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Jon Najarian Is Watching Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD)
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 9:12pm | 149Jon Najarian, the co-founder of OptionsMonster.com, shared his thoughts on CNBC's Fast Money about today's trading session with Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD) shares. He sees the company as a takeover target and after he noticed a huge volume in options trading he decided to jump in April...
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Bank on Texas with Texas Capital Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBI)
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 1:38pm | 1002The black cloud hanging over the financial services sector for much of the past two years is beginning to evaporate. Financial stocks rallied recently, and wise investors are giving the sector a fresh look. We’ve discussed the financial sector at length, noting that successful stock-picking...
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Bank on Texas with Texas Capital Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBI)
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 1:38pm | 1002The black cloud hanging over the financial services sector for much of the past two years is beginning to evaporate. Financial stocks rallied recently, and wise investors are giving the sector a fresh look. We’ve discussed the financial sector at length, noting that successful stock-picking...
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Market Updates – Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Citigroup (NYSE:C), General Electric (NYSE:GE), Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS)
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 1:30pm | 921The Labor Department announced that consumer prices have remained unchanged through February, indicating that consumers aren’t anticipating inflation despite the zero interest rate that has been set by the Fed and the expanding economy. With the Fed’s most recent announcement that interest rates...
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Market Updates – Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Citigroup (NYSE:C), General Electric (NYSE:GE), Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS)
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 1:30pm | 921The Labor Department announced that consumer prices have remained unchanged through February, indicating that consumers aren’t anticipating inflation despite the zero interest rate that has been set by the Fed and the expanding economy. With the Fed’s most recent announcement that interest rates...
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Smithfield Receives Bull Trade
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 10:15am | 108Pork processor and hog producer, Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD), is jumping higher this morning by over 2.70%, currently trading $18.95. The company recently announced better than expected earnings results, but the stock slowly sold off. It appears that traders are attempting to get back in now;...
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Piper Jaffray Increases Green Mountain Coffee (NASDAQ: GMCR) Price Target to $105
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 9:50am | 150Analysts at Piper Jaffray reiterated their Overweight rating for Green Mountain Coffee (NASDAQ: GMCR) and increased their price target from $90 to $105. Commenting on this adjustment, the analysts said, “We recently completed store checks at over 30 national retail stores to assess recent Keurig...
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Kraft Inc. Apologizes For UK Plant Closure (KFT)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 4:36pm | 141Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) has promised UK lawmakers that it will not close any more UK factories bought under Cadbury deal. The food giant also apologized for the “broken pledges” made during the Cadbury takeover. Speaking at an investigation by the UK Parliament’s Business, Innovation &...
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NuStar Cut to Underperform - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 11:31am | 470We are downgrading NuStar Energy L.P. (NS) units to Underperform from Neutral, reflecting the challenging business environment for pipeline operators. The current economic downturn and the resulting commodity-price weakness, coupled with reduced access to the credit markets, have led to lower...
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HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries (HQS) Shares Down 11%
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 10:08am | 114Shares of HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc. (AMEX: HQS) were down nearly 12% in morning trading. Although HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries showed strong sales growth, the company's latest earnings report failed to meet Wall Street expectations. HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries reported...
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Top 5 NYSE Stocks In The Consumer Goods Sector With The Highest Gross Margins (MLP, NUS, EL, COH, ABV)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 10:00am | 238Below are the top consumer goods stocks on the NYSE in terms of gross margins. The trailing-twelve-month gross margins at Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc (NYSE: MLP) stand at 100%. MLP’s shares have lost 15.51% over the past 52 -weeks, while the S&P 500 index has jumped 52.61%. Read...
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Time To Drink Up This Food And Beverage ETF?
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 4:01am | 261The food and beverage sector is home to some of the bluest of blue chip stocks and some of the most reliable dividend payers around, so with news of PepsiCo's (NYSE: PEP) 7% dividend increase, the ETF Professor decided to take a look at an ETF devoted to the sector. The PowerShares Dynamic Food...
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Standpoint Downgrades Sara Lee (SLE)
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:10am | 125Standpoint Research downgraded shares of Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) this morning from a Buy to a Hold. The stock has lost 1.21% during the current trading session, and is exchanging hands for $13.85. Sarah Lee (SLE) hit an 18 month high on Friday and according to Standpoint analyst, Ronnie Moas, is...
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Time Warner Cable: Improving but Not the Target we are Looking For
Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 12:13am | 1737For a pdf of this report, follow this link: Time Warner Telecom: Improving but Not the Target We are Looking For. At first glance, it seems that Time Warner Cable Inc. could be an interesting focus for activist investors like Pershing Square Capital Management LP. Just like Target Corp., which...
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Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) Reports Third-Quarter Results
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 12:30pm | 113Pork processor, and hog producer Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD) reported a profit for the third-quarter on Thursday. This is the first time since 2008 that the company has reported a quarterly profit. Smithfield Foods reported net income of $37.3 million, or $0.22 per share for the third-...