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Ten Must-Watch Events for the Week Ahead
The week ahead is going to be a busy week. There are many traditional events to watch, but by now the market participants and investors have learned that they have to pay…
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Companies and Brands
Kimberly-Clark Pleases on Earnings, Consumer Products Remain Favorable
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) managed to beat earnings expectations with $1.30 per share versus estimates of $1.28 per share. Revenues were only up 0.2% year-over-year to $5.27 billion. We had estimates at…
6:46am ET
Investing
The Hamburger and Beer Economy
What does it mean about the economy when people cannot afford hamburgers and beer? It is another sign that consumer spending is in trouble. A beer can cost as little as $1, and the…
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Media
Media Digest (7/19/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
A new consumer agency fines Capital One (NYSE: COF) $210 million for aggressive marketing activity.(Reuters) New IMF policies will examine whether individual national economies might hurt global growth. (Reuters) IBM (NYSE: IBM) raises…
11:31am ET
Companies and Brands
P&G Defends Its Strategy & Its CEO Against Rumors & Activists (PG)
Jon OggThe turnaround and potential activist investor situation surrounding DJIA component Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) just became a bit more interesting. There have been reports that the company’s board of directors…
Jon C. Ogg 12:10pm ET
Companies and Brands
Activism Runs Into Headwinds At P&G
Jon OggNews that activist investor Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square is going after Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) has certainly rekindled interest in what was growing (or declining) into nothing more than just…
8:53am ET
Investing
Morning Market Roundup (7/17/2012)
Subject: How New Yahoo! CEO Could Double Stock Price Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) new CEO, Marissa Mayer, worked at Google. So did AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong, who took up the reins…
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Investing
Morning Market Roundup (7/16/2012)
Subject: America’s Biggest Advertisers The 10 largest advertisers in the United States spent $26.2 billion in 2011, according to Advertising Age, an advertising trade publication. While the number is huge, it looks…
6:06am ET
Investing
Boeing’s Loser CEO Judges P&G Chief
If Bloomberg’s reporters are correct, Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) CEO James McNerney, who is also chairman of the Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) board of directors compensation and leadership development committee, has pressed to oust Robert McDonald, the consumer…
10:29am ET
Investing
Salvation For P&G Seems Premature and Already Extended (PG, KMB, CLX, CL)
There is good news for defensive consumer products and high dividend investors: change is likely coming in some form at Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG). The market value as of yesterday…
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Media
Media Digest (7/13/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Moody’s cuts Italy’s rating by two notches and indicates the cuts may not be finished. (Reuters) Treasury Secretary Geithner pressed UK regulators on Libor in 2008. (Reuters) A hack of Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ:…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Can Activist Investors Fix Procter & Gamble? Take A Poll!!!
The ongoing calls to bring change at Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) are growing. The company’s shares have become stuck and many investors feel that the company has grown too large…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADTN, AMCX, ADM, BBVA, BHP, CSIQ, CVX, DAL, FDO, FDX, HSH, JBLU, LXK, LDK, MRK, PG, RHT, LUV, SPWR, SVU, TSN, UAL, VLO, DIS)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday. There are many reports this morning! ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Cut to Hold…
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Investing
Five Great Stocks Entering a Dividend Bubble
Income investors need to be careful with some of the best companies in America. A dividend bubble appears to be forming in many great stocks. Dividends have been one of the great drivers…
10:08am ET
Investing
S&P 500 Buy-Sell Pivots: Trying For 2-Day Gain (SPY, MSFT, AAPL, XOM, GE, T, PG)
Can the markets rise two days in a row anymore? That is what we are looking for in the daily charts review. We are tracking the daily buy/sell pivot points on the SPDR…