Quantcast

Monthly Archives: July 2011

Despite Trouble, News Corp Outdistances Disney And Time Warner

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 1:02 pm

The market's perception is that News Corp (NYSE: NWS) has been sullied as an investment following the investigations into phone hacking and bribes by News of the World reporters and ...
Read Full Story »

Swapping BRICs, ETF Funds Leaving China and Going to Brazil (FXI, EWZ, GXC, HAO, BKF)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 12:35 pm

Fears of inflation and increased oversight into accounting practices are causing US investors to pull funds from China-focused ETFs, with a parallel interest in putting more funds into Brazilian equity ...
Read Full Story »

Go Figure… Lumber Prices Rising on Exports (POPE, RYN, PCL, WY, LL, CUT)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 11:15 am

A contract for 110,000 board feet of lumber traded for as much as $320 in mid-March before plummeting below $220 in mid-June. Now lumber is rising again and it could ...
Read Full Story »

D-Day for PIIGS ADRs (TI, EWI, PT, IRL, AIB, IRE, NBG, EWP, STD, BBVA, SNF)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 11:08 am

If you are surprised about the newest crash scenario boiling up outside of Greece, this is something we have been covering routinely.  While the beastly pace is surprising, how big ...
Read Full Story »

Searching for Value in the Cyclical Machinery & Equipment Sector (ATU, AVY, DOV, ETN, ITT, ITW, PH)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 10:36 am

Machinery stocks rank very high as far as “cyclicality”.... If there is a sector that is dependent upon the broad economy and global growth it is the machinery sector.  Machinery ...
Read Full Story »

Social Security: The Math That Could Hurt Us

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 10:35 am

What’s wrong with a measure that would reduce federal spending by about $300 billion over 10 years? The answer, of course, depends on whom you ask. The current push by ...
Read Full Story »

Dunkin’ Brands Sets IPO Terms (DNKN)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 9:49 am

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. has set the financial terms for its initial public offering. According to a filing this morning, Dunkin' aims to sell 22.25 million shares at a price ...
Read Full Story »

Alt-Energy Watch: Italian, Chinese Solar PV Firms Expanding in the Face of Oversupply (FSLR, GE, JASO, STP, TSL, DQ, WFR, ENLAY, SHCAY, STM)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 9:32 am

Predictions that oversupply of solar PV modules will push down prices and margins in 2011 apparently have no impact on decisions to continue building additional manufacturing capacity. Wafer makers in ...
Read Full Story »

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (7/11/2011) Oil Below $95, Whole Foods Upgrade

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 9:00 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 225 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
Read Full Story »

SIRIUS XM Into NASDAQ 100 Matters (SIRI, CEPH, TEVA)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 8:47 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is going back into the NASDAQ-100 Index. The satellite radio monopoly is replacing Cephalon Inc. (NASDAQ: CEPH), which is merging with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ...
Read Full Story »

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AMGN, LVLT, MITI, SIRI)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 8:46 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN), Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: ...
Read Full Story »

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALTR, MT, ADM, ARBA, BSX, CX, CSCO, FOSL, GOV, HON, KLAC, LRCX, M, PETS, TNK, TJX, WFM)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 8:11 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Raised to Outperform as Bull of ...
Read Full Story »

Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/11/2011) AIG Bankers Out, No Netflix Deal For Hulu

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 7:55 am

Updated throughout the day. Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton may be in trouble because of the News Corp (NYSE: NWS) the News of the World scandal (Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) ...
Read Full Story »

The Top ETFs to Watch for the Week of July 11-15 (IYG, XLF, VFH, KBE, FDN, IYW, XLK, QQQ, HHH, PBJ, XLY, GDX, GDXJ, IJR)

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 7:27 am

Earnings season hits the ground running later today when Alcoa Inc. reports second quarter earnings. We have already posted a preview of other top earnings coming this week.  Now we're ...
Read Full Story »

The News Corp Witch Hunt

Posted: July 11, 2011 at 6:42 am

The mainstream coverage of the News of the World scandal has begun to look like the publication's own coverage of celebrities, sensational crimes, pictorials of nearly naked ladies, and any ...
Read Full Story »