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Why Intel wants McAfee »

Why Intel wants McAfee

The chipmaker looks to bolster its mobile footing by acquiring the security software company.

Before Market Open – 18-Aug-2010 »

Before Market Open – 18-Aug-2010

Stocks rallied Tuesday with help from earnings and merger news. Here are some stocks in focus. 1. Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT): POT was up sharply in yesterday’s trading after rejecting a take-over bid from BHP Billiton Ltd (NYSE: BHP). The stock ended up more than 27% on hopes for a higher bid. 2. The PMI [...]

Before Market Open – 17-Aug-2010 »

Before Market Open – 17-Aug-2010

Stocks futures are up this morning ahead of some economical data and earnings reports. Here are some stocks that are in focus for this morning. 1. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT): Wal-Mart reported a 3.6 percent increase in second-quarter net income and raised its earnings guidance for the full year. Wal-Mart expansion into China, Brazil [...]

Cautious Investors causing the Dow and S&P to finish flat »

Cautious Investors causing the Dow and S&P to finish flat

Trading was very light today as investors are still cautions about buying stocks. The Dow and S&P 500 finished the session with almost no change. Last week decline has not convinced investors that companies shares are attractive. It seems that investors are not finding reasons to get excited about buying stocks. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NYSE: [...]

Before Market Open 16-Aug-2010 »

Before Market Open 16-Aug-2010

The stock market declined most of last week on worries that the economy is not recovering fast enough. Trading is expected to resume today with same worries still in the air. Some stocks we are watching and are in focus are down below. 1. ING Groep N.V. (AMS: INGA): ING, finished up more than 1% [...]

Before Market Open – 13-Aug-2010 »

Before Market Open – 13-Aug-2010

US stock index futures are down on Friday as investors awaited consumer sentiment and retail sales. Stocks declined in the previous 3 sessions on fears that economy is not recovering the way it should. Here are some stocks in focus for this morning. 1. J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP): JCP reported second quarter results [...]

Investing is the way to go »

Investing is the way to go

Buying shares in a diversified mutual fund, not picking individual stocks, is a safe way to begin investing.

Before Market Open – 12-Aug-2010 »

Before Market Open – 12-Aug-2010

After yesterday’s sell off, how would the stock market react? Here are some stock that are in focus for this morning. 1. ING Groep N.V. (AMS: INGA): ING, reported strong second-quarter net income that beat analysts’ estimates after its banking division swung to a profit yesterday. The stock ended lower with the broader market sell [...]

Sell off is unjustified – Stocks are extremely cheap »

Sell off is unjustified – Stocks are extremely cheap

Look, the government is making everything possible to make sure the economy is recovering. Today’s sell off in my opinion is unjustified. Just because the government said that the economy is recovering slower than what they thought it will, does not mean that the market is over priced and stocks are expensive. In fact I [...]

Before Market Open – 11-Aug-2010 »

Before Market Open – 11-Aug-2010

Stocks futures are down ahead of today’s market open as investors worldwide grew concerned about the health of the U.S. economy after the Federal Reserve said the recovery was slowing down. Below are some stocks that are in focus and on the move for today. 1. ING Groep N.V. (AMS: INGA): ING, the biggest Dutch [...]

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