| Friday, November 20, 2009 |
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7 Stocks That Give You Real Value
Don't fall from tricks; demand true value.
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| Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| 11:50 AM |
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Downdraft catches financial stocks Thursday
Shares of J.P. Morgan Chase fall along with the broader financial sector, unmoved by the blue chip's deal to buy Cazenove, its U.K joint venture partner, for about 1 billion pounds ($1.67 billion).
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| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
| 08:42 AM |
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Analyze Earnings Yield Like Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) filed their 13-F that details their portfolio holdings. It is well documented that Warren Buffett likes to look a company's earnings yield relative to bonds to determine how attractive it is. The 10 year yield is currently at 3.33%.
Below we analyze the earnings yields (EPS/Stock Price) for Berkshire Hathaway’s current holdings:
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| 06:47 AM |
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Berkshire Hathaway Adds Exxon and Nestle to its Portfolio
Omaha, Nov. 17 (TradersHuddle. com) – Warren Buffett has been busy drawing down Berkshire’s cash reserves to invest and position the company to succeed as the credit markets and the economy improves.
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Berkshire Hathaway reports 27.36k Travelers stake
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| 01:38 AM |
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A Close Look at Berkshire's Q3 Portfolio Changes
Ravi Nagarajan submits:Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) has released a new 13-F filing Monday which reveals the composition of the company’s equity portfolio as of September 30, 2009. In addition, the company released an amended 13-F filing for Q2 which shows a position in Exxon Mobil (XOM) as of June 30, 2009. This was previously not disclosed due to Berkshire’s request for confidential treatment of the position. Highlights Complete Story »
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Seeking Alpha
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| Monday, November 16, 2009 |
| 05:42 PM |
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Berkshire raised Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo stakes
Berkshire Hathaway, the insurance-focused conglomerate owned by Warren Buffett, increases its stakes in Wal-Mart Stores and Wells Fargo during the third quarter.
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MarketWatch
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| 05:15 PM |
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Berkshire Buys Nestle, Exxon; Ups Wal-Mart Stake
NEW YORK ( Reuters) - Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRKaBRKb revealed on Monday new investments in Nestle AG NESNNSRGY and Exxon Mobil Corp XOM, respectively the world's largest food maker and oil company, and that it has nearly doubled its investment in Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT, the world's largest... |
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| 05:15 PM |
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Berkshire Buys Nestle, Exxon; Ups Wal-Mart Stake
NEW YORK ( Reuters) - Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRKaBRKb revealed on Monday new investments in Nestle AG NESNNSRGY and Exxon Mobil Corp XOM, respectively the world's largest food maker and oil company, and that it has nearly doubled its investment in Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT, the world's largest... |
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| 04:58 PM |
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Einhorn Sticks With Gold, Gets More Healthcare and Takes A Stab At Possible Pick-Up In Employment
Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/news.php?st=p&id=5115125 for the full story.
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StreetInsider
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| 01:26 PM |
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Allstate Hires Lacher From Travelers
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| 08:49 AM |
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Tower Group Inc. Welcomes Analyst Upgrade; TWGP, TRV, BRK-A
Keefe Bruyette gave the Property & Casualty Insurance industry some good news as it announced an upgrade on one of its stocks. Tower Group Inc. (TWGP) [Chart - News - Analysis] was upgraded from Mkt Perform » Outperform on 11/16/2009---a positive sign for the stock that investors typically welcome. FYI, Keefe Bruyette uses the following rating scale when analyzing stocks: Outperform, Mkt Perform, Underperform. {loadposition link_newslink1} | {loadposition livevideopromo} | | | | | | {loadposition contentad} | | | | | | | | Tower Group Inc. has an average analyst recommendation score of 2.2 and competes for investment dollars with The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV) [Chart - News - Analysis] and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A) [Chart - News - Analysis]---two other stocks in the Property & Casualty Insurance industry that have average analyst recommendation scores of 2.1 and 2.3 respectively. Analyst recommendations are averaged and scored using the following rating scale: - 1.0 = Strong Buy - 2.0 = Buy - 3.0 = Hold - 4.0 = Sell - 5.0 = Strong Sell Why are Upgrades and Initiations Good and Downgrades Bad? One event that is almost certain to get a reaction from Wall Street is an analyst upgrade or downgrade. Everyone is