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Business Week. Retail data and CPI in focus. 2008-06-09 11:15:14 MondayEconomic: Pending Home Sales IndexEarnings: Krispy Kreme Doughnut (KKD), Ashworth (ASHW)TuesdayEconomic: International Trade ($-59.5B)Earnings: Pep Boys (PBY), Sonic Solutions (SNIC)WednesdayEconomic: Weekly Crude, Beige Book, Treasury Budget ($-155.0B)Earnings: Casey’s General Store (CASY), Cybertronics (CYBX), Piedmont Natural Gas (PNY)ThursdayEconomic: Weekly Claims (365K), Retail
Sales Read more:Business
, Business Week
Google can't be stopped. 2008-06-10 13:45:18 Google (GOOG) again increased market share in search engine results. Currently 68,3% all searches come from Google's sites. One year ago it was 65,1%. Yahoo (YHOO) already dropped below 20% and with 19,9% it is still second most used engine. Microsoft (MSFT) with MSN fell to 5,9%. Ask (IACI) improved and gained 4,2% market share.This is the situation in for US searches. Domain May-08 Apr-08 Ma Read more:Google
How to invest in gold. 2008-06-15 06:02:13 Falling US dollar and financials turmoils attract more and more attention to commodities invest
ments especially to gold. Not surprisingly SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) has the biggest assets growth among top 10 largest ETF. Year to year the growth is 60%. In near future this ETF will be bigger than iShares S&P 500 (IVV) or PowerShares QQQ (QQQQ).I have already posted potential ways how to invest in cr
Another banking write-downs ahead. 2008-06-16 05:09:46 MondayEconomic: Empire (-2.4)Earnings: Adobe (ADBE), La-Z-Boy (LZB)TuesdayEconomic: PPI & Core (1.0%, 0.2%), Housing & Permits (980K, 950K), Cap U & IP (79.7%, 0.1%)Earnings: Best Buy (BBY), FactSet (FDS), Goldman (GS)WednesdayEconomic: Weekly CrudeEarnings: CarMax (KMX), Commercial Metals (CMC), FedEx (FDX), Morgan (MS), Healthways (HWAY)ThursdayEconomic: Weekly Claims, Leading Ind’ Read more:banking
, downs
, ahead
Fighting for generic drug producer Zentiva. 2008-06-18 10:01:17 Zentiva is high flying today on Prague Stock Exchange after Sanofi Aventis (SNY) has offered CZK 1050 per share. This takeover bid is higher by 10,5% than offer from investment group PPF. Sanofi Aventis owns already 24,9% stake in Zentiva. It's obvious for PPF that for successful takeover they must increase the offer. Another further bidding will fuel Zentiva shares.The next thing making bright ou Read more:Fighting
Easy Index Investing - The Cheap Way. 2008-06-22 12:53:49 Index investing through mutual funds has for a long time been criticized for its high costs such as brokerage expenses, management fees and load structures. The advent of the ETF or Exchange Traded Fund has brought about a change in this scenario.An exchange traded fund is similar to a mutual fund, the only difference being that it is traded like common stock. It is actively traded on an exchange Read more:Index
, Investing
, Cheap
More energy in Czech stock market index PX. 2008-06-22 12:46:14 Shares of the last and the biggest IPO in Czech
history New World Resources has risen by 45% since share issue in less than 2 months. Buying power in last week came from growing commodities prices and also due to possible approval for mining in the pit Debiensko in Poland.On 23rd of June NWR is part of index PX with weight 11%. Together with energy giant CEZ (25% weight of PX) they make up more th
Chinese stocks are hot. 2008-06-20 12:33:42 After amazing growth in 2007 Chinese
stock market has been among the biggest decliners in 2008. Chinese index SSE Composite is down around 50% since the beginning of the year.Based on P/E valuation China seems to be cheap. P/E ratio has gone down from threatening 50 (a year ago) to current 20. Average earnings growth for Chinese companies remains strong and is on average 30%. Quotient of P/E and e
Financials Could Be Overbought 2008-07-19 08:03:41 Hello everyone. I am a new guest contributor to the Stockweb blogsite. Last week we saw a significant rally off the lows in the banking/brokerage sector. I think caution is important here as the group is short term overbought. (WB) reports on Tuesday and you must be careful of a possible disappointment there. For traders, there will probably be some very interesting short opportunities next week.
