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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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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (CVBF, CNSL, JACK, CISG, IRET)
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 10:15am | 197CVB Financial Corp (NYSE: CVBF) was downgraded by Sterne Agee from “neutral” to “sell.” CVBF’s shares have lost 0.81% to $9.85 by 9:46 am. CVBF has a 52-week trading range of $4.77-$10.80. RBC Capital Markets downgraded Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: CNSL) from “outperform” to “...
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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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Wind Power Stocks are Spinning
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 2:54am | 888Do you know when the first use of a windmill was recorded? It was first utilized in the 1st Century AD. Can you guess what it was used for? It was used to power an organ. Some facts about wind power:1. Wind power generation went up over 300% between 2000 and 2006.2. It provides 20% of electricity...
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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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Financial Sector Ended In Slightly Positive Frame, With C Feeling The Heat Of Treasury Selloff (XLF, SPX, KBE, C, CBG, ETFC, JNS, MS)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 6:33am | 273The financial sector ended in positive territory on Monday, with The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLF), a barometer for the financial sector, adding 0.1%. However, the SPDR KBW Bank ETF (NYSE: KBE) closed down 0.5%, while the broader S&P 500 Index (NYSE: SPX) fared better and gained...
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The Government’s Mortgage Modification Program May Hurt The Bottom Line Of The Banks In The Financial ETF
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 2:21pm | 2492“Citigroup (NYSE: C) announced on Thursday that it would join the government’s program to modify second mortgages, following Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), JP Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) and others, as the housing market appears to be at the beginning of a second...
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CB Richard Ellis (CBG) Forming Higher Top And Higher Higher Bottom Pattern
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 11:54am | 107CB Richard Ellis (NYSE: CBG) climbed 5.3% to $15.75, after rising to $15.88 earlier in the day. The world’s largest commercial real estate broker was upgraded to “buy” from‘ ‘neutral” by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and added to the firm’s “conviction buy” list. CB Richard Ellis (CBG) has started...
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C.B. Richard Ellis Upgraded at Goldman
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 9:58am | 124CB Richard Ellis Group Inc (NYSE: CBG) was graced by the hands at Goldman Sachs this morning who upgraded the stock to the “Conviction Buy List” from “Neutral.” The commercial real estate service firm is shooting higher by over 5.10%, currently trading $15.72 after hitting a new 52-week high...
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Gainers And Losers On March 26 (ABIO, VTIV, FINL, GLG, LSE, CPWM, RSH, ATAC, SNX)
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 8:12am | 316Friday again ended up, even if slightly, making it the fourth consecutive week to end higher. The stocks that made impressive movement in the US stock market are: Gainers Arca Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ: ABIO) soared about 210% to $8.22, after the biotech company announced that it has received patents...
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Ascendere Long/Short Model Portfolio End of Day Update: March 25, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 12:48am | 1064The Ascendere Long/Short Model Portfolio is a "tactical tilt" portfolio that buys the highest quality stocks and sells the lowest quality stocks while maintaining a net long or net short position at all times. While we re-balance the model every month, it ...
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Top Performing Industries For March 25 (CONN, BFLY, BBW, STRS, CEA)
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 3:10pm | 367At 2:32 p.m., Dow gained 62.43, or 0.58%, to 10,898.58, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 4.84, or 0.41%, to 1,172.56. The Nasdaq composite index added 14.38, or 0.60%, to 2413.14. The industries that are driving the market today are: Electronics Stores: The top gainer of the...
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Xerox Chairman Expects Sluggish Sales In 2010 (XRX)
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 12:01pm | 137Anne Mulcahy, chairman of Xerox corp. (NYSE: XRX) is of the opinion that there has been no “significant change” in the level of spending by large corporations since January. According to her, the field of document technology has stabilized, but companies are still not prepared to increase spending...
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TPGI Initiated With Outperform At JMP Securities
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 9:09am | 49Analysts at JMP Securities initiate coverage of Thomas Properties (NASDAQ: TPGI) with an "outperform" rating. The target price for TPGI is set to $4. TPGI’s shares closed at $3.10 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Elliott Associates And Paulson & Co. Planning To Team Up With Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) To Invest In General Growth Properties (GGP)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 7:01am | 293Bloomberg reports that hedge funds Elliott Associates LP and Paulson & Co. are planning to team up with Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) to invest in bankrupt mall owner General Growth Properties, Inc. (NYSE: GGP). The two hedge funds, who have already discussed their plans with General...