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Rockwell Collins Edged Past Ests - Analyst Blog
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 9:09am | 769Rockwell Collins Inc. (COL), a supplier of avionics and military equipment, barely outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 88 cents in the third quarter ending June 30, 2010 with earnings of 89 cents per share. However, earnings per share shrunk 3 cents compared with the prior-year quarter....
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Downward Slope Still in Place 07-16-2010
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 7:06pm | 773Cusick’s Corner The market affirmed today that the downward slope is still in place with no bounce into the After Hours. Folks, this is a traders market. This move today was based on higher volume and involved a larger number of sectors on the downside. We again want to see if the 1050-1040...
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JLL Report Cites Solid CRE Sales - Analyst Blog
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 6:00pm | 458According to a report published by Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), global commercial real estate (CRE) sales in fiscal 2010 second quarter doubled from the year-ago period to $66 billion, showing signs of recovery. The report also unearthed that...
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Boeing Provides 20-Year Outlook - Analyst Blog
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 2:51pm | 1256Defense and Aerospace manufacturer Boeing Company (BA) released its 2010 Current Market Outlook (CMO) estimating a $3.6 trillion market for new commercial airplanes in the next 20 years. Boeing’s projection of growth is based on the recovery witnessed in world economies and strong demand for fleet...
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Visa Ventures to Save Merchants - Analyst Blog
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 6:13pm | 507In order to protect its merchants from fraud, Visa Inc. (V) launched a global effort to reduce the amount of information stored in the merchant account payment systems. Fraudulent card transactions are on the rise with the increase usage of credit cards on the Internet. Frauds can be of two types...
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Puts Purchased on Redwood Trust (RWT)
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 2:57pm | 125Shares of Redwood Trust Inc. (NYSE: RWT) are lower on the session by 2.03%, currently trading at $14.99. The stock has been trading largely sideways for the past three months, hovering near the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying protection on the name today. The August...
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“Mad Money Lightening Round:” Jim Says AMT Set To Surge
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 5:29am | 277In his “Mad Money Lightening Round” on Tuesday, Jim Cramer said that American Tower (NYSE: AMT) stock has been stuck at $45 for a long time and is ready to shoot off. “I think this one is a house of pleasure and I say...pull the trigger." Jim advised traders to sell American Capital Agency (NASDAQ...
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Annaly Capital Offers 60 Million Shares
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 4:13pm | 85Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) today announced that it intends to make a public offering of 60,000,000 shares of its common stock. Annaly intends to grant the underwriters a thirty-day option to purchase up to an additional 9,000,000 shares of common stock solely to cover...
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ANGO Expands Smart Port CT - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 3:54pm | 542Therapeutic and diagnostic devices maker AngioDynamics (ANGO) has reported worldwide expansion of its Smart Port CT family of power-injectable ports. The company has added mini and low-profile models of the device for common treatments such as chemotherapy and use with computed tomography (CT), a...
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Wunderlich Initiates Coverage Of 10 Mortgage REITs, 5 Get Buy Ratings (AGNC, NLY, HTS, CYS, TWO)
Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 11:40am | 142Wunderlich Securities has initiated coverage on 10 mortgage REITs. Five of the companies have received Buy ratings. The analysts wrote, "we believe investors can arbitrage both FOMC accommodation and the policy initiatives of the Obama Administration through these stocks because re-stabilizing the...
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ECONOMIC AND BOND MARKET RECAP
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 6:29pm | 1104By Rom Badilla, CFA – Bondsquawk.com Today’s economic data releases came in mostly in-line with expectations. Personal Incomes for May increased by 0.4 percent which were below consensus estimates of 0.5 percent while Consumer Spending increased by 0.2 percent versus surveys of 0.1 percents. Income...
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"Mad Money Lightning Round:" Jim Says It Is Sell Time For RIMM
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 7:24am | 271In his "Mad Money Lightning Round" on Friday, Jim Cramer said that Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is “worse than dead money.” He would sell the stock the minute the price appreciates. After falling 10.84% on Friday, RIMM gained 1.00% in pre-market trading. When asked about Flagstar Bancorp (NYSE...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Thinks That RIMM Is Dead Money (RIMM, AAPL, MWE, PNC, FBC, HAL, ED, PGN, AGNC, JDSU, CRUS, OVTI, C, MW)
Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 1:32pm | 536On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer advised investors to stay away from Research In Motion Limited (USA) (NASDAQ: RIMM), because it is dead money. Cramer believes that RIMM can't compete with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), and you should sell it. RIMM dropped 10.84% on Friday, and closed at $52.23. Cramer...
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Jun 25: GDP Rises 2.7% - Economic Highlights
Friday, June 25, 2010 - 9:36am | 331GDP Final Q1 Estimates show GDP increased by 2.7%, less than the expected 3.0% increase, following a 3.0% estimated increase in the preliminary Q1 estimate (today’s release is based on a more complete set of data), after increasing by 5.6% in the fourth quarter and by 2.2% in the third quarter of...
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Upside Purchased on American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 2:41pm | 156Shares of American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC) are higher on the session by 0.35%, currently trading at $28.56. The stock has been rallying over the past two weeks; the stock appears to be gaining momentum to the upside. Options traders are betting that the rally continues as well. Though...