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Stock Watch List For Wednesday
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 5:19pm | 2472( click to enlarge ) WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE:WCG) caught my eye today because the stock has a bullish posture without looking overbought and overextended. The stock has been consolidating the last several days and just broke out today on considerable volume. I'm suggesting small...
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Campbell Announces Initiatives to Increase Supply Chain Efficiency and Reduce Overhead Costs; Expects to Eliminate 770 Jobs
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 4:30pm | 112Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) today announced a series of initiatives to improve supply chain efficiency and reduce overhead costs across the organization. The company also announced its intent to close its office in Moscow and exit the Russian market. Campbell expects to eliminate...
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My Top 16 Big-Cap Stock Plays
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 3:40pm | 246Here is my list of top defensive plays in this highly volatile market. If you're looking for some nice defensive stocks to go along with the rest of your long positions in the portfolio, then take a look at the list of stocks below that are more defensive than growth oriented. They are stocks that...
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My Top 16 Big-Cap Stock Plays
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 3:40pm | 245Here is my list of top defensive plays in this highly volatile market. If you're looking for some nice defensive stocks to go along with the rest of your long positions in the portfolio, then take a look at the list of stocks below that are more defensive than growth oriented. They are stocks that...
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Dr Pepper Snapple Group Files Suit against Bottler
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 2:27pm | 42Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (NYSE: DPS) today announced a lawsuit against Dr Pepper Bottling Co. of Dublin, Texas, in an effort to end numerous practices by the bottler that violate its license agreement.
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Herbalife Works On New Base, But It's Stage 3
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 2:18pm | 74Even if the market should switch from correction to uptrend, this market's problems aren't over. That's because many stock charts look like candidates for a Dr. Phil intervention: "You've formed too many bases. You need to reset that base count, or you could be headed for trouble." Herbalife (HLF)...
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Herbalife Works On New Base, But It's Stage 3
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 2:17pm | 74Even if the market should switch from correction to uptrend, this market's problems aren't over. That's because many stock charts look like candidates for a Dr. Phil intervention: "You've formed too many bases. You need to reset that base count, or you could be headed for trouble." Herbalife (HLF)...
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Continues To Skyrocket
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 1:27pm | 81Shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) have jumped another 3.46% to $87.88 during Tuesday's trading session. The stock is trading just below its 52-week high of $88.10. Over the last 52-weeks, GMCR has surged 228% and year-to-date, the name is up 167%. Green Mountain Coffee...
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Encore Consumer Capital Announces Sale of Aidells Sausage Company To Sara Lee Corporation for $87M
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 1:01pm | 31Encore Consumer Capital has completed the sale of its portfolio company, Aidells Sausage Company, Inc. to Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) for $87 million.
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Calls Purchased on Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 10:49am | 138Shares of Sanderson Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAFM) are higher on the session by 1.08%, currently trading at $47.55. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short...
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NASDAQ Stocks Hitting 52-Week Highs
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 10:17am | 118Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO) shares rose 2.03% to create a new 52-week high of $67.38. TSCO's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 21.21%. Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) shares gained 1.42% to create a new 52-week high of $38.53. SBUX's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $11.19 million....
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Goldman Sachs Comments On 1QFY12 Results For Constellation Brands
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 9:41am | 89According to Goldman Sachs, Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) reports its 1QFY12 EPS on Thursday June 30. Goldman Sachs said that it expects a relatively soft quarter as its EPS estimate of 35c is below consensus of 38c and down 10% versus a year ago. “We lower our 1QFY12 EPS by 2c to 35c to...
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Goldman Sachs Reiterates Buy Rating On MeadWestvaco
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 8:51am | 132According to Goldman Sachs, MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV) announced that it will invest $285 mn to build a new biomass boiler and upgrade associated power infrastructure at its Covington, VA, mill. Goldman Sachs said that the Covington mill produces about 800,000 tons of solid bleached sulfate (SBS)...
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Companies Presenting Today at Oppenheimers Consumer Conference
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 8:40am | 384Today in Boston, several companies will be presenting at Oppenheimer's 11th Annual Consumer Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel. Below is a schedule of publicly-traded companies and their presentation times: 9:30am: Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) 10:05am: Pool Corp (NYSE: POOL)...
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General Mills Earnings Preview: Marginal Sales Growth Expected
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 8:30am | 342General Mills (NYSE: GIS) is set to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2011 results tomorrow, June 29, before the markets open. The report should offer a look at where things stand in terms of the cost of food and transportation. Analysts are looking for the maker of Wheaties and Lucky Charms to report...