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Which Stocks Look Ready to Sink and Surge with Earnings This Week? (DDD, MA, FB, LNKD, NFLX)

Posted by Max Magee at 9:39AM on April 30th

Stocks tend to be most volatile around earnings season, when a good or bad report can make or break it. However, a good or even great earnings report doesn’t necessarily translate into a huge pop for a stock.

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Which Stocks Look Ready to Pop and Drop with Earnings Next Week? (CAT, BRCM, FIO, POT, MA)

Posted by Max Magee at 12:12PM on January 25th

Stocks tend to be most volatile around earnings season, when a good or bad report can make or break it. However, a good or even great earnings report doesn’t necessarily translate into a huge pop for a stock.

During earnings season,…

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Put It in the Win Column (OPEN, MA, TRIP, TRLG, SXCI, END)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 7:13PM on May 2nd

While it was a mixed day on Wall Street, we’d put it in the win column for the bulls as stocks just remain resilient despite a much worse-than-expected ADP jobs report. Earnings were generally solid, but otherwise the market seemed…

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High Flyers Back in Favor (QCOM, CMG, MA, OTEX, NFLX, CREE, SFLY, GMCR, UFI)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 9:28PM on February 2nd

Stocks had a mixed day, but there were a lot of big individual movers. The one theme this earnings season is that investors have an increased appetite for risk, especially for former high flyers that have been left on the…

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Problem Areas Driving Sentiment (MA, OPEN, TAP, GRMN, NOR, CHSI)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:42PM on November 2nd

Some solid earnings, a decent ADP jobs report, and hopes Greece will never get to enact a popular vote on whether to accept a bailout led to a rebound in stocks today. Nonetheless, Europe, and for now Greece in particular,…

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A Lot of Stocks Getting Thrown Out with the Bathwater (MA, CLX, CMCSA, SFSF, CSGS)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:46PM on August 3rd

It was another topsy-turvy day on Wall Street, but in the end, stocks broke their long losing streak. Given that the market was in a very near-term oversold position after taking a pounding, the small gain isn’t exactly something to…

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Buffett Tells Congress To Act On Debt Ceiling…Now (GE, JNJ, KO, UPS, WFC, COST, MA, KFT, WMT, BRK.A, BRK.B)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 11:43AM on July 7th

Legendary investor Warren Buffett said on CNBC earlier today that Congress is messing with fire when it doesn’t need to on the issue of raising the U.S. debt limit. Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B), made the comments as congressional leaders…

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Berkshire Explains Fixed-Income Impairment Charge (BRK.A, XOM, COP, AXP, JNJ, MA, KO, WFC, BRK.B)

Posted by Jason Smith at 11:48AM on June 27th

On top of recent struggles that have seen shares of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) slide nearly 3% in the past month, the financial services conglomerate was hit with a $1.02 billion fourth-quarter impairment charge, nearly all of which was tied to…

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A Cheaper Way For Playing Alongside Berkshire Is Close To Disappearing (BRK.A, WSC, AXP, MA, MTB, USB, WFC, GS, BRK.B)

Posted by Jason Smith at 12:25PM on June 24th

Investors are likely to lose a cost-effective way of getting exposure to Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) when Wesco Financial (WSC) shareholders vote on Berkshire’s acquisition of the company today. Wesco, which has been run by Warren Buffett’s right-hand man Charlie Munger since…

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Back To Book? Berkshire Shares Flirting With Book Value (BRK.A, BK, MTB, USB, WFC, KO, JNJ, MA, BRK.B, PG)

Posted by Jason Smith at 11:54AM on June 16th

Earlier this year, Warren Buffett said his trigger finger was itchy to use some of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) massive cash hoard to make a big acquisition or two. Oddly enough, one company that would fit all the parameters Buffett typically…

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