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Bloom Box (Bloom Energy) IPO?
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 2:37pm | 555Bloom Energy is the Sunnyvale, California manufacturer of solid oxide fuel cells that was featured on 60 minutes last month. Reportedly, the company's small fuel cells are as efficient as and as much as doubly efficient as a conventional power plant. Questions have been coming in to me about...
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Excess Gas, Cash and a Dividend for Starbucks (SBUX) Shareholders
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 12:24pm | 1609Broad markets moved lower Wednesday afternoon with the drop in the Euro following the Fitch downgrade of Portugal’s sovereign debt. This dollar strength is causing a riff in commodities futures and commodity and food stocks as well, since most commodities are dollar denominated. To compound the...
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Cramer Shares His Thoughts On XL, AON, CNX, USU, MDR
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 10:28pm | 157Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money: Lightning Round OT that XL Capital Ltd. (NYSE: XL) is a very good insurance company, but he prefers Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON), because insurance brokers are coming on strong. XL Capital (XL) dropped 0.32% today, while Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) added 0.40%....
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What Can an Upgrade in eBay (EBAY) Stock Mean To You?
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 4:46pm | 1707Early Thursday, Credit Suisse upgraded its rating on eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) to “outperform” (essentially a “buy” rating) from “neutral” (essentially a “hold”) and lifted its price target to $32 from $25, citing strength in auctioneer’s PayPal unit following the divestiture of Skype. Credit Suisse said...
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Market Update – Citigroup (NYSE:C), General Electric (NYSE:GE), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 11:46am | 1122To start our market update, there’s some good news on the unemployment front in America. First time jobless claims in the United States dropped by 14,000 last week, to 442,000 total. The number is above what economists had predicted for the market, as they were expecting the initial unemployment...
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Market Update – Citigroup (NYSE:C), General Electric (NYSE:GE), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 11:46am | 1122To start our market update, there’s some good news on the unemployment front in America. First time jobless claims in the United States dropped by 14,000 last week, to 442,000 total. The number is above what economists had predicted for the market, as they were expecting the initial unemployment...
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Stock Market News for March 25, 2010 - Market News
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 9:33am | 547Stocks retreated Wednesday after two days of winning run as sovereign debt worries and a downgrade of Portugal’s credit rating revived concerns about the global economy. Benchmark indexes pulled back from their 18-month highs and the dollar raced to a 10-month high against the euro as investors...
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US Stocks Dip On Portugal Worries On March 24 (VZ, T, GE, BAC)
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 6:26am | 286US stocks went into losses yesterday, marking it the first day when the market went into the red this week. Resurfacing concerns regarding Greek and Portuguese debt pulled down the markets. However, market experts said that the mood has not turned bearish yet, as rising markets also have their down...
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Top 5 NYSE Stocks In The Conglomerates Sector With The Highest 5-Y Earnings Estimates (TXT, CBE, DHR, MMM, UTX)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 7:17am | 249Below are the top conglomerate stocks on the NYSE in terms of 5-Y their earnings estimates. Textron Inc (NYSE: TXT) is likely to achieve 21.55% earnings growth over the next five years. TXT’s trailing-twelve-month revenues stand at $10.50 billion. Read more about this company here. Cooper...
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Top 5 NYSE Stocks In The Conglomerates Sector With The Lowest PEG Ratio (CBE, MMM, DHR, UTX, CR)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 7:14am | 219Below are the top conglomerates stocks on the NYSE, in terms of PEG ratio Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE) has a PEG ratio of 1.14. CBE’s trailing-twelve-month revenues stand at $5.07 billion. Read more about this company here. 3M Company Common Stock (NYSE: MMM) has a PEG ratio of 1.41. MMM’s...
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Medical Devices Industry Update (BAX, BCR, COO, MASI, HAE)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 12:33pm | 330Analysts Lawrence Keusch and Konstantin Tcherepachenets at Morgan Keegan have released an update on the Medical Devices industry. After an approval for the healthcare reform bill by the House of Representatives on Sunday, the path is clear now for President Barack Obama to make it into a law. As a...
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Walter Energy, Inc. (WLT) Maintains Buy Rating; Price Target Raised
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 10:59am | 102Analysts at KeyBanc Capital Markets have released an update on Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WLT). Analysts have raised their 2010 and 2011 EPS estimates for Walter Energy following recent Japanese benchmark pricing settlements at $200 per ton, anecdotal inputs of further pricing upside opportunity...
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Market News – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup (NYSE:C)
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 11:59am | 841The United States’ House of Representatives approved the long awaited and highly controversial Health Care reform bill late Sunday by a vote of 219-212. The bill, which will cost an estimated $940 billion over ten years, will extend health care insurance to 32 million uninsured and underinsured...
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Market News – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup (NYSE:C)
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 11:59am | 841The United States’ House of Representatives approved the long awaited and highly controversial Health Care reform bill late Sunday by a vote of 219-212. The bill, which will cost an estimated $940 billion over ten years, will extend health care insurance to 32 million uninsured and underinsured...
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Stocks Take A Hit Due To Concerns Over Greece (MMM, PFE, AXP, BAC, JPM)
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 11:35am | 183U.S. stocks saw a decline in trading on Friday as concerns over Greece resurfaced. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2% to 10,753. 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) was the worst performing stock in the index. 3M shares were down 1.80% to $82 .13 at 11.23 a.m. in New York. Shares of Pfizer (NYSE: PFE...