Analysis Topic: Companies Analysis
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
BP New CEO Robert Dudley Isn't the Long-term Answer / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Money_Morning
William Patalon III writes: When the BP PLC (NYSE ADR: BP) CEO-replacement saga began to unfold earlier this week, and the Money Morning news team was working the story, I contacted Dr. Moors to ask him if he knew anything about anointed successor Robert Dudley.
With that response, Dr. Moors underscored, yet again, why he's the ultimate energy-sector insider: He doesn't just know about Dudley - he actually knows him.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Attention, Barrelheads: Petrobras Shares Are on Sale / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Investment_U
Oil.
A touchy subject these days, I know – even with cleanup crews in the Gulf successfully removing much of the spilled oil from the water.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
We Analyze Akamai Technologies AKAM Classical Technical Pattern / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: INO
This stock looks lower based on a classical technical pattern
This is the first time I have looked at this particular stock and it appears to chart beautifully. The stock I am referring to and analyzing today is Akamai Technologies Inc. The symbol for this stock is AKAM and it is traded on the NASDAQ.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Fighting to Feed the Chinese Dragon, McDonald’s Vs. Yum! / Companies / Investing 2010
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes: Speed kills. And in the fast food industry, it's imperative.
The speed of service and the ability to quickly adapt menus, packaging and advertising are what makes a market leader. And right now, the speed at which fast food companies make the transition into foreign markets, particularly China, is what matters most of all.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Number of ETFs Exploding to Over 1,000 / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: Ron_Rowland
As I watch the exchange-traded fund (ETF) universe grow, I keep having flashbacks to the huge increase in the number of mutual funds in the 1990s.
Back then everyone wanted to own large cap growth funds. You could take your pick of hundreds in the category. A few were really good, a few really bad, and most were average. I saw frustrated investors simply give up trying to choose and throw their money at whatever was convenient. Usually it didn’t work out so well.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited: Record Quarterly Revenue / Companies / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Bob_Kirtley
The general consensus for the quarterly income for Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (AEM) was in the order of $0.40 per share, however, news just out has the figure higher at $0.64 per share for the second quarter, compared with a penny per share for the same period last year. The effect of their new mines construction programme going into production is starting to produce the results that we have been waiting for.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Middle East Oil Producers Might Consider BP Investment – to Diversify / Companies / Oil Companies
By: OilPrice_Com
With BP poised to move on from the Gulf oil spill with a new chief executive, the beleaguered London-based company might look attractive to Middle East sovereign wealth funds after all.It would be a parting legacy from outgoing CEO Tony Hayward if his efforts earlier this month to court the funds in Abu Dhabi and other oil-producing countries were to bear fruit.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
BP Boosted by $10 Billion Gulf Oil Spill Cost Tax Credits / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Dian_L_Chu
There is no shortage of news from BP on Tuesday:
- The oil major reported its first quarterly loss--$17.15 billion--in eighteen years, and will sell about $30 billion in assets.
- The company also announced that CEO Tony Hayward will step down on Oct. 1 to work at TNK-BP--BP’s joint venture in Russia.
- Bob Dudley, an American BP executive, will succeed Hayward as the new Chief Executive
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Is the Star in Starbucks Fading? / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: INO
I recently took the time to analyze one of the most popular and iconic brands on the American scene. I am of course talking about Starbucks.
After getting beaten down in 2008, Starbucks has made a remarkable recovery. However, that recovery looks to be in jeopardy based on our "Trade Triangle" technology and the findings of a 14th century dead mathematician.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Nasty MLP ETF Indicator Flashing Investor Warning Signal Again / Companies / Exchange Traded Funds
By: DailyWealth
Tom Dyson writes: In early 2007, investors were reading news stories about hundreds of new ethanol plants... enormous demand for grain in China... and rice shortages in Thailand.
Potash and farm-equipment stocks were soaring. The world's most widely published investment gurus – like Jim Rogers and Marc Faber – were touting agriculture and farmland as their favorite investments.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
BP Hopes for a CEO Savior in American Robert Dudley / Companies / Oil Companies
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes: BP PLC (NYSE ADR: BP) plans to oust Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward from the top spot and to appoint Robert Dudley - an American and an insider - in an attempt to regain U.S. trust after a highly criticized, ineffective response to the Gulf oil spill.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Why Currencies Play an Important Role in Corporate Earnings / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Bryan_Rich
It’s earnings season. And more and more companies are talking about currencies.
The headlines read like this …
“Weak Euro a Drain on S&P 500 Revenues”
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Friday, July 23, 2010
An Easy Solution to a Retirement Inflation Worry / Companies / Pensions & Retirement
By: DailyWealth
Dr. David Eifrig, writes: "I'm worried, Doc... I hear so much talk on television about the government printing money and destroying the dollar."
Like many retirees, my friend Chris is worried about government spending... about taxes... about Social Security... and about inflation destroying his nest egg.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Three Dividend Stealth Stocks / Companies / Dividends
By: Sean_Brodrick
If you’re like me, you’re getting more and more worried about where the economy and the stock market might go next. One consolation is investing in stocks that pay nice dividends. Why? I’ll give you five powerful reasons …
Thursday, July 22, 2010
AAPL Stock, Why We Don’t Chase Buses / Companies / Company Chart Analysis
By: David_Grandey
So AAPL reported earnings after the close Tuesday and what did it do Wednesday?
See that? Traded basically right up to the little red 265 line and backed away. Anyone who had to have it on those great numbers AFTER it popped is for the most part down for the day. What’s that we say? Don’t get emotional and make emotional decisions? And ohhh lets not forget about chasing buses either.
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