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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Royal Caribbean (RCL) drops on Q2 loss ]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/29/royal-caribbean-rcl-drops-on-q2-loss/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/29/royal-caribbean-rcl-drops-on-q2-loss/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/29/royal-caribbean-rcl-drops-on-q2-loss/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/major-movement/" rel="tag">Major Movement</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/bad-news/" rel="tag">Bad News</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/options/" rel="tag">Options</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analysis/" rel="tag">Technical Analysis</a></p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.royalcaribbean.com/ourCompany/investorRelations.do"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="RCL logo" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/07/rcl-royal-caribbean-cruises-logo.jpg" /></a><a href="http:// http://finance.aol.com/quotes/royal-caribbean-cruises-ltd/rcl/nys">Royal Caribbean Cruises</a> (NYSE: <a href="http:// http://finance.aol.com/quotes/royal-caribbean-cruises-ltd/rcl/nys">RCL</a> - <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/royal-caribbean-cruises-ltd/rcl/nys/option-chains">option chain</a>) stock is falling today after <a href="http://money.aol.com/rtn/pr/royal-caribbean-reports-second-quarter-results/rfid236589129?channel=pf">the company reported a second-quarter loss of $35.1 million, or 16 cents per share</a>, worse than analysts' forecasts of a loss of 13 cents per share. RCL also forecast third-quarter earnings of 95 cents to $1 per share, while analysts are expecting a profit of $1.22 per share. If you think this stock won't be rising too far in the coming months, then it could be a good time to look at a bearish hedged play on RCL.<br /><br />This morning, RCL opened at $15.29. So far today the stock has hit a low of $14.50 and a high of $15.38. As of 11:25, RCL is trading at $14.55, down $1.84 (-11.2%). The chart for RCL looks bullish and <a target="." href="http:// www.iotogo.com/spoutlookonline">S&amp;P</a> gives RCL a positive 4 STARS (out of 5) buy ranking.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/29/royal-caribbean-rcl-drops-on-q2-loss/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Royal Caribbean (RCL) drops on Q2 loss </em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/29/royal-caribbean-rcl-drops-on-q2-loss/">Royal Caribbean (RCL) drops on Q2 loss </a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/29/royal-caribbean-rcl-drops-on-q2-loss/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19113152/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/29/royal-caribbean-rcl-drops-on-q2-loss/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>earnings</category><category>inthenews</category><category>Investors Observer</category><category>InvestorsObserver</category><category>options</category><category>RCL</category><category>Royal Caribbean Cruises</category><category>RoyalCaribbeanCruises</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brent Archer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carnival Cruise Lines gives Mexico a wide berth on swine flu concerns]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/29/carnival-cruise-lines-gives-mexico-a-wide-berth-on-swine-flu-con/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/29/carnival-cruise-lines-gives-mexico-a-wide-berth-on-swine-flu-con/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/29/carnival-cruise-lines-gives-mexico-a-wide-berth-on-swine-flu-con/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/ccl/" rel="tag">Carnival Corp (CCL)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/mexico/" rel="tag">Mexico</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/options/" rel="tag">Options</a></p><p><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/04/carnivallogo.gif" />Late Tuesday, <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/carnival-corporation-and-plc/ccl/nys">Carnival Corporation</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/carnival-corporation-and-plc/ccl/nys">CCL</a>) reported that it will <a href="http://www.reuters.com/legacyArticle?duid=mtfh42277_2009-04-28_23-06-22_n28457182_newsml&amp;rpc=33&amp;type=marketsnews">temporarily cancel all stops in Mexico</a> due to fears surrounding the swine flu. "We have decided to cancel calls at Mexican ports for all current sailings. Additionally, we will cancel calls in Mexico for all voyages departing Thursday, April 30 through Monday, May 4," the cruise line operator said in a statement. </p>
<p>Carnival isn't the only cruise line playing it safe. Sector peer <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/royal-caribbean-cruises-ltd/rcl/nys">Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/royal-caribbean-cruises-ltd/rcl/nys">RCL</a>) also announced plans to temporarily suspend port calls in Mexico. Currently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has <a href="http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1241011221.html">not recommended any travel restrictions</a> to halt the swine flu's spread.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/29/carnival-cruise-lines-gives-mexico-a-wide-berth-on-swine-flu-con/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Carnival Cruise Lines gives Mexico a wide berth on swine flu concerns</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/29/carnival-cruise-lines-gives-mexico-a-wide-berth-on-swine-flu-con/">Carnival Cruise Lines gives Mexico a wide berth on swine flu concerns</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/29/carnival-cruise-lines-gives-mexico-a-wide-berth-on-swine-flu-con/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1531537/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/29/carnival-cruise-lines-gives-mexico-a-wide-berth-on-swine-flu-con/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Carnival Corp.</category><category>Carnival Cruise Lines</category><category>CarnivalCorp.