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Early Clues From Earnings Season: No All-Clear Yet For Main Street

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:00:59 GMT

Sometimes investors can glean some clues as to the direction of the US markets and economy based on the market’s perception of Earning Season. Firstly, Bespoke reported last week that the market was entering Earning Season with high expectations (a headwind for the bulls). Drilling down further, Starmine, which has a relatively good record of forecasting earning surprises, gave the following list of five North American stocks that were likely to beat 2Q Street estimates: Electronic Arts (ERTS), Tyson Foods (TSN), Discover Financial Services (DFS), RadioShack (RSH) and Apple (AAPL). The [More...]

Bret Barakett's Tremblant Capital Group Bets On Technology: 13F Filing Q1 2009

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:15:00 GMT

This is the 1st Quarter 2009 edition of our ongoing hedge fund portfolio tracking series. Before reading this update, make sure you check out the Hedge Fund 13F filings series preface. Next up, we have Tremblant Capital Group. Tremblant is a $3 billion hedge fund based in New York and is run by Bret Barakett, who is a former portfolio manager at Moore Capital Management (the hedge fund run by the great Louis Bacon, whom we also track). If the last name of 'Barakett' sounds familiar, its because his brother, Timothy Barakett, manages fellow hedge fund Atticus Capital, whose portfolio we recently covered. Taken from their site, Tremblant Capital Group's objective is "to achieve superior risk adjust returns[More...]

Stock Picks 2009 Part II

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:19:00 GMT

Our researcher, Ronan Cull, has put together this list of stock picks (Irish, UK, Canadian and US) from around the web. Any take your fancy! Chart - Save - Alert with Zignals for free. "Changing Value: 9 picks for 2009 = APC, GE, ISRG, WFC, and more" Sheldon Liber (BloggingStocks.com) 1. American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) 2. Anadarko Petroleum (APC) 3. Anglo American (AAUK) 4. Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 5. Diageo plc. (DEO) 6. General Electric Company (GE) 7. Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG) 8. Wells Fargo and Company (WFC) 9. EZCorp Inc. (EZPW) "Brokers Bullish ISEQ after rise" Pat Boyle (Independent.ie) Davy: 1. CRH 2. Ryanair 3. Kerry 4. Glanbia 5. ARYZTA 6. Smurfit Kappa Group "Analysts Name Stock Picks for 2009" Ted Jackovies[More...]

Gaming Stocks Down On Their Luck

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:15:00 GMT

I don't go to Las Vegas very often. But I'm always amazed at the over-the-top glitz and glamour of The Strip. My jaw just drops when I walk through the Bellagio lobby adorned with hundreds of pieces of Dale Chihuly glassware or when I look up at the ...[More...]

Thursday Watchlist

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:22:00 GMT

I am finding more charts that look good on the long side, although most would benefit from a low volume pullback. Here is the my watchlist, all long: TNH, APWR, PXP, PDO, MTL, DO, SMH, AG, ZEUS, CLS, RRC, RIO, CNQ, FCX, AUY, TBSI, EXM, GPOR, XEC, CCJ, CHL, CRS, BEAV, WAG, ATI, PCP, APA, WW, EGLE, MPEL, RAH, ADCT, EGY, RIG, ENER. While the watchlist is dominated by long picks, I am not fully in the bullish camp yet. Yesterday's end of day selloff created some long upper wicks on candlestick charts, generally a bearish indicator. Let's take at the SPY chart as an example: [More...]

Worst Performers Over Last Quarter

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:14:00 GMT

And here is the list of worst perfomers... keep in mind this is over a 90 day period. I show 136 stocks that lost at least 45% in the previous quarter. Very bad. The list is obvious - anything global growth, commodity related or the "dead" financial types.CriteriaMarket capitalization $1.25B+Average trading volume 100K+Stock price $0+Return this month -45%+Green names we own, blue names we have owned in the past or discussed in the blog. In orange I listed names we owned at some point during the quarter.[More...]

Big Earnings Week

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:12:00 GMT

Good morning. Premarket activity suggests that we'll see a positive day following a better than expected earnings report from Bank Of America (BAC) and news that Roche has offered to buy the rest of Genentech (DNA). Oil prices are also on the rise this morning. Premarket gainers: DNA, BAC, FRE, FNM, CRNT, ANAD, NTES, [More...]

