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Fast Money Picks For April 6th (TOT, EL, BBY, LOW)
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 6:22pm | 158CNBC Fast Money's Tim Seymour thinks that investors should buy TOTAL S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: TOT) on Tuesday. Total (TOT) added 0.91% today and closed at $59.89. Joe Terranova is bearish on The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL). He thinks you should take a short position in this stock tomorrow. The...
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LOW’s Net Square Footage Growth To Fall Further In 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 1:20pm | 137Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus & Company maintain their "buy" rating on Lowe`s Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW). The target price for LOW is set to $26. In its 2009 10-K, LOW has estimated the US home improvement market to be approximately $630 billion, as compared to the estimated $695 billion in 2008....
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SHW To Announce Q1 Results on April 22
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 10:28am | 159Analysts at Northcoast Research reiterate their "buy" rating on Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE: SHW). The target price for SHW is set to $70. According to Northcoast Research, “Sherwin's first quarter is seasonally slow and we forecast that for this year it represents only 9% of total EPS.” SHW’s...
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Existing Home Sales Probably Declined For A Third Consecutive Month (HD)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 1:50pm | 281Before the report containing the data on existing home sales comes out today Bloomberg News did a survey of 74 economists and the conclusion is that probably the sale of existing homes in the U.S. declined for a consecutive third month in February. This is a clear indication that lack of jobs is...
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Volume Talks Monday: A Sirius Reversal
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 9:39am | 2912As the market traded higher across the board Monday on lighter volume, there were many stocks which traded higher/lower on above average volume. Today's breakout report is for Monday March 22, 2010. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section...
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bullish dividends
Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 1:53pm | 560"If 'buy & hold' is dead, then I am the embalming fluid" So is buy & hold still dead? Lil' Wayne and I never thought so. The S&P 500 is up 53% over the past year... Dividends are being raised all over the place by firms like Coke (KO), Wal-Mart (WMT), Pepsico (PEP), Rogers (RCI.B),...
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Lowe’s (LOW) Could See Faster Growth Than Rival; Barron’s
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 12:37pm | 133According to Barron’s, home improvement retailer, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) could see faster growth than its rival Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD). Shares of Lowe’s have seen a surge in the last year due to improvements in the U.S. economy. The company should see further growth due to an...
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Zacks' Voice of the People highlights opportunities with Lowes - Press Releases
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 9:01am | 661For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – March 18, 2010 – Zacks highlights commentary from People and Picks Trader “burcham82". For more Voice of the People, visit http://at.zacks.com/?id=5851 Featured Post Lowes (LOW) - is it time? [The] economy is beginning to come around, you read it, you see it...
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Lowes (LOW) - is it time? - Voice of the People
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 2:48pm | 327Zacks' Voice of the People Highlights user burcham82: "Lowes (LOW) - is it time?" from the People & Picks community. For more Voice of the People, visit http://at.zacks.com/?id=5851 Featured Post Lowes (LOW) - is it time? [The] economy is beginning to come around, you read it, you see it out in...
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WMT, INTC and HD Shine In Yesterday’s Session
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 6:29am | 368US stocks rallied yesterday after the Federal Reserve disclosed its plans to keep interest rates low for a longer time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average components that performed brilliantly during yesterday’s session are: Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) touched a high of $56.27 during yesterday’s...
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Netflix Picks Akamai for Streaming - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 12:32pm | 676The DVD and streaming video company Netflix Inc. (NFLX) announced that it has selected Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM) as its primary content delivery network for movies and TV episodes streamed instantly over the Internet. Netflix is the largest online movie rental subscription service in the...
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GOLDMAN’S FAVORITE HIGH YIELD GROWTH PLAYS
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 3:02am | 370Finding yield in a zero interest rate world isn’t easy. Finding growth and income can be even more difficult. In their 2010 outlook Goldman Sachs said the bull market was likely to continue and that high growth dividend stocks would play an important role in their portfolios. Goldman recently...
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Home Depot (HD) Showing Seasonal Strength Into The Close
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 4:58pm | 80In spite of overall weak consumer confidence The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) is trading near its 52 week high. The retailer shares are trading at $32.45, up +.33 or 1.03% on active volumn. The shares traded at their 52 week high of $32.60 earlier in the session. Traders and investors believe home...
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US Companies Increase Their Cash Cushion (MS, PM, HD, LOW)
Saturday, March 6, 2010 - 8:48pm | 172US companies are deleveraging their financial structure. According to a report released by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), the companies have increased their cash balance to approximately 30% of their debt in the fourth quarter. The figure stood at 25% in the third quarter. Morgan Stanley (MS) has based...
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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of March 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 1:52pm | 692Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...