As debt securities in the “AAA” categories began trading at yields spreads of 1000-plus basis points over comparative treasury maturities this week, bond market veterans were reminded of a popular slogan Senator John McCain used on the stump: if you live long enough, you will see everything. Across the Atlantic, debt pricing specialist watched in horror as default probabilities with...
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From Vince Farrell at RealMoney: A report making the rounds today [Wednesday] detailed managers' Form 13-F filings. This report shows what managers own. Their holdings of U.S. stocks by and large plummeted. The decline in the size of the positions could be from market share losses or the sale of a position, or most likely, both.
Investors grab shares of chicken processor as outlook brightens.
Filed under: Earnings reports, Trina Solar ADS (TSL), Suntech Power Hldgs ADS (STP)Increasing demand for solar energy and solar products proved to be a boon for Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) and LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) as both companies reported Wednesday that their earnings soared in the third quarter. Investors were not impressed, however, pushing shares lower. Trina Solar, a maker of s...
Fedspeak! Paulson locks horns with lawmakers over rescue fund The risk of Bernanke's cash injections It isn’t a TARP without troubled assets to cover CPI + PPI = Deflation Year's defaults soar past a quarter-trillion S&P 500's Q3 earnings fall 22% from last year An interesting look at quarter EPS beat rates S&P 500 2009 estimates are all over the map Worst recession since 1930s is possible Depr...
Filed under: Consumer experience, Wal-Mart (WMT), Target Corp. (TGT), Best Buy (BBY), Sears Holdings (SHLD), Gap Inc (GPS), Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF)We all know that this Christmas is going to be particularly tough on retailers. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Target (NYSE: TGT), Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD), and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), as well as hipper competitors Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) and Gap (N...
Hot Stocks: Despite Lowered Target, Vale Still Poses Potential 59% Gain, Analyst Says
Wed, Nov 19, 8:33 AM ET
Riddle me this: When is it good news when an analyst slashes his price target for a stock by 55%? Answer: When that “reduced” target price still represents a 59% gain. That’s precisely the scenario facing Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (ADR: RIO), the world’s biggest iron-ore producer. Felipe Reis, an analyst for Banco Santander SA (ADR: STD), yesterday (Monday) slashed his ...
The Chinese maker of solar wafers said it expects fiscal-year revenue of $2.9 billion to $3.1 billion.
The denouement of Jerry Yang’s tenure as CEO of Yahoo Inc. comes with the realization that the Internet company will likely be sold to Microsoft (or another competitor) as Mr. Yang retreats to the background, no longer chief executive officer, just “Chief Yahoo.” And it illustrates the difficulty that company founders have in steering a company through a stage that is entirely...
Filed under: Major movement, Forecasts, Good news, Products and services, Cisco Systems (CSCO), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), TechnologyShares of tech giant Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) are getting a nice lift today after the company surprised Wall Street by lifting its fourth quarter estimates this morning.Before today's announcement, analysts had been expecting the company show earnings of $1.00 a sh...