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Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:35:00 GMT

The S&P 500 comprises of 500 large cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The largees public companies that are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ are included in the S&P 500 index. The S&P 500 index was lunched in 1957 and is a value weighted index which is based on the 500 American stocks with the largest market capitalizations. The S&P 500 is the most widely followed index After the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and it is considered a barometer for the American economy. The S&P 500 index is included in the Index of Leading Indicators. There are the number of trading vehicle that are designed to follow the S&P 500 index. Hundreds of billions of US dollars have been invested in this index. The SPY (Exchange Traded Fund) is one of the most actively trading stock over the world. The Rydex,[More...]

Earnings Review: February 23, 2009

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:41:00 GMT

Late on Monday, ATS Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: ATSI) announced that its fourth quarter net loss widened to $8.51 million or 13 cents a share from $6.16 million or 10 cents a share in the prior year quarter.[More...]

5 Dividend Paying Stocks To Consider

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:20:00 GMT

Any well diversified portfolio will also include to some extent a few dividend paying stocks. Whether in a bull market or a bear market dividend paying stocks boost your portfolio performance and when you reinvest those dividends (DRIP) you are able to take advantage of stocks that have gotten cheaper or just build on a position you already own. So, how do you find dividend paying stocks? Easy. Just us a stock screener and filter the results to show only dividend and yield stocks. I’ve set up a stock screener on E*Trade looking at stocks that yield between 4-6% and payable between .50 cents and 1.00 a share. Stocks that pay higher dividends are usually a lot more expensive so I wanted to focus on stocks that are affordable to the everyman. I haven’t done any due diligence into who these companies are or what they do, that’s for you to figure out yourself but again, this is about adding one or two stocks to[More...]

Few Thoughts and a Look at the Earnings in the Coming Week

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:15:00 GMT

WITH RESPECT TO THE US’ GDP GROWTH, THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH SEES A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN ECONOMIC ACTITIVY SPREAD ACROSS THE ECONOMY, WHICH WILL LAST MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS - WSJ - According to Robert Hall, economist at Stanford University, US economic data that has been reported provide (...)[More...]

Periodicals Wrap-Up for Monday, July 21st

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:49:00 GMT

People with the matter said that Ken Wilson, Goldman Sachs Group’s (GS) most senior financial-institutions broker, will temporarily exit the firm, the Wall Street Journal reported, in an effort to advise Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on how to resolve[More...]

Thursday's Upgrades and Downgrades

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:19:11 GMT

UPGRADESAmcol (ACO)= Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy Vistaprint (VPRT)= AmTech Research Sell » Neutral MeadWestvaco (MWV)= Lehman Brothers Equal-weight » Overweight Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)= Stanford Research Hold » Buy Cache (CACH)= Sterne Agee Hold » Buy Ariba (ARBA)= JP Morgan Underweight » Neutral Cedar Shopping Centers (CDR)= BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform BJ Services (BJS)= JP Morgan Underweight » Neutral DIRECTV (DTV)= Kaufman Bros Hold » Buy Apple (AAPL)= Needham & Co Buy » Strong Buy DuPont (DD)= BB&T Capital Mkts Hold » Buy Entergy (ETR)= Citigroup Hold » Buy AK Steel (AKS)= Soleil Sell » Hold LDK Solar (LDK)= Lazard Capital Sell » Hold Lincoln National (LNC)= Credit Su[More...]

Earnings Growth Concern at DTE

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:33:37 GMT

DTE Energy (DTE) has a mixed outlook at the moment, and Zacks analyst Jon Kolb is concerned about its earnings growth potential. Therefore, the company remains a Hold, but does have a number of positives for the long-term. Get an in-depth analysts of DTE here: Over the long-term, DTE Energy (DTE) is expected to benefit from regulated rate hikes at its core electric and gas operations, improved performance at its power and industrial project segment and from earnings accretive capital expenditures. However, higher environmental capex and the temporary rate reduction at Detroit Edison continue to raise concerns over earnings growth potential. Accordingly, with a...[More...]

Columbia Gas to buy its supplies at auction: Customers unlikely to see major change in service, billing

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:48:00 GMT

Dec. 3--Columbia Gas of Ohio will switch to a new system for buying its gas under a plan approved yesterday by state regulators.
Starting in February, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio will hold an annual auction at which wholesale gas suppliers will compete to offer the lowest prices to supply Columbia.
Two other Ohio gas companies -- Dominion in the Cleveland area and Vectren in the Dayton area -- already have switched to this system, which the PUCO says has led to slightly lower prices for customers.

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S&P 500 Stocks

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Few Thoughts and a Look at the Earnings in the Coming Week

Periodicals Wrap-Up for Monday, July 21st

Thursday's Upgrades and Downgrades

Earnings Growth Concern at DTE

Columbia Gas to buy its supplies at auction: Customers unlikely to see major change in service, billing

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MichCon customers to save on bills next year

DTE, A123 land $5-million battery research grant

BEYOND COAL- WINNERS AND LOSERS: Local utilities support efforts to reduce greenhouse gases but differ on how to do it fairly

Wind farm blowing strong

Federal auto czar to discuss energy grant in Mich.

RadioShack's Third-Quarter Profits Down, but Sales Better Than Expected

RadioShack Earnings Fall in Third Quarter

Utilities Say They'll Get Power to Electric Vehicles

DTE Energy, Comverge and Itron Lead the Way in Investigating the Impact of PEV Charging on the Smart Grid

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Waste Connections' Potrero Hills Landfill Announces Long-Term Renewable Energy Project

DTE Energy Discounts Give 'Green' Light to Energy Efficient Bulbs

DTE Energy Customers Turn In More Than 1,000 Old Refrigerators to Company's 'Cash-for-Clunkers' Appliance Recycling Program

DTE Energy to Begin Dismantling More Than 1,000 Fridges Collected Through New Cash-For-Clunkers Appliance Program

DTE Energy to Expand Advanced Metering Program

DTE Energy Reports 2Q 2009 Results; Maintains 2009 Full-Year Earnings Guidance

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Form 4 DTE ENERGY CO For: Nov 25 Filed by: Ennis Sandra Kay (10K)

Form 4 DTE ENERGY CO For: Oct 01 Filed by: MILLER EUGENE A (10K)

Form 4 Fountain W Frank For: Oct 01 (10K)

Form 4 EARLEY ANTHONY F JR For: Aug 27 (10K)

Form 4 PETERSON BRUCE D For: May 19 (10K)

Form 4 ANDERSON GERARD M For: Aug 11 (10K)

Form 4 DTE ENERGY CO For: Jun 30 Filed by: MILLER EUGENE A (10K)

Form 4 Fountain W Frank For: Jun 30 (10K)

Form 4 ANDERSON GERARD M For: Jun 23 (10K)

Form 4 MURRAY MARK A For: Apr 30 (10K)