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Wall Street Ends Mostly Higher, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Jumps

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:05:13 GMT

US stocks finished mixed on Wednesday after Federal Reserve said economy "improved modestly" in late October and November.[More...]

Wall Street Gains As Dollar Declines, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) Soars

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:19:38 GMT

US stocks climbed on Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest close for the year, as a weaker dollar boosted commodity prices and shares of raw-material producers.[More...]

Options Intelligence Report: ACE Call Options In Demand - Option Implied Volatility Explodes

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:53:29 GMT

Today's tickers: ACE, EFA, HAL, AMAT, WHR, DE, JTX & WCG[More...]

Returns Not Always What They Seem

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:21:04 GMT

Measuring a company's return on equity (ROE) is a useful way to determine whether management is justified in retaining earnings for further investment, particularly for a company with low debt levels. For example, if ROE is above 15%, in most cases the company should attempt to re-invest its profits in order to grow;[More...]

Wall Street Slumps On Dubai Jitters, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Slides

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:45:51 GMT

US stocks finished lower in thin trade on Friday as worries about Dubai's financial trouble rattled investors.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Higher On Positive Data, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) Gains

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:19:04 GMT

US stocks finished higher on Wednesday as better-than-expected economic data boosted investor optimism. Trading was relatively thin ahead of Thursday's US Thanksgiving holiday.[More...]

Infrastructure Stocks About To Rise?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:22:32 GMT

Mad Money’s Jim Cramer discussed two high-quality infrastructure stocks: Fluor (FLR) and Jacobs Engineering (JEC). He analyzed them from both the technical and fundamental perspective on the segment called “Off the Charts.” Both stocks have greatly underperformed the market benchmarks in the last quarter, with both of them falling nearly 20% over the past 13 weeks.[More...]

US Stock Futures Point To Higher Open, Tiffany (NYSE: TIF) Eyed

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:57:59 GMT

US stock futures pointed to stronger start on Wednesday after a government release showed that consumer spending rose 0.4% in October.[More...]

Northrop Wins Military Contract

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:46:36 GMT

Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC) was awarded a $302.9 million fixed price incentive fee contract for five RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), by the U.S. Air Force. Earlier, the U.S. Air Force granted RQ-4 Global HALE with a military Airworthiness Certification (AWC), a significant milestone in the life of the aircraft system and a step on the path to routine unmanned flight within the United States.[More...]

Seven 5-Star Stocks From Berkshire's Latest Portfolio

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:31:39 GMT

Burlington Northern was just one of several purchases Berkshire has made lately.[More...]

Deere (NYSE:DE): Upgraded To Overweight At Morgan Stanley

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:54:40 GMT

Morgan Stanley is upgrading Deere (NYSE:DE) to Overweight from Equal-Weight with a $64 price target (prev. $48)[More...]

Coal, Copper And Ore - More Than Just Mines

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:45:19 GMT

Broad capital spending cuts, and curtailed production have landed machinery companies in the pits but mining equipment makers will likely be among the first to emerge from under the recessionary rubble. The reason is that commodity prices are up substantially from their recent lows, at a time when the world is running out of all those precious natural resources.[More...]

Wall Street Drops As Technology Shares Decline, General Electric (GE) Slips

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:31:03 GMT

US stocks dropped for the third straight day Friday as investors reacted negatively to Dell Inc.'s worse than expected quarterly results. Shares also retreated as a stronger dollar weighed upon commodity sector.[More...]

Options Intelligence Report: GAO Report Boosts Fortunes Of Credit Card Companies

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:58:49 GMT

Today's tickers: MA, V, RF, KG, HW, WSM, AEP & NTAP[More...]

Wall Street Slips On Weak Housing Data, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Rallies

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:45:59 GMT

US stocks finished lower on Wednesday as disappointing housing data spurred recovery fears. A sharp slide in technology shares also pressurized stocks.[More...]

Volume Talks: Hot Stocks On Heavy Volume & Detailed Buy Write Option Trade

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:04:01 GMT

Here is a list of stocks which traded higher Tuesday November 17, 2009 on unusually higher volume. As always, I will keep an eye on these stocks Wednesday to see if there is continued buying pushing the stocks higher. This method is just one of the ways I use to pick stocks to structure particular option trades. The second part of this post requires the knowledge of stock options.[More...]

