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R&D Spenders Get No Respect

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 6:33 am

A company can spend billions of dollars on R&D and get little respect as an innovator. Even though that is the conclusion of a new study by Booz & Co., ...
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Full 360-Degree GE Earnings Preview (GE, BRK-A, MMM, UTX, HON)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 3:03 pm

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) is due to report earnings early on Friday morning in the pre-market hours.  Thomson Reuters has estimates for the DJIA component and conglomerate of $0.32 ...
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The Best Value Stock in Conglomerates, Dividend Lovers (GE, UTX, BRK-A, HON, MMM, TXT, TYC, ITT, IYJ)

Posted: September 9, 2011 at 8:10 am

The latest carnage in the market has left some companies at valuations that are getting hard to ignore, even knowing about the harder economic times. Value investors invest before recessions, ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, MO, AIG, BBVA, DPZ, ETN, ELNK, FAST, MMM, MS, RCL, S, SBUX, VPRT)

Posted: July 29, 2011 at 8:24 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Sell at S&P Equity Research. ...
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Can NASDAQ Create More Interest in Water Investing? (GE, MMM, AWK, NLC, ECL, ITT, INSU, TTEK, PHO, PIO, FIW, CGW)

Posted: July 26, 2011 at 12:25 pm

There is a paradox when it comes to investing... All long-term portfolios need to have exposure to water investments, yet the reality is that investing in water is just not ...
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Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (BIDU, NFLX, MMM, AMZN, BIIB, FSLR, F, JNPR, COP, GMCR, V, WFM, ALU, CHK, S, SBUX, TYC, AMGN, ITT, MRK)

Posted: July 22, 2011 at 1:48 pm

Earnings season is in full throttle and many major companies are due to report in the week ahead.  Some of the key reports we are featuring for detailed earnings previews ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADTN, BMR, COF, CETV, ERTS, EPB, IDIX, LYG, MMM, NTGR, PLD, PL, SWC, TOL, TSM, VRTX, WSM)

Posted: July 14, 2011 at 8:34 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Adtran Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Reiterated Buy with $49 target at ...
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Valuing The Best Conglomerate For The Second Half of 2011 (GE, UTX, BRK-A, HON, MMM, TXT, TYC)

Posted: July 12, 2011 at 7:20 am

24/7 Wall St. has been using valuation analysis for value investors for a couple of weeks and we wanted to review the conglomerates in a search for the best value ...
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Water Investing Long-Term Stock Picks Out to 2012 & Beyond (GE, MMM, AWK, WTS, INSU, TTEK, CCC, VE, SBS, DGW, PHO, PIO, ERII, CGW, FIW, CFWAX)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 9:05 am

Water may be the source of life, but it is also perhaps one of the most misunderstood and most “under-invested” themes for those investors who want income and growth year ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIG, BJ, BWA, CIEN, ELN, ERJ, FGP, MMM, M, MCD, MDCO, NDAQ, RIMM, SEE, TXN, UNH, UTX, AAPL)

Posted: June 9, 2011 at 8:20 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Started as Buy at ...
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Playing Defensive With Industrial and Defense Dividend Players (LMT, EMR, GD, MMM, HON)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 7:45 am

When economic softness spooks high-flying stocks, solid companies with good histories, solid return on equity, and above average dividends are a handy remedy.  We screened five companies in the industrial ...
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Nearly Half of DJIA Stocks Down Over 10% Or Approaching -10% From Highs (AA, BAC, CAT, DD, GE, HD, HPQ, JPM, MSFT, CVX, DIS, XOM, INTC, WMT, DIA, VZ, UTX, MMM)

Posted: June 2, 2011 at 2:27 pm

Did you heed the call "Sell in May and Go Away!" this year?  It turns out that as of mid-day we now have nearly half of the 30 Dow Jones ...
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Dividend Watch: Textron Fails Dividend Test of Conglomerates (TXT, GE, UTX, MMM)

Posted: April 27, 2011 at 11:16 am

Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) is one of those companies that is categorized as a conglomerate by most financial analysis sector groupings.  It is not quite diversified enough by our count ...
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11 Key Earnings To Watch For Early Next Week (FSLR, HGSI, MPEL, NFLX, VECO, MMM, AMZN, BRCM, KO, F, VLO)

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 12:30 pm

Next week is going to get off to a slow start because of the post-Easter blues after a three-day weekend.  We have pulled eleven earnings which we think traders will hone ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, AMGN, T, BAC, BHI, CIM, COP, DANG, HGR, MMM, MU, GAS, GOLD, SKX, VRS)

Posted: March 24, 2011 at 8:05 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Outperform at William Blair. ...
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