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Rio 2016: Guide To Investing In Brazil

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:48:11 GMT

There was a lot of talk about potential host cities for the Olympics lately and the politics associated. That talk died down after Brazil was awarded the honor of hosting. You may be asking “how does that relate to trading”…well my friend Raul of the Shocked Investor is about to make that connection. He has been researching the Brazilian stocks and options recently and more importantly ones traded on American exchanges. Enjoy the article and be sure to leave a comment with your thoughts.[More...]

Pepsico (NYSE: PEP) And AmBev (NYSE: ABV) - A Cola And A Beer, Together?

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:41:00 GMT

According to a recent research study for the Financial Times prepared by the consulting firm Wolff Olins, the world’s next top brands are set to rise in the east. A strategist at Wolff Olins, Melanie McShane, stated that "It used to be possible to be a gl[More...]

Brazil Getting To Pre-Crisis Levels

Wed, 27 May 2009 18:25:55 GMT

Highlights include Gafisa (GFA), Tam (TAM), Vivo (VIV) and Ambev (ABV). Many indicators released yesterday in Brazil seem to confirm our basic economic scenario for the country and for emerging markets in general. As we have been saying, Brazilian interest rates are expected to keep on following a one-way street down, and the Brazilian real should continue to gain strength against the U.S. dollar. After 18 months of small deficits in the current account, yesterday it was announced that Brazil had a surplus in April -- US$146 million. Trade balance remains positive and remittances from local[More...]

Market Report For Friday: Apr 17, 2009

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:00:45 GMT

(7:11am ET) There was plenty of economic data released in the US during the day; however the equity market sidetracked until 2pm ET, when with prices at modest losing levels on the week until that point, suddenly, and for no discernable reason, there was a rally that left the indexes with small gains through Thursday. Perhaps traders were anticipating a positive quarterly report from Google (GOOG +2.4% on +151% of average daily trading volume)? After the close, the company did not disappoint, beating both revenue and EPS estimates. The company posted net income of $1.42 billion ($5.16/share), up +8% from the $1.31 billion ($4.84/share) recorded during the same period a year ago. Revenue for 1Q2009 increased +10% to $4.07 billion, from $3.7 billion, excluding traffic acquisition costs. On average, analysts had expected earnings per share of $4.93 and revenue of $4.08 billion, according to Yahoo Finance. For the first[More...]

Daily Report For Thursday, Apr 16, 2009

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:36:24 GMT

(8:25am ET) The main focus of traders today will be the 1Q2009 earnings report from JP Morgan (JPM), and the close scrutiny of the data and hype that will follow. After hitting a low of $14.93 in early March, JPM has rallied +118.1% to yesterday’s close of $32.56. There was a high of $34.15 on Tuesday. http://tinyurl.com/da6dcv JP Morgan reported Q1 net income of $2.14 billion, or $0.40/share, down -10% from a year earlier, but beat analysts' expectations. Revenue increased +48% to $25.03 billion. WSJ reported that CEO Jamie Dimon said the firm extended about $150 billion in new credit to consumer and corporate customers during the quarter. With a last hour rally spurred by the real estate investment trusts (REITS) ($DJR +8.7%) and Banks ($BKX +5.1%) in the Financial sector (XLF +4.8%), the US equity[More...]

Daily Report For Tuesday, Apr 14, 2009

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:18:59 GMT

(9:30am ET) Stocks in NY sank at the open following various negative reports from TV talking heads, though trade volume was weak on the Easter Monday. After the close, Goldman Sachs surprised with unusually positive revenue and earnings. Today, President Obama will be making a speech on the state of the economy. Traders are confused. Yesterday was pretty much a lost day in the market. Very little of consequence happened. By the close, the DJIA’s small loss (-25.57 -0.32% to 8057.81) offset the small gain in the S&P (+2.17 +0.25% to 858.73), while the NASDAQ (+0.77 +0.05% to 1653.31) was flat. The Toronto Composite (+98.50 +1.07% to 9285.6) and the Toronto Venture Board (+11.89 +1.23% to 980.86) were stronger as the metal miners and goldminers enjoyed a good day. Except for Japan’s Nikkei 225 index (-0.92% to 8842.7), prices today were strong in the major international equity markets: Australia (+2.22% to[More...]

Daily Report For Tuesday: Apr 7, 2009

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:31:58 GMT

(8:05am ET) Stocks closed Monday's session in NY lower on a lightly-traded day, but much higher Week over Week. Through Friday, the major market indexes saw their largest four-week gains in seventy-six years. Now the market is preparing for 1Q2009 earnings season, which gets underway today with Alcoa (AA). On Monday, the DJIA (-41.74 -0.52% to 7975.85), S&P (-7.02 -0.83% to 835.48), and NASDAQ (-15.16 -0.93% to 1606.71) could not make headway against concerns the major banks may be preparing to release negative quarterly reports. The Toronto Composite (-49.59 -0.55% to 9016.17), and Venture Board (-12.42 -1.27% to 963.17) were also down on the day, but higher Week over Week. In international equity markets today, the closing prices showed losses except for Shanghai China (+0.80% to 2439.2): Australia -1.30% to 3648.5; Hong Kong -0.46% to 14929.0; India -1.80% to 10534.9; and Japan -0.28% to 8832.9. At 7:30am ET,[More...]

