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13D filings are often full of surprises, and this morning is no exception. Carl Icahn has an amended filing this morning regarding his 9.4% stake in Clorox Corporation (NYSE: CLX). Icahn not only...
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ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) is now forecasting more clearly what its special situation break-up will look like. This was recently featured by 24/7 Wall St. as one of our picks in “value in...
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We have said it before… Some of the current initial public offerings with very low share floats and some of the valuations of these private (semi-public) companies are in some cases no different...
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Now that it’s known that investor Carl Icahn is acquiring shares in Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK) it appears that the stock in the maker of specialty vehicles is going to break back above its 200-day...
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Water may be the source of life, but it is also perhaps one of the most misunderstood and most “under-invested” themes for those investors who want income and growth year after year throughout...
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Whether or not initial public offerings are performing properly in the after-market is one thing, but the game that investors are trying to win now is in securing pre-IPO shares of companies which...
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Even though the US Federal Reserve downplays the contribution of commodity prices in the US core inflation rate, that doesn’t mean that everyone agrees. In fact, most of us who pay more for a...
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In 1926 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” Today, we don’t call people rich because that smacks of class warfare. Instead...
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Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) is far from what most investors would consider a value stock, but like beauty a good deal is in the eye of the beholder. T2 Partners, a value and sometimes...
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Relational is going after L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LLL). From May 25 to June 16, Relational Investors and its affiliates have acquired enough stock to become the company’s top...
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Bill Ackman and his Pershing Square could soon become a much more formidable activist when it comes to dealing with companies. Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) might have not been one of Ackman’s...
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It looks like at least some of the investors who were screwed by Stanford may get to recover some assets. This is not meant to be a catch-all recovery nor for all investors, at least not the way we...
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The pace at which the market trades stocks, bonds, currencies, and futures seems to have once again become faster than anyone could have ever imagined. Forget a few hundred automated trades a...
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Investors and economists vary on how much credence they are willing to give to any single survey. The excessive bearishness of last week’s AAII survey came as the Dow Jones Industrial...
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has enjoyed massive growth over the last decade. It has overcome a near-death experience and transformed itself into the second largest company by market capitalization. ...
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