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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Credit Services Industry With The Highest EPS Estimates
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 1:22am | 150Below are the top small-cap credit services stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. The earnings estimate for Credit Acceptance Corporation (NASDAQ: CACC) for the next year ending December, 2012 is $7.74 per share. CACC's trailing-twelve-month operating...
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Resistance is Former Support Level 05-24-2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 2:51pm | 931Cusick's Corner Some readers have asked me what sparked my skepticism last week. Answer: Europe -- specifically the PIIGS. While Greece is that ugly sore that just won't go away, the revelations that Italy may be in trouble has rocked the market since Italy has had the best performing market in...
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Credit Card Stocks Mixed As Late Payments Continue To Drop
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 1:26pm | 143According to TransUnion, the credit reporting agency, late payments on credit cards are the lowest they have been since last century. Despite this seemingly good news, credit card stocks are mixed. Payments that were 90 days or more past due fell bank-issued cards, and dropped to 0.74%, after...
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Jefferies & Company Reports on Consumer Finance
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 8:01am | 262Jefferies & Company commented on consumer finance companies in a report released today. Jefferies commented on Cash America (NYSE: CSH), First Cash Financial (NASDAQ: FCFS), and Dollar Financial Group (NYSE: DFG) and was positive on the industry. Jefferies writes, "Yesterday the Texas Senate...
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Goldman Sachs Comments On American Credit Cards
Friday, May 20, 2011 - 7:41am | 143According to a recent report from Goldman Sachs, credit card stocks have outperformed thus far in 2011; However, due to their belief that credit benefits will soon subside, American Express (NYSE: AXP) seems to be in a better position than Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) and Capital One...
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Capital One Financial Rated New Neutral at Goldman Sachs, PT $56
Friday, May 20, 2011 - 7:26am | 24Goldman Sachs rated Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) as New Neutral with a price target of $56.
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MasterCard And American Express Targets
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 12:21pm | 89MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) and American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) have been two of the strongest stocks in the market over the last few months. Both stocks are approaching multi year pivot highs. MasterCard is going to hit the $310 level, which is an all time high from 2008. American...
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Western Union and Dollar Financial Extend Global Agreement to Offer Western Union Services
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 10:13am | 174The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payments, and Dollar Financial Corp (NASDAQ: DLLR), a leading international diversified financial services company, today announced a multi-year global agreement that extends and paves the way to add Western Union Money Transfer^®, Bill...
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Western Union and Dollar Financial Extend Global Agreement to Offer Western Union Services
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 8:04am | 68The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) and Dollar Financial Corp (NASDAQ: DLLR) today announced a multi-year global agreement that extends and paves the way to add Western Union Money Transfer®, Bill Payment and Money Order services across Dollar Financial locations in Canada, the United States and...
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Western Union and Dollar Financial Extend Global Agreement to Offer Western Union Services
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 8:02am | 174The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payments, and Dollar Financial Corp (NASDAQ: DLLR), a leading international diversified financial services company, today announced a multi-year global agreement that extends and paves the way to add Western Union Money Transfer^®, Bill...
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Options Brief: World Acceptance Corporation (WRLD)
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 3:46pm | 80Shares of World Acceptance Corporation (NASDAQ: WRLD) are lower on the session by 2.46%, trading at $60.73. Overall put volume is now running at 7.19x the daily average, with 52% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,129 contracts have traded on the session so far. World Acceptance...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes Solar Capital (SLRC, CME, SLM, C, DELL, AAPL)
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 1:11am | 222On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Solar Capital (NASDAQ: SLRC) is a “bank of many resorts. It's got a good yield and it seems to be working for them. I'll endorse it." For Chicago Mercantile Exchange (NASDAQ: CME), Jim said, "I think that the world of exchanges...
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Charge It: 5 Credit Card Names To Consider (AXP, COF, DFS, MA, V)
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 10:07am | 447The credit card companies have held up well in the past few days, so it may be time to take a look at them. Names like Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS), American Express (NYSE: AXP), Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF), Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V) have performed well over the...
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Some Bullish Setups for Tuesday
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 5:20pm | 1767( click to enlarge ) The earlier bullish outlook remains unaltered. Excellent relative strength to broad market. Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE:ELN) traced out a nice setup and the upside breakout has a lot of power. Volume surged and this breakout looks like it is here to stay. Fresh exposures...
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Overall Trend is Intact 05-16-2011
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 2:45pm | 997Cusick's Corner The EU is still bogging down stocks and technically the challenge has been made to the Bulls. At this juncture this does not mean it's a trend change. The overall trend to the upside is intact unless there are some larger headlines (i.e. EU debt or Retail getting hit). The...