Category Archive for ‘Mergers and Acquisitions’

October 24, 2011

Caterpillar (CAT), M&A Activity Fuel Rally

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Earnings, Market Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions, Daily Update

1:50pm (EST) When we left for break on Friday, we knew heading into the weekend the market would be vulnerable to any setbacks from this weekend’s summit between the European Union (EU) leaders. However, the good news is that while everyone knew nothing concrete would come from the meeting byRead more

September 12, 2011

Bears Push Support, Bulls Holding

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Commentary

1:50pm (EST) Futures were weak for much of last night and throughout the morning which lead to a lower open to start today’s session. Much of the weakness has been due to the water cooler talk of a pending default on Greece’s debt, although their Prime Minister stated his countryRead more

September 1, 2011

Streaking Bulls Face Scary September

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Economic News, Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Commentary

8:45am (EST) The bulls ended August with a win as they extended their streak to four straight sessions and 7-out-of-8 after saying goodbye to a nasty month. Wednesday’s action was strong at the open but the bull train lost some steam when news broke that AT&T’s (T, $28.48, down $1.14) planned merger with T-MobileRead more

August 15, 2011

Bulls Going for Hat trick

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Commentary, Daily Update

1:40pm (EST) The bulls are looking to extend their winning streak to three straight sessions and have a pretty good lead heading into the second half of trading. Futures were pointing towards a higher open this morning despite some disappointing economic data ahead of the bell. The Empire State ManufacturingRead more

June 20, 2011

Europe Fails to Agree on Greek Bailout

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Commentary, Daily Update

8:35am (EST) The bulls finally got the bears off their back after scoring their first weekly win in 7 weeks as the market gained just enough on Friday to end the losing streak. However, it must be noted that Tech finished the week in negative territory so it wasn’t a cleanRead more

June 15, 2011

Can Snap-Back Rally Be Trusted?

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Commentary

8:45am (EST) Well, we knew it was coming. After taking body blows for much of June, the bulls finally landed a haymaker on the bears as the market rallied over 1% on Tuesday. There was a mixture of good and not-so-good news which was found encouraging and already has Wall Street thinking “soft landing”Read more

May 10, 2011

Microsoft (MSFT) Buys Skype, eBay (EBAY) Up

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Commentary

9:00am (EST) The bulls passed a key test on Friday and Monday as they got wins on both days following yesterday’s pop. The market was flat for much of the morning session although commodities were rebounding following last week’s selloff. Oil, gold and silver all traded higher despite an earlyRead more

April 11, 2011

Level 3 (LVLT) Goes Global Crossing (GLBC)

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Financial Stocks, Daily Update, Market Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions

12:45pm (EST) The market is mixed as we head towards the second half of trading. The Dow is up 16 points to 12,396 while the S&P 500 is lower by a point to 1,327. The Nasdaq is down 7 points to 2,773. Tech has been weak as shares of AppleRead more

April 5, 2011

Texas Instruments (TXN) Acquiring National Semiconductor (NSM)

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Market Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions

9:00am (EST) We were hoping for a little more momentum on Monday following last week’s push to the top of resistance, but the market was choppy all day and stayed in a tight range to end mixed. The bulls were hoping Ben Bernanke would provide a spark but he wasRead more

March 21, 2011

M&A Activity Helps Bulls Push Resistance

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Commentary

1:00pm (EST) The bulls have continued last week’s late push on merger-and-acquisition (M&A) news which has helped push the major indexes back towards resistance. The market is off its session highs but only slightly despite some nasty housing numbers. Existing home sales for February came in at 4.88 million units,Read more

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