Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Solar Energy Showing Promising Signs After Years of Disappointment / Companies / Renewable Energy
After years of over promising and under delivering, the solar Industry is finally starting to show some interesting developments which have the potential to make solar power as cheap as fossil fuel on a cost-per-watt basis within five years.Getting us to that state, called grid parity, would require solar companies to produce power for around $1 a watt. Is it possible anytime soon?
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Britains Bankrupt Banks Top Secret HBOS and RBS Loans Truth Revealed / Companies / Credit Crisis Bailouts
The Bank of England let slip some truth after a year of basically keeping silent on the extent of the behind the scenes actions to prevent the bankruptcy of HBOS and RBS as evidenced by the Top Secret £61.6 billion loans made during October last year.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
General Electric (GE) In New Upleg / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
Based on my pattern, cycle and RSI analysis, General Electric (NYSE: GE) appears poised to enter a new upleg that should propel the stock to 16.80-17.00 next and possibly to new recovery highs above 18.00. In particular, the pattern carved out since the Nov 4 low at 14.15 has the right look of the initial upmove of a new upleg followed by a sideways rest-digestion period (11/16-11/24), followed by today’s upside pivot off of 15.92.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Can U.S. Bank Stocks Double Again in 2010? / Companies / Banking Stocks
Martin Hutchinson writes: In February 2009, I reviewed the operations of the 12 largest U.S. banks, and concluded most of them were sound.
In fact, I told Money Morning readers that the soundest were at that point excellent investment opportunities.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Why the New York Times Is Going Broke / Companies / Mainstream Media
As The New York Times Company’s independent registered public accountant, you – Ernst & Young, LLP – undoubtedly are conscious of the grossly negligent financial management exercised by The New York Times Company’s top executives during this decade. As I conveyed in an essay written earlier this year: "Since 2000, The New York Times Company has generated a respectable cumulative net income of $1,598,062,000. Yet management, over the same period, has paid out $2,779,601,000 for stock buybacks and dividends.
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Monday, November 23, 2009
I Retract My Apology and Call for More Regulation of Goldman Sachs / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
According to SIGTARP1, both the Federal Reserve and Treasury agreed that an AIG failure posed unacceptable risk to the global financial system and the U.S. economy. On March 24, 2009, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the House Financial Services Committee [P.9]:
Read full article... Read full article...[C]onceivably, its failure could have resulted in a 1930’s-style global financial and economic meltdown, with catastrophic implication[s].
Friday, November 20, 2009
Bristol-Myers Squibb Looking Higher / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
Earlier this week, Bristol-Myers Squibb emerged to the upside from a two-year base-like accumulation pattern when the price structure hurdled and sustained above 23.80-24.00.
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Robert Prechter The FDIC Anaesthesia Is Wearing Off / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
The following article is an excerpt from Robert Prechter's Elliott Wave Theorist. For more information from Robert Prechter on bank safety, download his free report, Discover the Top 100 Safest U.S. Banks.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
The New World Of Investing SPDR KBW Regional Banking KRE ETF / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
In this new era where fundamentals seem to matter less and less, here is an ETF that seems to fit right in with that theme. It is the SPDR KBW Regional Banking (symbol: KRE) ETF.
It isn't lost on me that the local or Main Street economy is in the toilet. All I need to do is drive down the nearby 4 lane road with all the malls and strip centers to know that "things" aren't that good, and they are unlikely to improve any time soon. After all, how many tortilla restaurants and nail shops can one locale support? Who is going to fill all those empty stores?
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Correction in Progress for Ford / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
Those who have watched my work for a while know that I find channel analysis very useful (along with Bollinger Bands in many instances). For me, it is no coincidence that Ford (NYSE: F) hit the upper channel line at around 9.05 and then accelerated 1% above the upper line, which happens to be 9.14, after which the price structure reversed and declined back into the confines of the channel.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
More than 130 banks will have failed by the end of 2009. Is Your Bank Safe? / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
Gary Grimes writes: Please understand that this article is about more than safeguarding your money; it's about saving you headache and heartache. It's about giving you peace of mind.
Before I explain, please allow me to ask a few questions:
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Financial Crisis Not Over, More Banks Going Bust, 100 Safest U.S. Banks / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
Is Your Bank Safe? More than 130 banks will have failed by the end of 2009. What if your bank fails? Did you know you could be left in the lurch for days, weeks, even months before you get your money back from the FDIC? What happens if the FDIC can't cover your funds? How do you find a safe bank to protect your deposits right now? Find answers to these questions and more in the original "Safe Banks" report from Elliott Wave International. Learn more and download your free report now.
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Monday, November 16, 2009
General Electric (GE) Heading Higher / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
Off of Friday’s late-session sell-off to 15.56, General Electric (NYSE: GE) has pivoted to the upside with power and has the right look of a price structure that has entered a new upleg. Let’s notice that GE is approaching a very important resistance area at 16.00/05, which represents the prior rally peak (Nov 10) and the Sep-Nov down trendline.
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
Halifax HBOS Banking Systems Crash, Online and ATM Services Down / Companies / UK Banking
The Halifax (HBOS), Britians biggest mortgage bank that has been bailed out by tax payers saw its banking systems crash several hours ago with no resolution to the problems so far. It looks like the bulk of the banks systems have crashed which include online banking and ATM machine services though branches are reported to be operating normally. ATM's are also down for the other big tax payer bailed out bank, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Ford in High-Level Congestion / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
All of the action in Ford (F) this week argues that the stock is carving out a high-level congestion pattern that should resolve to the upside in a thrust to 9.00/25 next. At this juncture, only a decline that breaks the recent pullback low at 8.17 will morph the congestion pattern into a deeper correction that projects to 7.85/75 prior to the emergence of another upleg.
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Résumé Tips For CEOs, Board Members / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
Finding a CEO these days appears to be much more difficult than in the past. For example, Bank of America was forced to expand its search to include those living in New York. Shocking!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Schwab About to Revolutionize the ETF Industry / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
I’ve been talking for years about the way exchange traded funds (ETFs) are changing the investment landscape. Yet sometimes I’m still startled to see the world change in front of my eyes. That’s exactly what happened last week when Charles Schwab launched its first four in-house ETFs.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Bear Stearns Ralph Cioffi Acquitted of Fraud Charges Yesterday / Companies / Credit Crisis 2009
Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, former hedge fund managers and co-heads of Bear Stearns Asset Management, were acquitted yesterday (November 10) of all six counts in their fraud trial” U.S. v. Cioffi, 08-CR-00415, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn).
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Goldman’s Undisclosed Role in AIG’s Distress / Companies / Credit Crisis 2008
Goldman wasn’t the only contributor to the systemic risk that nearly toppled the global financial markets, but it was the key contributor to the systemic risk posed by AIG’s near bankruptcy. When it came to the credit derivatives American International Group, Inc. (AIG) was required to mark‐to‐market, Goldman was the 800‐pound gorilla. Calls for billions of dollars in collateral pushed AIG to the edge of disaster. The entire financial system was imperiled, and Goldman Sachs would have been exposed to billions in devastating losses.1
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Monday, November 09, 2009
CRM SalesForce Tek Stock Analysis / Companies / Tech Stocks
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