-
Indian KKK Cartoon Jangles Australian Nerves; Talk About Kangaroo Courts?
Friday, January 8, 2010 - 2:38pm | 456A cartoon published by the Delhi-based Mail Today seems to have raised more Australian hackles than the murder of Indian student Nitin Garg in Melbourne last weekend. The cartoon in question shows a person in a Ku Klux Klan uniform with a police badge saying, “We are yet to ascertain the nature of...
-
top 6 consumer goods stocks for 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 3:55pm | 545I don't normally do this but I can't help linking to this article by TheStreet.com. The Street is touting 6 names as the Top 6 Consumer Goods Stocks for 2010, and by George I own 4 of them. Scotts Miracle Gro (SMG)Clorox (CLX)Procter & Gamble (PG)Phillip Morris (PM)Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)...
-
The End Game for Jones Soda Has Arrived (JSDA)
Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 7:59am | 301Jones Soda (NASDAQ: JSDA) captured the hearts and minds of many investors over the past decade. In the early 2000's Jones Soda was a lowly penny stock with marginal revenues and no earnings trading for as low as $0.17 on the OTC:BB exchange. However beginning in 2003 the company, with then CEO...
-
Companies Can Do Without Tiger (ACN, PEP)
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 9:58am | 309“The road to high performance isn’t always paved”. This advertisement tagline for Accenture (NYSE: ACN) featuring Tiger Woods is one of the most common targets of all jokes post the sex scandal that erupted a few weeks ago. Tiger Woods’ fall from grace has triggered many discussions once again...
-
Tag Heuer Latest Sponsor To Drop Tiger Woods
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 3:14pm | 109Tag Heuer, the Swiss watchmaker, has dropped its sponsorship of Tiger Woods, following the golfer's admission of marital infedelity. Tag Heuer joins a growing list of companies to part ways with the top ranked golfer. Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) have dropped Woods from their...
-
PepsiCo (PEP) Can Beat Market Expectations
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 4:13pm | 69Barclays has given a 12-month price target of $73 for PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP). It noted that the merits and strategic benefits of PepsiCo’s bottler acquisitions should lead to increasing confidence in the company’s ability to beat consensus estimates. PepsiCo is trading over a 6% forward P/E...
-
Staples Industry May Outperform The Market (CL, EL, KO, PG, PM)
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 2:14pm | 308Analysts at Goldman Sachs maintain their “neutral” rating on the Consumer Staples sector in 2010. However, the sector is expected to perform in-line with the broader market. According to Goldman Sachs, the Staples industry may marginally outperform the market in the current stage of the cycle....
-
Large Caps Breaking Out - Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Coke (KO), IBM (IBM), Merck (MRK), Verizon (VZ), Disney (DIS), 3M (MMM)
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 10:08am | 1073Aside from some of the more speculative stocks, especially of the Chinese kind, much of the action of late has been in the large and mega cap areas. As I try to think "big picture" over the next 10+ years, one of my thesis go forward, is simply a continuation of a trend that has been happening the...
-
Stock Market News for December 14, 2009 - Market News
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 8:56am | 363Strong showing on the retail sales front and better-than-estimated consumer confidence data lifted hopes the economic recovery is strengthening, but gains were limited as the greenback strengthened against a basket of currencies and technology shares came under pressure. Consumer-related...
-
US Stock Futures Get A Boost From Weaker Dollar
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 7:55am | 82US stock futures got a boost from a weaker dollar and hopes for a more positive employment data. Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures are up 26 at 10,356, Nasdaq 100 index futures are up 3 at 1,796 and S&P 500 index futures are up 3 at 1,796. The dollar is falling against major currencies and...
-
Naughty America Had Tiger In The Woods
Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 7:53am | 157Porn Star Holly Sampson had bragged online about the fact that she had sex with Tiger Woods 6 months back. It seems she hooked up with him on his own bachelor party where Tiger had chosen her over other girls and that she quite enjoyed getting intimate with him. She even mentioned in the online...
-
DPS Enters into Distribution Agreement with PepsiCo
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 1:06pm | 148Analyst Michael J Branca of Barclays Capital maintains his “overweight” rating on Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS), while adjusting his estimates for the company. The target price for DPS has been raised from $32 to $33. Dr Pepper Snapple has reached an agreement with PepsiCo to distribute...
-
Dr Pepper: Positive Resolution Of PEP Negotiations
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 1:05pm | 130Analysts at Deutsche Bank maintain their "Hold" rating on Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSE: DPS) after DPS announced it will maintain its relationship with PEP bottling system. The price target has been raised to $32 from $31. The firm says “We do not believe there is a material change to current...
-
Morningstar Picks Five Funds (MCGFX, JENSX, SEQUX, VDIGX, VPMCX)
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 12:00pm | 88Morningstar has picked five funds that are all analyst picks in their categories and are particularly heavy in wide-moat stocks like The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). The fund chosen by Morning Star are Aston...
-
Mixed Signals In Retail And Consumer Sectors
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 11:56am | 106Barclays (NYSE: BCS) has cut 2010E EPS forecasts for Kimberley-Clark (NYSE: KMB) based on the indicators that the top and bottom line growth will lag behind peers. Warnaco (NYSE: WRC) has shown a healthy top line growth and the international expansion together with a direct-to-customer approach is...