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Buy, Sell Or Hold: It’s Time To Book Profit On Brazil

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:45:54 GMT

Nearly one year ago – Oct. 27, 2008 – I recommended buying the iShares MSCI Brazil Index (NYSE: EWZ). That week, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) reversed its decline and rallied 31%. Today it is about 110% higher than our original entry point, which pretty much marked the bottom.[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...]

NYT: China / Australia - Where Iron Is Bigger Than Gold & Oil

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:29:21 GMT

I don't necessarily agree with the title of the piece, but it's an interesting observation within this New York Times story. For newer readers, let me remind how the Baltic Dry Index (a pricing index for shipping costs which now is seized by investment pundits as one of "the tells on global growth") has been completely dominated by the Chinese and their interest in iron ore. When they are making purchases - the BDI rises, when they are not so interested, it drops. (Feb 9, 2009: China and the Baltic Dry Index - What's Really Going On?)[More...]

Uranium: An Under-The-Radar Bull Market

Wed, 13 May 2009 21:34:16 GMT

Uranium prices are rebounding. But how does the long-term picture look? Headed for a bull market?New mines in AfricaUranium stocks outperform[More...]

RIO Now More China-Dependent - Analyst Blog

Mon, 11 May 2009 17:32:48 GMT

Some days ago, Vale do Rio Doce (RIO) posted weaker-than-expected first quarter 2009 results. The numbers showed a remarkable contrast between the actual results of the company and the great performance the stock has been showing since the beginning of 2009. The market remains positive on commodity stocks as demand from basic materials in China remains heated. There is a consensus that China will continue to grow in the near future, with annual rates of at least 6% per year, and that the growth would be based on Government investments in infrastructure -- thus they will be quite commodity intensive. We agree with this positive view on China for the short-term. We also have few doubts that growth in the near future will be very commodity intensive as Government expenses are becoming quite common[More...]

Long Picks For Monday

Sun, 03 May 2009 16:34:38 GMT

The major index charts remain in solid rising trends for now. On a fundamental level, I continue to think this rally has been built on TARP money, short covering, and unrealistic hopes on the economy. Although corporate earnings have exceeded estimates, in the end earnings remain poor. Overbought sectors such as retail, restaurants, real estate, and financials need to contend with a still-deteriorating economic picture. That being the case, I am choosing to remain patient with a majority of short positions while actively trading the long side as long as the rally continues. [More...]

Market Report For Friday: Apr 17, 2009

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:00:45 GMT

(7:11am ET) There was plenty of economic data released in the US during the day; however the equity market sidetracked until 2pm ET, when with prices at modest losing levels on the week until that point, suddenly, and for no discernable reason, there was a rally that left the indexes with small gains through Thursday. Perhaps traders were anticipating a positive quarterly report from Google (GOOG +2.4% on +151% of average daily trading volume)? After the close, the company did not disappoint, beating both revenue and EPS estimates. The company posted net income of $1.42 billion ($5.16/share), up +8% from the $1.31 billion ($4.84/share) recorded during the same period a year ago. Revenue for 1Q2009 increased +10% to $4.07 billion, from $3.7 billion, excluding traffic acquisition costs. On average, analysts had expected earnings per share of $4.93 and revenue of $4.08 billion, according to Yahoo Finance. For the first[More...]

Daily Report For Thursday, Apr 16, 2009

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:36:24 GMT

(8:25am ET) The main focus of traders today will be the 1Q2009 earnings report from JP Morgan (JPM), and the close scrutiny of the data and hype that will follow. After hitting a low of $14.93 in early March, JPM has rallied +118.1% to yesterday’s close of $32.56. There was a high of $34.15 on Tuesday. http://tinyurl.com/da6dcv JP Morgan reported Q1 net income of $2.14 billion, or $0.40/share, down -10% from a year earlier, but beat analysts' expectations. Revenue increased +48% to $25.03 billion. WSJ reported that CEO Jamie Dimon said the firm extended about $150 billion in new credit to consumer and corporate customers during the quarter. With a last hour rally spurred by the real estate investment trusts (REITS) ($DJR +8.7%) and Banks ($BKX +5.1%) in the Financial sector (XLF +4.8%), the US equity[More...]

