Google: Strong Quarter, Still Expensive
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13Gs – Ziff Asset Shows 8.8% Stake in Beazer (BZH); Citadel Raises Stake in AirTran (AAI) to 5.6%
Slow day so far for 13Ds, but here are a couple of interesting 13G filings (passive investors): In a 13G filing after the close on Beazer Homes USA Inc. (NYSE: BZH), Ziff Asset Management…
Large Griffin Land & Nurseries (GRIF) Holder Gabelli Said Company Should Have Bought Back More Shares
In an amended 13D filing on Griffin Land & Nurseries Inc. (Nasdaq: GRIF), 31.1% holder Gabelli discloses a letter to the CEO. Gabelli notes “the share creep” since 2001, saying he realizes its due…
This Week on StockHouse April 16 to 20
Markets on both sides of the border were mixed as earnings reports for the first quarter began to flood the newswires. On StockHouse, users were looking at junior resource companies with interests in gold,…
Taking Issue With Barron’s “Buy Yahoo!” Feature Article
This morning grabbing a Barron’s off the rack was a bit different. There I was expecting the cover to have calls for big new highs, but besides noticing the "top 100 financial advisors" was…
52-Week Low Club (APR 20, 2007)
Ok, so there’s only been one down day on the Dow Jones Industrial Average in umpty ump days. Some companies aren’t benefitting at all, as there are many in the Hall of Shame in…
Fuel-Tech is Jim Cramer’s #1 Speculative Green Investment (FTEK)
Jim Cramer said tonight on CNBC’s MAD MONEY that Fuel-Tech, Inc. (FTEK-NASDAQ) is the ultimate speculative play on GREEN INVESTING. This is purely speculative, as it allows power plants to burn coal in a…
Cramer’s Green Investment in Metals & Chemicals
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said the market is going to end up 17% at the end of the year and we are one-third of the way there. He is adding…
Cramer Takes Another Swing at IBM’s Palmisano
Jim Cramer came out swinging in a strong market. As far as IBM (IBM-NYSE), Cramer said the call about $20.00 downside to IBM shows the board of directors needs to fire Palmisano as CEO…
NYSE Short Interest, April, 2007
Short interest for major stocks listed on the NYSE as of April 13 compared to March 15. Largest Positions Ford 200.1 million shares Motorola …
Market Comments From TheStockMasters
What a magical day Wall Street is pushing the Dow Jones almost to the 13,000 mark. So if anything, smoke em if you got em and cash out anything you can while the Street…
NPD Releases Data for March; Number One Console is….Playstation 2?
Industry tracker NPD released console hardware & software totals for the 5-week period ending March 5, 2007 after the close yesterday. While sales of the next-gen consoles were below industry expectations, there were some…
24/7 Wall St. Starbucks Store Review in Texas
We’re still doing store reviews testing Peter Lynch’s investment philosophy of looking into products you know and use as potential investments. This round we are hitting various location of Starbucks (SBUX-NASDAQ) as many use…
QQQ Options Expiration Strike Prices Acting As Magnets
Today is options expiration date, which means it’s a paring off day and a "strike-magnet" day. If you look at the PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ-NASDAQ) with massive open interest in options that expire today, there…
Market Up, Who’s Left Out?
With the broad markets up 1% at 9.58 AM, which companies are left out? AMD (AMD) Bad earnings yesterday. Pfizer (PFE) Bad earnings today. General Electric (GE) Who knows? No one seems to like…
Caterpillar Has a Powerful Bark and a Strong Bite
Caterpillar (CAT-NYSE) is trading up in pre-market on what has to be called stellar earnings. The company’s net is actually down 3% year-over-year, but it outperformed and raised guidance. The company posted EPS of…
Pre-Market Stock News (APR 20, 2007)
(AH) Armor Holdings won $41.7 million in armor orders from the Army.(AMD) AMD trading up 2.5% despite crummy earnings and sinking margins.(AVNR) Avanir trading up another 12% pre-market.(BUD) Anheueser-Busch lost the international “Budweiser” copyright…
Full Research Summary (APR 20, 2007)
ASD raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.BEN started as Hold at Citigroup.CB raised to Outperform at FBR.CBRL cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.COF cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.CPKI started as Outperform at Morgan Keegan.ECA cut…
Pfizer Income Drops, Guidance Raises Concerns
Pfizer (PFE) did not have a very good quarter. Net income fell from $4.1 billion in the comparable quarter a year ago to $3.4 billion in the recent quarter. The company confirmed that it…
GM: China Bites The Hand That Feeds It
For big US companies, China has a gravitational pull like the Sun. It can’t be avoided. The huge market is just too attractive. For firms like GM (GM), McDonald’s (MCD), and Wal-Mart (WMT), who…