Analysis for commodities. Turnover for gold and crude oil? 2008-07-17 13:46:34 With bunch of better than expected earnings results stock markets have turned to the north. We see second day rally after good results coming from JP Morgan Chase (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC) or Intel (INTC) . Another interesting tech earnings release right after closing bell today from Google (GOOG) or Microsoft (MSFT).On the other hand commodities
turned to negative. Improved outlook for financials Read more:Analysis
, Turnover
Stock markets analysis. 2008-07-16 15:02:21 At the beginning of the week I posted my expectation for rebound for financials. This market is strongly oversold and high volume indicates reaching lows.Oversold market shows signs for rebound today. Two positive earnings results came from Intel (INTC) and Wells Fargo (WFC). Also blue chips like Procter & Gamble (PG) and Colgate Palmolive (CL) have confirmed outlook for 2008.Technical analysi Read more:Stock
Google has increased share against Yahoo and Microsoft. 2008-07-15 15:21:13 This week on Thursday we have earnings results for Google
. Positive news for the company is that Google again increased market share against
rivals like Yahoo
, Microsoft
.The latest numbers show that current Google share for US searches is 69.17% (up from 68.29% in May). Yahoo fell to 19.62% (down from 19.95%). Microsoft also down to 5.46% (from 5.89%). Just for information one year ago Microsoft s
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac analysis. 2008-07-14 15:12:46 FED have offered to lend (with 2.25 interest rate) to both mortgage companies. According to Henry Paulson;"Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac play a central role in our housing finance system and must continue to do so in their current form as shareholder owned companies. Their support for the housing market is particularly important as we work through the current housing correction."Also Christopher Dodd
Earnings from big financial and tech stocks. 2008-07-14 13:06:14 We've entered very interesting week in terms of earnings and economic reports. On the tap there are big blue chips financial earnings coming like JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch or Citigroup. And technology stocks releasing earnings this week; Google, Microsoft or Ebay.Monday:Economic NAEarnings
M&T Bank (MTB), Genentech (DNA), Novellus (NVLS)Tuesday:Economic PPI & Core (1.3%, 0.3%), Empire (-4.
Analysis for Gold, Crude Oil and US dollar. 2008-07-13 15:43:32 Political tension and falling US dollar pushing crude oil to new all time highs every week. Cumulative return for crude oil since the beginning of 2000 is 696.6% which gives annually return 25.9%. It is the commodity with the highest performance. Just for comparison NASDAQ return is 21% and S&P 500 with 19.5%.Another winner in the current market is gold. All these financial turmoils attract at Read more:Analysis
, Crude
How to invest in gold. Technical analysis. 2008-07-12 05:41:16 Major broad US indexes are more than 20% down from October's highs. This is official definition of the Bear market. Last week pressure came mostly from financials and mortgage lenders. News about mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) and later after Friday's market close failure of IndyMac (IMB).On the other hand all these bad news keep gold price rising as a hedging tool for fin Read more:invest
, Technical
Bargain hunting - strong earnings growth. 2008-07-07 13:46:28 Last time I was screening top yielding stocks among S&P500 components and this time I run my fundamental stock screen for growth stocks. I set as a criteria "Estimated earnings growth for next 5 years" to be at least 25% per year. There are 18 companies with such a projected growth. For better picture I've also added P/E ratio and share price return on yearly and quarterly basis.Investing stra Read more:Bargain
, hunting
Earnings results for Q2. 2008-07-07 12:33:57 We are just at the beginning of Q3 and earnings calls for Q2 will be coming from this week. I think widely expected is especially General Electric (GE) on Friday. GE shares closed last week on five years lows on credit concerns. Here are major events for the week.Monday:Economic NAEarnings
NATuesday:Economic Pending Home (-3.0%), Wholesale Inv (0.7%), Consumer Credit (7.0B)Earnings Greenbrier (GBX Read more:results
Scratchback - Top spots widget better than Pay pal donate button. 2008-07-06 08:01:35 Today I've decided to try service provided by Scratchback on my StockWeb blog. Scratchback provides widget
"Top spots
" with places for external links. Widgets are with different graphics so you can really choose the one fitting to your template. There can be 5, 10, 15 of 20 spots for links.My widget I implemented on very lucrative place (according to ads performance theory) on top left sidebar. OK Read more:better
, button
