Category Archive for ‘Daily Update’

April 29, 2008

Ford Continues to Rise

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Daily Update

Ford Motor’s (F, $8.21, up $0.71) stock has been active over the past few trading sessions after better-than-expected earnings and news that billionaire Kirk Kerkorian will expand his stake in Ford to 5.6%. Last Thursday, Ford Motor said it recorded a $100 million profit which pushed the stock up 12%Read more

April 28, 2008

Tax-Refund Plays

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Daily Update

Refund checks hit consumers bank accounts today and here a few stocks that could trade higher over the next few weeks. Of course, there’s no guarantee that these stocks will trade higher but if consumers do decide to spend their rebates here’s where they may go: Best Buy (BBY, $45.32,Read more

April 28, 2008

Deal or No Deal?

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Yahoo / Microsoft, Daily Update, Google

The weekend has come and gone without a deal getting done between Microsoft (MSFT, $29.83) and Yahoo (YHOO, $26.80). Microsoft had given Yahoo’s board of directors until Saturday to agree to its proposal or face a the possibility of a tender offer and proxy battle. Although Microsoft hasn’t revealed itsRead more

April 28, 2008

Monday's Happenings

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Daily Update

MasterCard (MA, $237.39) and Visa (V, $75.10) report earnings this morning. Both of these companies had huge IPO’s. MasterCard become public two years ago at $40 and is up six-fold since its debut. Visa went public March 19th and closed at $56.50 on its first day of trading. In early-morningRead more

April 25, 2008

Tick-Tock Tick-Tock

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Daily Update, Yahoo / Microsoft

April 25, 2008

Microsoft Disappoints, Share Fall

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Yahoo / Microsoft, Daily Update

10:00AM Microsoft (MSFT, $29.95, down $1.85) dropped the ball on its latest earnings report and the stock is taking a hit. Shares are currently trading below $30 after the company reported that earnings per share fell from $0.50 to $0.47 on revenue of $14.45 billion. The numbers were slightly higherRead more

April 24, 2008

Microsoft Up Before Earnings

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Daily Update, Yahoo / Microsoft

3:15PM Microsoft (MSFT, $32.00, up $0.55) is up ahead of earnings today. I wanted to stress the importance on what keeping a position open means going into earnings. The stock is up about 5% for the week and everybody is expecting Microsoft to report a strong quarter. If youRead more

April 24, 2008

Chipotle Earnings Review

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings

11:15AM Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG, $102.95, down $6.95) reported higher-than-expected profits for the quarter yesterday as new restaurant openings fueled higher sales. Income was $17.3 million/ $0.52 a share, up from $12.4 million/ $0.38 a share from Q107. Revenue came in at $305.3 million, up from $235.5 million. Wall StreetRead more

April 24, 2008

Thursday's Earnings Watch

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings

6:00AM Altria Group (MO, $22.30, up $0.25). The company spun-off Philip Morris (PM, $52.00, up $1.93) last month so this will be its first quarterly report without the tobacco business. The move was designed to separate the fast-growing international business from all the litigation and headaches associated with the tobaccoRead more

April 23, 2008

Quick Hits

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Daily Update, Earnings

Yahoo (YHOO, $28.54, down$0.01) posted better-than-expected earnings last night but the numbers fell short in what investors were hoping would be a blowout quarter. The company reported 1Q profits of $542 million, or $0.37 a share. The earnings were only a couple of pennies higher than what Wall Street hadRead more

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