1 hour ago

Smithfields Foods

My story on SFD is here. http://wallstreetexa​miner.com/blogs/wint​er/?p=1786  

4 hours ago

This is good news.. isn't it?

CHK Chairman and CEO Aubrey McClendon purchased 750,000 shares of his company at a price of $57.25 a share on July 15, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The market value of the purchased shares was about $43 million.. Ok,...  

6 hours ago

Intuitive Surgical net income rises 67%

Stellar results for one of my favorite companies. Up 13.5% in the pre-market. Beyond the numbers, there isn't much surprise.. this company is consistently driving forward in a field where it has no competition. Robotic surgery is here to stay, as I plan t...  

6 hours ago

BTU with excellant report !!

Peabody Energy Corp said on Wednesday its second-quarter profit more than doubled, easily beating Wall Street forecasts, as soaring global demand drove prices higher. Net income was $233.4 million, or 86 cents per share, compared with $107.7 million, or ...  

6 hours ago

Waste Services - Being accumulated and consolidated

WSII is being accumulated and should be preparing to head higher. It has been in a period of consolidation for the last 4 years and based on technicals it looks like the time is nigh for it to start to advance. The stop loss is below $6 so the trade is ...  

21 hours ago

The difference between professional and popular vote

Analysts reaction to Apples reports was to lower the stocks' price by as much as 10% during beginning of trading.. So what happened that made Apple close at a mere -2.5%? I think a lot of private investors gobbled up the discount stock awaiting the rebou...  

Yesterday at 11:57 ET

Diageo (DEO)

If, like me, you enjoy a drink once in a while, you've probably sampled at least one of Diageo's product lines. The company owns a portfolio of premium brands including Guinness, Johnny Walker, Captain Morgan, Smirnoff, and Jose' Cuervo. They also own som...  

Jul 20 at 8:35 ET

Portfolio Recovery Associates: the post-it note thesis

Portfolio Recovery Associates (PRAA) is essentially in the business of buying discharged receivables, bad debt, for much less than its face value, then attempting to collect on that debt. Right now, in the teeth of the housing bubble collapse and the rece...  

Jul 20 at 12:46 ET

Naked shorting now improper?

I'd like some feedback on this WSJ.com snippet: "The federal crackdown on short selling is causing a scramble on Wall Street, with brokerage firms racing to implement new controls before the rules take effect on Monday. The unprecedented get-tough actio...  

Jul 20 at 12:26 ET

GRMN: risk and reward, in qualitative terms

Garmin (GRMN) has plummeted from over $120 a share in October to the low $40's, and currently trades at 12 times last year's earnings, while nearly 18% of the float is sold short. Either something is very wrong with this respected tech innovator, or the s...