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Foreclosure Friday-The Top 1% Stick It to the Banks
Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 3:29pm | 2078stock market commentary from Phil’s Stock World “The rich are less susceptible to the shame and fear-mongering used by the government and the mortgage banking industry to keep underwater homeowners from acting in their financial best interest.” – Brent White One in seven homeowners with loan...
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Google: Analysts' Upgrades, Downgrades
Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 10:41am | 327NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- CHANGE IN RATINGS Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) rated new Buy at Pritchard Capital. $72 price target. Company has a strong portfolio of domestic onshore assets. CR Bard (NYSE: BCR) upgraded at Morgan Joseph from Hold to Buy. $97 price target. Company's buyback program...
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Time to Load Up on MetLife? (MET, PRU)
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 1:46pm | 367With the recent market sell off, shares of MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) have once again drifted lower and are now trading below its estimated book value. Currently, MET is trading at $37.39, up 0.51% on the session, though lower by 21.7% from its recent high of $47.75. With a book value of $41.00,...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (BJ, NI, ARNA, AEG)
Friday, July 2, 2010 - 7:31am | 141BJ's Wholesale Club Inc (NYSE: BJ) was upgraded by Jefferies from “hold” to “buy.” BJ’s shares closed at $43.54 yesterday. The quarterly sales of BJ's Wholesale Club grew 12.71%. KeyBanc Capital upgraded NiSource Inc (NYSE: NI) from “hold” to “buy.” NI’s shares closed at $14.37 yesterday. NiSource’...
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JP Morgan Upgrades AEG To Neutral
Friday, July 2, 2010 - 6:48am | 42Analysts at JP Morgan upgrade Aegon NV (NYSE: AEG) from "underweight" to "neutral." AEG’s shares moved up 2.46% to close at $5.41 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Financial Sector In The Red As Fears Of Double-Dip Recession Seem Real
Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 4:18pm | 270The financial sector remained mostly in the red, despite leading financial stocks narrowing their losses for the day. Financial stocks had gone deep into the negative territory in the morning trading session, after weak economic data released today made fears of a double-dip recession seem real....
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Late Market Update
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 3:56pm | 189Moody's Investors Service is likely to downgrade Spain’s sovereign ratings due to weakening economic conditions. The ratings agency expects to cut the ratings by a maximum of one or two notches. Moody's vice president and lead analyst for Spain, Kathrin Muehlbronner, mentioned, "Spain's growth...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Accident And Health Insurance Industry With The Highest Dividend (AFL, SFG, AIZ, UNM)
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 6:50am | 124Below are the top accident and health insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend. AFLAC Inc (NYSE: AFL) offers a dividend of $1.12 per share. AFL’s PEG ratio is 0.58. StanCorp Financial Group Inc (NYSE: SFG) has a dividend of $0.8 per share. SFG’s quarterly revenue grew 52.00...
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Low Yields, Consumer Confidence, Income Impact 06-28-2010
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 6:45pm | 720Cusick’s Corner Volume stayed light and the market stayed range bound into the After Hours. What was interesting to watch is the precipitous fall of bond yields, the 10 yr pulling back to 3.02%, signaling a stronger case for potential deflation. This move into the fixed income arena could be a...
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Top Performing Industries For June 28 (AFL, MU, ESIC, MO)
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 1:28pm | 238At 10:48 am, the Dow gained 19.95 points, or 0.20%, to 10,163.76 and the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 1.03, or 0.10%, to 1,077.79. The NASDAQ composite index rose 3.83, or 0.17%, to 2,227.31. The industries that are driving the market today are: Accident & Health Insurance:...
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Afternoon Market Update (AAPL, AFL, MS, UAUA, CAL, DAL)
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 1:13pm | 224In the initial three days of the launch of its new iPhone, Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has sold 1.7 billion new iPhone 4 units. There are reports of shortages of the device in the market. Shares of AAPL have gained more than 7% since the company unveiled the device in San Francisco. CEO Steve Jobs...
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IDG's Computerworld Names Prudential #19 on its 2010 list of Best Places to Work in Information Technology
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 11:53am | 135For the second consecutive year, IDG's Computerworld named Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU), to its list of the Best Places to Work for information technology professionals. Prudential is ranked 19 on the 2010 list. "Prudential prides itself on offering challenging IT positions and great benefits....
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June 24, 2010: 21 Large Cap/Low PE Stocks
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 7:02pm | 224Occasionally, investors shake the tree with a broad screen to see what securities fall to the ground. Today,I programmed a Standard and Poors Large Cap screen. The following large cap ($10-50b) securities have a four or five star S&P rating coupled with a low PE and PEG valuations. For brevity...
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Calls Purchased on Lincoln National Corp. (LNC)
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 2:43pm | 129Shares of Lincoln National Corp. (NYSE: LNC) are lower on the session by 1.33%, currently trading at $26.69. The stock has been gyrating lower over the past two months and is now in a technical downtrend. Options traders are betting that the stock could make a move higher. The July $33 call was...
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Restructuring World: Major Spin-Offs From Major Companies (AIG, PUK, AMR, BAC, BCS, BP, GE, GENZ, HBC, LMT, MDR, MOT, STR, SUN, VZ, FTR, VSH)
Monday, June 21, 2010 - 7:47am | 346Restructuring never ends in many large corporations. After a week’s worth of reading through dozens of corporate deals in the pipeline and analyzing others which could be close, it seems that many of America’s (and ex-US) largest companies are about to go through major changes because of asset...