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Troubled Builders Fire Sale
2007-12-07 16:58:00 As the housing market was really heating up, builders got confident. Big time builders like Lennar were not only building homes, but speculating on land (which was very profitable during the boom). However, with the downturn in the market and the year end coming to a close, these builders are having to bite the bullet and get rid of the non-performing assets, whether at a loss or not. The one advantage here, however, is that if they close these deals by year end, the builders can recoup taxes all the way back to 2005, the peak of the housing m More About: Builders , Sale , Fire , Troubled , Fire Sale
Investing guru Tim Barakett and the Atticus Capital hedge fund
2007-12-07 16:58:00 What is Tim Barakett's Atticus Captial hedgefund returns? They are stunning. Last year, its main fund was up 40% (even after deducting for his juicy fees). He buys a lot of call options on his stock holdings as well to increase his returns. More About: Investment Ideas , Investing , Fund , Capital , Hedge
Canada cuts by 25 basis points with a conflicting statement
2007-12-07 16:58:00 Canada cut rates by 25 basis points to 4.25% yesterday on expected weakening economic data. The move left a lot of people scratching their heads since the statement called for downside inflation risk, an economy operating above production capacity, strong domestic demand, and upside risks to inflation. More About: Canada , Points , Cuts , Statement , Temen
Thank You Solar Fun For Exemplifying the Pattern that's Made Me Millions ju
2007-12-07 02:46:00 Solar Fun (Nasdaq: SOLF) is the perfect chart pattern --it's soooooo much fun for SHORT SELLERS. Just take a look at the chart, this is a perfect example what hype can do and what happens when that hype wears off. And I got interviewed on Oprah and Friends today! More About: Basic Materials , Solar , Made , Pattern , Millions
Annual Rebalancing Does Not Improve Investment Returns
2007-12-07 02:38:00 Larry MacDonald, a former economist, author and now blogger, manages his own portfolio and blogs to share facts and ideas that can help us all. As I was reading through his blog, I came across a very interesting statement, "Rebalancing portfolios at year end does not improve investment returns. In fact, it may even lower them. So why bother?" Well, this came as a shock to me. As with many individual investors I like the idea of rebalancing my portfolio to control risk and make sure that I am buying low and selling high. However, Larry More About: Investment , Investment Ideas , Improve , Annual , Prove
Limited Brands Looks Good
2007-12-07 02:38:00 Limited might be looking pretty good, at least that is what CNBC's Fast Money, Karen Finerman thinks. She chose Limited Brands , Inc. (LTD) as her final trade. Kevin Stecyk of SpeciousArgument.com has also been bullish on the stock after reading an article in Barron's that pointed out that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Wexner was the biggest purchaser, buying 280,000 shares for $5.1 million, or an average of $18.31 a share between Friday and Tuesday. Wexner now owns 51,642,179 shares, or 14.3% of Limited stock outstanding, hi More About: Consumer Goods , Good , Limited , Looks
Cramer believes Rock Band game will be a catalyst for Viacom
2007-12-07 02:38:00 "Cramer said Rock Band is so popular that it's impossible to get it. He said Activision's Guitar Hero game also is quite popular but lacks versatility...." More About: Investment Ideas , Game , Viacom
Sears Holdings drops below $100...time to buy??
2007-12-07 02:37:00 Management has been frank in admitting mistakes. "We cannot blame our results entirely on the retail and macro-economic environments. We have much on which to improve and are working hard to do so," said Aylwin Lewis, Sears Holdings ' chief executive officer and president. More About: Investment Ideas , Time
Goldman?s Gold call
2007-12-06 20:52:00 Late this week the press reported that Gold man Sachs declared shorting gold one of their top 10 trades of 2008. Unfortunately, the press missed the real story. More than likely it was the gold bears afraid of what is about to happen in the first quarter of next year. 2 different reports were issued by Goldman last week. In the first, analyst Oscar Cabrera called for an average price of $800 for 2008 with risks to the upside. More About: Call
Hank Paulsons ARM Bailout: Swing and a Miss
2007-12-06 19:08:00 Hank Paulson is spearheading an effort that would freeze the interest rates on ARMs, in order to prevent home owners from going into foreclosure and give them 3-7 years until the buyer is ready to re-finance into a fixed rate mortgage.rnrnMarkham Lee, however, disagrees with this course of action as it doesn't address the fact that people purchased a home they couldn't afford and complicated the matter with an unsustainable mortgage. rnrnAlso, in many cases the banks don't own the mortgages that would be "frozen," investors do. That m More About: Miss , Swing , Bailout , Hank , Hank Paulson
Giant Interactive: A Giant Cash Machine
2007-12-06 19:08:00 It is clear that Cabeza Howe has done a lot of research on Giant Interactive . He gives the company a strong buy rating after digging into the financials and running his own DCF (discounted cash flow) analysis on the company. Highlights: *It is in one of the fastest growing online markets in China, Online Gaming. *It has had phenomenal growth, Its first six months (following commercial launch) brought in RMB 82.4M revenue and 43.5M net income. Each of the following two six-month periods recorded three-digit growth. *Great Margins. For More About: Technology , Machine , Cash
Texas Competitive loans up on Buffett report
2007-12-06 19:08:00 I am not anywhere near qualified to speak on the bond market, but I thought I would share this article with everyone. Term loans of Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, a unit of the former TXU Corp., rose on Monday on news that Warren Buffett 's Berkshire Hathaway bought $2.1 billion of the company's recently priced notes from Goldman Sachs, sources told Reuters Loan Pricing Corp. Buffett still has it, when he moves, the market listens. More About: Loans , Financial , Report
Syneron and Palomar Medical, too cheap to ignore.
