FeedPosted Feb 24th 2011 4:20PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), General Motors (GM), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), Target Corp. (TGT), UAL Corp (UAUA)

Stocks tried to open positive today but geopolitics and oil kept things from being a solid win throughout the trading day. Oil's gain is spiking gasoline higher in local markets and soft commodities took a breather. Weekly jobless claims went back under the 400,000 mark again despite dollar weakness, but new
home sales were down by the double-digits again.
Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow Jones 12,068.50 -37.28 (-0.31%)
S&P 500 1,306.10 -1.30 (-0.10%)
Nasdaq 2,737.90 +14.91 (0.55%)
Top Analyst Calls
Continue reading Closing Bell: Bull & Bears Still Fight For Show (GM, HPQ, SLXP, TM, TGT, UAL)
Posted Feb 23rd 2011 4:20PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), UAL Corp (UAUA), Garmin Ltd (GRMN), Transocean Ltd. (RIG)

If you would have known that $100 oil was coming just two days ago due to major geopolitical strife in Libya and elsewhere in North Africa and the Middle East, the thought might be that the bull market would be a sudden bear market. So far that is not the case and the market was not even down a full percentage point today.
Here were today's unofficial closing bells:
Dow Jones 12,105.78 -107.01 (-0.88%)
S&P 500 1,307.40 -8.04 (-0.61%)
Nasdaq 2,722.99 -33.43 (-1.21%)
Continue reading Closing Bell: When Markets Hold Up Better Than Expected (AAPL, GRMN, RIG, UAL, USO, GLD)
Posted Oct 1st 2010 12:30PM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Google (GOOG), Caterpillar (CAT), Walgreen Co (WAG), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), UAL Corp (UAUA), Analyst Initiations, Broadcom Corp'A' (BRCM), Deere and Co (DE), Eaton Corp (ETN)
Analyst Upgrades
- Wells Fargo upgraded Accenture (ACN) to outperform from market perform following the company's Q4 results, citing improved tone and increased visibility. The firm raised its target range for shares to $51 to $53 from $41 to $44.
- Macquarie upgraded FirstMerit (FMER) to outperform from neutral and has a $21 price target on the stock. The firm cites FirstMerit's strong fundamentals and competitive advantage for the upgrade.
- Macquarie transferred coverage on Marshall & Ilsley (MI) with a neutral from an underperform based on improved risk/reward.
- Eaton (ETN) was upgraded to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
- HSBC (HBC) was upgraded to conviction buy from buy at Goldman.
- Walgreen (WAG) was upgraded to overweight from equal weight at Morgan Stanley.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: ACN, ADM, BRCM, CAT, DE, FMER, GOOG, MI, NFLX, UAL, WAG ...
Posted Jul 20th 2010 11:00AM by Wade Hansen (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, UAL Corp (UAUA), Stocks to Buy
I hope your seat belt is fastened and your tray table is in its full upright position because the parent company of United Airlines -- UAL Corporation (UAUA) -- is ready for take off.
Thanks to a 27% jump in passenger revenue per available seat mile, United just posted its first quarterly profit in three years and its highest quarterly profit in 11 years. The company reported net profit of $430 million, or $1.95 per share -- well above the consensus estimate of $1.77 per share.
Business is looking particularly good in the Pacific and Latin America regions where the company saw growth rates of 52% and 63%, respectively
Continue reading United Airlines is Ready for Take Off
Posted May 3rd 2010 8:25AM by Melly Alazraki (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, International Markets, Deals, Market Matters, Contl Airlines'B' (CAL), UAL Corp (UAUA), Oil

U.S. stock futures rose Monday morning as investors examined the aid package the European Union countries approved for Greece. As expected, the merger between Continental and United airlines was announced Monday, without much in the way of surprise. Investors await several economic reports, hoping some good figures would help markets rebound from Friday's selloff.
European governments and the International Monetary Fund agreed Sunday to euro110 billion ($145 billion)
in loans to debt-laden Greece over three years. In return, Greece promised to commit to euro 30 billion in austerity measures through to 2012, cutting wages and pensions and increasing sales taxes. But even as the aid was approved,
world markets fell Monday.
Continue reading Before the Bell: Futures Higher After Greece Bailout, Airlines Merger
Posted May 3rd 2010 8:00AM by Paul Foster (RSS feed)
Filed under: AMR Corp (AMR), Contl Airlines'B' (CAL), UAL Corp (UAUA), Options
UAL Corp (UAUA) and Continental (CAL) announced a merger of equals. AMR Corp (AMR) May put option implied volatility is at 65, June is at 64, August is at 63, below its 26-week average of 68, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.
Intermune's (ITMN) pirfenidone PDUFA date is May 4. Pirfenidone is a treatment for IPF (Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis). May put option implied volatility is at 231, June is at 155, July is at 125, according to Track Data, suggesting large May price movement.
Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.
Posted Apr 30th 2010 9:15AM by Melly Alazraki (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, International Markets, Market Matters, Goldman Sachs Group (GS), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Contl Airlines'B' (CAL), UAL Corp (UAUA), Economic Data, Transocean Ltd. (RIG)

U.S. stock futures remained higher Friday after the government estimated the economy grew at a slightly slower pace than expected of 3.2% in the first-quarter, as consumer spending accelerated the most in three years.
U.S. gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity,
rose at a solid 3.2% annual rate in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said. While growth was weaker than in the fourth quarter of last year and slightly below the 3.3% expected by economists, it was the third consecutive quarter of economic growth and was powered by consumer spending, which rose at a 3.6% pace.
Continue reading Before the Bell: Futures Higher After GDP Figures
Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:20PM by Elizabeth Harrow (RSS feed)
Filed under: US Airways Group (LCC), UAL Corp (UAUA), Options, Technical Analysis
US Airways Group (LCC) has been in the spotlight ever since word hit the street that the airline was considering a potential merger with UAL Corp.'s (UAUA) United Airlines. Now the shares are attracting even more attention, thanks to an industry report suggesting that average summer airfares could rise 25% on a year-over-year basis.
As a result, LCC's call options have been drawing a crowd. On Tuesday alone, call volume surged to more than double the norm, with 7,345 contracts crossing the tape. During the course of the session, traders on the International Securities Exchange (ISE) alone bought to open 4,129 calls on the airline, compared to just one put.
Continue reading Call Buying Climbs on US Airways Group
Posted Apr 9th 2010 5:00PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Rumors, Rants and Raves, Competitive Strategy, Southwest Airlines (LUV), US Airways Group (LCC), AMR Corp (AMR), Contl Airlines'B' (CAL), UAL Corp (UAUA), Delta Air Lines (DAL)

Another day, another airline fee
and this time it's for carry-on luggage! Is there no limit to these fees? Spirit Airlines, out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is going to start charging a fee on August 1, 2010. The only group that is not chagrined are probably the nudists that travel light when vacationing.
Given all the fees the airlines are tacking on they might as well evolve into banks. Actually I think this is another instance where business has learned a bad lesson from government agencies. The government may require legislative action to raise taxes but bureaucrats the world over seem to be able to add new fees at will.
Continue reading Spirit Airlines Adds Carry-on Fee -- Nudist's Delight?
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