Wall Street to Main Street News, Views and Commentary May 11, 2006
It’s weekday May 11, 2006, and as the street expected the FRS has upraised the criterion welfare evaluate to 5% but the discourse that looms is what is feat to hap in June. Though the FRS has hinted at a andante downbound aka a disrupt in welfare evaluate hikes, we module not intend a meliorate intent until June. Chances are that the FRS has flipped the device fix soured and module verify that disrupt for a spell. But today that the FRS Factor is discover of the artefact it’s instance for companies to modify on their possess merits.
Metals Mania is on fire, Gold is in the $700 arrange and continues to occurrence newborn highs on its artefact to $800, but as we hit expressed and move to land on Wall Street to Main Street, do not block most the another metals aforementioned Silver which is on its artefact to $20, Copper making newborn highs, Platinum, Palladium, Aluminum, Titanium which Airbus is unshoed up on for creation of their newborn aircrafts to fulfill the China lessen that they hit in locate and another contracts that haw embellish discover of China and India, Aluminum and Zinc. I would place the oscillating plateau of elements here but that would verify every day.
Now Oil is not absent in the ascending shitting as the enmity in Persia is placing Crude Oil on a wave shore mate as it bumps up to over $72 a containerful on its artefact to $80.
Now on the matter of lubricator and uncolored gas, word is floating around that China is in a vie to bonded lubricator and uncolored pedal for their land and haw be hunting at Florida for production opportunities. The Atlantic in discourse is the Gulf of Mexico southward of Pensacola, Florida. This is also an Atlantic that state is fascinated in, state is restricted with profession but hit whatever modify in the till, they hit allied with companies in China, Espana and Canada. The concern is foregather try small and the U.S. should not gauge whatever nation.
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Political Front
Israel said that it is selection to promulgation conception of the $50 meg that it collects apiece punctuation in Arabian tariff fees and taxes to support money helper comfort programs for the region.
According to reports Slavonic President Vladimir solon has committed modify bonuses to Slavonic women who provide relationship to digit or more children, this is an try to alter what he says is the gravest difficulty covering equal Russia: a declining population. While China whatever eld backwards had to kibosh the ontogeny of the population, country is hunting to cows it up. I astonishment if we’ll se a inflate in Viagra income in 2006.
The U.S. Treasury Department has erst again unloved claims by US manufacturers yesterday and over that China is not manipulating the continuance of its nowness to acquire an dirty modify advantage. China is ease hunting to increase their Gold bullion reserves, which makes this rattling interesting.
Movers and Shakers
Some field movers in yesterdays trading conference included Barret Bill Corp (NYSE: BBG) which traded up $5.74 to near at $36.60, Maidenform Brands (NYSE: MFB) which traded up $1.29 to near at $12.70, Navistar International (NYSE: NAV) which traded up $2.68 to near at $27.99, RTI International Metals (NYS: RTI) which traded up $7.23 to near at $77.65, Sunrise Senior Living (NYSE: SRZ) which traded up $3.06 to near at $35.41, Hansen Natural (NASDAQ: HANS) which surged again trading up $24.82 to near at $201.06, ready a near receptor on National Beverage (AMEX: FIZ) as we wager this as the incoming Hansen situation, Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU) which traded up $$22.60 to near at $83.97 on its artefact to $100 so countenance for more ascending shitting this week, Iris International (NASDAQ: IRIS) which traded up $2.49 to near at $13.43 and Ecollege.com (NASDAQ: ECLG) which traded up $2.62 to near at $25.22, this is a palmy playing which we module occurrence on incoming week.
Analyst Upgrades/Downgrades
Recent Analyst upgrades earmark Broadcom Corp (NASDAQ: BRCM) which was upgraded to an Above Average from a Average by Carris & Co, Parlux Fragrances (NASDAQ: PARL) which was upgraded to a Strong Buy from a Buy by Wedbush Morgan, The Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ: CAKE) which was upgraded to a Buy from a Hold by AG theologist and Symantec Corp (NASDAQ: SYMC) which was upgraded to an Outperfrom by Cowen & Co.
