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Chasing Value: Ten stocks for 2010 -- Part 3

Posted Nov 16th 2009 1:40PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: International markets, China, Chasing Value, Stocks to Buy, E*TRADE (ETFC)

In this installment of our search for the ten picks for 2010, I will risk my reputation (and money) as I head in a more speculative direction. In Part 1 of this series, I discussed breaking up my potential picks into three categories: "Contender", "On the Fence", and "Out of the Running", until the 10 stocks have been identified.

The following lists the first ten stocks I discussed and the current standing after Part 2 of this series, plus four new stocks reviewed today.

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Ford, Citi, MBIA, GBE and Sir John Templeton

Posted Aug 6th 2009 5:00PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Ford Motor (F), Market matters, Getting started, Citigroup Inc. (C), Bargain stocks, Stocks to Buy, MBIA Inc (MBI)

You can learn a lot from your elders and when it comes to investing, you best listen very attentively. I often refer to 'my pal Warren' in my posts and I credit Mr. Buffett's investment advice and parables over the years for much of my gains in 2009.

There is another mentor, though, one I have not referred to often but that I have gleaned some wisdom from in terms of value investing and courage, and that is 'my pal Sir John.' While Buffett has been very straight forward in his position that you should buy on fear and this was the year to do that, it was Templeton that preached buying far and wide and diversifying broadly into out-of-favor companies. As he did when he started out.

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Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: CNX, MA, CAT, MHS ...

Posted Jan 30th 2009 11:10AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Caterpillar (CAT), Boston Scientific (BSX), MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), Analyst initiations

Analyst upgrades:
  • Citigroup upgraded shares of Consol Energy (NYSE: CNX) to Buy from Hold following the company's lowered guidance as 2009 is fully contracted with a 26% price increase. The firm raised its target to $40 from $38.
  • Deutsche Bank upgraded AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) to Buy from Hold on valuation as it thinks the sell-off on the company's Q4 miss and cautious guidance is overdone.
  • Wachovia upgraded Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) to Outperform from Market Perform because the firm thinks the outlook of the company's two main markets is improving. The firm believes the company's valuation is attractive. Thomas Weisel upgraded Boston Scientific to Overweight from Market Weight citing valuation and improving fundamentals.
  • Goldman added MasterCard (NYSE: MA) to the Conviction Buy List.
  • Accuray (NASDAQ: ARAY) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Banc of America/Merrill.

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Last updated: November 27, 2009: 03:12 AM

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