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MAS Initiated With Buy At KeyBanc
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 9:50am | 47Analysts at KeyBanc Capital Markets initiate coverage of Masco (NYSE: MAS) with a "buy" rating. The target price for MAS is set to $19. MAS’ closed at $ 15.48 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Is the EUR/USD on its Way Towards a New Low?
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 2:44am | 1857Is the EUR/USD on its Way Towards a New Low? After two weeks in which the Euro saw a bullish correction against the Dollar, the EUR/USD pair seems on its way downwards. The pair is currently trading around the 1.3515 level, and a drop of 100 pips will mark a year low. Will it take place later on in...
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Is the EUR/USD on its Way Towards a New Low?
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 2:44am | 1857Is the EUR/USD on its Way Towards a New Low? After two weeks in which the Euro saw a bullish correction against the Dollar, the EUR/USD pair seems on its way downwards. The pair is currently trading around the 1.3515 level, and a drop of 100 pips will mark a year low. Will it take place later on in...
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Market Updates – Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Citigroup (NYSE:C), General Electric (NYSE:GE), Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS)
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 1:30pm | 921The Labor Department announced that consumer prices have remained unchanged through February, indicating that consumers aren’t anticipating inflation despite the zero interest rate that has been set by the Fed and the expanding economy. With the Fed’s most recent announcement that interest rates...
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Market Updates – Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Citigroup (NYSE:C), General Electric (NYSE:GE), Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS)
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 1:30pm | 921The Labor Department announced that consumer prices have remained unchanged through February, indicating that consumers aren’t anticipating inflation despite the zero interest rate that has been set by the Fed and the expanding economy. With the Fed’s most recent announcement that interest rates...
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Top 5 Stocks For March 15, 2010 (AAON, OSTK, UBS, PFE, TIF)
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 7:32am | 265Analysts expect AAON Inc (NASDAQ: AAON) to post EPS of $0.37 for the latest quarter when it report its results before the bell. AAON’s shares gained 0.05% to close at $21.70 on Friday. Read more about this company here. Internet retailer Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) had forecasted earnings of $0....
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Top 5 NYSE Stocks In the Industrial Goods Sector With The Highest 5-Y Earnings Estimates (CX, USG, GFA, GFF, ACO)
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 9:09am | 244Below are the top industrial goods stocks on the NYSE in terms of 5-Y earnings estimates. Cemex SAB de CV (NYSE: CX) is likely to achieve 78.6% earnings growth over the next five years. CX’s trailing-twelve-month revenues stand at $15.66 billion. Read more about this company here. USG Corporation...
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Top Performing Industries For March 8 (NCS, NYNY, CSCO, MRFD.OB, BBW)
Monday, March 8, 2010 - 4:10pm | 338At 1:38 p.m., Dow gained 3.78, or 0.04%, to 10,569.98, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1.49, or 0.13%, to 1,140.18. The Nasdaq composite index added 8.74, or 0.38%, to 2335.09. The industries that are driving the market today are: General Building Materials: The top gainer of...
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Armstrong World Industries (AWI) Shares Fall 5%
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 12:07pm | 131Shares of Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (NYSE: AWI) plunged 5% Monday morning, after the company reported financial results that failed to meet Wall Street expectations. The building products company reported a 4th quarter net loss of $3.8 million, or 7 cents per share, which was an improvement...
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ROCK Price Target Crumbles But Still ROCK Solid
Friday, February 26, 2010 - 10:47am | 93Shares of Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROCK) are up 4.77% to $11.65 per share. KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Mark L. Parr, CFA, is reiterating his BUY rating on ROCK but cut the price target from $21 to $17. Also, the analyst reduced his 2010 EPS estimate to 50c from $1.00 and the 2011 EPS...
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Gibraltar Inc. (ROCK) All Set To Fall Further
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 2:27pm | 122Gibraltar Inc. (NASDAQ: ROCK), a producer of building materials, ended with Q4 sales shrinking 25% to $187 million compared to the Q4 of 2008. Gibraltar Inc. (ROCK) unit volumes fell with weaker-than-expected business conditions in the residential building, construction, and industrial markets and...
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Owens Corning Shares Active On 2,009% Times Normal Volume (OC)
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 1:44pm | 75Shares of Owens Corning Inc. Common Stocks (NYSE: OC) are wildly active today on 2,009% times normal volume. The shares gapped down today on news of its second IPO filing going through. Roughly 12.3 million shares were offered at a value of $23.75 each. Owens Corning shares closed yesterday at $24....
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Builders FirstSource Is Maintained At Neutral With $4 Target By Baird (BLDR)
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 10:29am | 150Analyst David J. Manthey, CFA at Robert W. Baird & Co is maintaining his $4 price target on shares of Builders FirstSource, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLDR). Shares of the company closed at $3.01 per share after Friday's trading session. Mr. Manthey notes, "We remain firmly on the sidelines due to severe...
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Closing Market Comments
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 5:37pm | 221Today was a very interesting day in the market for many reasons. First off we were thrown off 24 hours ago when the Fed increased the discount rate to 0.75%. This as we all know moved the market futures to down over 1%. When you add in that surprise with the fact that today was option expiration...
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Benzinga's Market Movers
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 3:36pm | 218Market movers are a good indicator of what the overall market is reacting to during the day. It is a good way to see what is hot and what is not. By looking at these stocks you can get a feel for what the big news is each day. What is hot? - Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) 11.93% gain on upgrade...