Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Intel's $6 Billion Stock Buyback Is a Warning Sign, Not a Buy Signal / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
With the world going through so much fast-paced change, high-tech execs need to keep their eyes clearly focused on the future.
Sadly, some are still looking in the rearview mirror.
Take the case of Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC). The world leader in PC chips has just announced it's borrowing another $6 billion.
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Monday, December 10, 2012
How Big Investors Are Playing the "New World Order" in Oil and Gas / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Money_Morning
Peter Krauth writes:
Thanks to the fracking boom of the last few years North America is now on a path toward energy self-sufficiency.
In fact, the International Energy Agency (IEA) now believes that, thanks to astonishing growth in oil and natural gas output, the U.S. could even become a net exporter of natural gas by 2020, and even net-energy self-sufficient by 2035.
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Trouble Knocking On Stock Bull’s Door, An AAPL A Day? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Michael_Noonan
Trouble appears to be brewing for a weakening bull trend in stocks. Starting with
the higher times frames, which are more controlling over daily and intra day, those
charts followed by most traders, we see a rising wedge that is indicating a trend
running out of demand effort. [A similar "wedge" situation was covered in our post
on "10 Year Note and Wheat - How To Find Trades, 2 December 2012, see Commentaries].
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Energy Sector Storm Brewing – Oil & Gas Stocks / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Oil and gas along with their equities have been underperforming for the most part of 2012 and they are still under heavy selling pressure. I watch the oil futures chart very closely for price and volume action. And the one thing that is clear for oil is that big sellers are still unloading copious amounts of contracts which is keeping the price from moving higher. Oil is trading in a very large range and is trending its way back down the lower reversal zone currently. Once price reverses back up and starts heading towards the $100 and $105 levels it will trigger strong buying across the entire energy sector.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Tech Stocks Forecast 2013 - Ride the Mobile Wave, Bet on Cloud Computing / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
The best way to score tech stock gains in 2013 is simple: tap into the areas where there is "constant buzz."
But before we get to the three areas that are the most buzz-worthy, let's start by clearing up one big myth. There really is no such thing as one tech industry.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012
How Dividend Paying Companies Are Helping Ahead of the Fiscal Cliff / Companies / Dividends
By: InvestmentContrarian
George Leong writes: The fiscal cliff is currently dictating the trading action in the equities market as we near December and the year-end. With 28 days left until the Bush-era tax cuts are allowed to dissipate, there is widespread fear and concern of a significant jump in taxes, including those on dividends, especially for those who invest heavily in dividend paying stocks.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Augmented Reality: Do Smart Glasses Herald the End of the Smart Phone Era? / Companies / Technology
By: DK_Matai
Computerised glasses are, at this moment, the wearable computing technology that is most likely to herald the beginning of the end of the Smartphone era. Although they are each taking slightly different approaches to these technologies, Apple, Google and Microsoft are all striving to define the market for wearable computers of which computerised glasses are an integral part. The US military, especially the Special Forces units, already use wearable computers for communications and satellite navigation tasks. That technology hasn't yet reached consumer or business users, but it soon will. Smart glasses are due to be launched selectively in the New Year.
Monday, December 03, 2012
Goldman Sachs Spreads Its Wings / Companies / Banksters
By: Andrew_McKillop
VULTURE'S CAN FLY
The newly named head of Britain's central bank, Mark Carney spent 13 years at Goldman Sachs, joining it right after he graduated from Harvard. Talk in the City has previously identified Jim O’Neill, a Goldman executive, as a likely successor to Mervyn King but many persons felt that was unlikely because of O'Neill's connection to GS. Carney worked for the broking, banking and asset management firm in London, Toronto, New York and Tokyo.
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Ten Stocks Driving 88% of SP500 Corporate Earnings Growth / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Jesse
Look at the concentration of financially related stocks in that top ten.
That speaks volumes about the nature of this Fed generated 'recovery.'