</category><category>CarnivalCruiseLines</category><category>CCL</category><category>featured</category><category>mexico</category><category>options</category><category>RCL</category><category>Royal Caribbean Cruises</category><category>RoyalCaribbeanCruises</category><category>swine flu</category><category>SwineFlu</category><category>WHO</category><category>world health organization</category><category>WorldHealthOrganization</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Harrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analyst initiations 11-8-06: Shutterfly initiated by three firms]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/11/08/analyst-initiations-11-8-06-shutterfly-initiated-by-three-firms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/11/08/analyst-initiations-11-8-06-shutterfly-initiated-by-three-firms/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/11/08/analyst-initiations-11-8-06-shutterfly-initiated-by-three-firms/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-upgrades-and-downgrades/" rel="tag">Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/ccl/" rel="tag">Carnival Corp (CCL)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/mat/" rel="tag">Mattel, Inc (MAT)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/has/" rel="tag">Hasbro Inc (HAS)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/erts/" rel="tag">Electronic Arts (ERTS)</a></p><p><a href="http://www.theflyonthewall.com/"><strong><img vspace="4" hspace="4" align="right" id="vimage_1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2006/11/flywall_final_logo_mini.gif" /></strong></a><strong>MOST NOTEWORTHY:</strong> Shutterfly (SFLY) tops today's list of initiations. JP Morgan, Jefferies and Piper Jaffray initiated Shutterfly today. </p>
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    <li>The group of firms believe <strong>Shutterfly, Inc.</strong> (NASDAQ:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/shutterfly-inc/sfly/nas?tabs=quotesandnews">SFLY</a>) is positioned to be the dominant play in the photo-based personal publishing space, which allows for premium pricing. </li>
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<p><strong>OTHER INITIATIONS:</strong> </p>
<ul>
    <li>Bank of America initiated <strong>Leisure</strong> stocks today:
    <ul>
        <li>Bank of America would buy <strong>cruise line stocks</strong> as they believe the worst is over. As such, the broker initiated <strong>Royal Caribbean Cruises</strong> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/royal-caribbean-cruises-ltd/rcl/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">RCL</a>) and <strong>Carnival Corp.</strong> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/carnival-corporation/ccl/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">CCL</a>) with Buy ratings. </li>
        <li>The firm is also bullish on the <strong>video game</strong> cycle and initiated <strong>Activision, Inc.</strong> (NASDAQ:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/activision-inc/atvi/nas?tabs=quotesandnews">ATVI</a>) and <strong>THQ Inc.</strong> (NASDAQ:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/thq-inc-de/thqi/nas?tabs=quotesandnews">THQI</a>) with Buy ratings, <strong>Electronic Arts</strong> (NASDAQ:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/electronic-arts-inc/erts/nas?tabs=quotesandnews">ERTS</a>) and <strong>Take Two</strong> (NASDAQ:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/take-two-interactive-software-inc/ttwo/nas?tabs=quotesandnews">TTWO</a>) with Neutral ratings, and recommends buying Activision and THQ Inc today. </li>
        <li>Bank of America would stay out of <strong>toy stocks</strong> at current levels due to valuation, and initiated <strong>Hasbro, Inc.</strong> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/hasbro-inc/has/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">HAS</a>) and <strong>Mattel, Inc.</strong> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/mattel-inc/mat/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">MAT</a>) with Neutral ratings. </li>
        <li>They are also cautious on <strong>powersport companies</strong> and initiated <strong>Harley-Davidson</strong> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/harley-davidson-inc/hog/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">HOG</a>) and <strong>Brunswick Corp.</strong> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/brunswick-corporation/bc/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">BC</a>) with Neutral ratings. The bank also started <strong>Polaris Industries</strong> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/polaris-industries-inc/pii/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">PII</a>) with a Sell rating.</li>
    </ul>
    </li>
</ul>
<p><em>Analyst summaries provided by </em><a href="http://www.theflyonthewall.com/"><em>TheFlyOnTheWall.com</em></a><em> (subscription required).</em></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/11/08/analyst-initiations-11-8-06-shutterfly-initiated-by-three-firms/">Analyst initiations 11-8-06: Shutterfly initiated by three firms</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:26:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/11/08/analyst-initiations-11-8-06-shutterfly-initiated-by-three-firms/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/698348/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/11/08/analyst-initiations-11-8-06-shutterfly-initiated-by-three-firms/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>activision</category><category>atvi</category><category>bc</category><category>brunswick</category><category>carnival</category><category>ccl</category><category>electronic arts</category><category>ElectronicArts</category><category>erts</category><category>harley-davidson</category><category>has</category><category>hasbro</category><category>hog</category><category>mat</category><category>mattel</category><category>pii</category><category>polaris</category><category>rcl</category><category>royal caribbean cruises</category><category>RoyalCaribbeanCruises</category><category>sfly</category><category>shutterfly</category><category>take two</category><category>TakeTwo</category><category>thq</category><category>thqi</category><category>ttwo</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Melly Alazraki]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:26:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
