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Clarcor (CLC) and ConAgra (CAG) Posted Impressive Dividends
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 10:22am | 144Clarcor(NYSE: CLC) and ConAgra (NYSE: CAG) posted impressive quarterly results and announced an increase in dividends. Clarcor Inc., posted a dividend increase of 8.3% which was mainly due to a strong third quarter EPS of $0.42 and a cash flow of $93 million for the first nine months, up $14...
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IBM And VMI Should Be Bought Ahead Of Earnings: Louis Navellier
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 6:19pm | 76Louis Navellier of NavellierGrowth.com expects IBM (NYSE: IBM) to declare growth in earnings of 42% and therefore thinks that this stock should be bought. IBM gained 1.05% and closed at $128.35 on Wednesday. NavellierGrowth.com believes that investors should go long on Valmont Industries (NYSE:...
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Bullish on Graco
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 7:10am | 742When making fundamental trade recommendations in my weekly newsletter EPIC Insights, there are two main variables. The first is what we think a stock is worth. This number is under our control and allows for creative thinking to derive the fair value of the operating business. Regardless of what is...
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Karen Finerman Likes FLS, But Would Sell Some
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 7:42pm | 75CNBC's Fast Money Karen Finerman thinks that Flowserve Corporation's (NYSE: FLS) valuation is still attractive, but as a portfolio manager she thinks that a smart decision would be to reduce a position in this stock. Karen Finerman added that she already sold a half of her position in Flowserve (...
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Fund Performance Period 10
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 4:28pm | 3764As a reminder, if you are interested in this type of fund as a worthwhile consideration for future investment, please consider reading why this blog exists. [Jan 7, 2008: Reader Pledges Toward Mutual Fund Launch] [May 26, 2008: Frequently Asked Questions] Our story in Barron's [A New Kind of Fund...
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Stocks to Watch (NTRI, CRUS, RBN, TISI, LAD)
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 5:38am | 207Shares of NutriSystem Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRI) zoomed 23.26% to $18.55 the company, which sells prepared meals to help clients lose weight, said its 14-day starter Program will be offered through 3,200 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) outlets. Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRUS) rose 9.75% to $5.63 in...
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Portfolio Positions with Yellow Caution Tag Attached
Monday, October 5, 2009 - 12:41pm | 1033Last week's sell off has put some of our long positions into a bit more precarious positions on their charts. I am going to list the names who we have to watch closely. Tactically I enjoy buying stocks as they fall back to support, which puts me at odds with 90% of Wall Street (and their machines...
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Today’s Earnings Preview (MOS,RPM,RBN,TISI)
Monday, October 5, 2009 - 6:13am | 145The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is expected to report fiscal first-quarter earnings of 35 cents a share, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research. Friday, the shares of MOS were closed at $46.18. RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) is forecast to post earnings of 45 cents a share in the...
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Bookkeeping: Covering Eaton (ETN) Short
Friday, October 2, 2009 - 10:31am | 407There is still a gap in Eaton's (ETN) chart in the mid $40s, and frankly this company reported one of the worst earnings reports last quarter of any I follow; but mutual funds are piling in this name as an early cycle recovery stock. With the stock pulling back to its 50 day moving average, I am...
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Robbins & Myers, Inc. (NYSE: RBN) Announces Dividend Payment of $0.040 per Share
Friday, October 2, 2009 - 7:44am | 79The Board of Directors Robbins & Myers, Inc. (NYSE: RBN) approved a regular cash dividend payment of $0.040 per share. The dividend is payable on November 13, 2009 to shareholders of record as of October 16, 2009.Robbins & Myers, Inc. is a leading supplier of engineered equipment and...
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3D Systems Corporation (TDSC) Acquires Assets of Acu-Cast Technologies
Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 9:13am | 713D Systems Corporation (Nasdaq: TDSC) acquired the assets of Acu-Cast Technologies. 3D Systems (TDSC) is a leading provider of 3-D Printing, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing solutions. 3D Systems also announced the launch of 3Dproparts(TM), the world's largest Rapid Prototyping and...
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Today’s Earnings Preview (DMND,LWSN,ATU,XRTX)
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 5:23am | 149Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) is expected to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of 18 cents a share, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research. Yesterday shares of DMND closed at $30.75. Lawson Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWSN) is forecast to post earnings of 5 cents a share in the...
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Pall Corporation (PLL) Declares Dividend
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 8:07am | 81Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) declared a dividend of $0.145 per share payable on October 29, 2009 to shareholders of record as of October 9, 2009. Pall Corporation (PLL) is a filtration, separation and purification leader providing total Fluid Management solutions to biopharmaceutical, energy and...
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Cramer Is Bullish On EBAY, TRN, COV, BOOM And CAT
Monday, September 21, 2009 - 11:37am | 122CNBC’s Mad Money Jim Cramer said that eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) will go to $30, and therefore is bullish on this stock. He added that Trinity Industries (NYSE: TRN) is a buy as a play on improving economy. When asked on his opinion about Celera (NASDAQ: CRA), Cramer said that Covidien (NYSE: COV) is a...
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Muller Water Products (MWA) Announces 32M Shares at $4.75 per Share
Friday, September 18, 2009 - 3:07am | 83Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE: MWA) announced public offering of 32,280,000 shares of its Series A common stock at $4.75 per share. The net proceeds of the offering are expected to be approximately $144.1M and the offering is expected to close on or about September 23, 2009. The Company...