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Fast Money Picks For January 18th (VIP, MBT, HD, C, FCX)
Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 3:07pm | 216On CNBC's Fast Money, Tim Seymour said that he is bullish on Russia. He wants to buy VimpelCom Ltd. (NYSE: VIP) and Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (ADR) (NYSE: MBT) on Tuesday. VimpelCom Ltd. (VIP) closed flat on Friday, at $15.34, while Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MBT) added 0.24%, and closed at $20.65. Guy...
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Ranking the Final 4 Sectors - Analyst Blog
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 4:01pm | 2476In my weekly Earnings Trends report, I rank the 16 economic sectors on a wide variety of earnings and sales metrics. The report just looks at the 500 firms in the S&P 500, not the whole Zacks Universe. However, since it is organized by the individual metric, such as Annual Earnings Growth or P/...
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Ranking the Final 4 Sectors - Analyst Blog
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 3:48pm | 2476In my weekly Earnings Trends report, I rank the 16 economic sectors on a wide variety of earnings and sales metrics. The report just looks at the 500 firms in the S&P 500, not the whole Zacks Universe. However, since it is organized by the individual metric, such as Annual Earnings Growth or P/...
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Anticipating Research In Motion's 2011 Lineup (RIMM, VZ, T, S, AAPL, NOK)
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 1:47pm | 226A sneak peak at Research in Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) new BlackBerry lineup is tantalizing the blogosphere. RIM displayed a 4G version of BlackBerry's PlayBook Tablet at last week's Consumer Electronics Show, but the company appears to prefer spreading news of the new BlackBerry 2011 devices virally...
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Options Brief: VimpelCom Ltd. (VIP)
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 10:50am | 76Shares of VimpelCom Ltd. (NYSE: VIP) are higher on the session by 0.07%, trading at $15.35. Overall call volume is now running at 2.16x the daily average, with 57% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,459 contracts have traded on the session so far. VimpelCom Ltd., formerly New...
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Stock Market News for Jan 14, 2011 - Market News
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 9:31am | 1330On Thursday, markets ended marginally lower and shed gains from the previous session. The dismal show of the indices yesterday was primarily due to disappointing economic data. However, successful bond auctions in Europe somewhat soothed investors' frayed nerves. The Dow was down 0.2% and...
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Stock Market News for Jan 14, 2011 - Market News
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 9:07am | 1330On Thursday, markets ended marginally lower and shed gains from the previous session. The dismal show of the indices yesterday was primarily due to disappointing economic data. However, successful bond auctions in Europe somewhat soothed investors' frayed nerves. The Dow was down 0.2% and...
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Pension Plan: A Blow to AT&T 4Q - Analyst Blog
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 9:01am | 607AT&T Inc. (T), the second largest mobile service provider in the U.S., announced that it will incur non-cash pre-tax charge of $2.7 billion or 28 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2010 related to a change in pension accounting. The market seems to have reacted positively to AT&T's...
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Pension Plan: A Blow to AT&T 4Q - Analyst Blog
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 8:30am | 607AT&T Inc. (T), the second largest mobile service provider in the U.S., announced that it will incur non-cash pre-tax charge of $2.7 billion or 28 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2010 related to a change in pension accounting. The market seems to have reacted positively to AT&T's...
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Corning a Buy on Apple Verizon Marriage
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 10:44pm | 346I am getting long Corning (GLW) on the back of this deal. I believe demand for the Apple (AAPL) iPhone will pass even the most bullish estimates once it's selling on Verizon (VZ). Both Verizon and Apple have rallied greatly as well as Qualcomm (QCOM) in anticipation for this announcement, as...
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Novatel MiFi to Face Challenge - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 4:01pm | 570MiFi, the legendary mobile intelligent hotspots of Novatel Wireless Inc. (NVTL) is under trouble. Recently, a Bloomberg report forecasted that Verizon Wireless (VZ) will soon start selling Apple Inc's (AAPL) iPad with internal connectivity for its high-speed 3G networks. As of now, Verizon is...
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Novatel MiFi to Face Challenge - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 3:50pm | 570MiFi, the legendary mobile intelligent hotspots of Novatel Wireless Inc. (NVTL) is under trouble. Recently, a Bloomberg report forecasted that Verizon Wireless (VZ) will soon start selling Apple Inc's (AAPL) iPad with internal connectivity for its high-speed 3G networks. As of now, Verizon is...
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Citigroup Raises PT On Verizon Communications
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 7:22am | 26Citigroup has raised the price target on Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) from $36 to $39 and reiterates its Buy rating.
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JP Morgan Initiates Coverage On 14 Wireless Tower Stocks
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 7:00am | 191JP Morgan has initiated coverage on 14 wireless tower stocks, listed below: AT&T (NYSE: T) $28.04 Overweight $33 Verizon (NYSE: VZ) $35.47 Neutral $38 Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) $4.41 Overweight $7 Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) $5.70 Neutral $6 Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) $13.19 Overweight $16...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes Citigroup, Lowe's (DECK, S, VZ, LOW, HD, C, PNRA, CMG)
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 5:00am | 220On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Deckers Outdoor (NASDAQ: DECK) is one of his “FADS CAN stocks. I think it's the cheapest of that group and I think Deckers is going much, much higher." He said that Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) is an “Interesting speculation, but I...