May 17, 2012 -- Updated May 15, 2012 03:46 HKT
Paul Ebeling
Obama Banks on JPM
US President Barack Obama’s bank of choice, JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) JPMorgan Chase & Co. according to US President Obama, despite the bank’s recent $2-B trading, is “one of the best-managed banks there is” and called CEO Jamie Dimon “one of the smartest bankers there is.” And Mr. Obama’s Y 2011 financial disclosure form backed [...]
A Look at Fundamental vs. Technical Analysis
Technical analysis and fundamental analysis are the 2 main schools of thought on how to view the financial markets. Technical analysis looks at the price movement of the security and uses the data to predict its future price movements. Fundamental analysis looks at economic factors, aka fundamentals. Now, let us get into the details of [...]
Options Preview: Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM)
Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) NEM contracts saw interesting Call activity in the options market Tuesday. There were 6.7 Calls traded for each put contract yielding a 0.15 Put/Call ratio. Overall, 8,923 Put and 59,457 Call contracts exchanged hands on the day. Put/Call ratio is often used to measure investment sentiment, the ratio serves as a predictor of [...]
What Warren Buffett is Buying GM, VIA, BRK.A
Berkshire (NYSE:BRK-A & B) adds GM (NYSE:GM), Viacom (NASDAQ:VIA) positions in Q-1 INTC, WMT, PG, WFC, BK, CDCO Berkshire Hathaway added new positions in automaker General Motors and media conglomerate Viacom in the Q-1 and cut its stake in chipmaker Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) by 33%, the conglomerate said in a quarterly holdings statement on Tuesday. Berkshire [...]
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) MacBook Preview
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) planning thinner MacBook laptops INTC, HPQ, DELL, SSNLF Apple Inc. is preparing a new lineup of thinner MacBook laptops running on more powerful chips made by Intel Corp. (INTC). The MacBook Pro machines, to be unveiled at Apple’s annual developers conference starting 11 June, also will feature high-definition (H-D) screens like those on [...]
Options Update: The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS)
Update: The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) Options trade in Walt Disney Company resulted in establishing a new 90-day Call volume record; 40,095 Call contracts exchanged hands between the buyers and the sellers. A total of 10,940 Put and 40,095 Call contracts was traded posting a 0.27 Put/Call ratio on shares of DIS Investors use options [...]
Dean Foods (NYSE:DF) Shows Strength
Dean Foods (NYSE:DF) trading at 52 wk highs Company Profile: Dean Foods Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food and beverage company in the United States. It manufactures, markets, and distributes various branded and private label dairy case products, including half-and-half, sour and whipping cream, dairy coffee creamers, and ice cream mix; ice [...]
BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE:BHP) Shale Gas Write Down
BHP Billiton Ltd. will decide later this year on whether the slump in US Nat Gas prices will force a write down on its shale assets there, as it continues to switch its focus to developing liquids instead, a senior company executive said Monday. CHK The company has more than 1.6-M acres across Texas, Louisiana [...]
Wall St Summary and Premarket JPM, BAC, GM
S&P 500 (SPX) futures expiring in June rose 0.6 percent to 1,342 at 6:33 a.m. in New York. Contracts on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 65 points, or 0.5 percent, to 12,720. The S&P 500 slid to the lowest level since Feb. 2 yesterday as Greece struggled to form a new government amid growing [...]
Macau Casino Revenue to Jump LVS, WYNN, 1928
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS), Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN), SANDS CHINA LTD. (HKG:1928) Macau’s visitor arrivals in package tours surged by 51.1% Y-Y to 754,163 in March 2012, according to the figures released on Monday by the city’s Statistics and Census Bureau. The figure showed that visitor arrivals in package tours in March from Chinese [...]
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US President Barack Obama’s bank of choice, JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)
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