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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of May 12: Wal-Mart, Deere, Cisco And More
Sunday, May 11, 2014 - 4:26pm | 870Most of the S&P 500 have already posted their first-quarter results. This week, big retailers begin to share their earnings reports. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), the big daddy of retailers, steps onto the earnings stage Thursday. Macy's (NYSE: M) and J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) are also scheduled to...
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Barron's Recap: Sunny Skies For Home Depot
Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 10:44am | 880This weekend in Barron's online: why it is time to buy Home Depot, the 100 best financial advisors in the United States, as well as the prospects for Raytheon, Sarepta, ClubCorp and more. Cover Story "Sunny Skies Over Home Depot" by Avi Salzman. As the housing market revives, shares of Home...
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Market Wrap For March 18: Markets Positive Despite Crimea Concerns
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 4:35pm | 2079U.S. stocks extended Monday's gains despite lingering concerns over Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized a draft treaty for Crimea to join Russia. U.S. economic data showed that housing starts in February remain healthy with modest gains. The Dow gained 0.55 percent,...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of February 10: AIG, Cisco, Deere, PepsiCo And More
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 7:33am | 990The earnings season is winding down. Most of the S&P 500 have reported fourth-quarter results, and the good news is that earnings beats have outnumbered earnings misses. Here is a quick rundown of what analysts expect from some of this week's most prominent quarterly reports. America Movil...
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Barron's Recap: Great Income Investments For 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 7:27am | 830This weekend in Barron's online: the best and worst income investments for the year ahead, and the prospects for Cisco Systems, Magna International, Titan International and more. Cover Story "Where to Find Yield" by Andrew Bary. This week's cover story in Barron's takes a look at some of the...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of November 11: Walmart And Other Retailers
Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 1:45pm | 1046Here is a preview of what earnings to expect for the week starting November 11. While Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) and Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB) are expected to post earnings growth when they report quarterly results this week, the focus really will be on retailers like...
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Short Sellers Pile On Applied Materials and STMicroelectronics (AMAT, MU, STM)
Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 3:53pm | 929Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) saw the most significant rises in short interest between the September 30 and October 15 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Advanced Micro...
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Network Security Stocks May Exceed Expectations (CHKP, FTNT, PANW)
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 3:50pm | 838In a new research report, Jefferies has singled out Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP), Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) and Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) as top network security software companies that are doing just fine, even as some other technology companies have struggled of late. In...
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Barron's Recap: The Best and Worst States
Saturday, October 12, 2013 - 1:14pm | 876This weekend in Barron's online: Barron's yearly ranking of the best and worst states, as well as the prospects for Kulicke & Soffa, Coeur Mining, Spirit Realty, Sears and more. Cover Story "Munis on the Mend" by Andrew Bary. While there still may be problems in the municipal-bond market,...
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CFO Frank Calderoni Talks Cisco Systems' Future And Global Outlook (CSCO)
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 11:13am | 333Executive Vice President and CFO of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) Frank Calderoni talked about the tech company's future growth and global outlook on CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday morning. Calderoni stated that Cisco has a good view due to their outreach on a global basis, with partners around the...
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Ciena, Cisco And Others Poised To Cash In On The Big Data Boom
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 12:17pm | 797Analysts at Deutsche Bank say they believe that networking leaders Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) are well positioned to benefit from the increase in IT spending for data centers forecast at the recent VMworld 2013 conference. Below we take a...
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Red Hat And Other Software Stocks That May Beat Revenue Estimates (RHT)
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 1:28pm | 861Analysts at Lazard believe software makers Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS), NetSuite (NYSE: N) and Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) are well positioned to benefit from strong government spending in the current quarter and possibly to the end of the year. That should help them exceed consensus revenue estimates...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of August 12
Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 1:01pm | 889After a quiet start to the week on the earnings front, the big retailers begin to share their second-quarter results. First up, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), Macy's (NYSE: M), Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS). More big retailers are on deck the following week. This week's highlights also...
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Four Communications Equipment Companies Oppenheimer Likes
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 2:17pm | 829Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) were among the communications equipment makers recommended in a recent research report from the Institutional Portfolio analysts at Oppenheimer. The analysts see these companies as poised...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of August 5
Sunday, August 4, 2013 - 4:19pm | 1059The earnings season is beginning to wind down, and much of the focus this week will turn to central bank meetings and economic data from China and the United States. But, there are still plenty of earnings reports on the schedule this week, including those from Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Time...