Altera Corporation ALTR- Up 1.81% to $49.38. Altera Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets programmable logic devices and associated development tools. The Company's products, include a variety of programmable logic devices and hardcopy application-specific integrated circuits.
National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. NOV- National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV) is provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, oilfield services and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry. The Company operates through three business segments: Rig Technology, Petroleum Services & Supplies, and Distribution Services.
Humana Inc. HUM- Humana Inc. is the 3rd best-performing stock year-to-date in this segment of the market. It has risen 39.06% since the beginning of this year. Its price percentage change was 61.31% for the last 52 weeks.
Marathon Oil Corporation MRO- Marathon Oil Corp (MRO.N) said it was working to bring units back on-line that were affected by an early Tuesday morning power outage at the company's 76,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery. We are watching for a cross of the next upside pivot targets of $53.26 and $54.12. Also, the shares are currently trading above the 50-day moving average of $50.99 and above the 200-day moving average of $39.47.
UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH- UnitedHealth provides health insurance and medical services to 75 million individuals through different channels including to individuals directly, through small and medium-sized businesses and by providing coverage to large global companies.
Deere & Company DE- Illinois-based Deere & Co. has a $100-million plan to increase capacity for producing tractors and harvesters in India. Plans call for expanding a plant at Pune in western India, where it produces tractors, and to build a new plant in northern India (Punjab) to manufacture harvesters, according to Shailendra Jagtap, a director at John Deere India Pvt. Ltd.
El Paso Corporation EP- In the past year, the stock has hit a 52-week low of $10.17 and 52-week high of $19.39. El Paso stock has been showing support around $18.71 and resistance in the $19.69 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives EP a positive 4 STARS (out of 5) buy rating. For a hedged play on this stock, look at the Jul '11 $19.00 covered call for a net debit in the $18.15 area.
Discover Financial Services DFS- Discover stock has been showing support around $23.89 and resistance in the $25.15 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives DFS a positive 4 STARS (out of 5) buy rating. For a hedged play on this stock, look at the Jul '11 $24.00 covered call for a net debit in the $23.05 area. That is also the break-even stock price for this trade.
Cummins Inc. CMI- Chimera Investment Corporation is a specialty finance company that invests, either directly or indirectly through its subsidiaries, in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), residential mortgage loans, real estate-related securities and various other asset classes. The Company is externally managed by Fixed Income Discount Advisory Company (FIDAC). The Company's targeted asset classes and the principal investments it expects to make includes RMBS comprising agency and non-agency RMBS, residential mortgage loans consisting of prime mortgage loans, jumbo mortgage loans, and Alt-A mortgage loans and other asset backed securities (ABS) consisting of debt and equity tranches of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) and consumer and non-consumer ABS.
Magna International Inc. MGA- Magna International Inc. (Magna) is a diversified global automotive supplier. The Company designs, develops and manufactures automotive systems, assemblies, modules and components, and engineer and assemble complete vehicles, primarily for sale to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of cars and light trucks.
Limited Brands, Inc. LTD- Limited Brands, Inc. is a specialty retailer of women's intimate and other apparel, beauty and personal care products and accessories under various trade names. The Company sells its merchandise primarily through its retail stores in the United States and Canada and through its Websites and catalogues. The Company operates in two segments: Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works. The Victoria's Secret reportable segment consists of the Victoria's Secret.
Agrium Inc. AGU- Agrium Inc. is a retailer of agricultural products and services in the United States, as well as Argentina, Chile and Uruguay and a global producer and wholesale marketer of nutrients for agricultural and industrial markets. During the year ended December 31, 2009, Agrium reported its business through three business units and a fourth non-operating business unit for Corporate and inter-company eliminations.
EI du Pont de Nemours DD- E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) offers a range of products and services for markets, including agriculture, food, building, construction, electronics, communications, general industrial and transportation. The Company's segments include Agriculture & Nutrition, Electronics & Communications, Performance Chemicals, Performance Coatings, Performance Materials, Safety & Protection, and Pharmaceuticals.
Freeport-McMoRan FCX- An analyst at Canaccord Genuity said that the miner may bid for the company, which is evaluating bids from Equinox Minerals and Inmet.Freeport-McMoRan has a potential upside of 24.4% based on a current price of $51.81 and an average consensus analyst price target of $64.44.
Time Warner Cable Inc. TWC- Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) is a cable operator in the United States with systems located in five geographic areas: New York State, the Carolinas, Ohio, Southern California and Texas. TWC offers video, high-speed data and voice services over its broadband cable systems to residential and commercial customers. As of December 31, 2010, it served approximately 14.5 million residential and commercial customers who subscribed to one or more of its three subscription services: video, high-speed data and voice, totaling approximately 26.7 million primary service units (PSUs).
Viacom, Inc. (VIA.B)- In the past 52 weeks, shares of Viacom have traded between a low of $30.24 and a high of $48.66 and are now at $48.81, which is 61% above that low price. In the last five trading sessions, the 50-day MA has climbed 0.29% while the 200-day MA has risen 0.38%.
CIGNA Corporation CI- CIGNA Corporation (CIGNA) is a holding company. CIGNA is a global health service organization with subsidiaries that are providers of medical, dental, disability, life and accident insurance and related products and services. In the United States, these products and services are offered through employers and other groups and in selected international markets, CIGNA offers supplemental health, life and accident insurance products, expatriate benefits and international health care coverage and services to businesses, governmental and non-governmental organizations and individuals.
Eaton Corporation ETN- Estimates inched higher on the good quarter, building on the trend of the last few months that has added 24 cents to the current year, currently pegged at $3.90. The next-year estimate is bullish, projecting 18% earnings growth.
The Mosaic Company MOS- Mosaic is currently below its 50-day moving average of $79.41 and should find support at its 200-day moving average of $68.96. Look for these moving averages to decline to confirm the company's downward momentum.
Philip Morris International PM- Philip Morris International Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products in markets outside of the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.7, above the average tobacco industry P/E ratio of 16.5 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.
Chesapeake Energy Corp CHK- Chesapeake Energy Corporation is the second-largest producer of natural gas and the most active driller of new wells in the U.S. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, the company's operations are focused on discovering and developing unconventional natural gas and oil fields onshore in the U.S. Chesapeake owns leading positions in the Barnett, Haynesville, Marcellus and Bossier natural gas shale plays and in the Eagle Ford, Granite Wash, Tonkawa, Cleveland, Mississippian.
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