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Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:47:00 GMT

Expedia’s (EXPE) third quarter earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 15 cents. Revenue beat by 2.8%.[More...]

Our Outlook for Media & Telecom Stocks

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:06:18 GMT

We continue to favor the companies with strong competitive advantages.[More...]

How To Find The Best Potential Profit Plays In The Resurgent M&A And IPO Markets

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:52:15 GMT

When Xerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX) yesterday (Monday) unveiled plans to pay $6.4 billion for outsourcing specialist Affiliated Computer Services Inc. (NYSE: ACS), it was just one of four major financing deals with an aggregate value of more than $14 billion announced on the day.[More...]

Looking At Telcos Through A Different Lens

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:26:39 GMT

AMPU allows us to gain a tighter grasp on the economic reality of the industry.[More...]

Daily Highlights: Sept 8, 2009

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:12:00 GMT

Asian markets were mostly higher Tuesday; Taiwan up 1.2% on Cabinet reshuffle.China plans to offer 6B yuan ($879M) of government bonds in Hong KongChina showcases commercial jet at Asia air showChina 2009 vehicle sales may rise 28% on stimulus, probably surpassing US.ECB says significant contraction in euro-zone economy has ended; rates unchanged.G-20 finance chiefs propose banks curb bonuses, increase capital holdings.[More...]

Are We Really Stress-Testing The Banks?

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:44:00 GMT

By John Bougearel, author of Riding the Storm Out, one of the first books out on the unfolding economic crisis A few thoughts: Stress tests have been done repeatedly throughout 2007-2008 by banks and economists. There stress test models consistently undershoot. All stress-test models failed to hold up in this environment. It is a function of the inputs, you put optimistic garbabe in, you get garbage out. Economists and the financial community have an optimistic bias to all their modeling, so we are being screwed with this new non-sense about stress-testing banks. Noise like this is akin to more screeching of the blackboard by the powers that be to market observers such as ourselves. The stock market is beginning to show nascent signs of recovering from Obama’s first 30 days in office. But let us not fool ourselves, we are coming out of this hole in a sideways manner. This is perfectly consistent[More...]

France Telecom Still Dialed In - Analyst Blog

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:27:00 GMT

We remain buyers of France Telecom SA ADRs (FTE). Improved free cash flow visibility over the next six months combined with an attractive and safe dividend yield suggest that price momentum may continue, driving the stock to new highs. France Telecom is trading at 12.5x our revised 2008 earnings per ADR estimate, which is a discount to the average telecom operator. We believe the discount should narrow, given France Telecom's dominant position in the French telecom market (both fixed and wireless), and the potential for dividend increases although to a lesser extent now. We expect the stock to get back to its positive momentum, largely due to the impact of cost cutting and rapidly improving results internationally and in France. We revise down our target to $40.00 to reflect rising market risk[More...]

Defensive Stock Opportunities Outside Of Healthcare

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:55:00 GMT

As a follow-up to the top rated companies highlighted from the ETF Innovators (ETFI) healthcare and transport indexes, below are some top rated companies from other sectors and industry groups. From the Global Tobacco Index, Altria Group (MO) is a top rated stock with a dividend yield near 8% which is set to acquire smokeless tobacco maker UST Inc. (UST) early next year and is poised to capitalize on a strong U.S. Dollar (UUP) compared to the international operations of Philip Morris (PM). In the Nordic Region, Nokia (NOK) is yielding around 6% since losing[More...]

The Big, Big Market Giveaways

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:06:00 GMT

"There are many stocks that are dirt cheap by just about any measure. For value investors, it is like a kid in a candy shop. Our picks are: BP (BP), France Telecom (FTE), CBS (CBS) and Pfizer (PFE)." When investors were busy congratulating themselves a year or so ago for maintaining attractive portfolio gains, Director of Zacks Equity Research Dirk van Dijk, CFA was telling us that the mortgage market numbers were eventually no longer going to hold, and thus[More...]

European Telecom Stocks With Excellent Dividend Yields

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:53:00 GMT

The growth of telecom sector in Europe has been flat for a few years now.Some of the fixed line and mobile telecom service provider stocks have become value plays with good dividends. Lets look at eight such telecom stocks from Europe.1.Deutsche Telekom AG (DT), is a German integrated telecom provider.Currently the stock pays a dividend of 7.98%. The 5-year annual dividend growth rate is 16.09%and the annual revenue is $84.0B.2. France-based telecom services provider France Telecom (FTE) serves about 170 million customers and the owner of Orange brand. It is also the[More...]

Deutsche Telekom Q3 net income up 7 pct

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:52:00 GMT

BERLIN - Deutsche Telekom AG reported third-quarter net income rose 7 percent as it remained focused on controlling costs and developing key markets in the U.S., Britain and Poland.
This quarter's figure includes results for Greece's Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA.
Revenue rose 5 percent to nearly euro16.3 billion in the quarter compared with nearly euro15.5 billion.

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Our Outlook for Media & Telecom Stocks

How To Find The Best Potential Profit Plays In The Resurgent M&A And IPO Markets

Looking At Telcos Through A Different Lens

Daily Highlights: Sept 8, 2009

Are We Really Stress-Testing The Banks?

France Telecom Still Dialed In - Analyst Blog

Defensive Stock Opportunities Outside Of Healthcare

The Big, Big Market Giveaways

European Telecom Stocks With Excellent Dividend Yields

Deutsche Telekom Q3 net income up 7 pct

France Telecom Halts Restructuring Until Year End

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