Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Sunday, November 23, 2014
This Publicly-Owned Bank Is Outperforming Wall Street / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Ellen_Brown
The Wall Street Journal reports on the impressive record of the Bank of North Dakota
While 49 state treasuries were submerged in red ink after the 2008 financial crash, one state’s bank outperformed all others and actually launched an economy-shifting new industry. So reports the Wall Street Journal this week, discussing the Bank of North Dakota (BND) and its striking success in the midst of a national financial collapse led by the major banks. Chester Dawson begins his November 16th article:
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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Science Finally Proves What We Already Knew About Bankers / Companies / Banksters
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: “Business culture in the banking industry is favoring, or at least tolerating, fraudulent or unethical behaviors.”
That’s what Ernst Fehr told reporters in a telephone interview this week.
Fehr is an economist at the University of Zürich in Switzerland who co-led a study about business behavior.
Fehr’s study proves what we’ve all long knew – but it wasn’t the only piece of news last week that demonstrates the crookedness of bankers.
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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Mr. Stock Market Has Been Dropping $100 Bills – Here’s How to Pick Them Up / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: U.S. stocks are hitting record highs on an almost-daily basis as we close in on the end of the year.
But the whipsawing we’ve had to endure to reach this point are enough to give you saddle sores.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has gained a healthy 11.5% in 2015. From Sept. 18 to Oct. 15, however, the bellwether index fell 7.4%. The downturn ended quickly, and stocks reversed course: In the month that followed, through Nov. 14, the S&P 500 surged 9.5%.
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Friday, November 21, 2014
Two Biotech Stocks Set to Double on One Powerful Catalyst / Companies / BioTech
By: Money_Morning
William Patalon writes: When I earned my MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) back in the mid-1990s, my focus was finance and investing.
But it was a management professor who clued me in to some of the best ways to "look past the numbers" and understand what really makes a big company tick.
The professor, Janet C. Barnard, retired a few years back and, sadly, passed away in 2012.
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Friday, November 21, 2014
New Algae Research May Have Uncovered an “Energy Forest” Under the Sea / Companies / Renewable Energy
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes: I’ve never subscribed to the idea that we need a silver bullet to replace crude oil.
I’ve always believed the better solution would be to develop a working balance among sustainable and exchangeable energy sources.
Today, we have contributions from renewables like solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, and even wave and kinetic power, to complement the energy we create from crude oil, natural gas, nuclear, and coal.
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Why This "Quiet Zone" Is Now Tech Stocks Biggest Profit Sector / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: One of my favorite truisms of investing is that you’ll make the most money on the biggest innovations.
That sounds obvious. However, it also calls to mind Rule No. 2 in my five-part Tech Wealth Secrets system – “Separate the signals from the noise.”
The noisemakers in the mainstream tech media are obsessed with the latest mobile gadgets and the smallest memory storage devices. However, the biggest innovations – our “signals” -are happening in software.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
My Favorite Stock McDonalds Just Got Kicked Off My “Buy” List / Companies / Corporate News
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: This has been one of my favorite stocks for over 10 years.
I’ve called it a rock-solid investment, a powerful income play, and a global challenger that would be able to outmaneuver the competition to react to changing consumer preferences around the world. I’ve recommended it as a “BUY” twice to my Money Map Report readers, who had the chance to see great returns of at least 42.90%.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
What You Need to Know Before Investing in Alibaba / Companies / Internet
By: Money_Morning
Michael E. Lewitt writes: It's 13F season, when the world's largest hedge funds disclose their biggest holdings.
And this year, some of the world's best investors – George Soros, Dan Loeb, John Paulson, David Tepper, Louis Bacon Moore, Leon Cooperman – all have significant stakes in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA).
If it wasn't clear before, this makes it official that Alibaba has taken the investment world by storm.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Why Sleazy Auto Lenders Are the Nation’s Most Reckless Drivers / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: There’s a lot of action over in the subprime auto sector, and it’s not pretty
The saying is “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” So, it’s probably just a matter of time before the mainstream media and the general public catch on and see the flames being vigorously fanned by greedy lenders.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Weak Oil Prices a Boon to Airline Stocks / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: DailyGainsLetter
George Leong writes: Oil prices are heading lower, folks. The benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) broke down to the $75.00 level last Thursday, as shown on the chart below, and could be threatening to take a run towards $70.00. Even the thicker Brent Crude oil prices (shown by the dark green line in the below chart) are not that much higher. And that’s worrisome if you are an oil producer.
