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Finding Option Alternatives for Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO)
Monday, December 27, 2010 - 9:15am | 19452010 has been a solid year for Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO). The blue chip has risen roughly 15% year to date and is up 25% from its early-July low. Shares of the soft-drink titan are now trading around the $65 level, at their highest point since last millennium. It's times like this that try traders'...
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Navistar Beats but Profits Fall - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 4:31pm | 652Navistar International Corporation (NAV) posted a decline in profit of $49 million or 68 cents per share in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ended October 31, 2010 from $86 million or $1.19 per share in the same quarter of prior year. In spite of this, the profit was higher than the Zacks...
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Navistar Beats but Profits Fall - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 3:44pm | 652Navistar International Corporation (NAV) posted a decline in profit of $49 million or 68 cents per share in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ended October 31, 2010 from $86 million or $1.19 per share in the same quarter of prior year. In spite of this, the profit was higher than the Zacks...
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Honda Recalls on Suspension Failure - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 12:03pm | 516Honda Motor Co. (HMC) announced that it will recall 10,800 units of Accord sedans and Pilot sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in order to fix a problem with the front suspension of the vehicles. The recall includes Accord sedans of model year 2010-2011 and Pilot SUVs of 2011, sold in the U.S. Honda...
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Honda Recalls on Suspension Failure - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 11:15am | 516Honda Motor Co. (HMC) announced that it will recall 10,800 units of Accord sedans and Pilot sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in order to fix a problem with the front suspension of the vehicles. The recall includes Accord sedans of model year 2010-2011 and Pilot SUVs of 2011, sold in the U.S. Honda...
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Toyota Aims For 3% Sales Growth - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 1:03am | 626Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) has targeted global sales growth of 3% to 8.61 million vehicles in 2011 compared with 8.37 million vehicles in 2010. The sales projection included vehicles to be sold by its subsidiaries – Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd. The automaker is banking on burgeoning...
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GDP Revised Up to 2.6% - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:33pm | 4393This is essentially a repost of the report when the second look at third-quarter GDP growth came out on November 23rd. I have put the new revised contributions to (or drags on) growth in bold, with the original numbers immediately following in parenthesis (the 11/23 numbers first in italics, the...
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GDP Revised Up to 2.6% - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 1:00pm | 4393This is essentially a repost of the report when the second look at third-quarter GDP growth came out on November 23rd. I have put the new revised contributions to (or drags on) growth in bold, with the original numbers immediately following in parenthesis (the 11/23 numbers first in italics, the...
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Toyota Aims For 3% Sales Growth - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 12:47pm | 626Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) has targeted global sales growth of 3% to 8.61 million vehicles in 2011 compared with 8.37 million vehicles in 2010. The sales projection included vehicles to be sold by its subsidiaries – Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd. The automaker is banking on burgeoning...
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Ford Motor Trading Up In Pre-Market Breaking Resistance (F)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 10:22am | 37Ford Motor (NYSE: F) is trading up .29% in the pre-market with volume at 227,597 shares. Ford closed above a $16.96 technical resistance level indicating a bullish outlook in the near term.
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Deutsche Bank On U.S. Autos & Parts
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 9:42am | 334Deutsche Bank has published a research report on U.S. Autos and Auto Parts reporting December mid-month survey that points of a 4Q SAAR of 12.2MM. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes "Based on our mid-month channel checks, we estimate that the U.S. light vehicle SAAR is tracking at 12.2MM in...
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General Motors To Triple Electric Car Sales Goal -Bloomberg (GM)
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 5:48pm | 43According to Bloomberg, General Motors' (NYSE: GM) CEO Dan Akerson is looking to triple the company's mid-decade target for electric car sales. Source.
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Option Investors (Still) Bearish on Wells Fargo (WFC)
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 1:49pm | 1665The February options series opened for business in Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) yesterday and one large-scale options investor appears to have swooped in to extend a bearish trade. Wells shares are up 9.5% in the past month and have gained slightly more than that year-to-date, but this investor...
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Long F At $16.92
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 12:40pm | 102Finally got the fill on Ford Motor (F), which I had been in eye-ballin' since last week. The cup and hand and its location in the current trend is ideal, and as long as the market holds up, should see a very nice pop in its share price. I've currently got my stop-loss at $16.33, but like any stock...
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Option Trading Strategies for Ford Motor (F) Investors
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 10:18am | 2035With General Motors (NYSE:GM) available again for public trading, Ford Motor (NYSE:F) has gone back to sharing the trading spotlight. But this doesn't take away from the stock's impressive performance; Ford shares are up 68% year to date and have climbed nearly 470% during the past two years. Last...