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Ford Motors (F) worth a buy at present level
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 11:41am | 135Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) witnessed a frenzied buying ahead of the final statement from Fed on Wednesday, and the F stock surged by 5% in less than two hours of trade, after CEO of company expressed hopes that Ford would put an improved sales performance in the second half of current year. F stock...
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Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) worth a buy at current level
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 11:21am | 135Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) witnessed a frenzied buying ahead of the final statement from Fed on Wednesday, and the F stock surged by 5% in less than two hours of trade, after CEO of company expressed hopes that Ford would put an improved sales performance in the second half of current year. F stock...
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Will the Proposed US Advertising Blitz Improve Toyota’s Value?
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 5:43am | 53Will the proposed fourth-quarter $1 billion marketing campaign in the United States help the value of Toyota’s (NYSE: TM) shares to appreciate? Several experts believe such whirlwind advertizing blitz could increase the company sales: a technique that could lure more traders to snatch up more...
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Karen Finerman Looks At Eastman Chemical (EMN) And Ford (F)
Monday, September 21, 2009 - 6:13pm | 119When CNBC’s Fast Money Karen Finerman heard that James Grant, one of the most famous bears in the market, turned bullish she started to think about possible trades that could be made on his comment that he sees the prospects of unscripted strength in business activity. Karen Finerman looked at...
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Ford (F) Fiesta to launch with New Bright Colors
Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 3:59am | 96With high demand for vehicle colors such as the 2010 Mustang in "Grabber Blue" and the F-150 SVT Raptor in "Molten Orange.", Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), announces that the 2011 Ford Fiesta goes on sale next summer, will have bright colors to choose from: "Bright Magenta" and "Lime Squeeze."...
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Cramer Is Keen On FSLR, PCLN, FORD, Dislikes MOV
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 3:20pm | 145Although solar stocks make CNBC’s Mad Money Jim Cramer nervous, he decided to recommend First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR). That is the only solar stock that he will recommend until oil prices go definitively higher. First Solar (FSLR) jumped on Wednesday more than 4%. Cramer also likes Ford (NYSE: F) but...
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Introducing DiNapoli on the Dollar/Yen
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 6:36am | 2185I am honored to feature this guest article by active currency trader and friend, Derek Ching. Derek maintains a Series 3 & 30 license as a registered CTA (commodity trade advisor) with the National Futures Association. As managing director for Hawaii Forex, he provides technical training and...
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President Obama Subsidizes President Obama with Tire Tariff
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 5:41am | 231The Cato Institute’s Daniel Ikenson has just posted this, a succinct summary of the winners and losers from President Obama’s decision to impose punitive tariffs on imports of tires from China. It was a short-sighted decision, pandering to Obama’s base of support in Big Labor (wasn’t giving the...
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Flint's Dramatic Shift: Manufacturing to Service
Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 5:43pm | 370The chart above (click to enlarge) shows the manufacturing share of total employment in Michigan's 12 major metro areas in both 1990 and 2009 (data available here), and also for the state of Michigan and the entire U.S. What's most interesting is that despite the decline in the manufacturing job...
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Optical Cable Corporation (OCCF) Announces Third Quarter Results
Friday, September 11, 2009 - 4:21am | 111Optical Cable Corporation (Nasdaq GM: OCCF) announced financial results for its fiscal third quarter and the nine months ended July 31, 2009. Optical Cable Corporation (OCCF) is a leading manufacturer of a broad range of fiber optic and copper data communications cabling and connectivity solutions...
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Blackstone Group (BX) Rallies on Goldman Sachs Addition to Conviction Buy List
Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 12:10pm | 1385Congrats! Another win to the "trading huddle" (allegedly) - while the last few posts have been about stocks going up for reasons they did in the old days, today's upgrade of Blackstone Group (BX) is more likely a representation of the new "financially innovative" and "fair and balanced" stock...
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Apple (AAPL) Introduces iTunes(R) 9
Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 5:25am | 121Apple Inc (Nasdaq : AAPL), launched iTunes(R) 9. This is the latest version software application to purchase, manage and play media, packed with innovative features such as iTunes LP, Home Sharing and Genius Mixes, as well as a redesigned store and improved syncing. iTunes 9 makes it easier than...
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NYT: Overspending on Debit Cards a Revenue Boom
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 2:33pm | 2470I don't have a debit card, so my assumption was debit cards were (in theory) like cash. When the account your debit card was connected to hit zero (i.e. if you had zero cash in your lint filled pocket) you can't buy anything more. But that would not be a profitable enterprise for our banking...
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Adaptec (ADPT) Releases Solution for Maximum Application Acceleration in Data Center Environments
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 6:14am | 153Adaptec, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADPT) released a solution for building and managing High-Performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs) - storage arrays that use both solid-state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs) - delivering up to five times the I/O performance, up to 50 percent savings in capital and...
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Congressional Oversight Panel Says that Taxpayers Face Losses a Significant Portion of the $81B Auto Bailout
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 4:55am | 70The Congressional Oversight Panel observed that most of the $23 billion initially provided to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC is not likely to be repaid. The prospect of recovering such amount depends on shares of the two companies rising to unprecedented levels. Currently, the government...