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Daily Archives: December 17, 2007

Cramer’s Third Pick For Five Years Out: Transocean (RIG)

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 6:50 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he wanted to reviewsome picks that you might want to own with a 5-year time horizon forthe future.  He wants to ...
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Cramer’s Second Pick For Five Years Out: MedcoHealth (MHS)

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 6:32 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he wanted to review some picks that you might want to own with a 5-year time horizon for the future.  He ...
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Cramer’s First Pick For Five Years Out: First Solar (FSLR, SPWR)

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 6:16 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he wanted to review some picks that you might want to own with a 5-year time horizon for the future.  He ...
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Barron’s Berkshire Hathaway Bashing Could Be Your Gain (BRK/A, BRK/B, BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 5:40 pm

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK/A) (NYSE:BRK/B) shares fell today after Barron's called for investors to sell Warren Buffett's growth machine.  This seemed like a long time since Berkshire Hathaway had gone down ...
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Adobe Beats, But Some Wanted More (ADBE)

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 4:33 pm

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) reported results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Nov. 30, 2007 (Q4 2007): Adobe posted record revenue of $911.2 million versus its revenue ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 4:08 pm

Bearingpoint (BE) Still dropping after loss earlier in the month. Down to $2.53 from 52-week $8.56.General Growth Properties (GGP) REIT stocks are getting killed. Falls to $41.93 from 52-week high ...
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The Business Day in Global Warming (LDK, FSLR, CPST, XOM, ALTI, XSNX, OPTT, ASTI, ASYS, NMX)

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 3:48 pm

LDK Solar Co.Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) shares were up 20% late Monday after an independent audit report put the inventory errors that had been in question at zero.Shares of First Solar ...
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Not Everyone Is Broke: Goldman Sachs (GS) Starts $10 Billion Hedge Fund

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 2:40 pm

Goldman Sachs (GS) has raised $10 billion to start a new hedge fund. According to Bloomberg: "Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, set to open Jan. 1, is being run by traders ...
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Will Best Buy Escape The Retail Earnings Hangman? (BBY, CC, WMT)

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 2:21 pm

So far shares of Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) have managed to escape the retail woes seen at many specialty retailers.  It does after all have a huge selection of PC's, smartphones, ...
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2008 Guidelines For Turnarounds That Haven’t Turned Around

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 1:51 pm

This week 247WallSt.com is featuring many stocks of active small cap stocks and mostly of larger mid-cap or outright large cap stocks that we feel are still viable turnaround candidates.  ...
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Turnarounds That Haven’t Turned Around: Rite Aid (RAD, WAG, CVS, WMT)

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 1:15 pm

Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) is a turnaround story that frankly has never ceased being a turnaround story.  Can you remember the mid to late 1990's stock trading?  One great stock in ...
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10 Turnarounds That Haven’t Turned Around: Eastman Kodak (EK)

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 11:11 am

Eastman Kodak (NYSE:EK) is about as unexciting as it gets, and its long-term turnaround plan has been met with the same excitement.  How many times can one company stay on ...
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Starbucks (SBUX): Give Shareholders A Free Gift Card

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 11:01 am

Any investor who held Starbucks (SBUX) shares last November and still has them today has lost about half of his or her money. SBUX hit $40.01 on November 16, 2006. ...
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10 Turnarounds That Haven’t Turned Around: Pfizer (PFE, MRK, BMY, JNJ)

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 10:49 am

Early this week we are running a list of stocks that have been in a turnaround plan, yet the stocks and the businesses haven't turned around.  Could these be the ...
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Loews Sends Lorillard to Carolina As New Stock (LTR, CG)

Posted: December 17, 2007 at 9:00 am

Loews Corporation (NYSE:LTR) has approved a plan to spin off its entire ownership interest in Lorillard, Inc. to holders of its Carolina Group (NYSE: CG) stock and Loews common stock ...
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