Housewares & Specialties

I am pleased to interview Mark Feinberg, General Partner of Feinberg Capital Partners LP (www.feinbergcapital.com) a value oriented investment partnership. From 2006-2009 Feinberg served as portfolio manager for Feinberg Investment Group, a group of separately managed accounts that, using a true...

Some of the shares that are expected to see active trading in today’s session are: Alcoa (NYSE: AA) reports after the market closes today. AA is expected to post its earnings for the latest quarter at $0.11 per share. AA has gained 1.46% in pre-market trading. GigaMedia (NASDAQ: GIGM) may report...

Some of the stocks that might be worth watching today are: Merger rumors of airlines US Airways (NYSE: LCC) and UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA) had powered trading the previous day. While LCC’s stock jumped 10.70%, UAUA was up 6.75% in yesterday’s trading. Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) is set to report its...

National Presto Industries (NYSE: NPK) is a small-cap company based in rural Wisconsin. The company has three lines of business: housewares/small appliances, defense products, and absorbent products. The stock popped up on my radar this morning because it was down some 7 percent. It has since...

Many of the credit rating agencies were criticized for their ratings during the financial collapse of 2007 and 2008, especially with regards to collateralized debt obligation. However, investors still look at ratings for stocks to get some sort of guideline. If you look at some of the major firms...

“As Wall Street awaits the release of several economic reports, options traders sought bearish positions in exchange-traded funds that track specific segments of the market. Among the most active names of the session was the iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (IWM), an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that...

Shares of the following companies will see some unusual movements in trading on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg. Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB), a marketer and distributor of bananas and other fresh produce, expects first-quarter results to be “substantially lower” than previous...

Analysts expect HB Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL) to report an EPS of $0.28 for the latest quarter. FUL will announce the results after the market closes. FUL’s shares gained 1.56% to close at $23.41 yesterday. Read more about this company here. Mattress giant, Sealy Corp (NYSE: ZZ) had forecasted an...

For new readers, please see our recent report where we anticipated recent Wall Street ratings and estimate actions via focus lists and deeper fundamental research reports. For example, on March 8 we noted that Domtar Corp. (UFS) was worth special attention as a long idea.  A week later, Goldman...

For a pdf of this report, follow this link. If Al Gore invented the Internet, and if an estimated 4,000,000+ very close and personal Facebook fans bought Citigroup (C) at $0.97 and Bank of America (BAC) at $3.12 last March, well -- we have some of our own pronouncements to make. Specifically,...

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc (NYSE: CCO) was upgraded by Wedbush Morgan from “neutral” to “outperform.” CCO’s shares gained 9.45% to $11.58. CCO’s shares have risen 1.83% so far this year. Read more about this company here. Bernstein upgraded National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM)...

Today I am going to introduce my new breakout report which will also include stocks which traded the session lower on heavier volume. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section below, however if you are familiar with my daily breakout report you...