By George Liu: The Niche Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) is a $74 billion media conglomerate operating in the Services sector that provides entertainment, information, and communications products and services in the United States and internationally. It operates everything from television channels such as USA and CNBC to theme parks such as Universal Studios Hollywood. Comcast is [...]
By Stock Croc: Avon Products (AVP) has been troubled by regulatory problems since 2008. At that time, the company began an investigation into bribery rumors in connection with its operations in China. Those investigations were related to expenses for travel and entertainment, and it wasn’t long before the net widened to other countries. Many have [...]
By Dutch Trader: Wrap-Up Results Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) fiscal first-quarter revenue advanced 16% to $3.44 bln, higher than consensus of 3.29 bln. Net income in the period ended 1 January rose 10% to $382 mln, or $0.50 a share, slightly ahead of market expectations of $0.49 a share. Sales at stores open at least 13 [...]
Most readers think the stocks are far from nosebleed territory, but selectivity is essential.
By Takeover Analyst: In an earlier article here, I promoted Suncor Energy and since then the stock has hit my price target – rising by 31.9%, beating the Dow Jones by 2,350 basis points. The Street is currently bullish on Talisman (TLM), Suncor (SU), and Chevron (CVX), but prefers Talisman the least due to operational [...]
By Takeover Analyst: With employment figures improving, investors are naturally looking to Walmart (WMT) as a way to benefit from increased consumer expenditures. What investors fail to note, however, is that Walmart will struggle to be an outperforming beneficiary of a macro recovery due to its low beta of 0.4. With that said, the company [...]
By Jason Merriam: We were not surprised to see Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR) execute a turnaround in its fiscal 2012 Q1 following its disastrous Q4 2011 results. In the quarter ending Dec. 24th, 2011, GMCR reported a 57% increase in EPS (Q-to-Q) on a 62% rise in sales (Q-to-Q). Not too shabby. More remarkable, it [...]
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Electronic Access Control Systems – Global Strategic Business Report” report to their offering.
Catch up on Jim Cramer’s thinking on the hottest topics of the past week.
By Ian Wyatt: After a series of very stupid and very public mistakes, investors had essentially written off shares of Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX). Late last year, Netflix lost 3 million subscribers and angered many others after a series of mind-boggling missteps. The bad press that ensued took a serious toll on Netflix’s stock. But as [...]
A forum in honor of Vanguard founder Jack Bogle prompts the question: Does indexing have to be all or nothing?
After some truly horrific personal income data last summer, the consumer is finally beginning to see meaningful increases in income.
Falling implied volatility may present opportunity to buy upside on these undervalued cyclicals.
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