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We have already issued many sector calls for 2011 with our outlooks and we have even given a 2011 DJIA target of 13,042 based upon the same methodology that got us within about 1% of the DJIA close...
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (also called The Dow, Dow 30 and the DJIA) is what most Americans think of as the “stock market.” The widely followed benchmark of 30 American stocks, however,...
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Updated throughout the day. GE (NYSE: GE), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX), and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) are all considering a bid for BEA Systems aerospace business (Reuters) The NY State Attorney...
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One of the few bits of investing conventional wisdom that nearly everyone accepts is that people should always look out for number one. The problem with following that advice is investors may miss...
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The week of October 18 to 22 is jam-packed with earnings. It also happens that eleven of the thirty DJIA components reporting earnings will be delivered next week. On deck are such major players...
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Conglomerates have enjoyed solid performance in 2010 and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is set to report earnings on Friday morning. A market concern and a sector concern so far is that many...
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These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. Allstate Corporation...
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This weekend’s edition of The Unusual Suspects is different. While some earnings focus is made, there are several key events coming up that investors and traders alike will want to watch. ...
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The Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank, has published its 17th annual survey of CEO compensation, noting, among other things, that CEOs of the 50 firms that have laid off the most...
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What happens when Dow Jones Industrial Average components have dividend yields on the common stocks that are above the yield of the 10-year Treasury Note or even the 30-Year Treasury Long Bond? In...
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2010 may be a directionless year for the stock markets so far, but shares of conglomerates are outperforming and more upside is expected. The five largest conglomerates we follow are all higher for...
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There is a fiction mostly written by executive outplacement firms such as Challenger Gray & Christmas that corporate layoffs are falling sharply. Its survey may be incomplete, or at the very...
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This week brought about 5 of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components that have reported earnings this earnings season. We have a mixed fanfare so far, but next week we have a larger group of...
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Reuters: The head of GM says taxpayers may get their entire investment back. Reuters: Obama will urge tougher rules on Wall St. Reuters: The CEO of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) attacked...
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Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) made our top day trader alerts this morning after the firm raised its guidance. The company reported that earnings will be on April 23, 2010, but it raised...
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