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Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:36 GMT

Estimating future dividend growth is difficult if not impossible. Companies which might have had a long history of consistent double digit increases might stop raising dividends and might even cut them.[More...]

Update Re McDonald's/MCD

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:28:46 GMT

Business Week (via Briefing.com) reports McDonald's/MCD missed this year's robust stock market rally. While the is up S&P 15%, shares of the co are off 3%. But some savvy pros regard the lag as an opportunity. "McDonald's is the only new name we added this year to our portfolio," says Edwin Walczak, U.S. portfolio chief at Swiss bank Vontobel.[More...]

Bank of America Bearish Option Position Closed - Shares Rally

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:13:17 GMT

One investor banked profits today by unraveling a massive bearish credit spread established back on October 28, 2009. The trader’s decision to take profits ahead of expiration could be a bullish sign for BAC.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Volatile Session Mixed, Merck (NYSE: MRK) Soars

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:15:28 GMT

US stocks finished mostly higher on Wednesday after Federal Reserve left benchmark interest rate unchanged at near zero and said that it will keep them low for an extended period.[More...]

Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Wrap-up

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:39:37 GMT

For all the analysts and pundits in the financial media, there is still no better judge of a company's health and future prospects than the owners and executives of those companies themselves, along with major institutional shareholders.[More...]

Cramer: WellPoint A Defensive Stock

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:09:33 GMT

“Third leg is very controversial but we don’t shy from controversy on this show. It’s WellPoint, now what is WellPoint, WellPoint is the HMO that reported an absolute monster yesterday quarter. Earning $1.53 per share or $1.78 excluding one time items. 16 cents or 41 cents higher than the street was expecting. Wow.[More...]

Goldman Sachs: 'Hazardous' To Underweight Brazil - But Hold The Big Mac

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:58:36 GMT

Despite a 73% increase in the Bovespa this year and the country raising taxes to try to keep out an avalanche of Western central bank liquidity (Oct 20, 2009: Ben Bernanke's Money Printing Parade Forces Brazil to Slap a Tax on Outside Investors),[More...]

McDonald's (MCD) Alpha Deception

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:19:29 GMT

I would estimate 90% of all alpha is misrepresented. Anyone in charge of a business line making money, is usually too embarrassed by the straightforward nature of their advantage to admit it, so they have to point out some nuance that makes absolutely no difference. Thus, every market maker, making money off order flow, will swear they are adding value 'reading the tape' or trading like a turtle, or some other such nonsense.[More...]

Traders Are Buying The Earnings Story

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:33:01 GMT

The Dow jumped 132 points yesterday as there was a bout or renewed optimism about earnings which continued to escalate.[More...]

Dave Fry's Market Comments For Oct 22, 2009

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:32:01 GMT

MARKET COMMENT October 22, 2009 DRIVE-THRU SOUP KITCHEN 2009 So, what the hell was yesterday about anyway? It lends credence to the idea of heavy liquidations in Galleon’s hedge funds since there don’t appear any other credible ideas—but, I’m open to suggestions. The rally today was led by earnings from McDonalds, Travelers and 3M. The 2:15 PM Buy Program Express arrived on time to squeeze shorts from yesterday’s closing debacle.[More...]

At UM, new business school dean lays out ambitious agenda: Two years into her post as dean of the University of Miami's business school, Barbara Kahn is out to make her vision for the school a reality.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:46:00 GMT

Nov. 5--Earlier this year, Barbara Kahn, dean of the University of Miami's school of Business Administration, found herself in the midst of some of the largest names in business -- heavyweights like Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric; Jim Skinner, CEO of McDonald's, and Muhtar Kent president of Coca-Cola.
It was a gathering nearly a year in the making, as Kahn spearheaded UM's effort to host its inaugural Global Business Forum in January.
As more than 700 business executives and professionals gathered at the tree-canopied Coral Gables campus, Kahn couldn't help but feel energized by the interchange of ideas.

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Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Update Re McDonald's/MCD

Bank of America Bearish Option Position Closed - Shares Rally

Wall Street Ends Volatile Session Mixed, Merck (NYSE: MRK) Soars

Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Wrap-up

Cramer: WellPoint A Defensive Stock

Goldman Sachs: 'Hazardous' To Underweight Brazil - But Hold The Big Mac

McDonald's (MCD) Alpha Deception

Traders Are Buying The Earnings Story

Dave Fry's Market Comments For Oct 22, 2009

At UM, new business school dean lays out ambitious agenda: Two years into her post as dean of the University of Miami's business school, Barbara Kahn is out to make her vision for the school a reality.

McDonald's, Uniqlo see brisk sales

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Dow Up 132 As Financial, Consumer Stocks Gain

McDonald's 3rd-Quarter Same-Store Sales, Profit Jump: Same-Store Sales, Increase in Profit Surpass Estimates

McDonald's Wins Raves for 3rd Quarter, but October Outlook is Dim

Dollar gains slightly, circles euro at $1.50

Treasurys dip as stocks rise, auctions planned

Dollar gains slightly, circles euro at $1.50

McD's profit climbs 6 pct, Oct. could disappoint

Procter &Amp; Gamble Co. Up 13% Since Added to Galtstock Long Portfolio

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Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Is Up 19% Since Added to Galtstock Portfolio

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McDonald's Reports Global Comparable Sales up 4.3% in July

MicroStrategy Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

McDonald's Delivers Strong Second Quarter Results

S&P 500 Stock Buybacks Retreat 73% in the First Quarter; Lowest Since Second Quarter of 2003

Fun Heats Up at McDonald's(R) With Launch of the Coolest Global Happy Meal(TM) Event in Ages - Twentieth Century Fox's 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs(TM)'

McDonald's Delivers Another Strong Month; May Global Comparable Sales Up 5.1%

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