Daily Report For Wednesday, Apr 1, 2009

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:53:00 GMT

(8:07am ET) In his absence, Bill has asked the CTAB traders fill in for him today and maybe tomorrow as well. Bill was having connectivity and other related computer issues early Tuesday morning. Perhaps the Conficker worm virus programmed to be unleashed April 1, began slithering through the Bahamas a little ahead of schedule. The final trading day of the month opened higher, with aggressive traders nimbly positioning themselves for further short gains, after a late afternoon bounce Monday, anticipating large money managers to “mark up” equities boosting their quarter end returns. This strategy paid off nicely as the S&P future rose to 807, nearly 4% off Monday’s late afternoon low of 776. However, traders expecting prices to close near the highs were disappointed, as stocks peaked near 3pm eastern, giving up a significant portion of the day’s gains. The DJIA finished up 86.9 (+1.15%) closing at 7608.92,[More...]

Daily Report For Friday, Mar 27, 2009

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:32:35 GMT

(8:36am ET) On Thursday, the upbeat earnings report of (Cara 100) Best Buy (BBY) served to lift the market at the open. Technologies stocks later were the basis of a closing hour rally. At the close, the DJIA (+174.75 +2.25% to 7924.56), S&P 500 (+18.98 +2.33% to 832.86), and NASDAQ (+58.05 +3.80% to 1587.00) gained for the third day in four this week. The Toronto Composite (+198.06 +2.25% to 8995.50) was in line with NY, but the Toronto Venture Board (+24.98 +2.63%to 974.02) also rallied. In the US equity market, the big winners were the Industrials (XLI +5.4%), Consumer Disretionary (XLY +4.6%) and Basic Materials (XLB +4.0%). All ten sectors were winners, but the laggards on this day were Energy +0.9% and Financials (XLF +1.2%). Within the many industry groups, there were a broad section of technology groups that were on the leader board. Lagging a bit were the Goldminers ($XAU[More...]

Daily Report For Friday, Mar 13, 2009

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:55:00 GMT

(9:48am ET) Equity market prices lifted pretty much from start to finish of Thursday’s session. Retail Sales, Jobless Claims and Business Inventories and comments from Barney Frank and Tim Geithner played a role in the general bullishness. The latter made comments on the dangers of ending the mark-to-market rule and instead believe subtle changes could be made in an effort to improve it. Pfizer (PFE) made a big splash with the announcement its Phase III trial of Sutent was stopped early as the drug showed a significant benefit in patients with pancreatic cancer. At the close, the DJIA (+239.66 +3.46% to 7170.06), S&P 500 (+29.38% to 750.74) and NASDAQ (+54.46 +3.97% to 1426.10) were up sharply for the second day in the past three. The Toronto Composite (+271.25 +3.39% to 8282.27) and Venture Board (+19.52 +2.37% to 843.42) were almost as strong. The winning sector by a wide margin was[More...]

InBev Cuts Don't Reach Orlando-Area's Busch Entertainment

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:50:00 GMT

Dec. 9--Less than a month after InBev absorbed SeaWorld's parent company Anheuser-Busch, the newly merged Belgian corporation announced Monday it is slashing 1,400 salaried American beer jobs.
and now North American headquarters for Anheuser-Busch InBev, according to a news release.
None of those actions affect the corporation's Central Florida-based theme-parks division, Busch Entertainment Corp.

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The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif., Business Briefs Column - Aug 13 2008 4:52PM

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:47:00 GMT

Aug. 13--ANHEUSER-BUSCH UPS RETIREMENT PACKAGE: Workers in Riverside are among those eligible for Anheuser-Busch's enhanced retirement program detailed Tuesday, as the St. Louis-based beer company looks to cut costs in advance of its merger with Belgian brewer InBev by trimming salaried staff by 10 to 15 percent.
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Anheuser-Busch said it is boosting its previously announced retirement plan options for salaried employees who will be at least 55 by the end of the year.
Tim Farrell, vice president of corporate human resources, said in an e-mail statement that salaried employees at the brewer's wholesale distribution operation in Riverside, as well as the Riverside lid plant of its subsidiary Metal Container Corp., are eligible for the program.

