DailyMarkets.com - Bear Of The Day: Companhia Siderurgica Nacional

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• Bear Of The Day: Companhia Siderurgica Nacional
• Aggressive Growth Stock: Penn National Gaming
• Momentum Stock: Tata Motors Ltd.
• Bull Of The Day: ManpowerGroup (MAN)
• Growth & Income Stock: Badger Meter, Inc.
• Gold Strength Unlikely To Prove Lasting As Markets Rethink QE3 Bets
• Gender-Wage Gap = Gender-Hours Gap
• Harvard Challenges Academic Publishing Cartel
• Apple Reports 2Q2012 Results
• Cross-Market Currents After April 25 Fed Day

Bear Of The Day: Companhia Siderurgica Nacional Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:03 PM PDT Brazilian steel company Companhia Siderurgica Nacional, or CSN (NYSE:SID) posted satisfactory fourth quarter results with EPADR of roughly 31 cents per share, much above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 20 cents per share. Despite a few positives, there are a few irrefutable downsides pertaining to the stock of the company at present. These downsides include rising costs of goods sold, presence of serious competition and foreign market fluctuations, which are adversely affecting sales of the … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Aggressive Growth Stock: Penn National Gaming Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:03 PM PDT Penn National Gaming (PENN) sees higher estimates following several beats making the stock a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy). Company Description Penn National Gaming owns and manages gaming and pari-mutuel properties. The company is involved in hotel, dining, retail, admissions, program sales, concessions and racing operations. As of February 2, 2012, it had interests in 25 facilities in 18 jurisdictions. Penn National’s facilities featured approximately 27,700 gaming machines, approximately 600 … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Momentum Stock: Tata Motors Ltd. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:03 PM PDT Tata Motors (TTM) They may have a funny name, but they are a serious  company.  Watching the Q2 earnings season unfold, there is strength coming from transportation.  Here in the U.S., car and truck manufacturers, retailers and even shipping companies are delivering strong results on average. Tata Motors is a slightly different company when compared to the typical US automaker.  With roots going all the way back to 1868, they are well known in India for producing no-frills … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Bull Of The Day: ManpowerGroup (MAN) Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:03 PM PDT ManpowerGroup’s (NYSE:MAN) first-quarter 2012 earnings of $0.50 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.35, and grew 16.3% from the year-ago quarter on the back of revenue growth with Asia-Pacific Middle East segment portraying robust performance. Better expense control also provided cushion to the bottom-line. Manpower also witnessed a surge in permanent recruitment business, and its workforce solutions business sustained its growth momentum. The demand for the counter-cyclical … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Growth & Income Stock: Badger Meter, Inc. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:03 PM PDT Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE:BMI) delivered strong first quarter results on April 18, prompting analysts to revise their estimates significantly higher for both 2012 and 2013. This sent the stock to a Zacks #2 Rank (Buy). Analysts believe that demand for Badger Meter’s products has turned a corner, and this should drive strong growth over the next few years. In addition, the company has been steadily increasing its dividend. It currently yields a solid 1.7%. Company Description Badger Meter … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Gold Strength Unlikely To Prove Lasting As Markets Rethink QE3 Bets Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:26 PM PDT Talking Points Crude Oil, Copper Rise as Fed Upgrades US Economic Growth Outlook Gold and Silver Rebound Unlikely to Last as QE3 Hopes Fade Anew Commodity prices are pushing broadly higher as the impact of yesterday's FOMC monetary policy announcement continues to be digested across financial markets. The run-up in crude oil and copper makes sense considering the Federal Reserve upgraded its outlook on growth and employment, meaning the ability of a stronger recovery in the US to offset … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Gender-Wage Gap = Gender-Hours Gap Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:39 PM PDT Manhattan Institute fellow Kay Hymowitz in today’s WSJ: “Most people have heard that full-time working American women earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. Yet these numbers don’t take into account the actual number of hours worked. And it turns out that women work fewer hours than men. According to the Labor Department, almost 55% of workers logging more than 35 hours a week are men. In 2007, 25% of men working full-time jobs had workweeks of 41 or more hours, compared with 14% … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Harvard Challenges Academic Publishing Cartel Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:22 PM PDT The Guardian — “Exasperated by rising subscription costs charged by academic publishers, Harvard University has encouraged its faculty members to make their research freely available through open access journals and to resign from publications that keep articles behind paywalls. A memo from Harvard Library to 2,100 teaching and research staff called for action after warning it could no longer afford the price hikes imposed by many large journal publishers, which bill the library $3.75m a … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Apple Reports 2Q2012 Results Posted: 25 Apr 2012 07:19 PM PDT … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Cross-Market Currents After April 25 Fed Day Posted: 25 Apr 2012 07:16 PM PDT Wednesday's Federal Reserve announcement and Press Conference shook the cross-market landscape in a somewhat expected pattern. Let's take a look at the intraday 'spiky' movements and then assess the broader Daily Chart levels in the S&P 500, Oil, Gold, and the US Dollar Index. Here's the inter-connected intraday picture: (Click for full-size image) We're seeing a quad-chart view of three "Risk-On" markets (S&P 500, Gold, and Crude Oil futures contracts) and one … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

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