Friday, November 14, 2014
The "Financial Mass Destruction" Investing Play Is All Upside / Companies / Investing 2014
By: Money_Morning
Peter Krauth writes: While Russia fights for Eastern Ukraine, for now, it's losing the currency war.
Thanks to a perfect storm of low oil prices, economic sanctions put in place in response to the crises in Ukraine, and capital flight, Russia's been forced to capitulate by abandoning its currency peg.
It's all reminiscent of the financial attacks on Iran and its currency.
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Thursday, November 13, 2014
Profit From Tech That Freezes Fat Away / Companies / Healthcare Sector
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: Five years ago, I quit drinking.
I did so not because I had a problem, but in order to shed some weight. And I was lucky – after I stopped drinking, the pounds just seemed to melt away.
I know most folks aren't that fortunate. That's why dieting and exercise in the United States is a $60.5 billion industry.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Five Reasons Why IBM Is Still a 'Buy' Today / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: DailyWealth
Dan Ferris writes: I recently received an interesting note from one of our customer service representatives...
What should a customer do with IBM? IBM is dropping... so should he still buy? Have you taken the drop into account? What do you recommend as the next action? The customer feels like you have been misleading with reports... Have you taken this into account? – Regarding paid-up subscriber B.H.
I've heard similar (and similarly vague) complaints many times over the years.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
What China-Japan APEC Talks Could Mean for Investors / Companies / China Stocks
By: DailyGainsLetter
The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit started on Monday in Beijing, and I bet there will be a lot of discussion on the state of China and Asia in the global economy.
My readers all know the impact of China on the global economy, as I’ve written on its relevance before. If China fails, so will the global economy, including the United States and the fragile eurozone. Russia is already looking to extend its economic ties beyond the Great Wall.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
As You Add Alibaba Stock, It's Time to Shed Sears / Companies / Corporate News
By: Money_Morning
As Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) enjoyed sales of over $7 billion on Monday, its iconic retail antithesis in the United States edged closer to its demise.
On Friday, November 7, Sears Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: SHLD) stock jumped by 31% to $42.81 per share after the company announced that it was considering selling 200 to 300 of its 712 company-owned stores to a real estate investment trust (REIT).
Lest you think that's great news, consider that Sears is down nearly 50% over the past five years, and nearly 60% over the past ten years.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Banks Fined - Britain's Banking Crime Syndicate Fined Billions for Forex Fixing / Companies / Banksters
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Last years big banks LIBOR rigging mega-fraud is so old news, for this year has seen the mainstream press and now the FCA regulator finally wake up to an even larger mega -fraud that of rigging the £3+ trillion daily forex markets which will prompt Britain's regulator to today fine several members of Britain's banking crime syndicate for their part in the fixing of forex market exchange rates in London that allowed the banks to profit at their clients expense.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
How to Profit from China's Currency Move / Companies / China Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Peter Krauth writes: China's ambitions for superpower prominence are no secret.
But that requires recognition on the world stage.
Inevitably, that also means a greater role for China's currency, the yuan, in the global finance arena.
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Monday, November 10, 2014
Healthcare Stocks to Benefit from Growing Obesity Concerns / Companies / Healthcare Sector
By: DailyGainsLetter
George Leong writes: It’s headline news: America is getting bigger around the waistline and that means that there’s a greater potential for higher healthcare issues down the road—which isn’t a good sign for a healthcare system that is already struggling. (Maybe the government should offer monetary incentives, such as tax credits, for those who join gyms or pursue other healthy alternatives.)
Even though America is struggling with obesity, Americans realize the issues and consequencesthat go along with obesity and an unhealthy lifestyle.
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Monday, November 10, 2014
For the Biggest Stock Profits, Buy HATED Sectors Like This One / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: "Hold your nose and buy"... That's the path to real wealth through investing.
I realize that saying that sounds ridiculous (and it doesn't even make sense). Here's what I mean:
"Hold your nose and buy" describes the feeling you need to feel, down in your bones, at the moment you're buying, to make the biggest profits.
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Saturday, November 08, 2014
The Singularity Means that Google Could Dominate the Future / Companies / Google
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: You’d be hard pressed to find two guys more different than Warren Buffett and Ray Kurzweil.
Buffett, probably the world’s most famous investor, had steered clear of high tech until just the last few years, saying he didn’t understand the field.
Kurzweil, on the other hand, has pushed the boundaries of innovation for more than five decades. As a teenager, he created a groundbreaking computer program that could play classical music and netted him an appearance on the TV game show I’ve Got a Secret.
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