2007-12-06 16:34:00 Syneron Medical (ELOS) and Palo mar Medical (PMTI) are two stocks in the laser market aimed to help baby boomers look better. It's in a growth market but the p/e ratios are really low. Currently ELOS sells at 11 times earnings and PMTI sells at 9 times earnings. When the economy picks up, they should sell for at least 20 times earnings. Both are debt free, has free cash flow, high ROE, and cash reserves over $100 million. And both have a catalyst. A home use laser product being developed with partner Proctor and Gamble. The risk/reward odds are More About: Investment Ideas , Cheap
Citadel Infuses $2.55bn into E-Trade
2007-12-06 16:34:00 It has been another wild day for E*Trade today. They are trading about 7 times their average trading volume, and it has been like this for over a week. They were up over 5% today as Citadel , the hedge fund company run by billionaire Ken Griffin, decided to pump $2.55bn into the online brokerage firm. But by the end of the day, the stock was down almost 9%. The move was a bid to restore confidence and liquidity into the company as there has been many rumors of a takeover since the mortgage industry meltdown. If the deal goes through, Cit More About: Financial
Klein: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
2007-12-05 23:29:00 In The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein explains forcefully and convincingly how neoliberal orthodox economics wreaks havoc on so many countries around the world... More About: Aster
Rate-Cut Hints Lead to Market Surge
2007-12-05 23:29:00 What a wild change of event in just a week. At the beginning of the week we saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average below 12,800. Today, the DJIA is trading well above 13,400. And all of the rally has happened with an increase hope that the Fed will lower rates at the December 11th meeting. In fact, the markets are even putting the odds of a half-point cut at 50%, over just a quarter point reduction. Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman, helped this speculation a bit last night. In a prepared speach last night he said, "These developments More About: Market , Surge , Hints , Rate , Lead
American Public Educations Amazing Growth
2007-12-05 23:28:00 I am a huge fan of Zach Scheidt and have been following his blog for awhile. I read a great post today, so I thought I would share some of his thoughts. American Public Education (APEI) offers online postsecondary education directed towards the needs of military and public service communities. This stock has more than doubled from its IPO price due to an incredible amount of growth. Revenue growth has averaged roughly 40% per year since 2002 and the majority of this growth has come as a result of personal referrals. In fact, they have g More About: Services , Growth , Amazing
CMGI: A Decent Proposal
2007-12-05 20:46:00 CMGI has been a dog for the past few motnhs and years--last quarter's earnings report, followed up by some strong price action might indicate a turnaround is here...or maybe just near. More About: Proposal , Investment Ideas , Prop
The End of Pay Phones
2007-12-05 18:26:00 It looks like the cell phone revolution has finally taken its "toll" on pay phones. AT&T said on Monday it plans to end its dwindling pay phone business by the end of 2008, as more consumers use mobile phones.rnrnThe move affects AT&T pay phones in the company's previous 13-state service area, including California and Texas. BellSouth Corp, which AT&T acquired late last year, has already exited the pay phone business in its nine-state service area.rnrnPay phones in the United States have declined across the industry from about 2.6 m More About: Technology , Phones
VeriFone to Restate Past Results
2007-12-05 16:55:00 VeriFone, maker of credit card readers and point-of-sale systems used by retailers, took a huge hit today (down 45%), and rightfully so, as they said they will have to restate results for its fiscal first, second and third quarters, due to errors in accounting related to in-transit inventory. And these weren't little errors, we are talking about reducing the pretax income by $8.9 million in the first quarter, $7 million in the second quarter and $13.8 million in the third quarter. The only thing bright for this company is if they don't More About: Results , Consumer Goods , Past
Weekend Volatility Review
2007-12-05 16:33:00 Sure, there was some rallying this week. But the more important news (to us) is the volatility crush... More About: Review , Weekend
Level II Quotes
2007-12-05 16:33:00 Learn everything about the NASDAQ Level II Quotes now! More About: Investment Ideas
Activision and Vivendi Games to Combine
2007-12-04 21:30:00 Vivendi said Sunday that it plans to acquire a controlling stake in Activision and combine the video game publisher with Vivendi Games in a deal the companies valued at $18.9 billion. Activision, whose titles include "Guitar Hero," "Call of Duty" and the "Tony Hawk" series, and Vivendi Games , which publishes "Crash Bandicoot" and owns the online role-playing franchise "World of Warcraft," would create the world's largest pure-play online and console game publisher. Under the agreement, shares of Vivendi Games will be converted More About: Technology , Vivendi
Car Wreck Coming?
