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Economy
Government Workers Take Brunt Of June Layoffs
The price of austerity has begun to hurt local and state government employment again. The trend is the continuation of one that started three years ago as a sharp drop in tax…
Companies
/Consumer Defensive
Campbell Soup Company
$23.39
▲ $0.11 (+0.47%) today
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CPB Coverage
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Companies and Brands
High Return on Equity, A Primer For Future High Dividends (PM, CL, SCSS, CPB, TRW, KO, BLL)
Our screen today is for companies with an attractive Returns on Equity (ROE) in the consumer goods sector. It is our view that ROE is one of the better quick indicators of…
8:35am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARCO, CPB, CRZO, CIM, CYH, EWBC, ENER, FGP, HPQ, HUM, KBR, MOS, MYL, PAAS, CRM, THC, ZIP)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ARCO) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley;…
8:32am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, CPB, CYH, CS, FRX, GG, INTC, LDK, MSFT, OPEN, PMT, THC, TSO, TRLG)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Maintained Underperform at Credit Suisse. Campbell Soup Co.…
8:20am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, BRCM, CPB, CCL, DMND, HMA, KBH, LPX, DGX, RCL, SLM, S, TSO, TXN, TWC, WRB)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Raised to Hold at KeyBanc. Broadcom Corporation…
7:35pm ET
Commodities & Metals
Chocolate As Expensive As Caviar? That’s Absurd
Chocolate lovers, who are facing price hikes in the wake of record cocoa prices, can take solace in one thing: the cost of their deliciousness likely will never reach the level of…
8:34am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AGU, CPB, DYN, ELON, FIC, HRL, ITRI, LVS, MICC, MTB, OVTI, POT, SAP, SNDA, SNPS, TSL)
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE:…
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Infrastructure
Looking For Cover in Defensive Stocks (KO, JNJ, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MCD, AWK, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, CL)
The bulls ran for cover today as commodities and financial stocks are pulling the market lower. After two huge ‘sell the news’ earnings reactions were followed by even more ‘sell the news’…
9:02am ET
Investing
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ARMH, ARNA, BBY, CPB, ICGN, IRWD, LVLT, MSFT, GLD, THQI)
There are many stocks on the move this morning for active traders and investors. Stocks on the move are ARM Holdings, plc (NASDAQ: ARMH), Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA), Best Buy Co.Inc.(NYSE:…
8:08am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Campbell Looks at Diversification Overseas (CPB, BX)
Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB) may be stealing a page from the global M&A playbook. The Sunday Times reported that Campbell is considering making a 1.5 billion pound, roughly $2.3 billion today,…
2:08pm ET
Investing
Seeking Refuge in Defensive Stocks (PEP, KO, CPB, HRL, MCD, VGR, MO, RAI)
Defensive stocks are supposed to hold up in down stock markets. That isn’t so today. In our list of 17 defensive stocks we routinely track, none were positive today. On average, the…
1:44pm ET
Investing
Russian Wheat Export Ban Poses Severe Risk & Reward (ADM, KFT, POT, MOO, PEP, K, GIS, CPB)
Raging fires and severe drought in Russia have led to the government imposing a temporary ban on wheat exports beginning August 15th. The country claims to have sufficient stocks, but cannot afford…
11:12am ET
Investing
Next Week’s Big Earnings Events (CPB, MDT, TSL, TIVO, AEO, TOL, NTAP, TTWO, PAY, BIG, COST, HNZ, TIF, GES, JCG, NOVL)
Some of the top earnings next week are Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB), Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL), TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO),…
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Investing
Time For Defensive Stocks? (PEP, KO, BUD, TAP, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MCD, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, CL, MRK, JNJ)
There are three things investors traditionally want after making huge gains when they still want to hold stocks. They want stocks that have dividends and may want ‘value stocks.’ But the largest…
7:03pm ET
Health and Healthcare
The $70 Billion A Year American Obesity Tax
No matter what legislation comes out of the frenzied health care debate, economists say that it will cost the American taxpayer a great deal. Estimates run the gamut from the Obama administration’s claim…