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BenchmarkJournal.Com Free Analyst Review for CPT, AIB, SPN, BCF, ABV and UPL

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:14:00 GMT

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Today we began research on Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT), Allied Irish Banks plc. (NYSE: AIB), Superior Energy Services Inc. (NYSE: SPN), BlackRock Real Asset Trust (NYSE: BCF), Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (NYSE: ABV) and Ultra Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: UPL).
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AmBev's 2008 Annual Report on Form 20-F Available on Our Website

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:59:00 GMT

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas - AmBev [BOVESPA: AMBV4, AMBV3; and NYSE: ABV, ABVc] announces that the Company's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 has been filed with the SEC and is available on the Company's website . ADR holders may receive a hard copy of the Company's complete audited financial statements free of charge upon request.[More...]

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: AmBev, AAON Inc, Deutsche Bank AG, Chunghwa Telecom and Micros Systems Inc.

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:14:00 GMT

Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.
Stocks recently featured in the blog include: AmBev (NYSE: ABV), AAON Inc (NASDAQ: AAON), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB), Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE: CHT) and Micros Systems Inc (NASDAQ: MCRS).
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AmBev Reports Fourth Quarter 2008 Results

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:55:00 GMT

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas - AmBev , announces today its results for the fourth quarter 2008 . The following financial and operating information, unless otherwise indicated, is presented in nominal Reais and prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP and should be read in conjunction with our financial statements for twelve-months period ending December 31, 2008. Our press release segregates the impact of organic changes from those arising from changes in scope or currency translation. Scopes represent the impact of acquisitions and divestitures and the start-up or termination of activities. We have treated depreciation adjustments arising from changes in accounting practices as scope in Q4 2008. Comparisons, unless otherwise stated, refer to the fourth quarter of 2007 . The year-to-date changes in Reais were restated to properly reflect organic growth excluding currency changes. Values in this release may not add up due to rounding.[More...]

Zacks Bull & Bear of the Day Highlights: AmBev, Canon, Bookham, Avanex and Oplink

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:08:00 GMT

Zacks Equity Research picks AmBev (NYSE: ABV) as Bull of the Day and Canon, Inc. (NYSE: CAJ) as Bear of the Day.
In addition, the analysts at Zacks Equity Research discuss the latest on Bookham (Nasdaq: BKHM), Avanex (Nasdaq: AVNX) and Oplink (Nasdaq: OPLK).
Full analysis of all these stocks is available at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2678

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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: AmBev, General Motors, Ctrip.Com, Freeport McMoRan and Health Net

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:48:00 GMT

Zacks Equity Research highlights AmBev (NYSE: ABV) as the Bull of the Day and General Motors (NYSE: GM) as the Bear of the Day.
In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Ctrip.com International (Nasdaq: CTRP), Freeport McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) and Health Net, Inc. (NYSE: HNT).
Bull of the Day: AmBev (NYSE: ABV)

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AmBev Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:55:00 GMT

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas - AmBev [BOVESPA: AMBV4, AMBV3; and NYSE: ABV, ABVc], announces today its results for the third quarter 2008 . The following financial and operating information, unless otherwise indicated, is presented in nominal Reais and prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP and should be read in conjunction with our quarterly financial information for the three and nine-months period ending September 30, 2008. Our press release segregates the impact of organic changes from those arising from changes in scope or currency translation. Scopes represent the impact of acquisitions and divestitures and the start-up or termination of activities. Comparisons, unless otherwise stated, refer to the third quarter of 2007 . The year-to-date changes in Reais were restated to properly reflect organic growth excluding currency changes. Values in this release may not add up due to rounding.[More...]

AmBev Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:55:00 GMT

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas - AmBev , announces today its results for the second quarter 2008 . The following financial and operating information, unless otherwise indicated, is presented in nominal Reais and prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP and should be read in conjunction with our quarterly financial information for the three month period ending June 30, 2008. Our press release segregates the impact of organic changes from those arising from changes in scope or currency translation. Scopes represent the impact of acquisitions and divestitures and the start-up or termination of activities. Comparisons, unless otherwise stated, refer to the second quarter of 2007 . Values in this release may not add up due to rounding.[More...]

Ambev's 2007 Annual Report on Form 20-F Available on Its Website - May 27 2008 12:57AM

Mon, 19 May 2008 17:06:00 GMT

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas - AmBev announces that the Company's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2007 is available on its website . ADR holders also have the ability to receive a hard copy of the company's complete audited financial statements free of charge upon request.[More...]

AmBev Reports First Quarter 2008 Results - Jun 1 2008 6:30AM

Thu, 08 May 2008 05:43:00 GMT

Companhia de Bebidas das Amdricas - AmBev [BOVESPA: AMBV4, AMBV3; and NYSE: ABV, ABVc], announces today its results for the first quarter 2008 . The following financial and operating information, unless otherwise indicated, is presented in nominal Reais and prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP and should be read in conjunction with our quarterly financial information for the three month period ending March 31, 2008. Our press release segregates the impact of organic changes from those arising from changes in scope or currency translation. Scopes represent the impact of acquisitions and divestitures and the start-up or termination of activities. Comparisons, unless otherwise stated, refer to the first quarter of 2007 . Values in this release may not add up due to rounding.[More...]