Airlines routinely overbook flights, recognizing the statistical likelihood that a certain percentage of booked passengers won’t show. But when it appears that a particular flight will have too many folks ready to board with bags in tow, the airline has to get generous with one of two methods: a pre-emptive offer […]
Morgan Stanley and BMO analysts downgraded several grocery stocks today, causing their stock values to recede substantially. Morgan Stanley downgraded both SUPERVALU INC (NYSE: SVU) and Safeway Inc (NYSE: SWY), while BMO downgraded Whole Foods Market Inc (NASDAQ: WFMI). Losses in the sector weren’t restricted to just those downgraded positions. […]
James Hofmann added shares of AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) to his Dividend Plus model on December 28th. Hofmann’s model “invests in equities with a stable dividend and above average yield using a value-based philosophy.” T now has a dividend yield of 5.76% (per Google Finance, as of market close 1/4/11). […]
Allowing emotions to play a role in investing causes some of the classic investor mistakes, including buying high and selling low, chasing trends that are on the downswing in popularity and improper diversification. And, as Bryan Keller illustrates in his September 28, 2008 article for Seeking Alpha, The Cost of […]
Programmer Zach Beane produced this remarkable interactive graphic to show movie box office receipts for 2010 – click through to view, then scroll to the right to catch the full year: The height of each movie shows weekly box office revenue, and the width shows its longevity. New colors were […]
CNN Money’s art director Bard Edlund put the 2010 performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average to music. Click through to experience:
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 big news today was the Institute for Supply Management’s December 2010 Manufacturing Report. The report shows PMI rising to 57, up .4 percent from November’s 56.6. This didn’t quite beat analysts’ expectations of a PMI of 57.3, but it does show economic growth thanks to increases in new orders, […]
In their Suncoast Equity model, Suncoast Equity Management uses its SEM-DIS (Suncoast Equity Management-Disciplined Investment System) method to help pick appropriate holdings. The SEM-DIS system is based on the same investment principles utilized by Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham. Suncoast Equity focuses on choosing businesses rather than stock picking. A […]
Agata Oleksiak, at 3am one night a couple weeks ago, did a rogue crochet job on the Wall Street bull. Here’s the video: OLEK AND THE CHARGING BULL ON WALL STREET from olek on Vimeo.
NYT’s DealBook broke the story: Goldman Invests in Facebook at $50 Billion Valuation Data: Google Finance 1/3/11 premarket, as of 12/31/10 price and shares outstanding Dan Frommer, BI: “Goldman Sachs got a little extra: It’s now in the driver’s seat to eventually take Facebook public. Beyond whatever it makes on […]
In the Performance with Protection model, manager Leif Eriksen takes a top-down, fundamental approach and generally favors large and mid cap companies. He recently bought the natural gas ETF (UNG), an interesting choice given nat gas’s underperformance in 2010. While most commodities showed considerable strength over the past twelve months […]