Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
AIG Bailout Cover-up Inside Story / Companies / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Just last week, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to directly pay billions of dollars to banks as part of its scheme to bail out insurance giant American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG).
According to committee Chairman Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, the testimony that congressmen heard just didn't "pass the smell test."
Monday, February 01, 2010
Technical Trading Charts for EWZ, UUP, SMH, BAC and WFC / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
This week we analyze four key market segments -- Brazil via its the
iShares MSCI Brazil Index ETF (EWZ), the semiconductor sector via the
Semiconductor HLDRs (SMH), the dollar via the PowerShares Dollar Bullish ETF
(UUP), and financials via Bank of America (BAC) and Wells Fargo (WFC). Each
write-up is accompanied by a link to Mike's video chart analysis.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Another Petrobakken Take-over in the Cardium / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Keith_Schaefer
On Thursday January 27th, mid-tier Canadian oil producer Petrobakken (PBN-TSX) announced its second Cardium area acquisition – Result Energy(RTE-TSX). On January 4, Petrobakken bought out Berens Energy (BEN-TSX). This play has exploded onto the screens of analysts and investors in six short months.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
AAPL Update - Steve Jobs, Apple, the iPad, and King Gillette / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: INO
On Wednesday, after much hype and drama, Steve Jobs walked onstage and unveiled Apple's latest creation - the iPad. Having watched almost every key address for Apple for many years I, like many others, were disappointed that the product didn't live up to the hype. Nonetheless, Apple will sell a boatload of these products, but not as many as the iPhone.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Short Semiconductor SSG ETF on the Move / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The UltraShort Semiconductor ProShares ETF (NYSE: SSG) has rocketed to the upside after today’s early weakness, and is set to put in a key upside reversal day. If at today’s close the SSG is above 20.71, the key reversal will be satisfied, which likely will coincide with the start of a new upleg that projects to 23.20. Beyond the reversal, let’s also notice that today’s lift-off occurred from the 50 DMA, which adds a bit of muscle to the upmove.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Why You Should Ignore New ETF Filings / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Ron_Rowland
The old saying says, “Don’t believe everything you read.” While this is good advice, investors today have a bigger problem: News that is accurate but irrelevant.
I see this all the time as I track the ETF industry. Just about every week — and sometimes several times a week — I receive breathless news like “So-and-so has filed for an ETF to track the price of kangaroo milk in New Guinea!”
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Asian Automakers Are in the Driver’s Seat / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Tony_Sagami
The funeral list of industries that have dared to compete against low-cost Asian competitors is long and getting longer. Just ask anybody in the textile, furniture, footwear, electronics, steel, clothing, or TV industry.
You’ll be able to add the automobile business to that list in the near future.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Lot of Airsopace Below China FXI ETF / Companies / Chinese Stock Market
By: Guy_Lerner
Figure 1 is a weekly chart of the i-Shares FTSE Xinshua/ China 25 (symbol: FXI).
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Hedge Fund Investing / Companies / Investing 2010
By: Money_and_Markets
Monty Agarwal writes: Hedge funds and the managers who run them have been getting a lot of publicity lately — and not of the flattering kind.
We have massive Ponzi schemes, equally massive losses and outsized systemic risks that are enough to frighten away even the hardiest of investors.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
SPDR KBW Regional Bank Best Performing ETF / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Guy_Lerner
Sorry for the catchy headline, but the SPDR KBW Regional Bank ETF (symbol:KRE) has been my best performing ETF since I first highlighted the sector back on November 18, 2009. KRE is up about 16% since then while the S&P500 has remained flat.
I bring KRE up not because I want to pat myself on the back, but because CNBC's Maria Bartiromo made this comment last Thursday as she was going to a commercial break and I paraphrase:
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
Forbes Wins Domain Name Lawsuit Against Russian Travel Agency / Companies / Corporate News
By: Pravda
Forbes magazine won by court action the right for forbes.ru domain name. The magazine may now receive a record large compensation for the violation of trademark rights on the internet. The compensation can be the largest in Russia’s judicial practice, The Vedomosti newspaper wrote.
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Friday, January 22, 2010
PALM Pullback Complete? / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Palm (Nasdaq: PALM)’s violation of near-term support this morning at 12.40 triggered minor downside follow-through to 12.35 prior to a sharp rally to 12.93. The lack of downside extension beneath 12.40 followed by the sharp rally indicates to me that the stock has completed a significant near-term pullback off of the 1/19 high at 14.17.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Investing in Specialized Transportation ETFs 2010 / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Ron_Rowland
Today I’d like to tell you about a sector that is deeply intertwined with economic recovery.
I’m talking about transportation.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Stalking Japanese Small Cap ETF / Companies / Japanese Stock Market
By: Guy_Lerner
From a technical perspective, I seem to be much more enamored these days with Japanese equities as opposed to US equities, which are highly overbought and over subscribed too.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Goldman Created Value Destroying Securitizations Now Pretends Not Responsible for Massive Systemic Risk / Companies / Credit Crisis 2010
By: Janet_Tavakoli
Janet Tavakoli tells CNN Goldman and others created value-destroying securitizations and are trying to pretend they were not responsible for massive systemic risk.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Do Dividend-paying Stocks Outperform Non-dividend Paying Stocks Over Time? / Companies / Dividends
By: Sean_Brodrick
Many stock analysts will tell you the basic strategy in the market is to buy low and sell high. While I’ve done that successfully for years, it’s not as easy as it sounds. What’s more, it’s a lot more difficult in bear markets and markets bound in trading ranges, which are two distinct possibilities going forward.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
INTC/JPM On Deck... / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Jack_Steiman
The market has continued to move higher day after day in a slow grinding manner that is never on the nerves. As we move higher the moves up get smaller and smaller but they're still up moves. the question now becomes, can the market continue this grind higher or will it get stopped cold! The answer is likely in the earnings season that is truly upon us now. Intel (INTC) is huge as it is a major economic indicator as its chips are in everything. The news just came out and they blew away the numbers and it is somewhat higher after hours. Up 2-3% on top of nice gains during the day. It's on breakout if this holds and that can only be good for the markets.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
139 New ETF's and Hybrids Launched During 2009, Selection of the Most Interesting / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Ron_Rowland
You might think the wild markets of the last year would have made ETF sponsors slow down a bit, but they kept on cranking out new products — some great, some not.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Goldman Sachs The Giant Vampire Squid’s Journey To The East / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Darryl_R_Schoon
Usury, once a venal sin, was now commonplace and bankers who live by the charging of interest were considered respectable. The hand of evil was everywhere as the end-times, the end of days, were upon them.
Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi’s description of Goldman Sachs as a Giant Vampire Squid which wraps itself around its victims draining them of their productivity and profits is chillingly accurate.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Watching Critical Support on Google / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
This morning, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), a major component of the Nasdaq 100, hit a corrective low of 573.90 off of its Jan 4 high at 629.51, prior to turning up for a rally into the 583-85 area. What is important technically is that GOOG pivoted to the upside from within 1% of its major up trendline from the March 2009 low, which cuts across the price axis at approximately 570.00. Let’s notice that the recent (yesterday) low at 45.43 came within around 40 cents, or 1%, of its Mar-Jan up trendline as well.
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