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US Stock Futures Down, All Eyes On Alcoa Results
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 7:42am | 225US stock futures are lower this morning. Alcoa Inc (NYSE: AA) is all set to report its quarterly results after the closing bell today. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 39 points to 11,580.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 6.50 points to 1,261.50. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 7.75...
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Stocks To Watch For January 10 (APOL, AA, UAL, HELE, SMSC)
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 5:51am | 202Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Apollo Group Inc (NASDAQ: APOL) to post its FQ1 EPS at $1.35. APOL shares dropped 3.11% to $36.80 in after-hours trading. Analysts are expecting Alcoa (NYSE: AA) to have earned $0.18 per share in the fourth quarter. AA...
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Earnings Continuing to Grow - Earnings Trends
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 1:00am | 5097Key Points: 4Q earnings season off to good start, but it's still very early. Median surprise of 6.07% and surprise ratio of 2.50 for EPS, 0.625% and 2.29 for revenues. Strong earnings season for third quarter -- a median EPS surprise of 5.00%, and a 3.78 surprise ratio. While those numbers are...
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Earnings Continuing to Grow - Earnings Trends
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 1:00am | 5097Key Points: 4Q earnings season off to good start, but it's still very early. Median surprise of 6.07% and surprise ratio of 2.50 for EPS, 0.625% and 2.29 for revenues. Strong earnings season for third quarter -- a median EPS surprise of 5.00%, and a 3.78 surprise ratio. While those numbers are...
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Earnings Season to Kickoff - Earnings Preview
Friday, January 7, 2011 - 6:06pm | 4142Earnings Preview 1/07/11 Next week marks the semi-official start of fourth-quarter earnings season. Things will be getting off to a slow start, with only 37 firms due to report, but 6 of those will be S&P 500 firms. We define any fiscal period ending in November, December and January to be the...
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Earnings For The S&P 500 Expected To Be Highest In Years (AAPL, CAT, DOW)
Friday, January 7, 2011 - 11:32am | 175Earnings for the fourth quarter for the S&P 500 are expected to be the highest they've been in years, according to this article from Bloomberg. Companies like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), and Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) are all expected to post strong earnings, thanks in large...
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Global X Launches Aluminum Producers ETF
Friday, January 7, 2011 - 4:00am | 401It's not an aluminum fund – it's an aluminum producers fund. Global X Aluminum ETF (ALUM) began trading 1/5/11, becoming the first ETF to target the stocks of companies involved in the aluminum industry. According to the press release, the underlying index is the Solactive Global Aluminum Index,...
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Earnings Season to Kickoff - Earnings Preview
Friday, January 7, 2011 - 1:00am | 4142Earnings Preview 1/07/11 Next week marks the semi-official start of fourth-quarter earnings season. Things will be getting off to a slow start, with only 37 firms due to report, but 6 of those will be S&P 500 firms. We define any fiscal period ending in November, December and January to be the...
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Dow Companies With Bright Future (AA, F, GM, HD, LUV, DAL, JBLU)
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 2:22pm | 514Bullish sentiment seems like it is regaining strength like it did good ol' days of 1995-1998. Why not compare today to 2005-2007? Put simply- because it was driven by speculation on mortgage backed securities and easy access to capital rather than fundamentally-sound earnings growth. Dow Jones...
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Global X Aluminum ETF Makes Debut
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 3:32pm | 177The Global X Aluminum ETF made its debut today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "ALUM." The 22-stock ETF is the 18th to be introduced by Global X. Global X has found success with commodities ETFs that opt to track equities rather hold physical commodities or futures contracts. Recent...
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Company News for January 05, 2011 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 11:03am | 1016• Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has announced plans to purchase Atheros Communications (NASDAQ:ATHR) for $45 per share, in a deal valued at $3.5 billion • After yesterday's close, Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $1.01 ex-items, versus $0.24 a year ago, ahead of the Zacks...
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Company News for January 05, 2011 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 10:47am | 1016• Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has announced plans to purchase Atheros Communications (NASDAQ:ATHR) for $45 per share, in a deal valued at $3.5 billion • After yesterday's close, Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $1.01 ex-items, versus $0.24 a year ago, ahead of the Zacks...
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Stock Market News for Jan 5, 2011 - Market News
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 10:33am | 1148Markets bid adieu to the surge on the first trading day of the year, as they ended mixed yesterday. Investors took a breather and shrugged off positive economy data on factory orders and better auto sales. Minutes from the Federal Reserve declared continuing support to stimulus measures. Taking...
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Stock Market News for Jan 5, 2011 - Market News
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 10:08am | 1148Markets bid adieu to the surge on the first trading day of the year, as they ended mixed yesterday. Investors took a breather and shrugged off positive economy data on factory orders and better auto sales. Minutes from the Federal Reserve declared continuing support to stimulus measures. Taking...
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Citigroup Downgrades Alcoa to Hold
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 8:39am | 24Citigroup has downgraded Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) from Buy to Hold and maintains its $17 price target.