looking for an edge in the stock market, and quite often, traders turn to stock analysts to get that edge. Upgrades and coverage initiations are typically good for stocks because they show that analysts either believe that the stock is going to perform better in the future or that the stock is worth covering and providing analysis on. Downgrades are typically bad for stocks because they show that analysts believe that the stock is going to perform worse in the future. What is a Stock Analyst? Check out the Understanding Stock Analyst Research and Recommendations video and article for more info. A stock analysts is a person---typically employed by a large bank, investment firm or analysis company---who devotes his/her life to learning and making predictions about a company and its future performance. Stock analysts sift through company reports and filings, talk to company management, probe customers and competitors and basically do whatever they can to find out if a company is healthy and growing or sick and shrinking. Because this is incredibly demanding work, stock analysts typically only monitor one or two companies at a time. {loadposition link_nowtime} {loadposition followus} | |
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| Friday, November 13, 2009 |
| 07:05 AM |
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Friday – Zacks Tale of the Tape
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Prudential: Insurance Dividend Increases Keep on Coming
Jim Trippon submits: If you been following the blog recently, you've probably noticed more than a few posts about dividend increases in the insurance sector. Dow component Travelers (TRV) got the ball rolling a couple of weeks ago in terms of the big insurers, but the dividend hikes have been coming from insurance firms of all sizes. The latest contributor to this trend is Prudential Financial (PRU), the second-largest U.S. life insurance firm.
Prudential recently reported its third consecutive quarterly profit and the company boosted its annual dividend by 21% to 70 cents a share from 58 cents. This is good news for current Prudential shareholders and potential buyers of the stock as well because Prudential slashed its payout by 50% in 2008 amid the credit crisis. Complete Story »
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| Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
| 12:47 PM |
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US Equity Movers and Shakers, Mid-Session, 11th November
S&P 500 - Risers
Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM) $10.04 +6.13%
Lennar Corp. Class A (LEN) $15.17 +6.08%
KB Home (KBH) $15.56 +5.99%
D R Horton Inc. (DHI) $12.30 +5.18%
M B I A Inc. (MBI) $3.69 +4.83%
Marshall & Ilsley (MI) $5.48 +4.77%
N Y Times Class A (NYT) $9.07 +4.61%
Sun Microsystems Inc. (JAVA) $8.49 +4.17%
Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) $13.66 +4.04%
Developers Diversified Reality (DDR) $8.84 +3.88%
S&P 500 - Fallers
Macy's Inc. (M) $17.83 -8.23%
Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) $34.63 -5.38%
Gamestop Corp. (GME) $24.14 -4.13%
American International Group Inc. (AIG) $36.24 -3.59%
Owens-Illinois Inc. (OI) $33.90 -2.45%
Southwestern Energy (SWN) $44.42 -2.40%
Motorola Inc. (MOT) $8.64 [More...] |
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| 02:58 AM |
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Dividend Increases Have Insurance ETF Looking Appealing (KIE)
The ETF Professor thinks the SPDR KBW Insurance (NYSE: KIE) could be a good play for investors with a longer-term time horizon. The Professor thinks dividend increases among some of KIE's top holdings could be a positive catalyst for the ETF going forward.
Recent dividend hikes from Travelers (NYSE: TRV) and Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU) are good signs to be sure and Aflac (NYSE: AFL) has raised its dividend every year for more than 25 years in a row, so the Professor won't rule out Aflac joining the party soon.
KIE has tracked the broader market closely, gaining 10% over the past three months and that's the same performance as the S&P 500.
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Benzinga
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| 02:03 AM |
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Prudential Hikes Dividend 21%
Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU), the second-largest U.S. life insurance firm, raised its annual dividend by 21% to 70 cents a share after reporting a third consecutive quarterly profit.
Prudential currently pays a dividend of 58 cents a share per year and yields 1.2%. There has been a spate of insurance companies, large and small, boosting their dividends lately, chief among them Dow component Travelers (NYSE: TRV).
Prudential has approximately $641 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2009.
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Benzinga
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| 12:03 AM |
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Large-cap stocks are market's best value
One reason John Buckingham is excited about stocks right now is that most investors aren’t. Moreover, the mutual-fund manager sees many of those opportunities in the large-cap arena.
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MarketWatch
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| 12:03 AM |
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Large-cap Stocks Are Market's Best Value
Large-cap Stocks Are Market's Best Value  |
FOXBusiness.com
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| Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
| 10:23 AM |
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The Next 2 Dividend Burnouts?
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