Fannie, Freddie, GE, & Oil

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:17:00 GMT

Good morning. Higher oil prices and expectation for the nationalization of Fannie and Freddie are depressing premarket futures after GE reported an inline but overall disappointing earnings report. In addition, global tension over Iran continues to heat up. Premarket gainers: H[More...]

Melco: Gamble on Macau

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:26:00 GMT

"Since 2002, Macau has become a gambling mecca like no other, even Las Vegas" says Jim Trippon, who looks at Melco Crown Entertainment (NASDAQ: MPEL).[More...]

Premarket Report

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:35:37 GMT

Good morning. We're starting out the day with a positive bias amid some restructuring news at General Electric (GE) and a proxy battle at Yahoo! (YHOO). On the economic front, investors didn't show much reaction to a slightly higher than expected jobless[More...]

Movers: Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland, AMD

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:47:00 GMT

Bank of America (BAC) posts $0.15, vs. $0.82 a year ago, third quarter EPS, driven by significant increase in provision expense, as credit costs continued to rise, partially offset by advances in various income categories largely as a result of Countrywide Financial acquisition and LaSalle Bank.
Commences public offering of about $10B of common stock.
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS) - S&P MarketScope Europe reports that a report by the BBC suggests the UK's three largest banks, RBS, Lloyds TSB (LYG) and Barclays (BCS), estimate they need GBP 15 billion each, with GBP 7.5 billion paid up front and a further GBP 7.5 billion guarantee by the Treasury.

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Melco Crown Entertainment Limited Announces Pricing of Follow-On Public Offering at US$5.15 per ADS

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:23:00 GMT

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited , a developer and owner of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities focused on the Macau market, today announced that it has priced its previously announced follow-on public offering at US$5.15 per ADS following market close on Wednesday, August 12, 2009.[More...]

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited Announces Follow-on Public Offering

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:11:00 GMT

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited , a developer and owner of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities focused on the Macau market, today announced that it is commencing a public offering of 37,500,000 ADSs. Each ADS represents three ordinary shares of Melco Crown Entertainment Limited. In connection with the offering, Melco Crown Entertainment Limited expects to grant an option to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 ADSs to the underwriters of the offering for the purpose of covering over-allotments. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are acting as joint bookrunners for the offering and CLSA Limited and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. are acting as co-managers for the offering.[More...]

Melco Crown Entertainment Reports Second Quarter 2009 Earnings

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:52:00 GMT

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited , a developer and owner of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities focused on the Macau market, today reported its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2009.[More...]

City of Dreams Contributes to Expansion of the Macau Gaming Market in July

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:20:00 GMT

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited , a developer and owner of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities focused on the Macau market, today announced July operating statistics for City of Dreams, its 'must experience' urban integrated entertainment resort that opened on June 1.[More...]

Melco Crown Entertainment Announces Earnings Release Date

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:50:00 GMT

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited announces that it will file its second quarter results for 2009 on Form 6-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, August 6, 2009, to be followed by a conference call on the same day at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time .[More...]

City of Dreams Welcomes Its One Millionth Guest

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:52:00 GMT

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited , a developer and owner of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities focused on the Macau market, today announced that City of Dreams welcomed its one millionth guest on Saturday, June 27, 2009, just 27 days after its opening on June 1.[More...]

Hard Rock Hotel at City of Dreams Celebrates Grand Opening in Macau

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:33:00 GMT

Today, Hard Rock International celebrates the grand opening of Hard Rock Hotel at City of Dreams in Macau, marking the occasion with the brand's ceremonial guitar smash and the donation of 8 brand new Epiphone guitars to local universities. The latest addition to the Hard Rock brand, the hotel is part of City of Dreams, an integrated urban entertainment resort developed by Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market .[More...]

Hard Rock Rocks City of Dreams

Thu, 28 May 2009 18:53:00 GMT

Hard Rock International's Memorabilia Collection Available on June 1[More...]

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited Announces Earnings Release Date

Wed, 13 May 2009 09:50:00 GMT

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited announces that it will file its first quarter results for 2009 on Form 6-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, to be followed by a conference call on the same day at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time .[More...]

City of Dreams to Open On June 1

Wed, 06 May 2009 12:51:00 GMT

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited , a developer and owner of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities focused on the Macau market, today announced that City of Dreams, its urban integrated entertainment resort on Cotai, will open its doors to the public on June 1.[More...]