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FeedPosted Apr 5th 2011 5:30PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Stocks to Buy
Place Whirlpool Corporation (WHR), first discussed here on March 13, 2009, at a price of $34.47, in the not-for-squeamish-investors category.
Appliance manufacturer extraordinaire Whirlpool's stock over-corrected last summer, formed a bear-hug, bottomed at/near $69.50, then recovered to about $90 during the winter -- before recently sliding back to $84. Translation: a roller-coaster -- something that one generally does not see with an industrial player. Even so, I still like WHR here. But hold on to your hat if you own the shares -- the bumpiness could continue in 2011.
And if you haven't already, consider taking some provides off the table with WHR, if you're in at/near $34.50.
Continue reading The Bumpy Ride Continues with Whirlpool
Posted Apr 5th 2011 5:00PM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Forecasts, Products and Services, Internet, Competitive Strategy, Marketing and Advertising, Brazil, Market Matters, Personal Finance, Headline News, Technology

Carlos Slim, America Movil's (
AMX) largest shareholder, became the world's richest man in part from his investments in wireless phone service. His empire spans 18 countries and has 200 million subscribers.
Let's look at America Movil's spectacular growth. The company's markets are primarily in Latin America. American Movil controls 74% of wireless service in Mexico under its Telcel brand, which has 60 million subscribers. Brazil is second with 45 million subscribers. It also is the largest provider in the Caribbean with four million users.
Continue reading America Movil to Expand Growth with Pre-Paid Data Plans
Posted Apr 5th 2011 4:45PM by Paul Foster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Procter and Gamble (PG), Texas Instruments (TXN), Options

Texas Instruments (
TXN) agreed to buy National Semiconductor (
NSM) for $25 per share. Texas Instruments overall implied volatility of 26 is near its 26-week average, according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement.
Diamond Foods (
DMND) and Procter & Gamble (
PG) announced a definitive agreement to merge the Pringles business into Diamond Foods -- in a transaction valued at $2.35 billion. Overall option implied volatility of 32 is below its 26-week average of 36, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.
Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.comPosted Apr 5th 2011 4:00PM by Trefis (RSS feed)
Filed under: Lowe's Cos (LOW), Stocks to Buy
Lowe's (LOW) is the world's second largest retailer of home improvement products after Home Depot (HD). Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) also cater the home improvements market. Lowe's offers a wide range of home improvement products and installation services to individual home owners as well as professional builders. In addition to the physical stores, consumers can buy products through the company's dedicated website. Lowe's business is vulnerable to the housing market swings and the recent slowdown has affected its sales to a great extent in the past few years.
Continue reading Store Expansion and DIY Activity Will Benefit Lowe's
Posted Apr 5th 2011 3:20PM by Trefis (RSS feed)
Filed under: Technology
OpenTable(OPEN) has come a long way since Chuck Templeton envisioned the idea in 1998 after observing the difficulty his wife faced while trying to book a dinner reservation by phone. Today, it is the leading provider of free and real-time online restaurant reservations for users looking to book reservations online as well as a reservation and guest management solution for restaurants. The company is comfortably ahead of its competitors like Urbanspoon, owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp and UK-based companies liveRES Ltd and Livebookings Ltd. It also seems to have hit the right note with its decision to take Groupon head-on by selling third-party restaurants coupons through its website.
We currently maintain a $94.90 price estimate for OpenTable, which is about 10% below the stock's market price.
Continue reading OpenTable Gaining Momentum in Diners Seated
Posted Apr 5th 2011 11:30AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Intel (INTC), Citigroup Inc. (C), ConocoPhillips (COP), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM), Texas Instruments (TXN), Analyst Initiations, Broadcom Corp'A' (BRCM), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL)
Analyst Upgrades
- Citigroup (C) to outperform from market perform at Bernstein.
- Cubist Pharma (CBST) to outperform from neutral at RW Baird.
- Pentair (PNR) to buy from hold at Citigroup.
- Heritage Financial (HFWA) to outperform from market perform at Keefe Bruyette.
- SL Green Realty (SLG) and Digital Realty (DLR) to market perform from underperform at FBR Capital.
- MGM Resorts (MGM) to neutral from Sell at Janney Capital.
- Ciena (CIEN) to buy from neutral and Olin (OLN) to buy from underperform at BofA/Merrill.
- Mellanox (MLNX) to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.
- ConocoPhillips (COP) and Canadian Natural (CNQ) to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
- IDEX (IEX) to outperform from perform at Oppenheimer.
- Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) to buy from hold at Deutsche Bank.
- Ctrip.com (CTRP) to positive from neutral at Susquehanna.
- Linear Technology (LLTC) and Analog Devices (ADI) to hold from sell at Auriga.
- Quicksilver (KWK) to outperform from market perform at BMO Capital.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: ADI, BRCM, C, CIEN, COP, INTC, MGM, OXY, QCOM, TXN ...
Posted Apr 5th 2011 11:00AM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Forecasts, Market Matters, Bank of America (BAC), Economic Data
Fourth quarter GDP ended on a uptrend, coming in at 3.1%. The state of the economy was healthy and it looked like growth would continue to match or exceed Q4. Based on that scenario, Bank of America (BAC) analyst Ethan Harris, forecast first-quarter 2011 GDP to come in at 3.3%.
But in the few short months of 2011, the world is getting turned upside down. The conflict in Libya has cut OPEC oil production and sent oil prices skyrocketing. In turn, the price of gasoline is nearing $4.00 per gallon. And food processors are raising prices due to higher raw commodity prices. These two factors have put a dent in the household budget.
Continue reading Bank of America Cuts First-Quarter GDP Forecast
Posted Apr 5th 2011 9:00AM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Deals, Competitive Strategy, Texas Instruments (TXN), Technology

In a move to bolster market share, Texas Instruments (
TXN) is purchasing National Semiconductor (
NSM) for $7.4 billion, according to the
Associated Press.
Texas Instruments is a market leader in digital signal processors (DSP)s. DSPs are found in wireless phones, DVD players, automotive systems and computer modems. They also make logic chips, microprocessors, microcontrollers, display components and calculators.
National Semiconductor offers a variety of integrated circuits (IC)s, especially analog and mixed signal chips. The analog chips transform physical information -- light, sound, pressure and radio waves into data that a computer can use. National's chips are in a host of wireless communications, networking, medical, solar, automotive and industrial applications.
Continue reading Texas Instruments Acquires National Semiconductor
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