Household Products

Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is expected to post its earnings for the latest quarter at $1.73 per share. MON is set to report before trading begins. Traders expect Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO) to report its earnings at $0.78 per share when it declares its results for the latest quarter prior...

Last week major indexes and ETFs remained overbought and the week brought some major and interesting developments in both stock and bond markets.  In our Standard Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)  Portfolio we went to cash on Monday and logged the following realized gains, excluding taxes and commissions...

“Stocks delivered nicely in 2009, with the S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) shooting up an impressive 23.5% and emerging markets were even more impressive. Even bond investors in high yield and junk debt performed admirably throughout the year. The real question now, is what will 2010 hold for investors...

Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) plans to cut its costs by $500 million through 2013. The company is also looking to expand into faster-growing, higher-margin businesses and markets. Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) has further announced that it plans to keep augmenting its marketing expenditure. The...

• AIG (NYSE: AIG) former CEO Greenberg reached a deal with UBS (NYSE: UBS) to sell most of his shares in AIG, an estimated 10 million shares, for $278.2 million • Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) said it continues to see full-year earnings of $4.80-$5.00 • FBR raised its rating on Waddell & Reed (...

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) reconfirmed its previous guidance for fiscal 2010 adjusted earnings per share of $4.80 to $5.00. According to Reuters Estimates, analysts are expecting KMB to report EPS of $4.87 for fiscal 2010. Kimberly-Clark declined 0.54% to $61.10 in the pre-market...

• Citigroup (NYSE:C) downgraded financial shares from "overweight" to "neutral," warning that early-cycle gains in financial sector shares, up 63% over the past year, may fade heading into the bull market's second year • After the close yesterday, Nike (NYSE:NKE) reported sharply-higher-than-...

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ: MPEL) was upgraded by Credit Suisse from “neutral” to “outperform.” MPEL’s shares gained 5.82% to $4.73. MPEL’s shares have risen 33.04% so far this year. Read more about this company here. BMO Capital Markets upgraded Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (...

Analysts at Goldman Sachs downgrade Kimberly Clark (NYSE: KMB) from "sell" to "conviction sell." The target price for KMB has been reduced from $60 to $57. KMB’s shares lost 0.80% to trade at $59.87. More Analyst Ratings here

Below are the top consumer goods stocks on the NYSE in terms of net income. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) had $11.33 billion in net income in the latest quarter. PG’s trailing-twelve-month revenues amount to $79.12 billion. Read more about this company here. Altria Group Inc (NYSE: MO)...

Analysts at Goldman Sachs moved Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) to Conviction Sell and see 5% downside to the new 12-month price target of $57. The stock trades at a low multiple and has underperformed year-to-date. However, there is potential downside as sharp and prolonged increases in the price...