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Are Homebuilders, Home Improvement Stores Coming Back? (NVR, TOL, PHM, HOV, DHI, BZH, HD, LOW)

Posted: December 7, 2011 at 12:31 pm

Stocks in homebuilders have been down so low for so long that almost anything look like up. Recent earnings releases have indicated that new orders are improving, but much of ...
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Banking on General Electric (GE)

Posted: December 6, 2011 at 12:13 pm

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is probably thinking "Now it Europe's turn to lose the 'AAA' rating."  After all, the conglomerate still represents the broad economy by many standards.  It ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades of the Week (AVL, BRK-B, CRZO, DPZ, GILD, GT, GOOG, GMCR, HPQ, LULU, RIMM, SINA, WDC)

Posted: December 3, 2011 at 7:31 am

This last week had some very interesting and influential analyst calls.  We compile summaries of many top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations each morning from Wall Street research calls and ...
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More DJIA Stocks Set to Hike Dividends Very Soon (DIS, DIA, T, VZ, CSCO, KO, IBM, JNJ, JPM, MMM, PFE, MRK, WMT, DVY, VIG, PFM, HDV)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 6:31 am

Dividends are still rising and equity and income investors should expect more of the same for 2012. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) joined in on the dividend hike brigade with ...
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Corning Back to Attractive Long-Term Valuation, Chart Shows Trouble (GLW)

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 11:26 am

Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) has filed to raise capital in an automatic shelf registration today.  The reality is that this is just a shelf registration and it is not unusual ...
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Expected Share Price Gains on Some Internet Stocks (GOOG, YHOO, AOL, LNKD, MWW, DMD, RATE, TST, BIDU)

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 1:43 pm

Over the past month, a number of internet stocks have received new target prices from analysts. We’ve seen five targets rise: Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), LinkedIn Corp. (NASDAQ: LNKD), AOL ...
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Beyond Stress Tests: Banks Reach Ridiculous Discounts To Book Value (JPM, BAC, C, WFC, BBT, BK, COF, FITB, GS, MS, JEF, PNC, STI)

Posted: November 23, 2011 at 8:29 am

The new proposed stress tests are just one more thorn in the side for the banking sector, but analysts from Dick Bove to Meredith Whitney, as well as value and bargain ...
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Expected Sales Growth Drives Upside in Retail Stocks (COST, WMT, TGT, M, JWN, KSS, BBY)

Posted: November 22, 2011 at 2:27 pm

An unexpected gain in October retail sales has boosted prospects for a better-than-forecast holiday retail sales season. Some of the sales gains will come from lower pricing, which can’t always ...
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Southwest, Oversold & Poised For Recovery Against Legacy Carriers (LUV, UAL, LCC, DAL, AMR, JBLU)

Posted: November 22, 2011 at 8:20 am

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is now sometimes considered a discount carrier and sometimes considered a legacy carrier, but it still has among the most loyal customer base and it ...
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Implied Gains in Oil Field Services Stocks May Not be Real (SLB, HAL, BHI, RIG, NOV, WFT)

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 2:01 pm

Share prices for the oil field services companies dipped in late July shortly after many of the companies had posted new 52-week highs. The stocks have been struggling since then, ...
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Huge Upside Valuation Calls in Water Utilities (AWK, WTR, CWT, AWR)

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 11:42 am

There remains substantial value, growth, and income opportunity in the water sector.  This has been our take for some time, and a report out of Gabelli & Company this morning ...
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Corning Shares Remain A Bargain (GLW)

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 8:40 am

Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) has been recovering since we added to our portfolio of oversold stocks for our free newsletter subscribers, but the stock still has room to the upside ...
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Cablevision Remains Too Oversold and a Bargain (CVC, TWC, CMCSA, DTV, CHTR, MSG, AMCX)

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 8:11 am

Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) is still trading just above the $15.00 mark and its 52-week range is $14.18 to $38.08.  The long-term stock chart is a bit misleading because of ...
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All 30 DJIA Dividend Trends into 2012, Stock by Stock (DIA, AA, AXP, T, BAC, BA, CAT, CVX, CSCO, KO, DD, XOM, GE, HD, HPQ, IBM, INTC, JNJ, JPM, KFT, MCD, MMM, MRK, MSFT, PFE, PG, TRV, UTX, VZ, WMT, DIS)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 2:17 pm

The economic choppiness is coming to a head with the age of dividend hikes. The pressure is going to remain for companies to continue returning capital to shareholders while also ...
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Dividend Analysis: Commercial REITs With Most Upside (GOV, OFC, EPR, DRE, REG, KIM, DLR, VNO, SPG, DDR)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 2:43 pm

There are a wide variety of REITs involved in non-residential property ownership and management and a few of these are our focus today. These include general office space, technology company ...
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