Aluminum

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Lithia Motors Inc (NYSE: LAD) is “way too speculative for you. I'd go with Carmax (NYSE: KMX) or with AutoNation (NYSE: AN)." For Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (NYSE: KMP), Jim said, "People didn't like the secondary. I say that'...

Gold has been on an impressive bull run lately. It's been up consistently for two years (mirroring the recession) and is currently trading in the $1,550 range. It is up so much that, if you bought gold before the recession, you could likely sell now and retire. Eventually, the commodity will have...

Shares of Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) are lower on the session by 1.22%, currently trading at $14.52. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past two months and is currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) has “already had its move. You're too late." Cramer said that Stewart Enterprises (NASDAQ: STEI) has “come down way too much. I'd be a buyer." For Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Jim said, "Sales are good,...

Vice President Wieser files for a notification of a sales of 70,000 shares of Alcoa (NYSE: AA). Proceeds from the sale were $1.16M.

Cusick's Corner This is not a healthy move in the market today -- the S&Ps broke Tuesday's lows. Technicians called yesterday's move a "hanging man" which is a confirmed bearish bar when the market the next day slices through the low of the previous day. The ISM could be the catalyst, showing...

First Global initiates Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) with a Market Perform rating.

Cusick's Corner The market stayed...constructive but still not able to garner momentum to the upside. The bulls by no means are out of the woods, but the market is setting up for a potential pop, that's if the data that comes out pre-market tomorrow, Personal Income and Spending, does not raise...

Earnings season, which runs from Alcoa's (AA) report date through Wal-Mart's (WMT) report date, came to an end today.  Over this time period, the S&P 500 was pretty much flat, gaining 35 basis points.  Pretty much all of the commentary … Continue reading → Related posts: Q2 EARNINGS BEAT RATE...

Yesterday I was looking for a document on my computer and saw a file in a folder called ETF Ideas that was dated from December 2006. It appears as though I solicited input from readers about "what you'd like to see" in advance of attending a conference. I'm not sure if the ideas listed were all...

On CNBC's Fast Money, Tim Seymour recommended a short position in Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA). Alcoa Inc. (AA) fell 1.05% today, and closed at $16.92. Guy Adami thinks that The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) should be sold. The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX) dropped 3.33%, and it closed at $16.82. Karen...

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and the China Center for International Economic Exchange announced today that they will collaborate on a number of substantive issues ranging from economic development to environmental protection. This is the first such agreement between CCIEE and a Western corporation.

(TheStreet) -- Stocks were down more than 1% Wednesday as oil prices fell and the dollar strengthened, pressuring energy and materials stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down by 146 points, or 1.1%, at 12,615. The S&P 500 was lower by 16 points, or 1.2%, at 1341, and the Nasdaq was...

Cusick's Corner A few readers have asked me to explain the definition of an index. An index is a grouping of stocks used to track and represent a sector, segment of the market, or a broad market, such as the Standard & Poor's 500. The S&P500 (SPX) is one of the world's best known indexes...

Morgan Stanley has an Overweight rating and a $22 price target on shares of Alcoa (NYSE: AA) after the investment bank met with the company's CFO. In a note to investors, Morgan Stanley writes, "We met with Charles McLain, CFO of Alcoa. AA has been increasing its focus on midstream and downstream...