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Food and Beverage Picks for 2013: Kellogg and PepsiCo
Saturday, January 5, 2013 - 2:19pm | 567Bank of America/Merrill Lynch's "2013 Food and Beverage Year Ahead" report came out this past week. The analyst was looking for stocks of well-positioned companies with products that are protected from consumer weakness or those with strong franchises in developing markets. Its top turnaround...
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Food and Beverage Picks for 2013: Coca-Cola and Mondelez
Friday, January 4, 2013 - 1:43pm | 535Bank of America/Merrill Lynch's "2013 Food and Beverage Year Ahead" report came out this week. The analyst was looking for stocks of well-positioned companies with products that are protected from consumer weakness or those with strong franchises in developing markets. Its top developing markets...
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Food and Beverage Picks for 2013: Constellation Brands and Kraft Foods
Friday, January 4, 2013 - 9:14am | 556Bank of America/Merrill Lynch's "2013 Food and Beverage Year Ahead" report is out. The analyst was looking for stocks of well-positioned companies with products that are protected from consumer weakness or those with strong franchises in developing markets. Among its top stocks picks for this...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 5
Saturday, November 3, 2012 - 10:05am | 878The focus this week naturally will be on the presidential election and the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. But on the earnings front, it is time for retailers to begin stepping into the spotlight. Here is a peak at what analysts expect to see from retailers for the period leading up to the holiday...
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Barron's Recap (9/29/12): Time to Buy Goldman
Monday, October 1, 2012 - 6:55am | 936This past weekend in Barron's online: why Goldman Sachs has held up better than its competitors, the prospects for Trinity Biotech, Steelcase and the Kraft Foods spinoff, and what it means to be a leader of philanthropic causes today. Cover Story "Built to Win" by Michael Santoli. In the...
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Hershey Earnings Preview: Solid EPS and Revenue Growth Expected
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 4:56pm | 512Hershey (NYSE: HSY), the iconic chocolate maker, is scheduled to report second-quarter 2012 results Thursday, July 26, before the U.S. markets open. Investors are hoping it can build on four-straight quarters of revenue increases. Expectations Analysts on average predict that Hershey will report...
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Medtronic, Snyder's-Lance and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 10:13am | 1074Insiders may buy shares of a company because they believe its stock price will move higher and want to profit from this anticipated rise. Sell-offs might provide an opportunity for insiders who have faith in a company to snatch up shares. Below are some stocks that have recently seen insider buying...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 30 (CMCSA, GM, KFT, V)
Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 9:02am | 1279Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) may have posted stellar results, but earnings season rolls on. Here is a quick day-by-day rundown of what analysts are expecting from some of this week's most prominent earnings reports. Monday Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) and Watson...
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Caterpillar, Discover Financial and Other Illinois Primary Stock Picks
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 6:42am | 1149Today, Illinois holds its Republican Primary, as the candidates hope to add to their delegate counts. Polls show a close race between frontrunners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. While the focus is on Illinois, let's have a look at the stocks of some of the many corporations headquartered in the...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 20
Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 10:46am | 1082The focus turns to earnings from retailers this week. Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) kicked things off last week. The former posted lower earnings per share in line with estimates, while the latter narrowly beat EPS expectations but revenues fell short. Here is a look...
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Kraft Foods and Whole Foods to Open Near 52-Week Highs
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 7:26am | 704The Dow closed up less than 1%, Nasdaq and S&P 500 more than 1%, yesterday, and plenty of stocks rose to new 52-week highs in the trading session. Among them were Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) and Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM), which reached multiyear highs of $38.82 and $78.29 per share,...
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Top Dividend Stocks of 2011
Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 3:07pm | 918Here's a quick look at nine of the best-performing stocks of the past year that also had dividend yields of 2% or more. Advance America, Cash Advance Centers (NYSE: AEA) shares ended the year almost 65% higher, despite a recent pullback from the 52-week high. The company recently completed the...
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Visa, Ross Stores and Five Other Stocks Worth a Look Now
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 2:15pm | 902The stocks of the following dividend-paying companies are trading more than 20% higher than six months ago and all are within shouting distance of their 52-week highs. B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS): The New Jersey-based maker of shelf-stable foods, such as Cream of Wheat and Joan of Arc brands,...
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Nine Food Stocks for a Hungry Portfolio
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 12:06pm | 932A hungry portfolio might find a pick-me-up in one or more of these food-related stocks, all of which have had some momentum in the past few months, if not longer. Breakfast General Mills (NYSE: GIS) is up more than 13% from a nine-month low in August, as well as up about 18% from a year ago. This...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of November 21
Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 10:57am | 1061For a holiday-shorted week, there will still be plenty for investors and analysts to mull over on the earnings front. Quarterly results from global tech company Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), farm and construction equipment maker Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) and food companies Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB...