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Two Brazilian Plays To Beat The Market

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:27:51 GMT

But you’re not out of luck just yet… Many countries around the world will be able to steer around this extended recession. Some are even in prime position to explode. And it’s not as difficult to invest abroad as it may seem. Today, it’s as effortless as buying an American Depositary Receipt — same thing as a stock — through your online broker. Figuring out which ones to buy is the hard part.[More...]

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...]

The Long And The Short Of It All: Fair Value By The Market

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:40:32 GMT

We are presenting a list of companies which we believe are currently mispriced, based on our estimate of fair value, by the market. We develop our fair value ranges by projected free cash flow out one year and estimating an appropriate FCF multiple based on our assessment of risk and the strength of the balance sheet. Cisco Systems (CSCO: 19.57, +0.84 (+4.48%)) Recent Price $17.04 Value Range 21.86 – $38.41 Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry, and provides services associated with these products and their use. [More...]

Emerging Markets Will Outperform

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:40:00 GMT

As we have been saying for quite some time, we expect emerging markets to outperform more developed economies, as the U.S., European markets and Japan. In fact this trend already started, as can be seen by seen by analyzing the benchmarks in local currencies we can reach some interesting conclusions. Starting off, the S&P 500 (SPX) is a long way down since October 2007. S&P 500 (Jan 2007 to Mar 2009) On the other hand, if we analyze the Shanghai Composite divided by the S&P500, we can see that[More...]

COPEL A Brazilian Utility Play - Analyst Blog

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:30:00 GMT

We are keeping our Buy recommendation on Companhia Paranaense de Energia or COPEL (ELP), a fully integrated electric utility operating in Brazil. The company is engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity to more than three million customers in the southern state of Paran?. The company's second quarter results were as expected. Net revenue reached R$1,387.4 million (US$835.8 million) from R$1,355.0 million in the same quarter of 2007. During the quarter total power consumption billed by COPEL grew 5.8%. The outlook for the following quarters remains reasonably positive, mainly considering the growing demand for electricity in Brazil in spite of the difficult business environment around the world. A[More...]

Interpreting Yesterday's Rally

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT

So I am sitting there, and the market's down around 4%. The S&P had breached the October lows, and I'm loaded with short positions, including a pretty large position in the ultrashort EEV. Then it suddenly occurs to me, everybody's watching this level, including the government. And they have hundred of billions of dollars to buy stocks! I started thinking, if I'm Hank Paulson, I'd be buying hand over fist now to protect the low, maybe put a floor under this market. So I covered a bunch of positions, although unfortunately too few, and what had been a magnificently profitable day turned into something quite mundane. That was some gut-wrenching, exhausting action. So call me a tin-hat conspiracy guy, but I think we would still be dropping if it weren't for the plunge-protection team. All the same, I will respect the rally, since it is exactly what I was looking for in order to move to a bullish orientation. I do not think we have seen the end of the bear[More...]

Can Brazilian Stocks Bounce Back?

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:09:00 GMT

Yesterday the major Brazilian stock index, Bovespa Sao Paulo, fell to a new 3 year low and closed 60% below the 52 week high reached in May 2008. U.S. investors holding Brazilian stocks as either ADRs or the Brazil focused ETF EWZ have faired even worse[More...]

Brazil Investments Relying on China, U.S. - Zacks Analyst Interviews

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:18:00 GMT

In today's Zacks Analyst Interview, Mark Vickery speaks with Claudio Freitas, CFA about the following ADRs: Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais - CEMIG (CIG), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA ? Telemar (TNE), Brasil Telecom Participacoes SA (BRP), Petroleo Brasileiro SA ? Petrobras (PBR), Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO), Cemex SAB de CV[More...]

Analyst Comments: TBS International, Lehman, McCormick & Schmick, Linktone, Medtronic, Telephone & Data Systems, DRDGOLD, COPEL, Monsanto

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:05:00 GMT

Our Director of Zacks Equity Research Dirk van Dijk, CFA slices and dices all sorts of data on publicly traded industries. Recently, we got his take on something called a ?revisions ratio,? and managed to get a few Buy recommendations in the process. You track something called a ?revisions ratio.? Could you tell us a little about it? To help gauge the direction of the market, we take note of what analysts are thinking. By tallying their EPS changes, we can determine our ?revisions ratio.? This ratio simply divides the total number of positive estimate revisions by the total number of estimate cuts. Thus, a high ratio is a bullish indicator and a low ratio is bearish. For the S&P 500 as a whole, a number below 0.80 or above 1.25 is generally significant. For individual sectors the distance from 1.0 should be[More...]

Accumulating Paper

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:29:00 GMT

As Promised, I am delivering a copious portion of ticker symbols that were exported from a bullish scan I just performed. The results were pretty decent, and there is plenty to look over (I have visually...[More...]

80th 'Black Tuesday' Anniversary Provides Some Perspective to the Great Recession

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:50:00 GMT

Oct. 29--This date was Black Tuesday 80 years ago, when the stock market plunged for its fourth day in a row, causing widespread financial panic that helped push America into the Great Depression.
The current recession isn't as catastrophic, but companies and consumers are still licking their wounds from one of the worst economic downturns ever.
After 80 years of booms and busts, have we learned anything?

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COPEL Announces 1Q09 Results

Thu, 14 May 2009 11:44:00 GMT

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL , a company that generates, transmits and distributes power to the State of Parana, announces its results for the first quarter of 2009. All the figures in this report are in Brazilian Reais and were prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP.[More...]

COPEL Announces 2008 Results

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:59:00 GMT

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL , a company that generates, transmits and distributes power to the State of Parana, announces its results for the year 2008. All figures included in this report are in Reais and were prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP.[More...]

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Hitachi Ltd., Corporate Executive Board, The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Companhia Paranaense De Energia, or COPEL and PMI Group.

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:22:00 GMT

Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog.
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: Hitachi Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), Corporate Executive Board (NASDAQ: EXBD), The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN), Companhia Paranaense de Energia, or COPEL (NYSE: ELP) and PMI Group (NYSE: PMI).

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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Pain Therapeutics Inc., Animal Health International, Inc., Companhia Paranaense De Energia, Internap Network Services Corp. And Buckeye Partners, L.P.

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:07:00 GMT

Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog.
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: Pain Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: PTIE), Animal Health International, Inc. (Nasdaq: AHII), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (NYSE: ELP), Internap Network Services Corp. (Nasdaq: INAP) and Buckeye Partners, L.P. (NYSE: BPL).

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COPEL Announces Results for the Third Quarter of 2008

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:24:00 GMT

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL , a company that generates, transmits and distributes power to the State of Parana, announces its results for the third quarter of 2008. All figures included in this report are in Reais and were prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP.[More...]

Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: Cemig, Copel, Tele Norte and Brasil Telecom

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:15:00 GMT

Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview.
Today's interview is with senior analyst Claudio Freitas, who discusses Cemig (NYSE: CIG), Copel (NYSE: ELP), Tele Norte (NYSE: TNE) and Brasil Telecom (NYSE: BRP).
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Results of First Half 2008

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:56:00 GMT

Companhia Paranaense de Energia -- COPEL , a company that generates, transmits and distributes power to the State of Parana, announces its first half results of 2008. All figures included in this report are in Reais and were prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP .[More...]

Companhia Paranaense de Energia Announces Results for First Quarter 2008 - May 27 2008 1:23AM

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:04:00 GMT

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL , a company that generates, transmits and distributes power to the State of Parana, announces its first quarter 2008 results. All figures included in this report are in Reais and were prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP .[More...]