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Horseman Capital Management is a $1.2 billion long/short hedge fund. As of 3/31/2010, the fund was positioned quite defensively in high-quality consumer names. Horseman's largest position was in Proctor & Gamble (NYSE: PG). As of their last filing, the firm owned 448,000 PG shares with a market...

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. — Sir Isaac Newton Picking stocks is hard. Most academic research has shown that individuals stink at it. Many investors have painfully (re)learned this lesson in 2008 as stock markets collapsed around the globe. That being said...

Analysts expect Kraft (NYSE: KFT) to post an EPS of $0.45 for the first quarter. KFT’s shares gained 0.61% to close at $29.75 yesterday. Wall Street expects Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) to report an EPS of $0.04 in the first quarter. ATVI’s shares dipped 0.47% to $10.70 in after hours trading...

Athenahealth, Inc (NASDAQ: ATHN) was upgraded by Caris & Company from “average” to “above average.” ATHN lost 17.91% to $29.02 by 9:19 am. ATHN’s EPS has grown by 138.05% in the past five years. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc (NYSE: DPS) from “hold” to “buy.” Shares of...

Forward Air Corp (NASDAQ: FWRD) crossed its earlier 52-week high of $28.33 and created a new 52-week high of $29.11. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded FWRD from “sell” to “hold.” Hansen Natural Corp (NASDAQ: HANS) was another stock that made a new 52-week high at $44.80, marking 0.88% growth at 11:03 am....

Analysts at Goldman Sachs maintain their "buy" rating on PepsiCo Inc (NYSE: PEP). According to Goldman Sachs, PepsiCo’s Q1 results indicated that Frito top-line may improve over the year and “commodity “sweet spot” has yet to come” and the stability of PEP’s growth may increase with the...

KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ: KLAC) was upgraded by Caris & Company from “average” to “above average.” KLAC gained 3.24% to $34.69 by 9:19 am. KLAC has a quarterly EPS of 104.88%. Morgan Joseph upgraded Orbital Sciences Corp (NYSE: ORB) from “hold” to “buy.” Shares of ORB jumped 2.09% to $19.04 by 9...

Below are the top 5 large-cap consumer goods stocks on the NYSE in terms of cash. Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM) had $43.48 billion cash in the latest quarter, while its debt liabilities stood at $136.04 billion. Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) had $31.70 billion cash in the latest quarter, while its...

If your goal is to generate income, you’ve spent a fair amount of time looking for dividend-paying stocks. It makes sense. There are plenty of solid companies on the market today with admirable histories of paying out dividends, and most investors have heard about these companies. We recently...

Continuing fears about the debt situation in Greece and Portugal caused stocks in Europe and Asia to fall yesterday; investors continue to perceive these countries’ situations as too risky.  According to Citigroup (NYSE: C) executives, as the debt situation worsens many Greek banks are in danger of...

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) announced on Tuesday morning that it beat consensus Wall Street estimates.  Ford Motor reported that it swung to a 1st quarter profit of $2.1 billion, 50 cents per share, from a loss of $1.4 billion, or 60 cents per share, a year earlier.  According to a survey of...