BloggingStocks http://www.bloggingstocks.com BloggingStocks http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/media/feedlogo.gif BloggingStocks http://www.bloggingstocks.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Week in Preview: Alcoa, Intel, JPMorgan Kick Off New Earnings Season]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/01/09/week-in-preview-alcoa-intel-jpmorgan-kick-off-new-earnings-se/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/01/09/week-in-preview-alcoa-intel-jpmorgan-kick-off-new-earnings-se/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/01/09/week-in-preview-alcoa-intel-jpmorgan-kick-off-new-earnings-se/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

earnings expectationsAlcoa (AA), Intel (INTC) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) will kick off a new earnings season this week when they report their results for the fourth quarter of 2010. Here's a quick look at what analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect to see, followed by a glance at what's coming up on the economic calendar.

Alcoa

During its fourth quarter, Alcoa saw increased demand in emerging markets, sold surplus properties, and shared revenue targets with investors. Analysts forecast that earnings for the period will come to 19 cents per share, up from just a penny per share in the same quarter of last year. The New York-based aluminum producer also is expected to post revenue of $5.7 billion for the three months that ended in December, which is 4.5% more than a year earlier.

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Week in Preview: Alcoa, Intel, JPMorgan Kick Off New Earnings Season originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Netflix (NFLX) logoShares of Netflix (NFLX) started Tuesday on a high note, with the shares gaining more than 1% out of the gate. Traders appear to be responding to new comments from Jim Cramer, after the host of CNBC's Mad Money offered an upbeat opinion on the stock Monday.

Specifically, Cramer is enthusiastic about Netflix's push into streaming content, and he has high expectations for future subscriber growth. The analyst also argued that the stock's valuation is actually quite reasonable, when measured against the company's long-term growth rate. For traders looking to take part in continued gains by NFLX, Cramer suggested in-the-money call options.

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Netflix Gains Ground on Cramer Recommendation originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>callsCNBCfeaturedinthenewsJim CramerMad MoneyNetflixNFLXoptionsputsshort interestshort sellerstechnical analysisTue, 21 Dec 2010 13:00:00 EST<![CDATA[MGM Resorts Catches a Lift from Cramer Endorsement]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/11/08/mgm-resorts-catches-a-lift-from-cramer-endorsement/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/11/08/mgm-resorts-catches-a-lift-from-cramer-endorsement/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/11/08/mgm-resorts-catches-a-lift-from-cramer-endorsement/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Despite a lackluster day for the broader equities market, MGM Resorts International (MGM) has racked up a healthy gain of about 4% so far. Scanning the headlines, it seems that traders are responding to a bullish endorsement for the gaming guru from CNBC analyst Jim Cramer.

"Las Vegas is coming back," declared Jim Cramer on Friday's episode of Mad Money. He went on to add, "MGM's the best way to speculate on the turn, especially considering that they helped get Senate majority leader Harry Reid re-elected."

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>CNBCinthenewsJim CramerMad MoneyMGMMGM Resorts Internationalshort interestshort sellerstechnical analysisMon, 08 Nov 2010 13:30:00 EST<![CDATA[MEMC Electronic Materials Catches a Cramer Lift]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/10/07/memc-electronic-materials-rises/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/10/07/memc-electronic-materials-rises/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/10/07/memc-electronic-materials-rises/#commentsFiled under: , ,

MEMC (WFR) logoShares of MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) turned higher right out of the gate Thursday morning, surging roughly 4% with the sound of the opening bell. For the catalyst behind this bullish gap, we need look no further than peripatetic CNBC analyst Jim Cramer.

On Wednesday, the Mad Money host cited MEMC as his top pick within the solar sector. To back up his bullish opinion, Cramer cited three key factors: the recent $380 million sale of subsidiary SunEdison's Italian property, lowball earnings estimates from analysts, and heavy insider buying by company execs in recent months.

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MEMC Electronic Materials Catches a Cramer Lift originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I didn't find this recap of Jim Cramer's CNBC show interesting because of his recommendations. I found it interesting because he talks of an overall "bearishness of the market." Cramer noted that this bearishness began in the tech sector, spread to retail, and is now creeping into the food sector.

He notes that it is "remarkable to see how little enthusiasm there is ... even for companies that are doing well." An example of this lack of enthusiasm for good performers is that analysts will cut price targets on a stock, but will raise the company's earnings estimate at the same time.

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Today was an up-day that started out in positive territory and stayed that way nearly the entire day. Earnings news took little out of the indexes even if there was profit taking after many individual reports. There was also no real economic data to digest, so stocks acted on their own.

