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Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Zacks energy sector analyst Sheraz A. Mian is upgrading the shares of oil refining and marketing company Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (ETP) from Hold to Buy. Here are some of the reasons behind his decision:'We are upgrading Energy Transfer common units to Buy from Hold following their ...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
The following excerpts explain why Zacks senior foreign technology analyst Robert J. Perri, CFA remains neutral on Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (PHG), the electronic products manufacturer:'Philips reported mixed results for the third quarter, as revenues were weak in the Medical S...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Reiterating his bullish case for Hoku Scientific, Inc. (HOKU), Zacks senior utility sector analyst Jon Kolb explains why the future looks bright for the fuel cell technologies developer:Successful execution of existing contracts, including a new poly-silicon supply agreement with Suntech ...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — TraderBlog.com
CURRENCIES
The December U.S. dollar index is slightly lower in early trading today. But bears still have the overall near-term technical advantage. Slow stochastics for the dollar index are neutral early today. The dollar index finds shorter-term technical resistance at Tuesday's high of 78.27 an...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — TraderBlog.com
CURRENCIES
The December U.S. dollar index is slightly lower in early trading today. But bears still have the overall near-term technical advantage. Slow stochastics for the dollar index are neutral early today. The dollar index finds shorter-term technical resistance at Tuesday's high of 78.27 an...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
What remains to be seen is how these results compare to those of its peers over the next few days. Both Burlington Northern (BNI) and Norfolk Southern (NSC) report next week. CSX (CSX) recorded net income of $407 million, or 91 cents a share, compared with $328 million, or 71 cents a share, a ye...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Altria (MO) released results and the news was good, very good. Excluding tax items and charges from asset impairment, earnings from continuing operations increased 18.9% to $1.21 a share, up from $1.07 a year earlier vs. analysts estimates of $1.14 a share.Net income fell to $2.63 billion, or $1....
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Investing Intelligently
There has been debate for many years on whether or not Canada should get rid of the penny. According to an article from CBC news called “A ‘penniless’ Canada?“, “more than two in five consumers surveyed (42 per cent) were in favour of withdrawing the penny from circul...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Well, that did not take very long at all. Last week I proposed a situation in which the free WIFI offered by Mcdonalds (MCD) in Britain would be landing on US shores soon enough and this would prod Starbucks (SBUX), who currently charges for it, to begin giving it away. It seems this may be happe...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Well, that did not take very long at all. Last week I proposed a situation in which the free WIFI offered by Mcdonalds (MCD) in Britain would be landing on US shores soon enough and this would prod Starbucks (SBUX), who currently charges for it, to begin giving it away. It seems this may be happe...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
A Hold recommendation has recently been issued to toy maker Mattel, Inc. (MAT) by Zacks leisure industry analyst Sean P. Smith. Here's what his latest update had to say:'We maintain our Hold rating for MAT. Mattel has recently faced difficulties with respect to margin pressures and deteri...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
The following excerpts explain why Zacks senior banking sector analyst Ann H. Heffron, CFA rates a Hold on ABN AMRO Holding N.V. (ABN) until the largest takeover in the history of financial sector is completed:'We are continuing our Hold on ABN AMRO Holding N.V., but raising our target pr...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Zacks senior Latin American market analyst Claudio Freitas, CFA has recently downgraded the ADRs of paper and pulp company Aracruz Celulose S.A. (ARA) from a Buy to Hold. Here are some of the reasons why:'Aracruz posted solid second quarter 2007 results, but third quarter results in gener...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Condor Options
Is the following argument sound?
Volatility is not price-agnostic: it tends to decrease when prices go up, and increases when prices go down, generally speaking.
So being long (short) volatility has a slightly bearish (bullish) bias.
Iron condors are always short vega, which means they are short...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
After a depreciation of 50 per cent in the share price of apparel retailer Charlotte Russe Holdings, Inc. (CHIC), Zacks senior retail industry analyst Robert Plaza, CFA reiterates his Hold rating on the shares. The following excerpts explain his position:'While we have written for several...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Stocks and Blogs
This is really cool. You can create a photo collage of all your friends on facebook by doing the following:1) Login to facebook and go to the Friends tab.2) Under the Show drop-down menu, select --- as in the picture below.3) Now you can do a Printscreen and paste in any photo-editor. Alternativel...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Zacks defense sector analyst Jon Kolb had earlier upgraded the shares of defense and aerospace company General Dynamics Corporation (GD) from Hold to Buy. Here are some of the reasons why he is staying bullish:'We view General Dynamics as a well-run company that is likely to continue to...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
A Buy recommendation has recently been issued to mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper Gold, Inc. (FCX) by Zacks senior mining industry analyst Paul Raman, CFA. Here's how he presents his case in favor of the company:'Freeport-McMoRan Copper Gold is engaged in the exploration, developmen...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
TM Toyota Motor Corp 107.35 TIBB Tib Finl Corp 10.34 THC Tenet Healthcare Corp ... 3.09 SPF Standard Pacific Corp 3.93 SOV Sovereign Bancorp Inc 15.74 SMRT Stein Mart Inc 7.21 RAD Rite Aid Corporation 4.05 PPCO Penwest Pharmaceutica ... 7.42 ODFL Old Dominion Freight...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
The following excerpts explain why Zacks senior telecom industry analyst Robert J. Perri, CFA remains neutral on LM Ericsson Telephone Company (ERIC), the telecom equipment manufacturer:'We expect Ericsson to report an in-line third quarter of 2007, against a strong currency headwind. The...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Reiterating his bullish case for Amphenol Corporation (APH), Zacks equity analyst Mario Ricchio explains why he is advising investors to add the shares of the company to their portfolio:'We expect Amphenol Corporation to report third quarter EPS of $0.46, up 21.1% year-over-year, amid str...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Zacks senior services sector analyst Neena Mishra feels the shares of business services company Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (PRAA) should be rated a Hold. Here are some of the reasons why:'PRAA is scheduled to report its 3Q07 financial results in the first week of November. PRAA c...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays
Apparently I'm not the only one disenchanted with Six Flags (SIX). Daniel Snyder's Red Zone, which until recently owned 11% of the troubled theme park operator announced in an SEC filing that it is distributing 100% of its shares to investors so they may do with them as they wish. Translation? ...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
An update has recently come out on Wipro, Limited (WIT), in which Zacks software industry analyst Abdul Saleh is restating his Hold rating on the company. We excerpted the following details:'Wipro is expected to report its fiscal Q2:08 results on October 19. The outlook for the quarter is...
Tuesday October 16, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
The following excerpts explain why Zacks power sector analyst Jon Kolb remains neutral on Canadian Solar, Inc. (CSIQ), the alternative energy company:'CSIQ's precipitous decline following its November 2006 initial public offering (IPO) ought to reverse course as improving fundamentals sup...