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Wall Street Soars On Recovery Optimism, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) Surges

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:34:26 GMT

US stocks finished solid gains as stronger-than expected GDP data and upbeat corporate earnings boosted investor optimism over an economic recovery.[More...]

Today Earnings Reports Analysis : Motorola (MOT), The Procter & Gamble Company (PG), Aetna (AET), Kellogg (K), ExxonMobil (XOM), Public Service Enterprise (PEG), Assurant (AIZ), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Eastman Kodak (EK), Aflac (AFL), Ventas (VTR)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:10:00 GMT

Motorola Inc. (MOT) today declared financial results for the third quarter 2009. Quarterly net income from continuing operations was $12 million or 1 cent per share, compared to a net loss of $397 million or 18 cents per share in the prior quarter. Third quarter adjusted (excluding special items) EPS was 2 cents, easily beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a break-even quarter.[More...]

US Stock Futures Jump On GDP Data, P&G (NYSE: PG) Eyed

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:06:37 GMT

US stock futures rallied on Thursday after a government release showed that U.S. GDP expanded at a 3.5% annual pace in the third quarter.[More...]

Daily Highlights: 9/18/09

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:41:24 GMT

Asian stocks fall as consumer finance firm Aiful seeks debt delay, Hong Kong warns of bank risks.EU officials press Obama on capping bank bonuses, tougher climate change.Euro-zone's surplus in its trade with the rest of the world hit a 7-year high in July.For the first time in nearly 2 years, American households grew a little wealthier in Q2.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Down On Profit Booking, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Tumbles

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:56:00 GMT

US Stocks finished lower on Thursday after three day rally. Economic Data and Housing and Manufacturing report did little to spark another bullish day.[More...]

Stocks Of The Day: AMR, COL, SQNM, EK, DFS

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:13:07 GMT

US stocks were trading in a very narrow range on Thursday, as investors remained cautious following three days of gains.[More...]

US Stock Futures Gain After Housing Data, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) In Focus

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:06:49 GMT

US stock futures rose on Thursday on better-than expected housing and initial claims data.[More...]

Weekly Credit Summary: August 28

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:57:29 GMT

Credit underperformed equities this week as single-name tighteners edged wideners by four-to-three leaving indices (especially HY) underperforming intrinsics in general. CONSumer and ENRG names underperformed as TMT and FINLs were best with INDUstrials mixed. Financials outperformed non-financials but the strength in the former was more at the tails of the distribution while the weakness in the latter was more broad-based.[More...]

Avoid High Accrual Companies To Avoid Negative Earning Surprises

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:01:22 GMT

The Applied Finance Group’s (AFG’s) Earnings Quality variable is an important indicator of companies that may be more likely to have negative earnings surprises and underperform due to high amounts of accruals. With many firms under pressure to meet sales expectations in the current environment, it is important to watch out for those firms that may be trying to pad their sales numbers, ie. Channel stuffing (sending excess inventory to stores that cannot sell their products). The EQ score ranges from 1 to 100, 1 being the best EQ score resulting from the lowest accruals, and 100 being the worst EQ score indicating the highest accruals. Because high EQ score companies (bad Earnings Quality) are more likely to have negative earnings surprises, you may want to avoid these firms. Our back-test indicates that the EQ variable works well as an exclusionary variable[More...]

June Phoenix update

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:28:04 GMT

By request, here is the latest update on the Phoenix list: ACCO Brands Corp (ABD), American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings I (AXL), ArvinMeritor Inc (ARM), Belo Corp (BLC), Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc (CCO), Crosstex Energy Inc (XTXI), Dana Holding Corp (DAN), Delta Petroleum Corp (DPTR), Developers Diversified Realty Corp (DDR), Eastman Kodak Co (EK), Emcore Corp (EMKR), EW Scripps Co (SSP), FCStone Group Inc (FCSX), Ferro Corp (FOE), First Industrial Realty Trust Inc (FR), Gannett Co Inc (GCI), Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co (GAP), Hercules Offshore Inc (HERO), ION Geophysical Corp (IO), iStar Financial Inc (SFI), Phoenix Cos Inc/The (PNX), Sunrise Senior Living Inc (SRZ), Technitrol Inc (TNL), Warren Resources Inc (WRES), YRC Worldwide Inc (YRCW) and Zale Corp (ZLC).There are 26[More...]

Earnings roundup: Motorola, Eastman Kodak

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:50:00 GMT

Among the earnings stories for Thursday, Oct. 29, from AP Financial News:
NEW YORK (AP) - The turnaround effort long sought at Motorola Inc. finally could be on track.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Eastman Kodak Co. lost money for a fourth straight quarter and missed Wall Street expectations but struck a more-confident note Thursday that its photography and printing businesses are rebounding steadily from their worst levels during the economic downturn.

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Wall Street Soars On Recovery Optimism, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) Surges

Today Earnings Reports Analysis : Motorola (MOT), The Procter & Gamble Company (PG), Aetna (AET), Kellogg (K), ExxonMobil (XOM), Public Service Enterprise (PEG), Assurant (AIZ), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Eastman Kodak (EK), Aflac (AFL), Ventas (VTR)

US Stock Futures Jump On GDP Data, P&G (NYSE: PG) Eyed

Daily Highlights: 9/18/09

Wall Street Ends Down On Profit Booking, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Tumbles

Stocks Of The Day: AMR, COL, SQNM, EK, DFS

US Stock Futures Gain After Housing Data, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) In Focus

Weekly Credit Summary: August 28

Avoid High Accrual Companies To Avoid Negative Earning Surprises

June Phoenix update

Earnings roundup: Motorola, Eastman Kodak

Kodak posts fourth straight quarterly loss

Kodak posts fourth straight quarterly loss

Earnings preview: Kodak braced for slowdown

Global Sources Opens Its Largest-Ever Electronics Trade Shows With Over 3,000 Booths

'Rabbit' on Oscar documentary short list

'Women' on Oscar documentary short list

Sources: Sandberg will stay in minors

Iseemedia Provides Business Update on Its RealBiz360 Subsidiary

Photo Equipment Vapors Close CVS

Q-Cells Selects Camstar for New Malaysian Mega-Factory and Upgrade of German Production Lines

Top Government Speakers to Keynote Annual Privia Users Conference on Wednesday, October 28, 2009

ITRI Introduces FleXpeaker, an Innovative, Award-Winning, Paper-Thin Speaker Technology

Flux Power to Provide Life Extending Lithium Technology to High Power Energy Storage Market

Diversified Information Technologies Acquires Active Data Services, Inc.

I3A's "Imaging Innovation" Event Offers Cutting-Edge Technology, First-Hand Consumer Views -- November 9-10 in Monterey

Senior Diagnostics Executive Joins the biOasis Advisory Team

Promega Selects BigMachines Sales Configuration, Quoting and Proposal Solution

Rolls-Royce Energy Systems Wins Top Award for Its Implementation of BigMachines Sales Configurator and Proposal Software

BigMachines Annual BigIdeas Conference to Feature Industry-Leading Sponsors, Innovative Analyst Presentations and New Customer Awards

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