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Alcoa Faces Hefty Charges on Facility Potline Closure and Demolition

Posted: May 20, 2013 at 3:06 pm

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) remains a top stock to watch for US investors because the company has managed to hold on to its DJIA component status, and because it is ...
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Sell in May and Go Away 2013, Earnings Season Scorecard

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 12:22 pm

The first-quarter earnings season is peaking this week, as far as the number of companies on a normal calendar. Corporate earnings have been weaker than expected in a manner of ...
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More Layoffs or Worker Furloughs Coming to Alcoa

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 10:55 am

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) remains pressured to build up its earnings in a very difficult environment. Now the company has announced that it will "review 460,000 metric tons of smelting ...
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Sell in May and Go Away? A 2013 Primer and Catalysts

Posted: April 23, 2013 at 12:36 pm

Stocks have enjoyed a serious bull market, and we still have the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both up by double digits so far in 2013. ...
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What Weak Caterpillar Outlook Means to Global Mining and Metals in 2013

Posted: April 22, 2013 at 10:15 am

It was just at the end of last week that we gave a pre-earnings update for Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) in our DJIA earnings season scorecard, warning that the market ...
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DJIA Earnings Season: Bad News Is Good News

Posted: April 19, 2013 at 11:50 am

The bull market had no economic announcements to propel stocks on Friday. Most earnings reports in the past 48 hours from Dow Jones Industrial Average companies have been lackluster, but ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — April 9, 2013: Markets Open Higher, Edge Up All Day (AA, AAPL, LGF, FRC, BAC, SSYS, PSMT, KMX, STZ, FDO, JKS, TITN, FSLR, JCP, VALE, FCX, CLF)

Posted: April 9, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened a bit higher this morning following a middling earnings report from Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) last night (more coverage here). Economic data was minimal in the ...
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Alcoa Needs to Lose Earnings Season Indicator Status

Posted: April 9, 2013 at 9:25 am

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is an overrated stock, and even the company itself might admit that its global importance is perhaps a bit of a stretch. Wall St. tries each ...
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Media Digest (4/9/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 9, 2013 at 6:24 am

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.'s (NYSE: JCP) board faces criticism for firing CEO Ron Johnson and replacing him with the predecessor who cause some of the retailer's problems. (Reuters) Ford Motor ...
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Alcoa Kicks Off Earnings Season with a Thud

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 4:20 pm

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has just kicked off earnings season for the companies reporting their first quarter earnings this April. The aluminum giant usually holds off on formal guidance until its ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — April 8, 2013: Markets Recover from Early Losses to Close Higher (JNJ, VALE, LLL, RBCN, MTN, AA, AMD, MSFT, WFT, MTG, LUFK, GE)

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 4:07 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning but all three major indexes managed to pull off small gain by the end of the trading session. In Asia, Japan’s 10-year bond ...
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Why Alcoa Could Wreck Earnings Season

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 10:30 am

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is set to kick off first-quarter earnings trends today, and this will mark the start of earnings season. Investors and traders have for years tried to ...
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Deutsche Bank Lists Stocks to Buy Now, Even If You Missed the Bull Market (CBS, DD, DIS, HON, IBM, LYB, MCD, SLB, WYNN, AA)

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 8:30 am

The first-quarter earning season begins today with the quarterly ritual of perennial lousy, or at least lackluster, earnings leading off the deluge of reports, from aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — April 5, 2013: Markets Slammed by Jobs Report (KMB, JPM, FB, CMCSA, NWSA, FFIV, AA, CX, CSCO, JCP, ZNGA)

Posted: April 5, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and then fell even more following the U.S. non-farm payroll and unemployment report (more coverage here). Outside the U.S., little data came out. ...
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Earnings Season Kickoff: Calendar and Previews for the Week Ahead

Posted: April 5, 2013 at 2:12 pm

It is hard to believe already, but another earnings season is coming upon us. With both the DJIA and the S&P 500 up 10% or more in the first quarter, ...
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