2007-12-04 19:05:00 Auto Zone could be in for a rough ride. Earnings on Tuesday. More About: Investment Ideas , Wreck
What makes Warren Buffett successful?
2007-12-04 16:32:00 Wow, what a great article. Clearly I am a Warren Buffett fan, but I don't think that I have ever read such an intelligent take on what makes Warren Buffett successful. You hear the normal talk about him being able to accurately forecast the market, buy low, etc...But, I bet you have never heard these reasons. Andy Kern, doctoral student of finance at the University of Missouri - Columbia, concedes that Warren Buffett is so successful because of his luck. Ok, I know what you are thinking, that isn't so intelligent. Well, read on. Ther More About: Investment Ideas
Monsanto Correction Offers Buying Opportunity
2007-12-04 16:31:00 On Nov. 8, Monsanto issued a very optimistic forecast for the next four years. The news release said MON "expects to double the gross profit potential of its business from the end of 2007 through 2012," adding that "the company's growth is expected to result in an ongoing earnings per share [EPS] growth rate in the mid-to-high teens over the next five years." On Nov. 8, Monsanto issued a very optimistic forecast for the next four years. The news release said MON "expects to double the gross profit potential of its business from the More About: Buying , Basic Materials , Opportunity , Offers
Cyber Monday Online Sales Jump 21 Pct
2007-12-04 16:31:00 Well, the analysts were right and wrong (see my post earlier this week) about Cyber Monday , the first big sales surge after Thanksgiving for etailers. ComScore Inc. reported on Tuesday that consumers spent $733 million online on Monday, a 21% gain from the same day a year ago. ComScore also reported that the number of online buyers rose 38% from a year ago. And finally, comScore said that more than $10.7 billion has been spent online from Nov. 1 through Nov. 26, marking a 17% gain from the corresponding days last year. But, where were More About: Sales , Consumer Goods , Online
American consumer confidence sinks to two-year low
2007-12-04 16:31:00 The further losses in the housing market are being fuelled by a glut of unsold properties, despite sharp drops in building activity, that is being swollen by repossessions of homes from overstretched sub-prime borrowers. More About: Consumer , American , Confidence , Sinks , Year
The week ahead in the financial markets
2007-12-03 21:50:00 Let's see if the pattern of the last few weeks holds true for the coming week. A big selloff in the US markets on Monday followed by a rally on Tuesday. Friday was a great day even though the averages may tell you differently. The market breadth indicators I have been talking about (Advance/Decline lines and Highs-Lows) put in a stellar day. For the first time in a month the new highs on the NYSE exceeded the new lows. This needs to continue next week if this rally is to have legs and get a firm footing. Right now is not about how vari More About: Investment Ideas , Markets , Financial , Week , Ahead
Why Real Men Cant Make Money in the Market
More articles from this author:2007-12-03 20:55:00 Seth Jayson points out an interesting study that may just explain why the market is so manic. "I've always been interested to notice that a huge portion -- oh, 100% or so -- of this seemingly irrational, irate subgroup of poor financial decision-makers is, in my experience, male." According to a study found in "The Economist," the reason is too much testosterone. In the experiment, subjects played a simple game in which pairs of players divided and received money from a central pot. One player would propose how to split the pot -- and More About: Money , Market , Make Money , Investment Ideas , Real Men 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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