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Bullish Outlook For Communication Equipment Stocks (PALM, QCOM, RIMM, MOT, MS)
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 10:15am | 120Analysts at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) have a bullish outlook on communication equipment stocks. In a recent report, the analysts initiated coverage on Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM), Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) with Overweight rating for all three stocks. The price...
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Company News for January 05, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 10:10am | 232• Kraft (NYSE:KFT) announced plans to utilize proceeds from the sale of its Canadian frozen food operations to Nestle for $3.75 billion cash, raising the cash portion of its hostile bid for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) by 97 cents per share. Cadbury maintained the offer remains derisory • Brightpoint (NASDAQ...
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Encouraging Windows 7 Sales May Boost Microsoft (MSFT, GOOG)
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 10:07am | 92Analysts at Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) have recommended an Overweight rating on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) with a price target of $36.00. This outlook is for 2010, and the strong sale numbers of its latest operating system Windows 7 has prompted this view from Morgan Stanley. Microsoft...
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Media And Entertainment Sector Update
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 2:07pm | 101Analysts at Thomas Weisel Partners Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TWPG) have released their report on the Media and Entertainment sector. According to the report, the North American box office benefited from the solid performance in the last six weeks. The North American box office ended the quarter up 18.7...
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Regal Entertainment Group (RGC) Maintains Market Weight Rating
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 2:03pm | 127Analysts at Thomas Weisel Partners Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TWPG) have maintained a Market Weight rating for Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) stock. Analysts have maintained the 12-month price target of $15 for the Regal Entertainment stock. Analysts have increased their estimates for Regal to...
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Cinemark Holdings Inc. (CNK) Maintains Overweight Rating
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 1:41pm | 142Analysts at Thomas Weisel Partners Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TWPG) have maintained an Overweight rating for Cinemark Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CNK). Analysts have maintained the 12-month price target of $16 for the Cinemark Holdings stock. Analysts have increased their estimates on Cinemark Holdings for the...
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Today's Upgrades: Part 1 (EMC, TIF, MS, UNH, BA)
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 11:57am | 195Scores of stocks have been upgraded at investment banks and research houses across Wall Street today. I have decided to focus on some of the more familiar names in two parts. EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) was upgraded from hold to buy at Stifel Nicolaus with a price target of $22. EMC is up 2.70% in early...
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Top 5 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Financial Sector With The Highest Sales Growth Estimates (AIG, CIM, NLY, AGO, JEF)
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 8:51am | 210Below are the top 5 mid-cap financial stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of sales growth estimates. The sales growth estimate for American International Group Inc (NASDAQ: AIG) for this quarter is 746.9%. AIG’s market capitalization is $4.04 billion. AIG’s shares fell by 11.30% over the...
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BusinessWeek: China Property Bubble May Lead to US Style Real Estate Slump
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 4:44pm | 2204First, let me say that the term "bubble" could be the most overused term of 2009. We now are calling anything excessive a bubble; it's become stale. Of course some things are developing bubbles, but not every asset class as some would have you believe. Second, much of what I am reading about...
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WSJ - Best Stock Mutual Fund of the Decade: CGM Focus (CGMFX)
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 3:29pm | 1378I have not posted about investing maven Ken Heebner in quite a while; in fact until a reader asked me a question about him in one of the comments yesterday I had not looked at the portfolio holdings of CGM Focus (CGMFX) - his flagship find - in many months. Looking at his current holdings (well...
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How The Charts Revealed That The Financial Stocks Would Lead The Market This Week. GS, WFC, JPM, MS
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 1:45pm | 441Over the last few days the markets have hovered flat as many sectors have pulled back. While technology and commodities seem to be stalling out, a few short term leader has emerged to take its place, keeping the market flat and not allowing it to pull back significantly. The financial stocks have...
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Goldman Sachs (GS) Begins Climb to Earnings
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 1:36pm | 520tweetmeme_url = 'http://fastswings.com/FastSwingscom/Blogs/tabid/680/EntryId/1233/Goldman-Sachs-GS-Begins-Climb-to-Earnings.aspx'; tweetmeme_source = 'srpatterson'; Goldman Sachs (GS) Begins Climb to Earnings Even with the overall markets declining slightly in light trade on New Year’s Eve,...
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Company News for December 31, 2009 - Corporate Summary
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 9:59am | 216• A spat between the Fox division of News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWSA) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) threatens to cause a midnight blackout of Fox programming, as Fox seeks $1/month/subscriber and Time Warner is willing to pay 20 cents. • Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) maintains an "overweight" rating on...
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Morgan Stanley Sees "Gentle Recovery" In M&A (MS), (GS)
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 3:50pm | 174According to Wall Street firms like Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Sanford C. Bernstein, the mergers and acquisitions market is likely to be tepid in 2010. Bloomberg quoted Morgan Stanley’s head of European M&A, Dieter Turowski as saying, “If you look at previous M&A cycles, the first year...
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Pete Najarian Likes Jefferies Group (JEF)
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 5:34pm | 73CNBC's Fast Money Pete Najarian said that investors should put Jefferies Group (NYSE: JEF) on their radar. Pete Najarian added that KBW raised its price target for Jefferies (JEF) to $30, and upgraded it to "Outperform" from "Market perform". Najarian thinks that JEF should be bought below $24,...