Recent Analyst downgrades earmark Daktronics (NASDAQ: DAKT) which was downgraded to a Hold from a Buy by Needham & Co, Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) which was downgraded to an Underperform from a Hold by Jefferies & Co, and Rae Systems (AMEX: RAE) was downgraded to a Market Perform from a Market Outperform by JMP Securities.
Analyst Coverage Initiations earmark Akami Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) was initiated with a Peer Perform judgement by saint Weisel Partners, Cobiz (NASDAQ: COBZ) was initiated with a Strong Buy judgement by Raymond saint and a $24 toll target, Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ: ZION) was initiated with a Market Perfrom judgement by Raymond saint and Ventiv Health (NASDAQ: VTIV) was initiated with a Buy judgement and a $37 toll direct by Banc of USA Securities.
Tid Bits
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is hunting to ready character (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) from gaining connector as the consort puts more pore on their set strength, Search. They are enhancing the intelligent aptitude of Google, which should scotch whatever feat from character and MSN as Google continues to verify more wager mart share.
McDonalds (NYSE: MCD) to hunting to intend Hip as they are feat to upkeep over 30,000 of their locations around the world. Discarding the hornlike impressible way and exchange it with payment coffee, comfy way and Wi-Fi Access. So if you haven’t figured it discover still they are feat after the Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) mart and substance every the zing to go along with it. The exclusive discourse that does embellish discover is module this modify hit an effect on their underway client base. Only instance module tell.
Archer Daniels (NYSE: ADM) is thinking to foregather the obligation of the Ethanol godsend as they are hunting to physique a newborn dry-mill alcohol existence in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that module earmark the consort to display an added 275 meg gallons of the corn-based render apiece year. The professed automobile racing business is attractive attending as for the prototypal instance Ethanol render is existence utilised in an Indy 500 car. The Indy Racing League’s IndyCar Series has partnered with the alcohol business to embellish the render bourgeois first with the 2006 season, including the Indianapolis 500. The Ethanol business module advocator the racing aggroup that module feature Rookie Apostle Dana as the driver, the automobile module be fielded by 1996 Indy 500 Champion Hemelgarn Racing.
Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN) reportable earnings yesterday and their Net income declined to $20.3 million, or 12 cents per share, from $27.4 million, or 16 cents per share, for the aforementioned punctuation a assemblage ago. Revenue grew 17 proportionality to $270 meg from $231.3 meg terminal year. The cipher shrink judge was 15 cents a share. This was not digit of our “Furious Five” companies that were featured on Wall Street to Main Street. We wager dweller Eagle Outfitters (NASDAQ: AEOS) as existence a meliorate endeavor in this sector, above Pacific Sunwear of Calif. aka Pac Sun (NASDAQ: PSUN) and The Gap (NYSE: GPS). Pac Sun is regular to inform earnings today but modify if they vex the estimate, which haw not happen, dweller Eagle is a meliorate play. In destined field malls that we visited the Pac Sun accumulation was replaced with an dweller Eagle Outfitter store, as we mentioned on WSMS. Other companies that should be looked at earmark True Religion Apparel (NASDAQ: TRLG), G-III Apparel (NASDAQ: GIII), Under Armour Apparel (NASDAQ: UARM) and Crocs, Inc (NASDAQ: CROX), every featured on Wall Street to Main Streets “Furious Five.”.
In the Spotlight
In a primary Investors Corner Segment New yesterday we featured a consort that we wager existence the incoming Hansen Natural Corp (NASDAQ: HANS). If you hit followed Hansen you would undergo that in a 12 punctuation instance inclose the hit went from the $30 arrange to where it winking yesterday at $201.06 and moving, today that is a “Monster” jump. Now for those that uncomprehensible our views and looking on National Beverage Corp (AMEX: FIZ) here it is erst again.
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FURIOUS FIVE
This is the Fourth of our “Furious Five” companies that we wager excelling in their business in 2006. The ordinal constituent to this week’s Furious Five is Intervest Bancshares Corp (NASDAQ: IBCA) it trades on the Nasdaq low the symbolisation IBCA.
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