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Company News for January 07, 2011 - Corporate Summary
Friday, January 7, 2011 - 11:03am | 716• Citigroup (NYSE:C) is reportedly looking for a buyer for its CitiFinancial Unit for as much as $1 billion • Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has added Diamond Offshore (NYSE:DO) to its Conviction Buy List, upgrading the shares from a "selling" rating previously held, with a target price of $85 • Morgan...
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Company News for January 07, 2011 - Corporate Summary
Friday, January 7, 2011 - 10:35am | 716• Citigroup (NYSE:C) is reportedly looking for a buyer for its CitiFinancial Unit for as much as $1 billion • Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has added Diamond Offshore (NYSE:DO) to its Conviction Buy List, upgrading the shares from a "selling" rating previously held, with a target price of $85 • Morgan...
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Moody's Raises 2010 Outlook - Analyst Blog
Friday, January 7, 2011 - 9:33am | 647A leader in the credit rating industry, Moody's Corp (MCO) raised its full year 2010 revenue and earnings per share (EPS) guidance based on increased U.S. debt issuance and demand for junk bonds. The shares rose 8.6% ($2.35) and closed at $29.67 following the announcement. The increased outlook...
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Moody's Raises 2010 Outlook - Analyst Blog
Friday, January 7, 2011 - 9:00am | 647A leader in the credit rating industry, Moody's Corp (MCO) raised its full year 2010 revenue and earnings per share (EPS) guidance based on increased U.S. debt issuance and demand for junk bonds. The shares rose 8.6% ($2.35) and closed at $29.67 following the announcement. The increased outlook...
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Bullish Count For Moody's
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 6:58pm | 132As much as it pains me to say it, because I frankly don't think they deserve it, the stock chart for Moody's Corp. (MCO) is showing a very bullish wave count. It appears that MCO is embarking on wave 3 of (C) up with a minimum target of 40, but a... Go to SwingTradingDaily.com for full article,...
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Tomorrow's Employment Report
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 6:52pm | 132As much as it pains me to say it, because I frankly don't think they deserve it, the stock chart for Moody's Corp. (MCO) is showing a very bullish wave count. It appears that MCO is embarking on wave 3 of (C) up with a minimum target of 40, but a... Go to SwingTradingDaily.com for full article,...
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CME Raising Margin Requirements On Multiple Contracts
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 4:14pm | 55The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) raised margin requirements on several items today, including coal, cotton, sugar, Swiss Franc, and crude palm oil. More information about the increased margin requirements can be found here.
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LPHI Announces Special Cash Dividend of $0.04/sh
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 11:24am | 51Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LPHI), parent company of Life Partners, Inc., announced today that its board of directors has authorized a special cash dividend payment of $0.04 per share to shareholders of record as of January 31, 2011, to be paid on or about February 15, 2011.
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 2:42pm | 265Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet Dogs of the Dow's 'Mutts' Have No Bite At the beginning of every year, proponents of the "Dogs of the Dow" investment strategy trot out the 10 highest-yielding stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and...
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Wednesday's Put/Call Ratio Leaders (IBKR, ING, OCR, ESV, ONXX)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 2:01pm | 91Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ: IBKR) 2,707 puts, 56 calls 2. ING Group (NYSE: ING) 4,712 puts, 105 calls 3. Omnicare Inc. (NYSE: OCR) 3,010 puts, 80 calls 4. Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV...
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MetLife Vends $1.5B Notes - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 12:33pm | 739On Tuesday, MetLife Inc. (MET) sold off three-part senior notes worth approximately $1.5 billion in the 144A private placement market. According to Reuters, MetLife Global Funding I vended off three-year floating-rate notes and three-year fixed-rate notes of $500 million each, along with five-...
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MetLife Vends $1.5B Notes - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 11:45am | 739On Tuesday, MetLife Inc. (MET) sold off three-part senior notes worth approximately $1.5 billion in the 144A private placement market. According to Reuters, MetLife Global Funding I vended off three-year floating-rate notes and three-year fixed-rate notes of $500 million each, along with five-...
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UBS Changes Price Target at Skyworks, HiSoft Tech, Envestnet, CME Group, Clorox (SWKS, HSFT, ENV, CME, CLX)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 11:06am | 76UBS changes its price target on the following companies: Skyworks (NASDAQ: SWKS) from $28 to $35. HiSoft Tech (NASDAQ: HSFT) from $21 to $31. Envestnet (NYSE: ENV) from $16 to $19. CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) from $288 to $311. Clorox (NYSE: CLX) from $76 to $72.
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Top 4 Large-Cap Stocks In The Investment Brokerage-National Industry With The Highest Profit Margin (CME, AMTD, MS, SCHW)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 5:36am | 129Below are the top large-cap investment brokerage-national stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of profit margin. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at CME Group Inc (NASDAQ: CME) is 32.94%. CME's PEG ratio is 1.53. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at TD Ameritrade Holding...
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Latest Pullback Healthy 01-04-2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 8:21pm | 825Cusick's Corner This is healthy -- a pullback, maybe a consolidation, and then the market digests and resumes the major trend. Commodities have taken the hardest hits. If markets like Gold and Oil can hold key levels of 1325 on Gold and 85 on Oil and take a breather, look at strategies that take...