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NYSE Short Interest For August
Below are short interest figures for major companies traded on the NYSE as of August 15 compared to July 13, 2007 Largest Short Positions Ford (F) …
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Owning Altria (MO): Cigarettes Sell
With the market in bad shape and likely to get worse, investors are running in circles looking for something to buy? Well, tobacco takes a long time to go out of style.…
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How Are Defensive Stocks Doing? (KO, MRK, PG, CAG, BUD, HRL, MO, CG MCD, KFT, GM)
Last Friday, we wrote about defensive stock havens for a crummy stock market. We also warned that in true market selling extremes there is no such thing as a true haven, and…
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Defensive Stock ‘Havens’ For A Crummy Market (PEP, KO, MRK, NVO, PG, CAG, BUD, HRL, CL, MO, CG MCD, KFT, NVO, WTR)
It’s yet another crummy day in the markets with roughly a 280 DJIA point drop before the closing bell went off. Bear Stearns added the most fuel at the end of the…
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Defensive Stocks For a Crummy Market (KO, MRK, PG, CAG, BUD, HRL, CL, MO, MCD, KFT, NVO, WTR)
Stock Tickers: KO, MRK, PG, CAG, BUD, HRL, CL, MO, MCD, KFT, NVO, WTR If you are a long-term bull and aren’t feeling panic after seeing a huge down day (of over…
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Pre-Market Stock News (July 18, 2007)
(ABT) Abbott Labs $0.69 EPS vs $0.68 estimate; guidance looks soft.(ASD) American Standard $0.84 EPS net, but $1.05 before items; estimates were $1.08. Spin-off/sale remains on track. (BLK) Blackrock $1.80 EPS vs…
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Altria (MO) Gets A Rival
Imperial Tobacco (ITY) is buying rival Altadis for almost $18 billion. The combination would create the largest tobacco company in Europe and largest cigar company in the world. The new company would…
Douglas A. McIntyre 4:58pm ET
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Top Earnings Next Week Part 1 (July 16-18, 2007)
MONDAYMattel (NYSE:MAT)Novellus (NASDAQ:NVLS)Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG/ADR)W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) TUESDAYJohnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC)Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER)Novartis (NYSE:NVS/ADR)Pharmaceutical Product Development (NASDAQ:PPDI)SLM Corp. (NYSE:SLR)State Street (NYSE:STT)Coca Cola (NYSE:KO)Wells fargo (NYSE:WFC)Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) WEDNESDAYAbbott Labs (NYSE:ABT)Altria…
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Media Digest 7/2/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers bought retailer Coles for $18.8 billion, the largest buy-out in Australian history. Reuters writes that Virgin Media (VMED) is seeking a buyer, and Carlyle Group is…
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Altria: The Day the Tobacco Plant Closed (MO)
Altria Group, Inc. (MO-NYSE) has announced a streamlining of operations to cut costs in a move that will result in a North Carolina manufacturing plant being closed by 2010. The Cabarrus, North…
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Pre-Market Stock News (June 26, 2007)
(BEXP) Brigham Exploration increased natural gas production guidance from 42-45MCF to 44-46MCF.(BLK) Blackrock will acquire the fund of funds business of Quellos for up to $1.7 Billion.(BSC) Bear Stearns has report in…
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Short Sellers Attack Restructure & Re-Org Stocks (June 2007)
Stock Tickers: TYC, MS, F, CY, SPWR, TRB, KFT, MO, HB, ASD, EMC, DJ, AA, WY It is always interesting to see how short sellers treat shares of stocks that are undergoing…
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DJIA Components Short Interest Mixed (June 2007)
Stock Tickers: AA, AIG, AXP, BA, C, CAT, DD, DIS, GE, GM, HD, HON, HPQ, IBK, JNJ, JPM, KO, MCD, MMM, MRK, MO, MRK, PFE, PG, T, UTX, VZ, WMT, XOM As…
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Kraft (KFT): Never Give A Sucker An Even Break
"Never give a sucker an even break and never wise up a chump" — P.T. Barnum Krafts’s (KFT) shares are up 7% on a rumor that Nelso Peltz has bought 3% of…
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Media Digest 6/21/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Home Depot (HD) weighed a cut in its credit rating against its decision to buy-back $22.5 billion in shares. Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) acquired sports site Rivals.com. Reuters…