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Alcoa's report is being seen as sign of a troubled earnings season. Analysts that were slow to cut EPS targets across the board may be the bigger worry.
There was little in Alcoa's earnings to dispel the notion that it could be a difficult earnings season for many companies -- especially the industrials.
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Sometimes a stock can be purchased that is attractive from both a value and momentum perspective. Here's an example.
Capital Ideas added additional shares of Alcoa Incorporated (NYSE: AA) to its Macro Plus Income model last week. Today, analysts at Deutsche Bank raised AA from a hold to a buy. Investors drove AA’s stock price up from its December 31st closing price of $15.39 to $15.80, according to Yahoo […]
The Department of Labor released their September Employment Situation Summary today. In the report they announced that the unemployment rate had remained unchanged during September and was still 9.6 percent. They also noted that private sector employment rose by 64,000. You can see the full report here. The U.S. Census […]
The Labor Department released their initial jobless claims for the week of October 2nd today (you can see the full report here). Claims decreased by 11,000, beating analysts’ expectations. This also reduced the 4-week moving average by 3,000. In more economic news, the Federal Reserve released their August 2010 Consumer […]
Visit Global Equity Analytics and Research Services (GEARS) on Covestor Disclaimer: The Covestor Earnings Surprise model owns ETM, SLAB, VECO) The earnings surprise pattern in fundamental data has a history. Over the past 15 years since filings began to appear on the Internet, we have observed many thousands of surprise […]
Earnings season got off to a great start today with the earnings announcement from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and CSX Corp (NYSE: CSX) making headlines. Both companies recorded an earnings surprise pattern in their fundamentals last quarter. The Earnings Surprise model owns Alcoa (NYSE: AA). The positive surprise pattern in the […]