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 [...]
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 [...]
Stocks posted healthy gains this week, but some sectors outperformed the rest.
Money Talks: January job report, S&P gain buoy expectations the recovery is entrenched
This last week has been stellar for the markets and the overall economy. The Dow reached its highest point since 2008, the NASDAQ is at levels not seen since 2000 and the S&P jumped 2.1%. The primary catalyst …
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 [...]
These stocks helped the Dow advance to a three-year high.
Stocks tend to be most volatile around earnings season, when a good or bad report can make or break it. However, a good or even great earnings report doesn’t necessarily translate into a huge pop for a …
Dollar at Risk of Fresh Plunge as Dow Moves to Test Multi-Year Highs
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