More Data Against A Double-Dip Recession
If you have watched the ticker tape, July’s trading action is signaling much less of a chance of a true double-dip recession than what was being telegraphed during the gloom days throughout June. Earnings…
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Jon C. Ogg
Home Health Care Providers Under Scrutiny (LHCG, AMED, AFAM, GTIV)
Properly used, home health care can save billions of dollars annually in health care expenditures. Sending a patient home and then sending a professional nurse or therapist to visit them periodically is far cheaper…
Northrop Closure Signals Troubled Times For Defense (NOC)
Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) is outlining some of the larger issues in the defense and military spending sector. The budget for many major defense programs is far less clear than in decades past. …
Reality Sets in at Playboy (PLA)
It seems that the bid by Hugh Hefner and Rizvi Traverse may already have issues. While some law firms announced “investigations” into whether the terms were fair, it seems at least one class action…
Top Day Trader Alerts (BP, CTIC, GTIV, INTC, AMD, ASML, NVDA, SMH, JTX, LHCG, VVUS)
There are many stocks on the move for day traders and active traders this Wednesday morning now that earnings season has launched. Today’s top alerts are in BP plc (NYSE: BP), Cell Therapeutics, Inc.…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADCT, ALL, AMSC, BSX, CSIQ, ENOC, ITRI, JASO, KBH, LIFE, MDT, PLD, RYL, SHW, TSL, VVUS, YGE)
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: ADC Telecommunications Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) Cut to Hold at Jefferies. Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) Started…
Intel Strong Enough For Peers (INTC, AMD, SMH, MU, AMAT)
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) was halted for its “best ever” earnings release, something we do not always see. Earnings were $0.51 EPS on $10.77 billion in revenues. Consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters were $0.43…
Yum!… When Raised Guidance Isn’t Really Raised (YUM)
Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) has just beat earnings, although the guidance is lackluster This is the one in its segment we believe has the safest dividend of its peers with room for added…
GE’s Cleantech Venture Fund Targets Grid, Batteries, and Electric Vehicles (GE)
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is touting its new initiative for smarter power usage, which is from the power grid to plug-in electric vehicles, and a home energy command center. More importantly, it is…
June’s Large Short Interest Changes in Major Cult Stocks (ALU, ABK, BGP, BRCD, C, DRYS, NOK, PMI, BPOP, RAD, SIRI, S, UNG, VG)
Many traders and investors love the active penny-stocks and low-priced stocks, and the short interest is often used as a measure for or against the shares of the active cult stocks. The short selling…
Intel Preview, 360-Degree Review (INTC, AMD)
After the close of trading today we will get the second of the 30 DJIA components reporting earnings: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC). We wanted to give a full 360-degree review of the stock with…
Top Day Trader Alerts (AA, CENX, BP, CVLT, MBI, ABK, OREX, SQNM, VVUS)
There are many stocks on the move for day traders and active traders this Tuesday morning now that earnings season has launched. Today’s top alerts are in Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA), Century Aluminum Co.…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, ATPG, BAC, C, CVS, FITB, GS, HEW, JPM, MS, NTRS, STT, UNH, VIP, WFC, WLP)
These are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Started as Hold at Citigroup. ATP Oil & Gas (NYSE: ATPG)…
How Bruce Berkowitz Accidentally Helped Ambac (MBI, AIG, ABK)
If you look through activist investor hedge fund filings, one of the top fund managers and funds to watch is Bruce Berkowitz of Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C. It is of little surprise that his…
Alcoa Clears A Very Low Bar (AA, ACH, CENX, KALU)
Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) managed to beat earnings estimates from continuing operations, if you can imagine. The aluminum giant, and first of the DJIA 30 components to report earnings, reported earnings of $0.13 EPS…
Mosaic: Environmental Suit Poses New Mine Risks (MOS, MOO, CF, POT)
The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is having a rough day. Some will call this environmental bashing, and some will call this environmental policing. Based upon what we have seen out of the Gulf of…
Spain/Netherlands: Looking at ‘World Cup Effect’ in ADRs & ETFs (SNF, EWP, BBVA, STD, REP, TEF, EWN, PHG)
Chances are good that you have heard of trading theories such as “The January Effect,” “The Super Bowl Effect,” and even the “Sell in May and Go Away!” trading strategies. What about the “World…
Playboy Bidding War: Heff’s Financing Versus A Penthouse Raid (PLA)
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: PLA) saw its shares hit a 52-week high today, although long-term shareholders who were in before the last two years are still finding themselves in the ‘long and wrong’ camp. …
YRC Worldwide: Lessons From SIRIUS XM (YRCW, SIRI)
YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) is starting to do what many companies do when they have a large business with thousands of shareholders and employees with a low stock price that it is on…
Top Day Trader Alerts (AA, BIDU, GOOG, BP, HEW, SNDK, VVUS, WMT, WY)
Many stocks are on the move for day traders and active traders this Monday morning ahead of earnings season. Today’s top alerts are in Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA), Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), Google Inc.…