May 17, 2012 -- Updated May 15, 2012 21:27 HKT
Equities
Cie. Financiere Richemont SA (VX:CFR),(PK:CFRUY) beats, Asia leads Luxury
Cie. Financiere Richemont SA (VX:CFR),(PK:CFRUY) beats, Asia leads Luxury Cie. Financiere Richemont SA the 2nd largest luxury goods company, reported full-year profit that beat analysts’ estimates, as it sold more Cartier jewelry in Asia. Net income rose to 1.54-B Euros (US$1.96-B) in the 12 months through 31 March up from 1.09-B Euros a year earlier, [...]
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) Winners Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), GSV Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: GSVC)
Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) up on Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) increase MSFT, SVVC,SOCL, GSVC Zynga Inc. jumps every time Facebook Inc. makes a headline. Tuesday’s headline is that the soon-to-be-public social media company will raise its IPO range to 34-38/shr. Zynga’s popular games account for 15% of Facebook’s revenue, and that tie binds the 2 companies together in people’s [...]
Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) in Death Spiral
Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) downgraded, shares fall Chesapeake Energy Corp shares dropped 6.5% Tuesday following a credit rating downgrade and news that the Nat Gas producer will boost its borrowings to $4-B from the planned $3-B as it faces a liquidity crunch. The company, facing a funding shortfall of $9-B to $10-Bthis year, said on Friday [...]
Iron Ore Prices Outlook: BHP, RIO, Vale
China central bank on Saturday cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves, freeing an estimated CNY 400 billion for lending to head-off the risk of a sudden slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. Outside of this ASEAN and India have seen accelerating growth rates and Economist Shayne Heffernan of www.livetradingnews.com and [...]
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 [...]
Trade Alert: JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) An LTN Aristocrat Stock
Trade Alert: JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) An LTN Aristocrat Stock 16 May 2012 Profile: JPMorgan Chase & Co., a financial holding company, provides various financial services worldwide. The company’s Investment Bank segment provides investment banking products and services, including advising on corporate strategy and structure, capital raising in equity and debt markets, risk management, market-making [...]
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 [...]
Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX) Losing Ground in China
Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX) and TPG Capital are among Global firms being pass over as preferred investors in China, the World’s 2nd-biggest private equity market. Investments by Chinese firms rose to $7.8-B last year, exceeding for the first time the $7.4-B put in by US and other foreign funds, according to the Asian Venture Capital [...]
Solar Hot List GWBU, SPOW, WEST
Great Wall Builders Ltd (OTC:GWBU), Sky Power Solutions Corp (OTC:SPOW), Westinghouse Solar Inc (NASDAQ:WEST) The US residential Solar Market is expected to maintain strong growth for decades, here are 3 companies making news in that sector. Great Wall Builders Ltd (OTC:GWBU) This one has had a huge run and word is it is not over [...]
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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 …
The Hot List
Sky Power Solutions Corp (OTC:SPOW), INDOCAN RESOURCES INC (PINK:IDCN), JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)
Sky Power Solutions Corp (OTC:SPOW)
Looks way oversold this morning, there has been what appears to …






















