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Graphic_rating_buy JRCC Improved outlook
Rising fuel costs have grabbed the headlines over the past few years, with consumers feeling the pinch at the gas pump and in heating their homes. <!--more--> Much of the attention has focused on crude oil and natural gas, keeping coal buried deep in the news coverage. Yet coal prices are rising, too, mostly on increased demand from Europe and Asia, and production shortages overse...
By   argyle   (+9.04%  risk: mid)
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Graphic_rating_buy AIG Cash cows
I think it's time to pick some good insurance stocks.  They will rebound. Every decade has it's financial lumps,  so I don't expect any similar meltdowns for a long time. Buy some solid bank and insurance stocks for the long haul. In the meantime, get paid to wait with some good dividends.
By   valuegrowth   (+0.81%  risk: low)
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Graphic_rating_buy TWTC diversified network services provider to large enterprises.
We upgrade our rating from Hold to a Buy for Time Warner Telecom (TWTC), a leading provider of managed voice & data networking solutions for businesses, as the company has been successful in transforming its offerings as a diversified network services provider to large enterprises and lowering its business dependence on telecom carrier customers. TWTC s first quarter 2008 fina...
By   Armin Stuk   (+7.27%  risk: low)
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Graphic_rating_buy AIG Valuation: AIG
Business and Management Review <o> </o> <o> </o>   1) Is the business simple and understandable? <o> </o> Insurance is a business that is very simple and understandable.   Value investors are taught to love the insurance business because of its tremendous simplicity and its strengths.   Insurance is wonderful because t...
By   Modern Graham   (+1.83%  risk: mid)
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Graphic_rating_buy HPQ Analysts Split on HP-EDS Deal
5/13 - "Clearly, the Street is not crazy about Hewlett-Packard’s (HPQ) plan to acquired Electronic Data Systems (EDS). In two days, the Street has knocked about 10% off HP’s stock price, chopping its market cap by about $12.5 billion, almost equal to the $13.9 billion deal price. The obvious question is, why?...And the answer is, there are several reasons." "Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Bernstein Research, notes that since 2002, EDS has generated annual revenue growth of just 0.4% versus...
By   Richard Gardner (Citigroup)   (+1.88%  risk: low)
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Graphic_rating_sell WFMI Whole Foods = Starbucks
5/14 - "Whole Foods (WFMI) released results and profit fell 13%, again proving like Starbucks' (SBUX) results, consumers will go for the less expensive option for like items...While the company backed its same store sales number of 7.5% to 9.5%, given results to date, one has to think that will turn out to be just way too optimistic. Like Starbucks, Whole Foods is being hit by a slowing economy and increased competition. Both, unfortunately, are not reacting to it and actually seem to be denyi...
By   Todd Sullivan   (+2.69%  risk: mid)
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Graphic_rating_buy DE Deere Still the Best Way to Play the Agriculture Boom; Maintaining Buy
5/15 - "Although DE’s unchanged 2008 net income outlook (higher Ag revenue offset by cost/margin headwinds) takes some near-term momentum from the story, we continue to view the company as the best way to participate in an Ag cycle that we expect to remain strong, supported by rising farm income, elevated crop prices, and low crop inventories. We maintain our Buy rating and $94 target price." "2Q08 EPS of $1.74 beat our $1.72 but trailed cons of $1.75, as better than expected Ag and C&CE ma...
By   Seth R. Weber (Bank of America)   (+1.71%  risk: low)
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Graphic_rating_sell WFMI Bearish Hedged Play on Whole Foods Looks Good After Earnings
5/14 - "For a bearish hedged play on this stock, I would consider an August bear-call credit spread above the $37 range. A bear-call credit spread is an options position that combines the purchase and sale of call options to hedge risk in case the stock doesn't do what you think but still leverage nice returns. For this particular trade, we will make a 7.1% return in three months as long as WFMI is below $37 at August expiration. Whole Foods would have to rise by more than 26% before we would st...
By   Brent Archer (BloggingStocks)   (+10.17%  risk: mid)
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Graphic_rating_buy BHP Hard to see how BHP won't deliver
So the cat's out of the bag as far as energy and raw materials being the hot thing to own. BHP enjoy the vast plains of australia to dig away in and have mining operations all over the world. The company grows through M&A and have delivered outstanding performance over time, always better than the sector or the competition. Add to that insistent roomers that China is trying to buy into the c...
By   guliamo   (+15.99%  risk: mid)
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ERTS A Less Artful EA
5/14 - "Although the quarter beat analysts' expectations on an adjusted basis, many investors seem to be thinking "game over," especially since EA turned in a rather tepid forecast and gave reason to believe that the pesky "enhancing profitability" portion of EA's picture remains fuzzy at best. EA also said it will stop offering quarterly forecasts. Although corporations' forecasts can be unreliable, I'm not sure what EA's decision to stop giving them at all -- at a time when many investors ar...
By   Alyce Lomax (Fool.com)   (+3.05%  risk: low)
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updown   (+0.00%  risk: low)
Will CNOA go up or down? I wish CNOA will go up, what do you guys think?
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D. Porter   (-15.10%  risk: mid)
I tried to tell you guys yesterday... I posted a new discussion on MCEL yesterday, apparently it was viewed as pumping. It was deleted, and for that reason I'm sure many of you or atleast a...
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What you think about it? what?
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sayhello   (+9.63%  risk: mid)
Big Pharma, Bio, Energy industries I am looking to diversify my portfolio, mostly containing technology stocks at the moment. What companies do you think I should keep a watch for in ...
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Michael   (+1.91%  risk: low)
3 Month Price Targets for EXFO I usually buy tech stocks that have been beat up, and are primed for recovery - like ALVR or CVLT, if you want to look at recent buying history. EXFO,...
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