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Top 5 Stocks In The Financial Sector With The Lowest PEG (IRS, ABR, PNX, NNI, TWGP)
Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 6:29am | 165Below are the top 5 finance stocks in terms of PEG. IRSA Investments and Representations Inc (NYSE: IRS) has a PEG ratio of 0.01. IRS’ quarterly revenue growth is 44.30% y/y. Arbor Realty Trust Inc (NYSE: ABR) has a PEG ratio of 0.22. The trailing-twelve-month operating margins of ABR are 114.35...
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What the Fed Staff Really Thinks - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 4:00pm | 2903Below are some key sections of the minutes of the Federal Reserve Board’s March 16th meeting. I have interspersed my commentary and interpretation where needed. "The information reviewed at the March 16 meeting suggested that economic activity expanded at a moderate pace in early 2010. Business...
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Top 5 Stocks In The Financial Sector With Lowest PEG (IRS, PNX, ABR, ENH, NNI)
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 6:17am | 156Below are the top 5 financial stocks in terms of PEG. IRSA Investments and Representations Inc (NYSE: IRS) has a PEG ratio of 0.01. IRS’ quarterly revenue growth is 44.30% y/y. Phoenix Companies Inc (NYSE: PNX) has a PEG ratio of 0.22. PNX’s quarterly revenue growth is 35.50% y/y. Arbor Realty...
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Is The Rebound In Real Estate ETFs Here To Stay?
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 11:33pm | 1730“In mid-2009 we asked whether real estate investment trust ETFs had priced in a predicted tidal wave of commercial real estate foreclosures. We concluded prices had fallen so far they could well be at fair market value. Those prices were fair indeed. REITs have nearly doubled in the past year. How...
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Daily Quality Update from Ascendere Associates LLC - March 30, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 10:30pm | 678At the market close on March 30, 2010, 'high-quality' stocks in the Ascendere Long/Short Model Portfolio rose 0.11% and 'low-quality' stocks in the short portfolio declined -0.10%. Given the 120/80 long/short weighting, the portfolio appreciated 0.22% for the day. The model...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (ORCT, PEET, AONE, AGNC)
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 8:38am | 189Orckit Communications Ltd (NASDAQ: ORCT) decreased 6.44% to $4.50 in the pre-market session. The 52-week trading range for ORCT is $2.04 - $5.81. Orckit Communications has gained over 25% in the last six months. ORCT closed at $4.81 in the previous trading session. Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. (...
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Final Q4 GDP Revised Down to 5.6% - Analyst Blog
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 1:30pm | 3253Where the Growth Came From This is essentially the same report as was posted when the first and second cuts at the 4th Quarter GDP numbers came out, but with the revised contributions to growth shown, the numbers from the first two releases are in parentheses, with the second revisions numbers...
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March 26: GDP Rises 5.6% - Economic Highlights
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 9:03am | 351GDP Final Q4 Estimates show GDP increased by 5.6%, less than the expected 5.9% increase, following a 5.9% estimated increase in the preliminary Q4 estimate (today’s release is based on a more complete set of data), after increasing by 2.2% in the third quarter of 2009. The increase in real GDP in...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (LZ , UTIW, NLY, MELA, SUNH)
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 10:14am | 250Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) was downgraded by Hilliard Lyons from “long-term buy” to “neutral.” LZ closed at $93.72 yesterday. LZ has a 52-week trading range of $31.33-$94.93. Read more about this company here. Jesup & Lamont downgraded UTI Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ: UTIW) from “buy” to “hold...
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Earnings Of Annaly Capital (NLY) May Recover In Q2
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 3:35pm | 136Analyst Douglas Harter of Credit Suisse maintains his "outperform" rating on Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY), while revising his estimates for the company. The target price for NLY is set to $19. NLY has announced its first quarter dividend short of the estimate due to the effect of the GSE...
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Volume Talks Monday: A Sirius Reversal
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 9:39am | 2912As the market traded higher across the board Monday on lighter volume, there were many stocks which traded higher/lower on above average volume. Today's breakout report is for Monday March 22, 2010. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section...
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Ascendere Associates LLC Long/Short Focus List: March 19, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 11:03pm | 1979(A pdf of this report is available here.) We are taking our proven methodology used to rebalance the Ascendere Long/Short Model Portfolio of 80-100 stocks on a monthly basis, and using it to generate weekly trading ideas. While introducing some noise, it is also uncovering some good stocks. For...
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WHAT’S ON TAP?
Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 3:05am | 1231The earnings calendar is very light this week so the focus will be entirely on economic news. The big news of the week will be Friday’s unemployment report. Analysts are expecting a jump of 200K jobs for March. It will be interesting to see whether investors view this as a positive or a sign of...
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EMC Appoints New CMO - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 12:17pm | 731EMC Corp. (EMC), a leading provider of storage hardware and software has appointed Jeremy Burton as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Mr. Burton will report to Joe Tucci, EMC's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Burton will be responsible for the...
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Top 5 NYSE Stocks In The Consumer Goods Sector With The Lowest PEG Ratio (SMP, ARM, FBR, SHE, OSK)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 7:47am | 226Below are the top consumer goods stocks on the NYSE in terms of PEG ratio. Standard Motor Products Inc (NYSE: SMP) has a PEG ratio of 0.06. Analysts at BB&T Capital Markets upgrade SMP from “hold” to “buy.” Read more about this company here. ArvinMeritor Inc (NYSE: ARM) has a PEG ratio of 0.24...