Here were the official closing bell levels:

S&P 500 1,207.18 +9.66 (0.81%)
Dow 11,130.59 +38.54 (0.35%)
Nasdaq 2,500.64 +20.53 (0.83%)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fsajim cramerMGIC InvestmentMgicInvestmentmgm mirageMgmMirageukTue, 20 Apr 2010 16:10:00 EST<![CDATA[Closing Bell: St. Patrick's Day Hat Tricks (GE, FUQI, SNV, HIG, BBI, PLCM, ERC, MEE)]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/17/closing-bell-st-patricks-day-hat-tricks-ge-fuqi-snv-hig/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/17/closing-bell-st-patricks-day-hat-tricks-ge-fuqi-snv-hig/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/03/17/closing-bell-st-patricks-day-hat-tricks-ge-fuqi-snv-hig/#commentsOverseas markets were up on St. Patrick's cheers, or up on continued FOMC promises of keeping rates low. Then a lower producer price index sealed in the day. We are basically back to where the markets are just not wanting to trade off.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 10,733.67 +47.69 (0.45%)
S&P 500 1,166.19 +6.73 (0.58%)
Nasdaq 2,389.09 +11.08 (0.47%)

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Quarterly reports continue to roll out this week, with results due from Allstate Corp. (ALL), Coca-Cola Co. (KO), Marriott International Inc. (MAR), Molson Coors Brewing Co. (TAP), New York Times Co. (NYT), Pepsico Inc. (PEP), Sprint Nextel Corp. (S), Viacom (VIA), Walt Disney Co. (DIS) and many others. Here's a look at a few of the companies that analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect to be the biggest earnings gainers this week.

Analysts are looking for Coinstar Inc. (CSTR), which distributes coin-counting, DVD-rental, and other self-service kiosks, to report that its fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled from a year ago to $0.32 per share. Revenue for the three months that ended in December is expected to have jumped 26.1% to $329.2 million. The analysts' forecast for the full year calls for earnings of $0.94 per share (+46.8%) on $1.2 billion in revenue (+25.9%). Coinstar has beat earnings estimates in the past three quarters, by as much as six cents per share.

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The Week in Preview: High Hopes for Coinstar, Agilent, Chipotle, Baidu, Hasbro originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Humana Inc. (HUM), who's shares (like other insurers') received a nice bump from the outcome of the special election in Massachusetts, is scheduled to discuss its fourth-quarter 2009 financial results and 2010 guidance in a conference call Monday, Feb. 1, at 9:00 AM (ET). A live webcast of the call will be available at the company's website.

During the three months that ended in December, Humana expanded its Medicare offerings and launched a share buyback program and a social media tool. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters are looking for earnings for that period to have grown 27.7% year over year to $1.48 cents per share. Revenue for the quarter is expected to be 4.0% higher to $7.8 billion.

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Humana Earnings Preview: A Signal of Strength in the Sector? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), whose CEO testified before Congress this week, is scheduled to discuss its fourth-quarter 2009 financial results in a conference call Friday, Jan. 15, at 9:00 AM (ET). You can catch the live webcast of the call on the company's website.

During the three months that ended in December, JPMorgan completed the integration of Chase and Washing Mutual banks and declared a quarterly dividend. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters are looking for this New York-based financial giant to report that earnings rose 88.7% from a year ago to $0.62 per share, though that is 24.4% lower than in the third quarter. Fourth-quarter revenue is expected to total $27.0 billion, up 56.9% from a year ago, but down from $28.8 billion in the previous quarter.

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JPMorgan Earnings Preview: Expectations High but Down from Q3 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Federal Reserve's first Beige Book report of the year is due out this week. The report is a compilation of anecdotal information on current economic conditions from each of the 12 Federal Reserve Bank districts. The data comes from interviews with business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources. The previous report, released in December, showed modest improvement in eight of the districts, while the October report confirmed that the economy was stabilizing after earlier declines.

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The Week in Preview: Fed's Beige Book; Alcoa, JPMorgan and Intel Earnings originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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About all the FOMC Minutes did today was agitate those hoping for a dollar rally on currencies because the FOMC members were still concerned about the economic risks. Stronger supplies of oil were also ignored as weather related trading took oil higher from the post-report lows. The ISM non-Manufacturing data also came in just above the break-even point and the ADP data did not signal any major changes for Friday's jobs data. The DJIA and S&P 500 went from negative to positive so many times today that this was mixed regardless of how the averages ended up.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 10,574.06 +2.04 (0.02%)
S&P 500 1,137.14 +0.62 (0.05%)
Nasdaq 2,301.09 -7.62 (-0.33%)

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We are still seeing mixed economic reports, something which may become the norm for early in 2009. Today was also a fairly unsurprising give-back day when you consider just how much stocks closed up yesterday. Home sales data was disappointing, while there were gains in factory orders. Even today's auto data was mixed despite a clear win outlined below. Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

DJIA
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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says when it happens, you'll hear a lot of noise, but it will be a healthy sign.

