy field under this market capable of carrying it much, much higher. In the video I discuss a specific target zone for this stock.
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Friday, March 26, 2010
The Only Way I Know to Get High Income from Safe Investments / Companies / Dividends
By: DailyWealth
Tom Dyson writes: We call them "cash boxes."
Cash boxes are publicly traded companies that hold enormous quantities of cash. They may have sold an asset, won a lawsuit, or issued new shares or bonds. Whatever the reason, they hold huge cash balances out of proportion to the size of their businesses.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
How Investors Can Control Political Risk with ETFs / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Ron_Rowland
Even if you aren’t very interested in politics, you have to admit that political factors can have a huge impact on your investments. These days government policy affects everything — for better or worse. And that includes exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Cardium Oil Stock Valuations – Have We Seen the Peak? / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Keith_Schaefer
Aftermarket on Wednesday March 17, one of the Calgary oil and gas boutique securities firms, Peters & Co., issued an updated Cardium report – which in a nutshell said:Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, March 22, 2010
Investing in Australia's Stunning Resource Wealth / Companies / Austrailia
By: The_Gold_Report
Richard Karn, managing editor of The Emerging Trends Report, is taking a hiatus from North American markets to explore the long-term investment opportunities in Australian resources. The Gold Report caught up with Richard, currently in Australia gearing up for the trip, in an email exchange about his journey to circumnavigate the country visiting a wide variety of precious and specialty metal projects "down under."
Monday, March 22, 2010
Three Stocks Trend Change Chart Patterns To Profit From / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: David_Grandey
Eventually all trends change. If you are short at a market low you need to know when to cover and get out. Likewise if you are long at a market high, here too you need to know when to get out. This is where Change In Trends patterns come into play.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
What Do I Need To See To Make Me Take A Stock Trade? / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: David_Grandey
The only pattern you'll ever need to know in uptrending markets is commonly referred to as a Pullback Off Highs (POH). And sure enough with the recent vertical leap to nosebleed levels we've seen in the indexes a bunch of names took off out like rockets.
All of those same names got away from those low risk entry points very fast leaving any trades taken now being of higher risk entries due to being away from those prime entry points that we use to manage risk from a technical perspective.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Was That The Beginning of a New Rally For Gold and Silver? / Companies / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
In our previous essay we mentioned that although it was not clearly visible in the past weeks, looking at the charts with the RSI and stochastic readings in mind, silver's historical cyclical tendencies point to a downturn. This decline could be easily triggered by a downturn on the general stock market.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Lehman's Bankruptcy Report, Evidence of a Financial Coup in America / Companies / Credit Crisis 2008
By: David_DeGraw
“The ideas of economists… are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else.” — John Maynard Keynes
How much more evidence of a financial coup and the THEFT of TRILLIONS of DOLLARS do we need before the media and our politicians do something, anything, to restore a rule of law in this nation? What is it going to take?
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
Ford Motor Company Is Ready to Haul In a Fortune for Investors / Companies / US Auto's
By: Money_Morning
Horacio R. Marquez writes: Last week the Money Map team got together at the Baltimore Marriott and had a two-day conclave to discuss the market and what we can do to better serve you. We had many productive exchanges about our market views, preferred ways to profit, and other important issues.