Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced today that the recently released Intel® 6 series support chips, which have been highly anticipated for months now, were issued with a design issue that has now been fixed. In the world of business, there are mistakes--and then there are mistakes. …
How recent M&A actions have impacted stock prices (CMCSA, GE, VZ, TMRK, SLE)
January 27th, which fell to $20.20 on January 28th. CMCSA closed at $23.31 on January 27th, then fell to $22.84 on January 28th. In other MA news, Verizon
Raymond Stoudt's tech-focused Covestor model combines market leadership with technical analysis (CY, CSCO, SCHW)
*See important disclosures. In Raymond Stoudt's Innovative Companies Covestor model, the focus is on owning the stock of leading edge, unique companies, usually in the technology sector. Stoudt focuses on company analysis and technical data when choosing stocks for the model. He addressed this investment …
Mobile phone service wars cool down as financial results are announced (MMI, T, VZ, TMRK, NOK)
Motorola Mobility Holdings (NYSE: MMI) shares plummeted Thursday after an earnings announcement that slightly exceeded analysts' expectations, but also acknowledged some weakness in its smartphone business. MMI also forecasted a loss for quarter one 2010, which was not what analysts had anticipated. Investors took heed …
What Covestor managers are buying: SMTC (SMTX, MKSI)
*See important disclosures. Analytic Investment added electronics manufacturing services provider SMTC (NASDAQ: SMTX) to its Focus Value model last week. Focus Value is a model that attempts to take advantage of equity mispricing opportunities caused by market inefficiencies. Over the past few months, SMTX has …
What Covestor managers are buying: Offshore driller SeaDrill (BP, SDRL)
The benefits and drawbacks of offshore drilling have long been debated. But life after BP's (NYSE: BP) Deepwater Horizon oil spill not only brings in an even more heated debate, it also introduces new troubles for domestic offshore drillers in the form of an offshore …
This high dividend stock is Analytic Investment's top holding in the Dividend Covestor model (WTR)
*See important disclosures. Analytic Investment's Dividend model holds 50 dividend stocks at a time. The goal of the model, along with producing income from dividends, is to outperform the S&P 500 while creating a portfolio that is less volatile than the index. In its January …
Higher coffee prices hit Starbucks' bottom line; Green Mountain, Peet's also affected (SBUX, GMCR, PEET)
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) put an extra tremor in the steps of caffeine addicted investors this morning when it announced that it expected the rising cost of coffee to derail profits more than previously anticipated. This announcement followed an adjusted earnings forecast that came in below …
What Covestor managers are buying: Renasant and Lorillard (RNST, LO)
*See important disclosures Shares of Renasant (NASDAQ: RNST) were added to Andy Schornack's Financial Services model last week. In the model, Schornack uses a bottom-up approach while looking for companies with stable dividends. In November 2010, RNST was mentioned favorably in the article "The Smart …
Google and AOL plan for 2011 hiring, while Yahoo downsizes (GOOG, AOL, YHOO)
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) revealed some positive information on the company's 2011 employment front today. On the company's blog, Alan Eustace, the SVP of Engineering and Research states: I love Google because of our people. It's inspiring to be part of the team. And that's why …
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