Daily Report For Tuesday, Apr 14, 2009

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:18:59 GMT

(9:30am ET) Stocks in NY sank at the open following various negative reports from TV talking heads, though trade volume was weak on the Easter Monday. After the close, Goldman Sachs surprised with unusually positive revenue and earnings. Today, President Obama will be making a speech on the state of the economy. Traders are confused. Yesterday was pretty much a lost day in the market. Very little of consequence happened. By the close, the DJIA’s small loss (-25.57 -0.32% to 8057.81) offset the small gain in the S&P (+2.17 +0.25% to 858.73), while the NASDAQ (+0.77 +0.05% to 1653.31) was flat. The Toronto Composite (+98.50 +1.07% to 9285.6) and the Toronto Venture Board (+11.89 +1.23% to 980.86) were stronger as the metal miners and goldminers enjoyed a good day. Except for Japan’s Nikkei 225 index (-0.92% to 8842.7), prices today were strong in the major international equity markets: Australia (+2.22% to[More...]

Daily Report For Tuesday: Apr 7, 2009

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:31:58 GMT

(8:05am ET) Stocks closed Monday's session in NY lower on a lightly-traded day, but much higher Week over Week. Through Friday, the major market indexes saw their largest four-week gains in seventy-six years. Now the market is preparing for 1Q2009 earnings season, which gets underway today with Alcoa (AA). On Monday, the DJIA (-41.74 -0.52% to 7975.85), S&P (-7.02 -0.83% to 835.48), and NASDAQ (-15.16 -0.93% to 1606.71) could not make headway against concerns the major banks may be preparing to release negative quarterly reports. The Toronto Composite (-49.59 -0.55% to 9016.17), and Venture Board (-12.42 -1.27% to 963.17) were also down on the day, but higher Week over Week. In international equity markets today, the closing prices showed losses except for Shanghai China (+0.80% to 2439.2): Australia -1.30% to 3648.5; Hong Kong -0.46% to 14929.0; India -1.80% to 10534.9; and Japan -0.28% to 8832.9. At 7:30am ET,[More...]

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:45:00 GMT

Nov. 6--Stock market investors were doing their best to look on the bright side today after the combined losses from Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways reached £1.79 billion during the first six months of the year.
BA responded with a rise of 9p at 195 1/2p -- making it the best blue chip performer -- while Royal Bank of Scotland, which this week was promised a further £33.5 billion of taxpayers' money, put on 0.4p at 35.6p.
Citigroup sees a brighter future for Lloyds Banking Group, 1/2p better at 83 1/2p, now that the Government has given the UK's biggest mortgage lender the go-ahead to raise £21 billion of new capital.

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Evening Standard, London, Market Report Column

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:47:00 GMT

Oct. 1--Vedanta Resources claimed first place on the Footsie winners' board today as Morgan Stanley says the miner's shares could be worth a staggering £68 -- even if metal prices hardly rise from their current levels.
Shares in the India-focused copper producer, which is controlled by Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal, surged 56p to 1958p as analysts said Vedanta's growth potential should see the company double in size in the next two years.
Deutsche Bank is also a fan of Vedanta, today advising clients to snap up the shares and lifting its price target from 2100p to 2300p.

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Overseas Firms Shun UK

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:49:00 GMT

Sep. 18--Britain suffered a crash in inward investment last year as the credit crunch derailed foreign plans to open new UK factories and purchase businesses.
Overseas firms slashed their spending in Britain from £111bn in 2007 to £59bn in 2008, the biggest fall in absolute terms among top countries surveyed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
As a result, Britain was toppled from its perch as the world's second-largest recipient of foreign direct investment by France and China.

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Evening Standard, London, Market Report Column

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:48:00 GMT

Sep. 16--Shareholders of explorer Tullow Oil were treated to a double boost today, sending the shares soaring 77p to 1164p, and making them one of the Footsie 100's best performers.
That spilled over into trading today with Italy's ENI tipped to offer up to 2000p a share -- which would value Tullow at more than £15 billion.
Panmure Gordon estimates the Venus B well, operated by Texas-based Anadarko Petroleum, could contain up to 250 million barrels of oil.

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Evening Standard, London, Market Report Column

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:47:00 GMT

Aug. 21--London's top stocks pushed through the 4800 barrier today for the first time since last October.
This was the fourth day in a row that the index has risen, and means the Footsie has climbed more than 37 percent since March's low.
But trading was thin in another quiet summer day in the City, with those dealers still at their desks watching the Ashes as much as their trading screens.

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Evening Standard, London, Market Report Column

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:45:00 GMT

Aug. 20--Some of the confidence being shown by stock-market investors rubbed off on the England cricket team in the fifth and final Test at the Brit Oval today.
Investors were certainly in good form today, with the FTSE 100 index posting a rise of 55.96 points to 4745.63.
Rio Tinto jumped 30 1/2p to 2342 1/2p following results while there were also gains in Kazakhmys, up 25p to 902 1/2p, and Antofagasta, 36p ahead at 754 1/2p.

