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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Employee Stock |
| Published: April 4, 2007, 6:27 pm |
| Tags: Investments |
| "Many large companies offer Employee Stock Purchase Plans (ESPP) that let you buy your employer's stock at a discount. These plans are offered as an employment incentive. You get to buy the stock at a price that's lower than the market price. Your discounted price is known as the offer or grant price, because your employer |
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| Accoona's IPO Backfires, Again |
| Published: August 24, 2007, 1:30 pm |
| Tags: Business Issues Acquisitions Amp Investments |
| Web search IPO stalls on underwriter doubts from CNN Money reports that Accoona's expected $80.5 million IPO has failed due to their underwriter backing out. Maxim Group, their underwriter, backed out after completing an in-depth review of the company. The New York Times reported Edward L. Rose, the firm's vice chairman and general counsel for |
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| BEA Systems: Screaming Buy |
| Published: May 16, 2007, 5:12 am |
| Tags: Investments, Announcement, Finance, Beas, Earnings, Stock Picks, Estimates Stocks |
| Takeover rumors have been flying around BEAS. Business software and services have been receiving substantial attention as of late. If there is speculative money to invest, it might pay to examine this one. Recently Credit Suisse lowered its rating to "neutral" from "outperform", stating that recent thoughts of a takeover from Hewlett-Packard |
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| Got Milk? Got Problems |
| Published: May 14, 2007, 5:09 am |
| Tags: Milk, Investments, Hershey, Earnings, Estimates Stocks, Dairy |
| Dairy economists predict the retail price of milk could rise as much as 30 cents per gallon by this fall. Is that a big deal? Maybe not to the average consumer, but for businesses which use dairy in the production of their goods; it is a big deal. The latest company impacted by the increase in price is Hershey Co. They cut their earnings |
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| Short And Sweet: Don't Be Surprised |
| Published: May 10, 2007, 8:21 am |
| Tags: Investments, Dri, Earnings, Restaurants, Cpki, Estimates Stocks |
| Here is a chart of the performance of Darden Restaurants vs. California Pizza Kitchen (CPKI) over the last three months.Darden owned Olive Garden, saw same unit sales rise 3 to 4 percent higher in March after posting positive comps in consecutive quarters. California Pizza Kitchen reports later today. Their preliminary report had comps climbing |
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| The Federal Open Market Committee (The Fed) Will Release Their Statement At Approx. 2:20 P.M. ET; Also, Featured Earnings For Today |
| Published: May 9, 2007, 4:43 am |
| Tags: Stock, Investments, Bernanke, Announcement, Fed, Earnings, Stocks, Fomc |
| Investors will be awaiting the words of Chairman Ben Bernanke today. The Fed is expected to leave interest rates unchanged and to address both moderate economic growth and inflationary pressures. Any difference in the statement's phrasing will be examined "under a microscope" and could lead to price fluctuation in the major indexes. Today, this |
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| Comcast vs. Verizon: Why The Battle? |
| Published: May 7, 2007, 8:37 am |
| Tags: Investments, Comcast, Broadband, Verizon, Internet, Cmcsa, Cable |
| For market share, of course. There are many people who believe that these two companies will have to share customers and that there will be one clear "winner" between the two. While that may be somewhat true(the sharing of the customers part), I believe that both of these companies can be successful distributing their products throughout the |
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| Brocade Reports Earnings May 31: There's Still Time To Get In |
| Published: May 2, 2007, 9:47 pm |
| Tags: Long Term, Stock, Investments, Brcd, Earnings, Speculate, Brocade |
| Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. is scheduled to report earnings on May 31. I generally focus on short term holdings, looking for a catalyst that will move a stock. However, when I find a good company that I believe in, (because of various factors) I may change my investment/trading strategy. Brocade is one of those companies that I believe |
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| Amazon is EXTREMELY overvalued |
| Published: April 30, 2007, 11:51 pm |
| Tags: Stock, Investments, Financial, Stock Pick, Amazon Com, Amazon, Finance, Earnings, Stocks |
| Take a look at this chart. Amazon.com recently shattered analysts expectations, reporting 26 cents per share vs. 15 cents per share in net income. Is this reason enough to buy the stock? You tell me.The company rose from 44.75 to 62.78 in a matter of two days. That is over 18 dollars or a 40% gain. Earlier in the week the company was valued at |
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| Verizon VZ beats estimates |
| Published: April 30, 2007, 11:36 am |
| Tags: Stock, Investments, Stock Picking, Verizon, Stocks |
| Excluding one-time charges, Verizon topped expectations, first quarter profits were measured at 56 cents per share vs. estimates of 53 cents a share. Revenue came in at 22.58b vs. estimates of 22.45b. In early trading, shares of VZ traded between 37.69 - 38.30. That looks pretty good from here. My next featured stock is soon to come. |
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| Sometimes You Should Roll The Dice |
| Published: April 29, 2007, 2:37 pm |
| Tags: Investments, First Post, Dice, Finance, Stocks |
| I have learned that I possess a passion for the stock market and trading. I have made both exceptional and questionable trades. What I haven't learned throughout that process is the most advantageous way to keep track of my thoughts which lead me to make or not make those trades. Sure I can look at a printout, but I don't have any |
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| Fixed Interest Investing - Understanding Bonds |
| Published: March 3, 2007, 11:18 pm |
| Tags: Bonds, Bond Investing, Bond Rates, Corporate Bond, Government Bonds, Fixed Interest Investments, Government Bonds, Growth Bonds, Income Bonds, Investment Bonds, Term Bond, Understanding Bonds |
| The term bond has in the past been the generic term for fixed interest stocks with security (the borrower is 'bound' to repay capital). Gilts are therefore bonds. However, in recent times the term 'bond' has also been used in the name of some equity based investments, for example investment bonds issued by insurance companies. |
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| BEA Systems: Screaming Buy |
| Published: May 16, 2007, 5:12 am |
| Tags: Investments, Announcement, Finance, Beas, Earnings, Stock Picks, Estimates Stocks |
| Takeover rumors have been flying around BEAS. Business software and services have been receiving substantial attention as of late. If there is speculative money to invest, it might pay to examine this one. Recently Credit Suisse lowered its rating to "neutral" from "outperform", stating that recent thoughts of a takeover from Hewlett-Packard |
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| Got Milk? Got Problems |
| Published: May 14, 2007, 5:09 am |
| Tags: Milk, Investments, Hershey, Earnings, Estimates Stocks, Dairy |
| Dairy economists predict the retail price of milk could rise as much as 30 cents per gallon by this fall. Is that a big deal? Maybe not to the average consumer, but for businesses which use dairy in the production of their goods; it is a big deal. The latest company impacted by the increase in price is Hershey Co. They cut their earnings |
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| Short And Sweet: Don't Be Surprised |
| Published: May 10, 2007, 8:21 am |
| Tags: Investments, Dri, Earnings, Restaurants, Cpki, Estimates Stocks |
| Here is a chart of the performance of Darden Restaurants vs. California Pizza Kitchen (CPKI) over the last three months.Darden owned Olive Garden, saw same unit sales rise 3 to 4 percent higher in March after posting positive comps in consecutive quarters. California Pizza Kitchen reports later today. Their preliminary report had comps climbing |
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