Tuesday, March 27, 2012

DailyMarkets.com - Crude Oil, Metals Looking For Fed Stimulus Hopes To Extend Gains

DailyMarkets.com - Crude Oil, Metals Looking For Fed Stimulus Hopes To Extend Gains

Crude Oil, Metals Looking For Fed Stimulus Hopes To Extend Gains

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 01:05 AM PDT

Talking Points

Crude Oil and Copper Look to US Data, Fed Comments to Extend Advance
Gold and Silver May Reverse Lower if QE3 Expectations Appear Overdone

Commodity prices rose yesterday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said accommodative monetary policy was needed to stoke improvement in the labor market, which the markets interpreted to signal that a third round of quantitative easing (QE3) was still in the cards. A lackluster set of US economic data offered a fitting backdrop for … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Bank Of Israel Keeps Interest Rate On Hold At 2.50%

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 12:38 AM PDT

The Bank of Israel kept its benchmark interest on hold at 2.50%.  The Bank said “The decision to leave the interest rate for April 2012 unchanged at 2.5 percent is consistent with an interest rate policy that is intended to entrench the inflation rate within the price stability target of 1–3 percent a year over the next twelve months, and to support growth while maintaining financial stability. The path of the interest rate in the future depends on developments in the inflation … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Bear Of The Day: Dril-Quip, Inc. (DRQ)

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PDT

We are downgrading our recommendation on Dril-Quip, Inc. (NYSE:DRQ) to Underperform from Neutral. The company remains exposed to the highly volatile oil and gas sector fundamentals.
We remain concerned about company-specific risks, which include new product growth challenges and potential backlog losses. Additionally, delays in deepwater infrastructure awards may also hinder the growth prospect of Dril-Quip.
The company has also exhibited restricted growth in the past few quarters and we remain … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Momentum Stock: Anheuser-Busch InBev

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PDT

Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD)
After pounding a couple pints of your favorite beer, the stresses of modern day society may seem just a little bit less severe.  Based on Anheuser-Busch InBev's most recent earnings report and outlook, it seems that the world might be doing just that. It's also the choice of much of the middle class and beer is, after all, the original social network.  (That's what Anheuser-Busch InBev claims anyway).
According to the Beer Institute, (yes there is such … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Growth & Income Stock: Fred's, Inc.

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PDT

Fred’s, Inc. (NASDAQ:FRED) delivered better than expected fourth quarter results and provided bullish guidance for 2012 on March 21.
This prompted analysts to revise their estimates higher for both 2012 and 2013, sending the stock to a Zacks #2 Rank (Buy).
On top of strong earnings growth, Fred’s offers investors a dividend that yields a solid 1.6%. And valuation looks attractive with shares trading well below the industry median on both a price to earnings and price to book value basis.
Company … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Bull Of The Day: The Kroger Company (KR)

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PDT

We upgraded our recommendation on The Kroger Company (NYSE:KR) to Outperform following the company’s fourth-quarter 2011 results. The quarterly earnings of $0.50 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny, and rose 8.7% from the prior-year quarter. Total revenue climbed 7.7% during the quarter. Kroger now expects fiscal 2012 earnings between $2.28 and $2.38 per share and forecasts identical supermarket sales (sans fuel) growth of 3% to 3.5%.
We believe that a dominant position among … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Aggressive Growth Stock: Fisher Communications

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PDT

Fisher Communications (FSCI) is a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) after making a sustained move into profitability. Strong EPS beats and higher estimates make this stock attractive to aggressive growth investors.
Company Description
Fisher Communications, Inc., an integrated media company, through its subsidiaries, engages in television and radio broadcasting businesses. The company owns and operates network-affiliated television stations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and and California. In … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Cheap Nat Gas Brings Manufacturing Back To U.S.

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 08:34 PM PDT

U.S. has cheapest nat. gas in the world, making us a low-cost location for energy-intensive manufacturing.

From the WSJ article “Steel Finds Sweet Spot in the Shale”:

“Low natural-gas prices represent a competitive advantage across the U.S. manufacturing base. The price of natural gas is $11.35 per million BTUs in northwest Europe and $15.9 in Japan, according to researcher Platts, compared with U.S. levels of $2.27 (see chart above).

“Companies that had left the U.S. in sectors like … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

VIX Index Falls To Lowest Level Since Mid- 2007

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 06:28 PM PDT

According to Freakonomics blogger and Yale professor Ian Ayres:

“One of the most important but under-reported financial indicators is the CBOE's Volatility Index (^VIX), which measures the market's expectation of future volatility in stock prices (over the next 30 days). (The CBOE has written a nice technical white paper describing how it is calculated, here.) When it drops below 30 percent, it will be a strong indication that the market correction is complete and we're back to business … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

The Right Place, The Right Price And The Right Time For Undervalued Uranium

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 06:26 PM PDT

Uranium is Undervalued
Gold Stock Trades (GST) has been in the vanguard in affirming that uranium stocks are undervalued.  They had been pummeled unfairly.  Using a boxing metaphor, when Fukushima was sending them to the mat they should've been down for the count.  Instead, GST refused to succumb to the uppercuts of pessimism that were battering even the champions in the sector.
When it was not fashionable to advocate uranium miners, GST recognized that nuclear power remains … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

BPP@MIT Annual Inflation Lowest In 2 Years: 2.2%

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 05:29 PM PDT

The Billion Prices Project @ MIT just released daily online price index data through March 6, and annual inflation rates for the last two years are displayed in the chart above.  According to this real-time information of major inflation trends in the U.S., inflationary pressures have been subsiding for the last six months, and the current annualized inflation rate of about 2.2% through early March is the lowest rate in at least two years.  That’s almost a full percent below the 3% … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards
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