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Top 5 NASDAQ Stocks In The Basic Materials Sector With The Highest ROE (ARLP, AHGP, JRCC, GFRE, SIAL)
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 7:20am | 156Below are the top 5 basic materials stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The return on equity of Alliance Resource Partners LP (NASDAQ: ARLP) is 63.09%. ARLP’s quarterly earnings growth is 65.80% y/y. The return on equity of Alliance Holdings GP, LP (NASDAQ: AHGP) is 44.79%. Wells...
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Benzinga's After Hours Decliners (LGF, OXY, PCX, TLM)
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 5:40pm | 241Among the notable after hours movers on Friday are Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF), Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY), Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU), and Talisman Energy (NYSE: TLM). Lions Gate (LGF), which activist investor Carl Icahn is trying to acquire for $7 a share, lost 2.23% after...
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Patriot Coal (PCX) Beats Earnings Estimates
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 7:32am | 101Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX) released financial results on Friday morning that easily beat Wall Street estimates. Patriot Coal Corporation reported a 1st quarter net profit of $4.3 million, or 5 cents per share, down from $32.1 million, or 41 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding...
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4-21-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 11:41am | 2211Stocks are higher on the heels of strong earnings reports Stocks rose early Wednesday after stronger earnings reports from Apple Inc. and Morgan Stanley raise expectations for a recovery. With few economic reports to go on, investors are focused on earnings. Better-than-expected results across many...
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Stocks That Have Crossed 52-Week Highs (ARLP, ALTR, AERG, ESRX, FCFS)
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 3:24pm | 263Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ: ARLP) crossed its earlier 52-week high of $46.74 and created a new 52-week high of $46.87, up 1.49%. ARLP produces and markets coal for American utilities and industrial users. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) rose 2.84% to $26.81 on total volume of 4,532,255...
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GECF Decides To Index Gas To Oil To Save Prices
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 1:29pm | 436The Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said that on Monday Ministers from the biggest natural gas producing countries of the world have agreed to work to index gas to oil. However, he did not give any time frame as to when this would finally happen. This decision by the Gas Exporting Countries...
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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 3, Week 37
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 2:18pm | 1588Year 3, Week 37 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 65.5% (v 62.2% last week) 18 long bias: 27.4% (v 33.5% last week) 3 short bias: 7.1% (v 4.3% last week) [Includes 1 'long dollar' position...
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Arch Coal Declares Loss in Q1 (ACI)
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 12:15pm | 108Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) has posted a first quarter loss on account of its acquisition of a new facility. The company reported a loss of $1.8 million, or $0.01 per share in the quarter. Arch’s stock was down 0.31% to $25.92 in trading at 12.09 p.m. in New York today. John Evans, Chief Executive...
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Arch Coal (ACI) Swings To 1st Quarter Loss
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 8:35am | 150Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) failed to meet Wall Street expectations when it announced that it had swung to a 1st quarter loss. Arch Coal reported a 1st quarter loss of $1.8 million, or 1 cent per share, down from net income of $30.6 million, or 21 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding special...
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US Stocks Suffer Heavily At The Hands Of Goldman
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 7:52am | 339US stocks were dragged down on Friday, after news of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charging Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) hit the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 125.91 points, or 1.1%, to close at 11,018.6. The Dow still posted its seventh straight weekly gains...
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FBR Capital Markets Maintains Outperform Rating On Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU)
Friday, April 16, 2010 - 1:26pm | 129Analysts David M. Khani and Mitesh Thakkar at FBR Capital Markets have released an update on Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE: BTU). Macarthur’s board has agreed to allow Peabody the necessary five-day due diligence, delaying the Gloucester merger. According to analysts, the latest A$16 per share...
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Massey Energy (MEE) Still Struggling
Friday, April 16, 2010 - 10:58am | 1072I sold out of Massey Energy (MEE) early this week (after cutting the position in half last week), but in the comments section was an interesting question which is worth addressing since it touches on my general Investing Philosophy. Let me preface this by saying there is no "right" way to invest...
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Macarthur Coal To Talk To Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU)
Friday, April 16, 2010 - 10:30am | 308According to Reuters, on Friday, Macarthur Coal, Australia's hottest takeover target, agreed to talk to the U.S.’s biggest coal company Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) on its raised $3.8 billion offer. Investors are of the view that the bidding could climb higher still. Coal producers have been...
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US Stock Futures Retreat Before The Release of Economic Reports
Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 9:00am | 312US stock futures pulled back today as investors pared yesterday’s gains ahead of a heavy slate of economic releases. Investors were also concerned about Greece struggling to tame its budget deficit. Futures on the S&P 500 lost 2.8 points to 1203.80, while those on Nasdaq 100 fell 5 points to...
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Bookkeeping: Starting L&L Energy (LLEN)
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 1:33pm | 1301[please note - I consider this a highly speculative position, which is subject to massive volatility] After punting Massey Energy (MEE) yesterday, I am faced with the dilemma of chasing after a stock that never corrects (Walter Energy) or adding to a current position which is doing ok, but not...