When it comes to picking trends, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has nailed the latest market to experience explosive growth. It is the fast-growing tablet market, as reported in Reuters.

Morgan's analyst, Mark Moskowitz, has upped his forecasts for tablet sales in 2011 and 2012. For 2011 he raised his numbers from $24.9 to $26.1 billion. For 2012 his numbers are increased from $34.1 billion to $35.2 billion. Unit sales were upped by over 1 million to 48.1 in 2011 and 79.6 in 2012.

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Shares of food giant Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) traded sharply lower Friday morning after it posted lower-than-expected revenues and lowered forward guidance.

Earnings for the company's second quarter were in-line with analyst estimates at $0.71 per share, but revenues came in at just $2.13 billion for the quarter. Analysts had been expecting to see Campbell report revenues of $2.15 billion.

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Humana (HUM), one of the nations' biggest providers of private run Medicare Advantage health plans, showed mixed results on Monday in their Q4 results. Revenues were higher, but net earnings fell, due mainly to the acquisition of Concentra Inc. Concentra provides services such as occupational medicine , urgent care and physical therapy.

The company reported a profit of $107.3 million or 63 cents a share, down from $250.7 million of $1.48 a share a year ago, as reported in the Wall Street Journal. The latest period included $1.02 a share in acquisition and related costs. Revenue increased 9.4% to $8.35 billion. Analysts had predicted earnings of 81 cents on revenue of $8.36 billion.

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Shares of communication equipment company JDS Uniphase Corp. (JDSU) are trading sharply higher in after hours trading today after posting strong fiscal second quarter results after the market closed.

Analysts were expecting to see earnings of $0.19 per share, but actual adjusted earnings were much higher at $0.29.

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JDS Uniphase Soars Following Q2 Earnings Report originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

This not good news. Market researcher Zillow, which tracks home prices, reported that prices dropped 5.1% in November 2010, the 53rd straight month of declines. Zillow does not include foreclosures in its data, according to CNNMoney.

Zillow forecasts that home prices will continue falling into the second half of this year. According to Zillow, "The bottom will be very long and rocky."

Another research company, CoreLogic, which also tracks the home market, reported that home prices declined in 44 states, up from 18 in June.

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November Home Prices Down 5%, More Downside Expected originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Shares of Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) are trading up nicely in after hours trading this afternoon after the company reported strong fiscal Q4 earnings following the market close.

Going into this afternoon's report, analysts had been expecting to see the company report earnings of $0.52 per share, with actual earnings coming in above expectations at $0.56 excluding special items.

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Consulting firm Accenture (ACN) will be reporting its fiscal fourth quarter earnings after the market close tomorrow, with analysts expecting to see the company report earnings of $0.63 per share, in-line with the same period last year.

The company has issued its guidance, and expects to see revenues in a range of $5.15 to $5.35 billion. For full year earnings, the company now expects earnings somewhere between $2.61 to $2.69, on the lower end of previous guidance.

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Tech giant Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) held an investors meeting Tuesday afternoon, during which it offered a bullish 2011 forecast.

The company now sees full-year 2011 profit to be in the range of $5.05 to $5.15, better than the $4.99 that analysts had previously forecast for the year.

Revenues are expected to be in a range of $131.5 billion to $133.5 billion, which is also higher than analyst forecasts for $131.4 billion.

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High end retailer Nordstrom Inc. (JWN) is trading sharply lower this afternoon after the company maintained its guidance for the full year 2010.

Nordstrom reported second quarter earnings of $0.66 per share, or $146 million, in line with analyst estimates for the quarter.

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Continue reading Amgen Posts Better-Than-Expected Q2 Earnings

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Continue reading Nike Hopes to Score with Its Q4 Earnings Report

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Continue reading Priceline.com Issues Weak Forecast, Stock Set to Plunge

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Tech giant Oracle Corp. (ORCL) will be reporting its fiscal third quarter numbers Thursday after the market close, and analysts are looking for a strong quarter from the company.

The company is expected to report earnings of 38 cents per share. During the same period last year, the company had earnings of 35 cents a share.

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Continue reading Tiffany Quadruples Earnings But Misses Analyst Estimates

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Continue reading Aflac Posts Better-Than-Expected Q4 Earnings

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