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Evening Standard, London, Market Report Column

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:49:00 GMT

Aug. 18--The global economic revival may be suffering a bit of a wobble at the moment, but when it does finally get under way HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, will be best placed to make the most of it.
That, at least, is the view of Goldman Sachs, which has raised its rating on the lender from neutral to buy while jacking up its target by a whopping 340p to 820p.
HSBC was quick to learn from its foray into subprime lending with the £10 billion purchase of the American consumer-credit business Household in November 2002.

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Daily Mail, London, Market Report Column

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:46:00 GMT

Aug. 14--Having already spent around £100m on several international soccer stars in an effort to make premiership club Manchester City a European footballing giant, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is now believed to be about to splash out billions of pounds investing in the UK property market.
Al Nahyan, with the help of Dr Sulaiman al-Fahim -- now on Man City's board and one of the best-known businessman in the Middle East -- is rumoured to be interested in British Land and/or Land Securities.
Both were the focus of much speculative attention yesterday.

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Evening Standard, London, Market Report Column

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:49:00 GMT

Aug. 14--Petrofac shareholders can reflect on this week with a certain amount of satisfaction and look to the future with pound signs registering in their eyes.
The shares have traded at record highs this week and with that in mind it was time for them to take some profits today.
The shares retreated 34p in a thin market to 877 1/2p, giving institutional investors and tracker funds the opportunity to top up their holdings.

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Evening Standard, London, Market Report Column

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:48:00 GMT

Aug. 10--Stock-market investors chose to pause for breath today and take profits in the wake of last week's strong run, which carried leading share prices above the 4700 mark to their highest level since October last year.
In these volatile markets sentiment can turn on a sixpence.
Royal Bank of Scotland was another weak market in the wake of Friday's results, losing 3p at 43.9p as more than 100 million shares changed hands despite Exane raising its target from 30p to 35p.

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Webcast Alert: Vale Announces 1st Quarter 2009 Results Webcast

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:56:00 GMT

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AnalystChoice.Com Free CFA Opinion on DPS, KBR, RIO and PAY

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:21:00 GMT

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Today we have begun in-depth reporting on our website evaluating the current market condition of Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSE: DPS), KBR Inc. (NYSE: KBR), COMPANHIA VALE ADS (NYSE: RIO) and VeriFone Holdings Inc. (NYSE: PAY).
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: ViroPharma, Inc., TOTAL S.A., ReneSola Ltd., AFLAC and Vale Do Rio Doce

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:12:00 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: ViroPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: VPHM), TOTAL S.A. (NYSE: TOT), ReneSola Ltd. (NYSE: SOL), AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) and Vale do Rio Doce (NYSE: RIO).

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Performance of Vale in 2008 - CNW

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:52:00 GMT

STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 20 /CNW/ -- Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) reports a strong operational and financial performance in 2008, highlighted by several production, sales and financial records.[More...]

Performance of Vale in 2008 - PR Newswire - Feb 20 2009 8:10AM

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:51:00 GMT

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce reports a strong operational and financial performance in 2008, highlighted by several production, sales and financial records.[More...]

BridgewaterEquity.Com Free Fundamental Sector &Amp; Market Research on HK, PCG, DUK and RIO

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:20:00 GMT

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BenchmarkJournal.Com (Complimentary) Analyst Review for ITU, RIO, CELG and UAUA

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:13:00 GMT

Benchmark Journal brings independent company and sector research together, utilizing top financial advisors and investment tactics to provide you with a clear picture of investment opportunities.
Our company profiles will be at your fingertips, presented in a clearly laid out format that allows you to easily comprehend the dynamics of our featured companies.
Today we began tracking Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. (NYSE: ITU), COMPANHIA VALE ADS (NYSE: RIO), Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) and UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA).

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LeTourneau Signs Exclusive Supply Agreement for Mining Equipment

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:57:00 GMT

Rowan Companies, Inc. announced today that its wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary, LeTourneau Technologies, Inc. has entered into a five-year Global Strategic Alliance with Companhia Vale do Rio Doce , the second largest diversified metals and mining company in the world.[More...]

Video Webcast Alert: Vale Announces the Webcast of Vale Day in London - Analyst Meeting - Nov 13 2008 12:19PM

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:56:00 GMT

Vale announces the following webcast:[More...]

Video Webcast Alert: Vale Announces the Webcast of Vale Day in London - Analyst Meeting - Nov 12 2008 3:31PM

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:22:00 GMT

Vale announces the following webcast:[More...]