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Daily Archives: March 21, 2011

This Week’s Top Earnings on Deck (CCL, DG, JEF, WAG, ADBE, JBL, SONC, GIS, PAYX, RHT, BBY, CAG, GME, DRI, ORCL, RIMM)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 4:26 pm

Earnings season is supposed to be over, but we have a packed week full of earnings due from off-calendar quarterly earnings reports.  We have compiled Thomson Reuters estimates and added ...
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Santander Raising U.S. Capital (STD, SAN)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 3:18 pm

Banco Santander S.A. (NYSE: STD) has filed to raise up to $1 billion in debt securities in the United States for its subsidiary Santander Holdings USA, Inc.   Santander is the ...
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IPO Daily: Apollo Management IPO Back On Track (APO)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 1:01 pm

It's 1:00 PM and time for "The IPO Daily" covering anything and everything around initial public offerings.  Last week it looked as though the IPO for Apollo Global Management, LLC ...
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Anadarko Sells Assets to Korean National Oil Company (APC, CHK, BHP, CEO)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 12:22 pm

Anadarko Petroleum Co. (NYSE: APC) has agreed to sell a stake in its Eagle Ford shale play to the Korean National Oil Company, KNOC, for $1.55 billion. KNOC's investment gives ...
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Daily M&A: AT&T/T-Mobile Will Force Other Mergers (T, Q, CTL, VZ, VOD, S, PCS, LEAP, USM)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 12:01 pm

It's 12:00 PM and that means it is time for "The M&A Daily."  This weekend's AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) $39 billion buyout of Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile is going to have some ...
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The Daily Dividend: Money Made From Libya’s No-Fly Zone (RTN, LMT, BA, NOC, ATK)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 11:01 am

It's time for "The Daily Dividend" at 11:00 AM and today's coverage is a bit different.  War is an awful thing to cover, particularly when you are talking about investing in ...
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Shipping Companies and the Japan Effect (DRYS, DSX, GNK, AMKBF, DAC, SSW, FRO, NAT, TK, TGP, GLNG, SEA)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 10:54 am

As Japan recovers from the devastating earthquake and its aftermath, the country will depend heavily on importing raw materials into the country and exporting finished goods. There are a number ...
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Treasury To Sell Mortgage-Backed Securities Portfolio (STT)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 9:56 am

The U.S. Treasury is finally getting on with its asset disposition plan.  This morning came the long-awaited announcement that it will start to sell its remaining portfolio of $142 billion ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (3/21/2011) Schwab M&A, Citi Dividend

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 9:38 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ATE, VRGY, VOD, XNPT)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 9:04 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Verigy Limited (NASDAQ: VRGY), Vodaphone Group Plc. (NADAQ: VOD), ...
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Citi Reverse Split & Dividend: Three-Card Monty (C)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 8:53 am

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) is announcing something that we are a bit surprised about this morning.  It is not quite a shell game, but it is a strategy that rarely ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/21/2011) Nasdaq M&A, Intel CEO

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 8:51 am

Updated throughout the day. Nasdaq OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) worries it will face regulatory scrutiny if it bids for NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) (WSJ) Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) tried to hire a ...
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Universal Display Raising Capital (PANL)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 8:38 am

Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL) has decided to raise capital.  The company is selling 5,000,000 shares of common stock in a registered public offering. The offering is to be led ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (UHAL, ATML, BBBY, EXH, FORM, IHS, LEAP, NKE, QCOM, RDN, S, TGT, TGB, TXM, RIG)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 8:22 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. AMERCO Inc. (NASDAQ: UHAL) Raised to Outperform as Bull of ...
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Google Is World’s Most Valuable Brand

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 6:06 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the world's most valuable brand with a $43.3 billion valuation. It is followed by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), ...
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