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Find Stocks Poised for Positive Sales Surprises - Screen of the Week
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 1:00am | 232Kevin Matras puts the odds in your favor for finding companies poised to report positive sales surprises. Highlighted stocks include AFL, ATK, AWK, NBL and PWER. AFLAC INC (AFL): Free Stock Analysis Report ALLIANT TECHSYS (ATK): Free Stock Analysis Report AMER WATER WORK (AWK): Free Stock Analysis...
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Options Brief: Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC)
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 12:08pm | 70Shares of Manulife Financial Corporation (NYSE: MFC) are higher on the session by 0.34%, trading at $17.49. Overall put volume is now running at 3.38x the daily average, with 17% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,179 contracts have traded on the session so far. Manulife Financial...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Monday - Tale of the Tape
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 9:31am | 339Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Adtran Inc (ADTN) Ameriprise Finl Inc (AMP) Buenaventura ADR (BVN) China Life Insurance Co (LFC) DCP Midstream Partners (DPM) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. ADTRAN INC (ADTN): Free Stock Analysis Report AMERIPRISE FINL...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Monday - Tale of the Tape
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 9:14am | 339Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Adtran Inc (ADTN) Ameriprise Finl Inc (AMP) Buenaventura ADR (BVN) China Life Insurance Co (LFC) DCP Midstream Partners (DPM) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. ADTRAN INC (ADTN): Free Stock Analysis Report AMERIPRISE FINL...
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Philippines Outlook 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 7:56am | 18322010 went particularly well for the Philippine economy as it is expected to have expanded by as much as 7.0% for the whole year. For the first 3 quarters of 2010, the economy already posted a 7.5% expansion which was well above the 5-6% growth target. GDP, as we know, is the...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners, January 21st (EDC, SIL, EPV, TQQQ)
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 7:21pm | 223Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3x Shares(ETF) (NYSE: EDC) traded 2.65% lower today, as China Life Insurance Company Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE: LFC) dropped 1.05%. EDC closed at $38.17, and had a volume of 1.15M traded shares. Global X Silver Miners (NYSE: SIL) dropped 2.51% in the regular trading...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers, January 21st (BAL, SGG, EDZ, DAG)
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 7:00pm | 187iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Subindex Total Return ETN (NYSE: BAL) led the gainers among the ETFs on Friday, with an increase of 4.81%. This was the fourth trading session in a row that BAL closed higher. iPath Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Subindex Total Return ETN (NYSE: SGG) traded 3.63% higher on the...
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Benzinga's Cash Generator Crushes 1-Month National CD Average By 3,950%
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 5:39pm | 240If you haven't explored Benzinga's Cash Generator, you've been missing out. Last month, Cash Generator trades yielded 1.625%, abolishing the 1-month national CD average by 3,950%. Over the lifetime of the product, it has outperformed its benchmark by 2,300%! Recent cash trades – MetLife, Inc. (NYSE...
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Genworth Financial Downgraded - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 7:31pm | 543Due to higher loss at the U.S. Mortgage Insurance segment as well as weak results at Retirement and Protection and at International, we are downgrading Genworth Financial (GNW) to Underperform. Genworth's mortgage insurance business is experiencing losses as a result of the stressed economic...
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Genworth Financial Downgraded - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 7:10pm | 543Due to higher loss at the U.S. Mortgage Insurance segment as well as weak results at Retirement and Protection and at International, we are downgrading Genworth Financial (GNW) to Underperform. Genworth's mortgage insurance business is experiencing losses as a result of the stressed economic...
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Citigroup Reiterates Hold Rating, $45 PT On SFG
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 9:49am | 117Citigroup is reiterating its 2M (Hold, Medium Risk) rating on StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: SFG), as well as its $45 PT. “There is no change to our $45 target and 2010-2013E,” Citigroup writes. “We consider SFG's shares fully valued at 1.14x 2011 BV of $41.63 and 9.1x our 2011E of $5.20;...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners, January 18th (VXX, CZI, ZSL, DRV)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 6:49pm | 196iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE: VXX) fell 3.20% today, and it closed at $30.56. This was the sixth trading session in a row that VXX closed lower. Direxion Daily China Bear 3x Shares ETF (NYSE: CZI) dropped 2.71% today. China Mobile Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE: CHL) is a component of the...
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Earnings Optimism 01-14-2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 4:55pm | 836Cusick's Corner The market continues to get some more fuel early in this earnings cycle -- JPM and INTC reported to the upside, with little drag from the actions by the Chinese and the continued struggles of EU sovereign debt. Gold is on the radar because the short-term move looks potentially ugly...
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Citi Raises Price Target On Prudential Financial Inc (PRU)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 8:11am | 132Citi Investment Research is raising its price target on shares of Prudential Financial Inc (NYSE: PRU) to $65 from $62, and is keeping its Hold rating on shares. In a note sent to clients, Citi writes, "We reiterate our 2M (Hold, Medium Risk) rating on the shares of Prudential Financial but have...
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Citigroup Raises PT On Prudential Financial
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 7:48am | 27Citigroup has raised the price target on Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE: PRU) from $62 to $65 and maintains its Hold rating.