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Connecting with MarketMatador.com
2007-08-03 15:30:00 Over the last four to five months, MarketMatador .com has grown into a major source for investment ideas and analysis for thousands of readers. For those of you who visit the site each and every day, thank you very much. For the first time visitors out there, thank you for visiting and we hope you come ... More About: Connecting
Buying Ralph Lauren?s Pullback
2007-08-03 15:15:00 On the 9th of July, close to the most recent top in the markets, we featured Ralph Lauren (RL). RL was on one of the most amazing runs noticed to date. Quickly moving from $50 per share to $100. Now, Ralph Lauren has retreated to about $90 per share and is poised to move higher ... More About: Buying , Pull
Earth?s Water Crisis is Dead Ahead
2007-08-03 14:30:00 On April 15th, 2007, MarketMatador.com published a detailed article about the ?impending water crisis.? We?ve decided to republish the article in an effort to better educate both investors and consumers. Please understand that some prices, P/Es, and quotes may be dated. About 70 percent of the Earth is made up of water. 2 percent of that ... More About: Water , Dead , Crisis , Isis
An Online World for Amazon
2007-08-03 14:00:00 Trust over online commerce security has tremendously increased over recent years, and now, Amazon (AMZN) is in a better position than ever to benefit from this confidence. AMZN has pulled back below $80 per share and looks like there’s an opportunity to buy in. The past four quarters have all benefited from BTE (better than ... More About: World , Online
Strength Amongst Market Craziness
2007-08-03 13:30:00 Telecom and wireless stocks have long been strong performers, and many of them pay the best dividends in the entire market. Throughout these testing periods for investors, stocks that continually pay strong dividends and raise payouts are of great interest. Two of the best wireless and telecom stocks are AT&T (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ). Both ... More About: Market
Futures Pointing to Negative Open
2007-08-03 11:35:00 Looks like U.S. exchanges are pointing to a negative open this morning, but by no means is it a terrible decline. Oil futures are also selling off right now, which may ease tension and make way for another rally. As for foreign exchanges, most are somewhat neutral, but slightly lower overall. Investors should look for ... More About: Open , Futures , Negative
Record Highs in Oil, but Where are the Oil Companies?
2007-08-01 00:26:00 It doesn’t really make sense, oil has been trading at record high levels for quite some time now, and yet, the oil companies are still down from their most recent 52 week highs. One of the best performers in the industry has been Chevron (CVX), which has also been a favorite at MarketMatador.com. Light Sweet ... More About: Companies , Record , Where , Compa , The O
Stocks get Hammered
2007-07-31 22:07:00 A mild day on Wall Street quickly became a major selloff for yet another day. After being up about 138 points, the Dow Jones reversed the move to end down over 146 points to 13,211. Prices for Crude Oil appeared to be the culprit, subduing a rally for much of the day. The September oil contract ... More About: Stocks , Hammered , Hammer
The Rumor Mill Hits Apple
2007-07-31 21:39:00 Apple (AAPL) stock was down more than $6.00 per share today. Rumor s surrounding decreased production levels of either the iPhone or iPod sent shares plummeting. The production decreases in the iPod may be happening, but it should suggest a new iPod, which would be hugely optimistic. “There are occasional rumors on Apple, often unconfirmed. A ... More About: Apple , Hits
Google has Bottomed Out
2007-07-29 01:30:00 On the 19th of July, Googl e (GOOG) released its negative earnings results and gaped down quite largely. At the time of our article, we predicted that Google would bottom out about a week after the numbers. After the 26th, Google stock fell to the lowest prices in months. Now, Google looks like it may have ... More About: Bottom
PPG Industries is a Buy
2007-07-29 01:19:00 Buy PPG Industries (PPG) on this incredible dip. Overall, the entire market is giving investors an opportunity to buy in. The commodity plays have been performing quite well, until recently. At the close on Friday, PPG ended at $76.05. The selloff should make PPG fall to about $73.50 per share. Steel plays should recover ... More About: Trie
The Sweet Smell of Apple?s Monster Quarter
2007-07-26 01:07:00 On Monday, investors saw Apple (AAPL) run-up before AT&T’s (T) earnings results, which came out the next day before the bell. Based upon the earnings numbers on Tuesday morning, investors saw weakness in both companies. Therefore, on Tuesday, Apple was hit particularly hard by the idea that they had weak sales numbers for the iPhone. ... More About: Sweet , Monster , Smell , Quarter
When the Market Gives you Lemons?
2007-07-25 02:07:00 Today was ugly… There’s no way around this simple fact. The market fell about $220 points. Many of our favorites got hit hard, and the sentiment plummeted when many earnings results didn’t hit there mark. It’s time to get busy, investors need to look at this break in the action as a warning sign. Things ... More About: Market , General , Lemons , The Mark , Mons
Who Knows Helio?
