E-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) is slated to announce second quarter 2015 earnings results on Thursday, July 23, after market close. Several factors are expected to be included in Amazon’s earnings report, including Prime Day sales and an update on Amazon Web Services (AWS). As such, Wall Street analysts have been weighing in on Amazon…
The best bets are now being laid by bears. You’ve no doubt noticed gold’s recent tumble. Bullion prices have plunged through key support levels to reach five-year lows at the $1,100 level. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise. Money managers have been climbing aboard the short gold train for several weeks, breaking down speculative…
The US Treasury sold $25 billion of one-year T-bills at an interest rate of 33 bps yesterday, the highest since June 2010. It appears the short-end of the yield curve is increasingly pricing in ‘liftoff’ sooner rather than later (and the long-end is responding by rallying – lower in yield – as medium term growth expectations…
There are a number of great companies in the market today. By using the ModernGraham Valuation Model, I’ve selected five undervalued companies with a low beta reviewed by ModernGraham. A company’s beta indicates the correlation at which its price moves in relation to the market. A beta less than 1 indicates a company is less volatile than the…
As delighted as I am to see the NQ getting wrecked, I want to caution any bears out there (in case there are still any left besides me) that this drop is really just wiping the foam off the beer. We are falling back toward what is fairly strong support, pointed out below at the…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced its fiscal 2015 third quarter earnings report after market close on July 21. While the company grew revenue by 33%, put away $203 billion in cash, and expanded market share in nearly every product line, the tech giant still saw a run on its stock. Specifically, soon after releasing an upbeat…
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (TMO – Analyst Report) reported solid second-quarter 2015 financial results. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) in the quarter came in at $1.84, 6 cents ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate and higher than the year-ago quarter number by 6.9%. On a reported basis, second-quarter EPS of $1.27 showed a huge 84.1% surge year over…
Industrial tool maker Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW – Analyst Report) reported impressive results for second-quarter 2015. The company’s earnings came in at $1.30 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.28 as well as the year-ago tally of $1.21. Also, the bottom line scaled the higher end of Illinois Tool Works’ projected range of $1.22−$1.30 per share….
Let’s talk about what to watch out for this week…and where it may be leading!
TM Editors’ Note: This article discusses a microcap penny stock. Such stocks are very easily manipulated; do your own careful due diligence. The following interview of Managing Director Mark Papendieck of Orinoco Gold was conducted by Peter Epstein, CFA, MBA over the week ended July 20th. Orinoco Gold is an interesting gold junior with a soon-to-be-producing mine in the Brazilian State of Goias….