Breakout Stocks On Big Volume November 16, 2009 & RINO Detailed Option Trade

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:07:23 GMT

Here is a tall list of stocks which traded higher Monday November 16, 2009 on unusually higher volume. When we have a move such as we did Monday, it is not unusual to see this many stocks moving higher on greater volume than the 50 day average. I will keep an eye on these stocks Tuesday to see if there is continued buying pushing the stocks higher. This method is just one of the ways I use to pick stocks to structure particular option trades.[More...]

Wall Street Surges On Bernanke Comments, Exxon (NYSE: XOM) Rallies

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:58:59 GMT

US stocks finished with solid gains on Monday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said that the central bank is likely to keep interest rates exceptionally low for "an extended period," in order to encourage economic growth.[More...]

PWK Going Cheap

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:26:41 GMT

Was away almost all of last week on business but did manage to catch a few things. In the three years that I’ve been a Pipe Networks (PWK) shareholder I couldn’t have been happier with management. However the latest proposal to sell the company to SOT for $6.30 a share, in my opinion is selling themselves short. It represents just a 5% premium to where the shares were trading before the announcement and does not fully capture the income producing capability of the company’s assets in future years.[More...]

RINO International (NASDAQ: RINO): Well Positioned To Benefit From China’s Investment in Infrastructure

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:25:00 GMT

China is very aware of the need for infrastructure to power economic growth and RINO Intl (NASDAQ: RINO) is well positioned to benefit from China’s growth prospects.[More...]

Wall Street Slips As Oil Slides, AMD (NYSE: AMD) Soars

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:35:18 GMT

US stocks finished down on Thursday as oil prices declined following a surprise build in US oil inventories.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Mostly Lower, Boeing (NYSE: BA) Tumbles

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:16:44 GMT

US stocks finished mixed on Tuesday as investors took a breather after Monday's sharp rally which pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest level this year.[More...]

U.S. Companies Finding More Consistent Growth Overseas

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:04:54 GMT

By Bob Blandeburgo Associate Editor Money Morning McDonalds Corp. (NYSE: MCD) yesterday (Monday) became the latest in a long line of U.S. companies to find growth overseas as domestic growth... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first. [More...]

US Stock Futures Point To Weaker Start, MBIA (NYSE: MBI) Eyed

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:44:23 GMT

US stock futures retreated on Monday as investors paused for breath after Monday's sharp rally which pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest level this year.[More...]

Wall Street Soars As Dollar Tumbles, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Surges

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:56:31 GMT

US stocks rallied on Monday as dollar declined, sending stocks and commodities higher.[More...]

Rino (RINO): China Building Bet

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:50:13 GMT

"We’re finding positive opportunities in Asia," says Richard Schmidt. In his Stellar Stock Alert, the growth stock expert looks to a play on China's infrastructure: Rino int'l (NASDAQ: RINO).[More...]

Wall Street Surges On Strong Economic Data, Boeing (NYSE: BA) Rallies

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:29:19 GMT

US stocks rallied on Thursday as upbeat economic data and better-than-expected revenue forecast from Cisco bolstered investor confidence.[More...]

Berkshire Buys American

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:35:19 GMT

Buffett is putting action behind his words with the Burlington Northern buy.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Mostly Higher, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) Slides

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:23:20 GMT

US stocks mostly higher on Tuesday as news of corporate dealmaking boosted investors' hopes for a recovery in the economy.[More...]

The Shape Of GDP

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:15:46 GMT

While last week GDP growth came in better than expected at 3.5%, which was a very welcome development, there was very little change in the coverall shape of GDP. This is a troubling development for the long term. GDP is the sum of spending by the Consumer, Private Investment, Government Spending and Net Exports. The Graph below shows the percentage each of them has contributed to overall GDP since 1947.[More...]

Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) To Acquire Burlington Northern (BNI) ; Split B (BRK.B) Shares 50 to 1

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:24:43 GMT

A couple of interesting acquisitions in the past 24 hours; late yesterday a bid for Black & Decker (BDK) by Stanley Works (SWK) - apparently finalizing a 28 year courtship! Stanley agreed to buy Black & Decker for about $3.5 billion in an all-stock transaction, creating a global tool maker worth about $8.4 billion. The combined business, to be called Stanley Black & Decker, will own many names familiar to do-it-yourselfers, including the companies’ namesake lines, Stanley’s FatMax and Bostitch and Black & Decker’s DeWalt and Porter-Cable offerings. The two companies have little overlap in their products, with Stanley best known for hand tools and construction equipment and Black & Decker for power[More...]