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It was just in August that practically every single initial public offering was trading above its IPO price. The market had rallied significantly, and still rallied after that to just this week...
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China Real Estate Information Corporation (NASDAQ: CRIC) has priced its 18 million share initial public offering at $12.00 per share. While this is not an easy structure, this IPO has ramifications...
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Here we are going into yet another earnings season. We saw Monday how the market has rallied significantly from the March lows and the major indexes are even up in positive territory for the 2009...
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American Eagle Outfiters Inc. (NYSE: AEO) hit a yearly high of $18.08 after the clothing vendor announced that it had raised its 3Q09 EPS estimate to $0.24-$0.26 from $0.22-$0.25. Anheuser-Busch...
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ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is trying to further adopt shareholder-friendly strategies with a higher payout and lower expenses. With as much as this stock has lagged some peers until recently, that...
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It is the weekend and that means a review of last week’s unusual suspects and a review for key stocks in the week ahead. Technically earnings season gets its first earnings report from a DJIA...
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Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL) hit a yearly high of $13.47 after beating both guidance and analyst estimates for its quarterly earnings. Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE: KSS) hit a yearly high of $57.19 after...
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Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) hit a yearly high of $97.33 as options traders place bets in anticipation of positive earnings. Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) hit a yearly high of $28.58 as...
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The economy is obviously getting better, so long as you are not one of the unemployed or about to lose your job. Now with more than a 50% rally from the March lows and a Dow Jones Industrial...
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Pathetic demand for two real estate investment trust IPOs today speaks to continued worries that commercial mortgage-backed real estate may be the next leg of the financial stool to get kicked out...
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Investing in mortgages might not be as bad as many thought. Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) has already raised more capital on more than one occasion since coming public in 2007 when the...
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Despite the notion that times are tough, mergers are still happening. If you look back at what we noted, the top 20 companies by market cap had over $335 billion in raw cash that could be used for...
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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) did not immediately rise despite the announcement from the company that it was raising its quarterly dividend. Most dividend hikes do not raise the price of...
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Now that we are out of the woods in the crash scenario, assuming this week is no ill omen, investors may want to know which of the big companies would start to deploy their billions and billions of...
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Some companies are unmatched on the rate at which they pay out their dividends. Former DJIA component Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) definitely falls into that category, as do many tobacco sector...
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