P/E ratio and estimated earnings growth for S&P sectors. 2008-07-05 13:12:54 We are just about to start Q3 and from next week Q2 earnings reports will be coming. It is good time to have a look before what are the expectations for all sectors of S&P 500. Here are expected earnings growth (based on S&P for Q2) for sectors Y-O-Y. Quarterly Breakdown 2007 2008 % EPS Q2A Q2E growth S&P 500 24 21.6 -9.9 S&P 500 Con
High dividend stocks of S&P 500. 2008-07-05 10:16:53 I run my fundamental stock screener searching stocks with the highest dividend yield. Report list only companies included in index S&P 500. Not surprisingly except one (GM) there are only financials and banks in top ten. The one of the highest yield was for financials compared to other sectors already before credit turmoils. And after deep fall we can see almost incredible yield over 30% for M
Stock markets turmoil, rising commodities and week US dollar. 2008-06-30 13:39:24 Global stock markets are still under correction. Major indices haven't succeeded to rally after they bottomed on March this year. Last week Dow Jones Industrial Average has turned into the bear market by drop more than 20% from recent October high. Market lab show still Head and Shoulders bearish pattern for S&P 500 and DJIA on weekly basis. We have closed 4 consecutive weeks in negative for b Read more:commodities
, Stock
Economic reports before Happy Fourth of July. 2008-06-30 12:11:54 MondayEconomic
: Chicago PMI (48.5)Earnings: Robbins & Myers (RBN), H&R Block (HRB)TuesdayEconomic: Truck & Auto, Construction (-0.6%), ISM Index (49.6)Earnings: Constellation Brands (STZ), MSC Ind (MSM), Apollo (APOL)WednesdayEconomic: Weekly Crude, ADP (28K), Factory Orders (0.6%)Earnings: Acuity Brands (AYI), Family Dollar (FDO)ThursdayEconomic: Weekly Claims (375K), Jobs Report (-50 Read more:Happy
Affiliate program for finance and business blogs. 2008-06-27 15:26:28 Today I'd like to introduce program which I've started to use on my blog recently. It is powered by INO. INO is the company which is already 15 years educating investors in trading. Among the top products are free instant analysis on selected stocks (received via email), markets commentary, traders chat rooms or INO TV.Just to give you an idea about the product let's have a look for example at Mar Read more:Affiliate
, finance
Fundamental analysis for emerging markets. 2008-06-25 15:48:59 From the mid of May we are in correction mode on stock markets globally. Some indexes are approaching and testing March lows. Let's have a look at fundamental indicators for emerging markets. There are some exceptions but generally we are below P/E valuation 20. Which is very interesting level for markets with still high estimated growth like China or Brazil. From P/E ratio perspective Turkey is t Read more:Fundamental
Free real time data from NYSE. 2008-06-25 15:18:16 Following my recent post about free real-time data from US stock exchanges. Yahoo (YHOO) was the first financial portal displaying data from all US stock markets. They retrieve data from the NYSE's rival BATS Trading.Google (GOOG) followed a little bit later but had only NASDAQ data. Yesterday Google and CNBC have partnered with The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX)
Earnings for technology stocks in spotlight. 2008-06-23 07:58:48 MondayEconomic: NAEarnings
: Walgreen (WAG)TuesdayEconomic: Consumer Confidence (57)Earnings: 3Com (COMS), AeroVironment (AVAV), Darden (DRI), HB Fuller (FUL), Jabil (JBL), Sonic (SONC)WednesdayEconomi: Weekly Crude, Durable Orders (0.0%), FOMC PolicyEarnings: General Mills (GIS), Monsanto (MON), CKE (CKR), Nike (NKE), Oracle (ORCL), Red Hat (RHT), RIM (RIMM), Xyratex (XRTX)ThursdayEconomic: Weekly
Next FED meeting ahead. 2008-08-04 11:49:19 Perhaps the most interesting day of the week is Tuesday. Earnings reports from Cisco, Procter & Gamble and AIG are coming. Also we receive another FED interest rates decision from FOMC meeting
. Widely expected is hold action from FED.Monday:Economic Inc & Spend (-0.1%, 0.5%), Factory Orders (0.7%)Earnings Cooper (CTB), DISH (DISH), Humana (HUM), ICExchange (ICE), Fannie (FNM), China Med (C Read more:ahead
Invest in crude oil. Is it time to cover your shorts? 2008-07-31 12:33:45 We could see nice dramatic two-week slide in crude oil price. After reaching peak at $145 price is now down around 14%. Are we going to see further decline through $120, 110 . . . or even below $100 or rebound close to $150 as predicted by analysts from Goldman Sachs.Adam Hewisons posts this interesting technical analysis for crude oil price. He suggests to cover your shorts. As $4 rise on Wednesd
Gold Spot and HUI index charts. 2008-07-28 11:43:29 Gold spot has closed above the resistance line the high made in 1980. It has retested it successfully as a support line and also created a Pennant above it. Please note the prior move to the Pennant which looks like a straight line. This is one of the requirements of Flag and Pennants which are the strongest patterns in Technical Analysis. Once Gold breaks out of this Pennant, another move like a
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