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Playing the Long-term Trends in Stocks / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: David_Banister
How many times have you bought a stock and then a few weeks perhaps have gone by and you get frustrated with lack of real net movement? You see all kinds of other stocks moving every day and finally you give up, sell your stock and go chase another one. Inevitably what happens in many cases is you find out later that your instincts were right and your research was correct, as the stock you gave up on finally takes off leaving you frustrated.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Giving Up on Betting Against China Government Backed Corporate Frauds / Companies / China Stocks
By: Bloomberg
Carson Block, founder of Muddy Waters Research, spoke with Bloomberg Television's Stephanie Ruhle and Tom Keene on "Market Makers" today about his report on Olam International and said that he's lost interest in betting against Chinese stocks.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The Unbridled Truth About Dividends Contribution to Shareholder Profitability / Companies / Dividends
By: Charles_Carnevale
The Two Components of Total Return
There have been many recent published articles and discussions that indicate that dividends have become the Rodney Dangerfield of the investing world. In short, dividends get no respect, as many believe that dividends do not add to a shareholder’s profitability. We believe that dividends represent a return bonus. This article is written to provide evidence of our thesis.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
It’s the Season to Own Utility Stocks / Companies / Seasonal Trends
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Over the past week I have been keeping my eye on several key sectors and stocks for potentially large end of year rallies to lock in more gains before 2013.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Dividend Stocks Forecast 2013: The Road to True Wealth Starts Here / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
If you listen to the press, Taxmageddon is going to be a "nightmare" for dividend stocks.
There's only one problem with this scary story: It isn't true.
Of course, I'll be the first one to tell you I'm not in favor of higher taxes on dividends.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
What Stocks Albert Einstein Would Invest in Today / Companies / Investing 2012
By: Investment_U
Alexander Green writes: Albert Einstein wasn’t famous as an investor. He was a genius who revolutionized theoretical physics. But if he were alive today, it’s pretty clear what he would be doing with his money. And you should be doing it, too.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Carnage at Hewlett-Packard, Autonomy Only Tip of the Iceberg / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
If you've been following my advice, you avoided the carnage at the fumbling tech giant, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ)
In fact, I told my Radical Technology Profits readers on Sept. 18 not to buy into the hype that H-P was becoming a great turnaround story.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Investing in Austrailia, the “Other” Lucky Country / Companies / Austrailia
By: Investment_U
Carl Delfeld writes: It’s hard not to be envious of Australians.
I used to travel “down under” every three months to pitch U.S. stocks to Australian banks, mutual funds and insurance companies. After a week in vibrant Sydney and historical Melbourne, it was always tough to get on the plane and head home.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Apple APPL Stock Options Implied Volatility Can Lead to Profits / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: J_W_Jones
The recent massive sell off in AAPL stock has presented some interesting opportunities for low risk trades. For long time readers of this column, you may recognize that my portfolio usually contains an AAPL position.
Why? I cannot overemphasize the importance of trading liquid instruments, and in the current world, very few underlying issues have options with the degree of liquidity routinely available in a wide spectrum of strike prices and expiration dates.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Dividends Stocks to Beat the Fiscal Cliff / Companies / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Ben Gersten writes:
If the fiscal cliff goes into effect and the president's healthcare bill is upheld, the dividend tax rate could triple next year - which is why companies are looking to help out investors in the way of special dividends in 2012.
Since the end of September to mid-November, 59 companies in the Russell 3000 stock index announced a one-time special dividend, up from about 15 in the same period last year.
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Saturday, November 17, 2012
Microsoft Stock Investing for Growth and Income / Companies / Microsoft
By: Charles_Carnevale
Microsoft Has Been A Better Business Than It Has A Stock, But That Is About To Change
Currently Microsoft (MSFT) is attracting a lot of attention thanks to its launch of Windows 8 and many exciting new products based on this important upgrade. However, within all this attention there is a lot of negative bias applied to this blue-chip technology behemoth. Consequently, the goal of this article is to provide the truth about Microsoft, the company and the stock.
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