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Peabody Ups Macarthur Bid
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 12:01am | 111Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU), the biggest U.S. coal producer, has raised its bid for Macarthur Energy, the Australian coal producer, to $3.27 billion after Macarthur spurned Peabody's initial $3 billion offer. Peabody's offer is still conditional on Macarthur not acquiring Gloucester Coal and Peabody...
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Top 5 Stocks In The Basic Materials Sector With Highest ROE (WPZ, CLB, FTI, SMG, CNX)
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 11:08am | 168Below are the top 5 basic materials stocks in terms of return on equity. The return on equity for Williams Partners LP (NYSE: WPZ) is 72.78%. WPZ’s quarterly earnings are 247.40% y/y. The return on equity for Core Laboratories NV (NYSE: CLB) is 48.81%. Howard Weil initiated coverage of CLB with a “...
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2010 Fund Performance Period 3
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 4:37pm | 3074The mutual fund is now on schedule for a summer 2010 launch. If, after reading the blog content you might have an interest in participation, please consider reading why this blog exists. [Jan 2008: Reader Pledges Toward Mutual Fund Launch] [May 2008: Frequently Asked Questions] Our story in Barron...
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Playing The Nuclear ETF (NLR) As Over 200 New Nuclear Plants Are In The Works
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 4:47pm | 1606“We continue to talk about a Commodity Surge in the uranium industry, which is sure to explode in the years ahead, based on the over 200 new nuclear plants in various stages of planning or construction around the world. The Market Vectors Nuclear Energy ETF (NYSE:NLR) is a great way to play uranium...
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Peabody Energy Corporation (BTU) Maintains Outperform Rating And $65 Price Target
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 12:19pm | 101Analyst David M. Khani at FBR Capital Markets has released an update on Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE: BTU). On Tuesday, after market close, Peabody Energy Corporation announced a $13 per share bid for Macarthur Coal. The bid has been rejected by Macarthur, which considers it as inadequate and...
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Peabody’s Bid Rejected By Macarthur (BTU, PKX)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 10:05am | 128An A$3.3 billion takeover bid by U.S. miner Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) for Macarthur Coal Ltd. has been turned down by the Australian coal producing heavyweight, according to MarketWatch. Analysts felt the bid was far too low to entice Macarthur and might have been made to simply block the...
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Company News for March 31, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 9:16am | 209• Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) submitted a non-binding proposal to buy Australia's MacArthur's Coal for $3 billion. MacArthur's Coal rejected the bid, citing growing demand for coal • Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) reported a fourth quarter loss of 24 cents a share, wider than the Zacks expectations of a 19...
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ETFs To Watch March 31, 2010 (EWM, THD, UYG, MXI)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 4:29am | 196Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Wednesday March 31, 2010. On new of Peabody Energy's (NYSE: BTU) takeover offer for Australia's Macarthur Energy, watch the Market Vectors Coal ETF (NYSE: KOL). The iShares MSCI Thailand Investable Market Index (NYSE: THD) continues to be one of the...
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The Agriculture ETF (MOO) Will See Continued Strength On Agribusiness Acquisitions
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 1:01pm | 2194“Fueled by top components like Potash (POT), Monsanto (MON), Mosaic (MOS) and Deere (DE), the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO) continues to gain momentum. (MOO) is a well-balanced, low-cost, tax-efficient way to gain exposure to 46 global agribusiness firms. Many of the companies in the...
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Bookkeeping: Weekly Changes to Fund Positions Year 3, Week 34
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 8:00am | 2731Year 3, Week 34 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 76.0% (v 71.6% last week) 17 long bias: 17.8% (v 19.3% last week) 3 short bias: 6.3% (v 9.1% last week) [Includes 1 'long dollar' position...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (SOMX, ORCT, STX, CNX)
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 8:19am | 218Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOMX) decreased 4% to $9.13 in the pre-market session. Somaxon Pharmaceuticals announced yesterday that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $8.25 per share. The 52-week trading range...
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Ascendere Long/Short Model Portfolio End of Day Update: March 25, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 12:48am | 1064The Ascendere Long/Short Model Portfolio is a "tactical tilt" portfolio that buys the highest quality stocks and sells the lowest quality stocks while maintaining a net long or net short position at all times. While we re-balance the model every month, it ...
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Cramer Shares His Thoughts On XL, AON, CNX, USU, MDR
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 10:28pm | 157Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money: Lightning Round OT that XL Capital Ltd. (NYSE: XL) is a very good insurance company, but he prefers Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON), because insurance brokers are coming on strong. XL Capital (XL) dropped 0.32% today, while Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) added 0.40%....
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Reduce Your Risk In The Initial Public Offering Market With This IPO ETF
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 7:56pm | 2056“Everybody loves the romance of an IPO — a company going public with the potential to deliver huge profits to those investors on the ground floor. But the reality of initial public offerings are very different than the storybook version some traders believe. Trying to research these tiny upstarts...
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ARLP Initiated With Hold At Deutsche Bank
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 10:04am | 49Analysts at Deutsche Bank initiate coverage of Alliance Resource (NASDAQ: ARLP) with a "hold" rating. The target price for ARLP is set to $44. ARLP’s shares closed at $41.71 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here