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Home Depot Upgraded to Outperform at FBR Capital
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 10:28am | 22Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is upgraded from Market Perform to Outperform at FBR Capital.
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Company News For Dec 9, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 10:26am | 687· Howard Stern continues his stint at Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) after signing another five-year contract · Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) was downgraded by Wells Fargo (WFC) from “outperform” to “neutral”, with the target price in the range of $64 to $65 · ...
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Stock Market News For Dec 9, 2010 - Market News
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 10:09am | 1212On Wednesday, markets closed slightly higher and the S&P 500 index surged to its highest level since September 2008. A rally in financial stocks coupled with investors' optimism about the extension of Bush-era tax cuts helped the markets turn green. Investors' concerns about the rising...
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JP Morgan Predicts Positive 2011 For Home Depot
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 9:29am | 209JP Morgan has published a research report on The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) under the belief that 2011 is looking very good for the company. In the report, JP Morgan writes "The overall theme of today's conference was that HD is increasingly playing offense. This emerged last year but the company is now...
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Piper Raises PT On The Home Depot
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 8:09am | 23Piper Jaffray has raised the price target on The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) from $28 to $32.
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LUMBER LIQUIDAT (LL) - Profit Tracks
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 1:00am | 629Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% versus +10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid....
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Ratio Call Spread as a Stock Repair Strategy 12-08-2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 8:11pm | 937Cusick's Corner The market found itself near the morning highs and that's not surprising for today's range bound trade. As a matter of fact, a lot of the trade today was revolved around strategies that look to take advantage of premium selling, while adding upside potential without extending...
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Premium Rot 12-08-2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 3:24pm | 893Cusick's Corner This is a trader's market and the last two sessions have been fodder for short-term swing traders and patient day traders (if there is such a thing). Also, credit spread traders have had some nice consolidation (i.e. range bound) that has allowed the premium to rot out of the last...
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Market Roundup (JBLU, HD, KFN, LNC, GS, MS, MTG, OXY)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 1:36pm | 259Shares of JetBlue Airways Corp (NASDAQ: JBLU) dropped about 6.3% after the company reduced its Q4 revenue per available seat mile projections. JBLU shares have surged 19% year-to-date. Shares of Home Depot (NYSE: HD) gained about 1.1% after the company projected its 2011 profit to rise 11% to 13%...
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December 11, 2010: Momentarily, Housing Barely Trends Up
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 10:45am | 431The November Credit-Suisse monthly housing survey of fifty U.S. markets was released yesterday. Although the sector is still a mess, there were a few bright spots, as illustrated below. Still, interested parties in my world are not celebrating yet. They see banks continuing to withhold foreclosures...
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Home Depot Sees 2010 EPS of $1.97, Intends to Repurchase $2.5B Shares in 2011
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 8:25am | 326The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) will today outline progress on its key strategic priorities and discuss its long-term financial targets at its 2010 Investor and Analyst Conference. In addition, the Company lifted its fiscal year 2010 sales and earnings per share from continuing operations guidance and...
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Credit Suisse Sees Higher Upside On Home Depot
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 9:33am | 138Credit Suisse likes the positioning of Home Depot (NYSE: HD) over the next few years. HD combines internal margin drivers through major investments in distribution and remerchandising of the whole store, already strong results in a weak but likely to improve macro segment, a steady and predictable...
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Goldman Neutral On Home Depot (HD)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 8:44am | 120Goldman Sachs has a Neutral rating on The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) and a $35 price target on shares. The company is set to host an analyst meeting today. In a note sent to investors Goldman writes, "We expect a favorable reaction, but note a higher bar on two fronts: (1) Given reports of strong...
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Stock Market News for December 3, 2010 - Market News
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 10:30am | 1085Stocks advanced for a second straight day as better-than-anticipated retail sales and housing data continued to point toward economic strength. European Central Bank's assertion that it would not abandon its plan to buy government bonds helped contain eurozone worries, helping stocks extend their...
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Citigroup Takeaways From Lowe's Analyst Meeting
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 10:03am | 152Citigroup has published a research report on Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) after attending the company's Analyst Meeting. In the report, Citigroup writes "LOW issued an upbeat long-term (2011-2015) outlook at its 2010 analyst meeting. Management also placed a greater emphasis on gaining share...