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Heavy Data Week Ahead - Earnings Preview
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:00am | 4894Earnings Preview 12/10/10 The third quarter earnings season is over, and we will actually start to see a handful of fourth quarter reports next week, those with November fiscal ends. Only 63 firms will report, but 6 of those will be S&P 500 firms. We define any fiscal period ending in November...
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HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU RELY ON SENTIMENT SURVEYS?
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 8:30pm | 1031By Charles Rotblut, CFA & Vice President with AAII The AAII Sentiment Survey was the subject of a Wall Street Journal article this morning. The article discussed the survey's popularity, its limitations (we do not conduct a random sampling) and the correlations between the survey and market...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Wednesday - Tale of the Tape
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 9:18am | 308Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Cascade Corp (CASC) Celanese Corp (CE) Colony Financial, Inc (CLNY) Credit Acceptance Corp (CACC) Delhaize Group (DEG) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. CREDIT ACCEPT (CACC): Free Stock Analysis Report CASCADE CORP (CASC...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Wednesday - Tale of the Tape
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 9:14am | 308Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Cascade Corp (CASC) Celanese Corp (CE) Colony Financial, Inc (CLNY) Credit Acceptance Corp (CACC) Delhaize Group (DEG) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. CREDIT ACCEPT (CACC): Free Stock Analysis Report CASCADE CORP (CASC...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Credit Services Industry With The Highest Dividend Yield (FSC, TAXI, AEA, STU)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 4:38am | 126Below are the top small-cap credit service stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. Fifth Street Finance Corp (NYSE: FSC) has a dividend yield of 11.40%. FSC's shares closed at $11.66 yesterday. Medallion Financial Corp (NASDAQ: TAXI) has a dividend yield of 7.10%. TAXI's...
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Lawsuit Slams Discover Bank - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 3:03am | 563Discover Bank, a unit of Discover Financial Services (DFS) has been accused by the Minnesota attorney general of keeping customers uninformed about their buying decisions pertaing to the company's services. The lawsuit was filed in the Hennepin County District Court. According to the lawsuit,...
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Session Pullback After Talk of Filibuster 12-07-2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 7:52pm | 848Cusick's Corner The end of day pullback came because there are headlines floating around that Democrats are already looking to block/filibuster the extension of Bush tax cuts. This is the headline risk that we are all going to have to manage in the foreseeable future. Energy will be in the...
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Lawsuit Slams Discover Bank - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 4:10pm | 563Discover Bank, a unit of Discover Financial Services (DFS) has been accused by the Minnesota attorney general of keeping customers uninformed about their buying decisions pertaing to the company's services. The lawsuit was filed in the Hennepin County District Court. According to the lawsuit,...
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Tuesday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders (WU, SPWRB, NETL, LFC, DFS)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 1:20pm | 93Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Western Union (NYSE: WU) 2,573 puts, 70 calls 2. SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRB) 3,763 puts, 265 calls 3. NetLogic Microsystems (NASDAQ: NETL) 2,879 puts, 350 calls 4. China Life...
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Bears Targeting Discover Financial Services (DFS)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 11:47am | 143Shares of Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) are lower on the session by 0.66%, currently trading at $18.91. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name...
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Dollar Expands Pawn Lending - Analyst Blog
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 5:18pm | 574On Dec 2, diversified financial services company, Dollar Financial Corp. (DLLR) announced that one of its wings, Dollar Financial UK Ltd., has committed to purchase a leading pawn lending Scandinavian company, Sefina Finance AB, for approximately $73 million in cash. While $58 million will be...
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Dollar Expands Pawn Lending - Analyst Blog
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 4:52pm | 574On Dec 2, diversified financial services company, Dollar Financial Corp. (DLLR) announced that one of its wings, Dollar Financial UK Ltd., has committed to purchase a leading pawn lending Scandinavian company, Sefina Finance AB, for approximately $73 million in cash. While $58 million will be...
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ETFs For BCS Bowl Games
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 4:31pm | 422Consider this more an exercise in fun than a legitimate trade thesis, but with college bowl season upon us, the Professor thought it would be interesting to make a mock portfolio based on the sponsors of the four most prestigious bowl games (Rose, Sugar, Fiesta and Orange) and the BCS National...
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Piper Jaffray Reiterates DLLR Rating And PT Following Sefina Acquisition
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 9:20am | 60Piper Jaffray reiterates its Overweight rating and $32 PT on shares of Dollar Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: DLLR) following the company's acquisition of Sefina Finance, a pawn lending business in Scandinavia. Sefina was acquired for approximately $73m in cash or 5.2x anticipated '10 EBITDA of $14.0m on...
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American Express Initiated At Overweight At J.P. Morgan (AXP)
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 3:15pm | 74Analysts at J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) have initiated coverage on shares of American Express (NYSE: AXP) with an Overweight rating and $50 price target. During Wednesday's trading session the stock has risen 2.15% to $44.15. The stock trades at a trailing P/E of 14.36, a forward P/E of 11.73 and a...