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Trading Strategies in Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 10:19am | 1866With copper and gold prices expected to keep charging higher, it's no surprise that analysts have turned their attention to Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE:FCX). Monday, Stifel Nicolaus upped its rating on the stock to “buy” from “hold” with a 12-month price target of $140 (according to...
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10x return stocks for 2010
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 5:38am | 667Most people think it takes many years for a stock to return 10x for investors. While this is true for true-growth 10x stocks, super-spike 10x stocks and crashed-and-recovered 10x stocks typically take at most a few years to do it. In the extreme cases, it takes only a few months for a stock to...
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Fast Money Picks For January 12th (RIO, VLO, PCX, CNX)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 9:07pm | 199Tim Seymour said on CNBC's Fast Money that he wants to buy Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (NYSE: RIO) on Wednesday. Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (RIO) gained 1.64% today, and closed at $69.99. Guy Adami believes that Vale (ADR) (NYSE: VALE) will trade higher on Wednesday. Vale (ADR) (VALE) jumped 1.70% today, and...
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Hearing Chatter On BHP Billiton (BHP)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 4:50pm | 173Benzinga is hearing Wall Street chatter that BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) is moving to monthly contracts on iron ore, a far cry from its original yearly contracts. In the middle of last year, BHP, Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) and Vale (NYSE: VALE) all agreed with their customers to move from a yearly contract...
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General Moly Shares Climb 8.8% (GMO)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 4:37pm | 149Shares of General Moly, Inc. (AMEX: GMO) are trading up 8.8% at $6.48 per share during the Tuesday afternoon trading session. The day's trading range for shares of General Moly, Inc has been between $6.05 and $6.48 per share. Analysts covering General Moly, Inc. (GMO) stock give it a consensus...
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22 Stocks That Are Gaining Momentum
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 3:50pm | 207This screen here is useful for finding those stocks starting to catch some momentum to the upside. This is similar to its sister-screen that I call "Stocks That Are Breaking Down" (but just the exact opposite). A lot of these stocks are positioned for breakouts in the near future. If you are a...
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Taseko Mines Soars 15% On Drilling Results (TGB)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 1:55pm | 193Shares of Taseko Mines, Ltd. (AMEX: TGB) are trading up 15% at $5.83 per share during the Tuesday afternoon trading session. The company announced on Monday after the market closed that its 2010 core drilling program completed at its Aley Niobium Project located near Mackenzie, British Columbia...
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Top Narrow Based Indexes for January 11 (TGB, CAAS, SWC)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 12:02pm | 187By 11:00 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 51.92 points, or 0.45%, to 11,689.37, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 5.46 points, or 0.43%. The NASDAQ composite index rose 8.58 points, or 0.32%. Some of the narrow based indexes driving the markets are Copper...
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5 Stocks To Watch On The Back Of Alcoa's Strong Report (AA)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 11:45am | 350Sure shares of Alcoa (NYSE: AA) are down around 2% today on the back of earnings, but the earnings report and the commentary is much more important the 2% move that stock is making today. Alcoa beat Wall Street estimates yesterday after the bell, as the unofficial start to earnings season got...
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JP Morgan Upgrades BHP To Neutral
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 7:20am | 41Analysts at JP Morgan upgrade BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE: BHP) from “underweight” to “neutral.” BHP shares gained 0.41% to close at $88.78 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Teck Resources Limited - Value
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 3:01am | 733Earnings forecasts continue to climb for the mining companies as commodities prices soar. Teck Resources Limited (TCK) is expected to grow earnings by 91% in 2010. With big growth and a low P/E ratio, Teck is trading with a PEG of just 0.6. Teck Resources mines copper, metallurgical coal,...
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Teck Resources Limited - Value
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 1:00am | 733Earnings forecasts continue to climb for the mining companies as commodities prices soar. Teck Resources Limited (TCK) is expected to grow earnings by 91% in 2010. With big growth and a low P/E ratio, Teck is trading with a PEG of just 0.6. Teck Resources mines copper, metallurgical coal,...
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Compass Minerals Acquires Canadian Sulfate of Potash Producer, Big Quill Resources for $56.3M
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 5:19pm | 41Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) has acquired Big Quill Resources Inc., Canada's leading producer of sulfate of potash, in an all-cash transaction valued at 56 million Canadian dollars (US$56.3 million), subject to customary post-closing adjustments.
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Rubicon Minerals Up 6.8% On Drilling Results (RBY)
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 3:40pm | 233Shares of Rubicon Minerals Corporation (AMEX: RBY) are trading up 6.8% at $5.49 per share during the Monday afternoon trading session. The company reported drill results on Monday morning from exploration drilling of the F2 Gold System, part of its 100% owned Phoenix Gold Project in the Red Lake...
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How Does Social Media Impact Trading?
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 3:27pm | 281The impact of social media on the stock market over the past few years has been nothing short of revolutionary. Led by applications built off Twitter and Facebook, traders, and investors are getting access to information that can change their decisions in a split second, where before you had to...