2007-07-24 13:30:00 With $440 million of partner investments and a business partnership between SK Telecom (SKM) and Earthlink (ELNK), Helio has led to one of the most successful mobile phone company startups in recent years. Helio primarily uses the networks of SK Telecom for the mobile phone service and Earthlink for the actual internet usage on the ... More About: Elio
PowerShares Water ETF Continues to be a Leader
2007-07-23 17:37:00 The PowerShares Water ETF (PHO) has long been a favorite of ours. The Exchange Traded Fund offers a balanced portfolio of water stocks and an incredible potential future. All three indicators on the chart below show marked increases from the beginning of March. Investors should be in store for a quick one year move to ... More About: Lead , Leader , Powers , Conti
Apple Trending Higher as Estimates and Market Share Increase
2007-07-20 21:27:00 Apple (AAPL) is up $3.77 today on an upgrade from Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray. He believes the combination of the iPod’s future development and the iPhone has tremendous potential (quite possibly the most obvious statement on the street). Ultimately, Gene suggested that Apple’s price target should be raised to $205 per share, one of ... More About: Apple , Market , Share , Higher , Ease
Playboy Enterprises Evolves the Brand
2007-07-20 21:14:00 It’s funny to think that a Men’s “Entertainment” Magazine could be so widely renouned and recognized, but Playboy Enterprise s (PLA) is no longer simply a magazine publisher. It’s now widely known that Playboy has been successful moving its magazine platform online, but the power of Playboy can be seen in many other places. One of the ... More About: Brand , Evolve
Google Goes Ouch
2007-07-19 22:48:00 “Googl e Inc. shares dropped 5% Thursday evening after the Internet search giant’s quarterly earnings fell short of Wall Street’s outlook.Google (GOOG) shares were last down $27.59 to trade at $521. The company said its second-quarter net earnings were $925.1 million, or $2.93 a share, compared with earnings of $721.1 million, or $2.33 a share, for ... More About: Ouch , Goes
Sirtrus is on the Road to Recovery
2007-07-18 19:26:00 After some recent positive results and medical/biotech conferences, Sirtrus Pharma (SIRT) is quickly recovering and hitting new 52 week highs. The team at Market Matador have been big believers in the power of this company’s drug, which uses Resveratrol like properties. After momentarily hitting 52 week lows of under $10 per share at the end ... More About: Recovery , Road , On The Road , The Road
Disgusting Selloff @ Goldman Sachs
2007-07-18 19:19:00 As the entire banking and trading industry goes under fire because of stress in mortgages, many companies are becoming unreasonably cheap. Despite a major run-up and rally in Wall Street to 14,000 on the Dow, the banking stocks have suffered tremendously. Goldman Sachs (GS) is down yet another $6.33 per share today, close to 3 ... More About: Disgust
Is Molson Coors Ready to Party?
2007-07-18 19:11:00 Molson Coors (TAP) will release earnings on August 7th. The consensus on the street is for $1.73 per share in earnings for the second quarter. Analysts have a consensus sentiment of a steady hold on the stock. Look for TAP to deliver on earnings, but the fact remains that the street isn’t necessarily too fond ... More About: Party , Olson , Ready , Molson
You?re Invited to Dow 14,000!
2007-07-16 19:46:00 It’s Monday, July 16, 2007. As a market, we’re less than 100 points from 14,000 on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It seems like yesterday that the market was approaching 13,000, but faster than ever, the market is gravitating towards record numbers. The market averages have continued to be extremely bullish and sentiment continues to ... More About: Invite , To Do
Eyeing the Oil
2007-07-16 19:11:00 Looks like we have a buying opportunity in the oil companies today. Conoco Phillips (COP) is down more than $3 per share. We’d recommend picking up some shares at these levels. We’ve discussed the oil and gas story many times over, but it’s important to note that COP and others should continue to profit off of ... More About: The O
Hopping on the Apple Bandwagon to $200
2007-07-13 16:03:00 It’s funny to think that one company could get such a following, a cult like following in fact. As the minutes counted down to the iPhone release, all that could be heard was the yelling and utter excitement of plopping down $600 + monthly service fees for a phone on steroids. The cult is without ... More About: Apple , Ping , The A , Wagon
Potash is Plateauing
2007-07-12 16:59:00 The most interesting company involved in agriculture fertilizers is Potash (POT). The company sells liquid and solid phosphate agriculture fertilizers, alongside feed and other necessary farm supplies. Potash has been on an incredible run over the last few months and until now, there had been no end in sight. The latest chart and sentiment surrounding ... More About: Plateau
Look at NYMEX for Merger and Acquisition Activity
2007-07-11 18:23:00 With the recent buyout activity between the Chicago Merc. (CME) and the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the NYMEX (NMX) looks poised to benefit from the focus on exchanges. The NYMEX is one of the most interesting exchanges to buy stock in with its incredible exposure to the concentration of ... More About: Merger , Look , Merge , Acquisition
Seeing a Bright Future at Blackstone
2007-07-10 16:38:00 Hilton Hotels has officially been bought out by the Blackstone Group (BX) and the major asset management and growth firm is now becoming an equity monster. The company just recently became public in one of the most notable IPOs of the year. The offering has greatly increased the wealth available to BX, and the immediate ... More About: Future , Bright , Lack , Tone
Sears Holdings Guidance Knocks Share Price
2007-07-10 13:59:00 Pre-Market trading activity in Sears Hold ings (SHLD) is pointing to an incredibly lower open on negative earnings guidance. The retailer reported that the company expects to report $1.06 to $1.32 this quarter, while most analysts were expecting $2.12 per share. CEO, Alywin Lewis, came right out and said that this was going to be a ... More About: Share , Price
Chicago Mercantile Exchange has Returned 16.5% Since Initial Recommendation
2007-07-09 16:03:00 On May 11th, 2007, MarketMatador.com pointed out that many of the exchanges had entered oversold territory. At the time of the article we suggested that it may be time to invest in the exchanges, and Chicago Merc antile Exchange (CME) in particular. Our initial coverage and recommendation of CME came at a price point of about ... More About: Comm , Turn
The Amazing Story Behind Ralph Lauren?s Run
More articles from this author:2007-07-09 14:30:00 There’s no doubt that the market has suffered recently from the possibility of a correction and speculation of trouble ahead for the markets, but some companies have overcome this initial worry to travel to unforeseen heights. Only 28 cents off of all-time highs, Ralph Lauren (RL) can successfully be considered one of the best specialty ... More About: Story , Amazing , The A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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