Get ready for the following: "The market's about to take a header because the Fed and Treasury are going to take away the stimulus."

First, I don't even know if it is true. We have a Fed chairman who is incredibly independent and a great student of history who recognizes that if World War II had not started, we would have slipped right back into a depression.

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Looking Forward to the End of Stimulus originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says Pepsi, McDonald's and Intel are set to bounce back with a bang.

You can always tell a benign market by the comeback the doghouse names manage to give you.

Consider the errant cases of Pepsi (PEP) (Cramer's Take), McDonald's (MCD) (Cramer's Take) and Intel (INTC) (Cramer's Take). All three allegedly "disappointed," with Pepsi failing to please on the alleged guide-down after its bottling purchase, McDonald's stuttering on a bad month and Intel on a so-called failed quarter.

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: The Big-Name Comeback Kids originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>featuredhpqintcjim cramerJimCramermcdmsftpeppgWed, 30 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Cramer on BloggingStocks: Real Estate Is Doing Better Than You Think]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/24/cramer-on-bloggingstocks-real-estate-is-doing-better-than-you-t/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/24/cramer-on-bloggingstocks-real-estate-is-doing-better-than-you-t/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/24/cramer-on-bloggingstocks-real-estate-is-doing-better-than-you-t/#commentsFiled under: , ,

The Street.com's Jim Cramer says that AvalonBay, a builder of luxury apartment complexes, is building more.

If I were to be a short-seller, paying attention to the news flow, I think I would like to be a short-seller of higher-end residential real estate, because I would presume that people couldn't afford it. If they can't make their payments for their houses, they are going to hold out to fix their mortgage or they are going to abandon ship, but they are not going to go to a luxury apartment complex. They are going to go downscale, and the apartment complexes that cater to those who are well-off should be going begging.

I think I would want to short AvalonBay Communities (AVB) (Cramer's Take), which has 172 communities and 50,000 apartments in decimated areas such as Southern California, Northern California, the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest. It must be getting killed. How can it possibly pay those underlying mortgages and how can it grow, building new apartments? It must be a moribund, declining business.

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Real Estate Is Doing Better Than You Think originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Street.com's Jim Cramer says that he's making it his mission in 2010 to call out people in the media who provide no value.

Have you ever noticed that with every good housing report there are endless caveats:

1. Prices are still down year over year.

2. The home tax credit of $8,000 moved the house, and that will go away.

3. Home mortgages are artificially low because of the Fed.

4. Banks have more foreclosures on their balance sheets than before.

5. Foreclosures continue to occur.

6. Everything will slip back to imbalance when the credit goes away.

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Endless Caveats Don't Make You Any Money originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says three times a shakeout led to yet-higher prices -- and skittish investors have missed out.

Three times this market eluded people. The first was what looks obvious in retrospect but was actually a perilous bottom, back in March. I wouldn't have recommended it here or on my show if Doug Kass hadn't pushed me and all others who read this site. It was a call of a lifetime. And we all know it, the generational call to get in. So many missed it because the moment was breathtakingly dangerous and could have been binary. I got lucky and backed into it, with Doug's help, simply by tallying all of the individual stocks in a worst-case basis, and you couldn't get much below Dow 6000, which at the time was only 300 points below, barely enough to worry about. That was the Nouriel Roubini heyday, and he managed to mark the bottom by slashing his price target for the Dow to 5000. He could have declared victory and been a hero, a la the now celebrated David Tepper. Instead, I think he's a bum who reiterates his sell at every turn. If you go back and look at all of the stocks that were at a buck and change at the moment, you can see exactly what I mean. Citigroup (C) (Cramer's Take), anyone?

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the dilution here was expected, and this one is marching higher.

What do you with Citigroup (C) (Cramer's Take) if you bought it on the deal now that you are up so huge? I'd keep it.

Remember, there were two variables to this deal -- how much raising the TARP return money would hurt the stock and how much the government's sale would hurt the stock. We saw the underwriting knock off about 60 cents from the stock, and we are getting the distinct view from Washington that there is no consensus between Treasury and the FDIC about what should be done with the government's stake beyond holding it for a while.

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Hold Citi for a Double originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage on BloggingStocks:

  • Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) shares rose after lower Q4 earnings and revenue beat analysts' expectations.
  • Best Buy Inc. (BBY) shares sold off despite better-than-expected Q3 results due to the lower gross margin.
  • Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW) warned that Q4 earnings would come in lower than the Street view
  • Discover Financial Services (DFS) shares were up after it reported better-than-expected Q4 earnings.
  • First Solar Inc. (FSLR) offered a solid 2010 outlook but the consensus EPS estimate is high in the range.
  • General Mills Inc. (GIS) strong Q2 results included better-than-expected earnings and a rosy outlook.

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