Commodities & Metals
Commodities & Metals Articles
From Ticker Sense ln mid-December we highlighted what the consensus commodity price forecasts for 2007 were from commodities analysts. Gold and oil were two of only three commodities that analysts...
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On today’s Wall Street Confidential video on TheStreet.com Jim Cramer noted Alcoa (AA). Cramer said this was an undermanaged company and this might not be able to be resisted; it’s a country...
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Last night we ran a piece on Alcoa as potentially being acquired, although the speculation has been out there and we have covered this several times. BHP Billiton(BHP-NYSE/ADR) and Rio Tinto...
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Is Alcoa (AA-NYSE) really going to be acquired? BHP Billiton (BHP-NYSE/ADR) and Rio Tinto (RTP-NYSE/ADR) are each preparing their own $40 Billion bids according to the Tuesday edition of the Times...
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By Ryan Barnes. Edited By Douglas A. McIntyre Anheuser-Busch (BUD) – Price $50.25; Break-up Value $56 Anheuser-Busch has already won the battle to be the largest beer company in the world, hands...
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What happened in Empire Resources Inc. (ERS-AMEX) shares today? We often screen for small cap metals-related companies and this one was a head scratcher today to more than just us. There wasn’t...
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By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Olin Corporation (OLN) reported earnings tonight, and the report was a doozy. Joseph D. Rupp, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer said, “I am...
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Alcoa (AA) just fired a warning shot to any would-be acquirers. "We aren’t for sale." There has been speculation around for some time that they could fall prey to an acquirer as other metals and...
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International Aluminum (IAL) is being acquired by Genstar Capital LLC at $51.00 per share in a $228 million acquisition. It was unknown if Alcoa (AA) beating earnings would lead the sector higher,...
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Alcoa (AA) is trading up some 4% in after-hours trading. The company posted $0.74 EPS and revenues were $7.84 Billion; estimates were $0.65 and $7.6+ Billion. These EPS numbers were ex-items and...
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Tomorrow earnings season will be kicked off by the first DJIA reporting-component Alcoa (AA). Investors often try to read too much into the metals sector AND into the markets based on Alcoa’s...
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The idea behind the Freeport McMoran purchase of cooper company Phelps Dodge is that high cooper prices would cover the premium price of the deal. Cooper prices have now dropped to $2.59 a pound,...
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Alcoa (AA) has its share of doubters. Moody’s just moved its credit outlook on the company from stable to negative. RBC downgraded the stock to "underperfom" from "sector perform" because the stock...
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