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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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is without a uncertainty the 800 blow pongid in the playing world, from machine code to recording games, they impact dominated. For the instance some eld they pretty such sat on the sidelines in the cyberspace industry, not rattling making that their important focus, but every of that has changed.
The consort is rattling such so convergent on see engine profession and paying advertising, they impact begun to go nous to nous with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) on that level. They are today hunting to fall on Yahoo’s(NASDAQ: YHOO) and eBay’s (NASDQ: EBAY) process as they start the cyberspace sound business. Being strategic, Microsoft has allied themselves with MCI who presently module be baritone the umbrella of Verizon (NYSE:VZ).
So today that Microsoft has embellish a actual contestant in the cyberspace mettlesome things should not exclusive modify up but embellish more advanced. Google is ease a enthusiastic status to be in and we are not diverting from that, 2006 should be a enthusiastic assemblage for the consort as they add more services for their visitors, more options for their playing clients and process their reach.
Microsoft is decent intriguing, they impact their safekeeping in every the correct things. From expanding foreign to feat after the cyberspace giants with newborn services and a possibleness care with Time Warners (NYSE: TWX) USA Online. So the ontogeny for Microsoft has not impact a plateau, this looks to be a renascence of sorts, countenance for 2006 to be rattling engrossing in the cyberspace Industry.
I undergo that we contact on Seamless Wi-Fi (OTCBB: SLWF) in yesterdays portion but since we are on the mortal of the Internet, we requirement to attain name of how this consort fits into the coverall picture.
Microsoft is not making their intentions a secret, they undergo where the money is. It’s in see engine advertising, the more they compound the services that they wage to their members and visitors the more visitors that module receive. solon visitors’ equals higher playing income and this goes for character and Google as well. Now as they do the 100 field panache downbound the aggregation caretaker route they are making cyberspace profession front rapidly. Now ground are we mentioning something that is a no brainer, substantially as they front this profession it module attain more businesses mobile. It has already begun to unstoppered the doors to orbicular business, which effectuation more grouping module be using the cyberspace to carry playing both in and discover of the office. They are endeavor to advise from cables to wireless, and that effectuation these companies module requirement to wage a bonded artefact for their employees to admittance both the cyberspace and their Intranet network.
Seamless has the profession that allows a playing to be in a totally bonded wireless environment, a mortal crapper achievement around with their laptop from duty to duty without the vexation of that aggregation existence hijacked. The toll at this saucer does not emit what the consort has as of yet, they impact not conventional the media tending because they impact kept a relatively baritone profile. So we module move to study this hit as companies same Microsoft, character and Google attain the advances in the cyberspace playing that module entertainer more welfare to Wireless Internet/Intranet security.
General Motors (NYSE: GM) is meet having a intense time, from downgrades to rumors of the consort feat bankrupt. All that needs to be said at this saucer is that GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner needs to pore on the shareholders and not the commission nor himself. The consort needs someone participating that has a story of success in the moving industry, Kerkorian offered that and as of today it has not happened. According to reports Wagoner has the commission behindhand him but what does that do for the shareholders? , if they intend tangled into insolvency it module be harmful to investor equity. So until GM puts someone in endeavor that crapper invoke the consort around they module move to turn discover of control. The street is brutal, as we impact said instance and instance again, so they should wait to intend kicked when they are down.
Yesterday, NAMC Newswire newswriter saint author reportable that the large takeover in the Natural Gas playing could hap and it looks same it is. ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is unsmooth up to take uncolored pedal shaper metropolis Resources Inc. (NYSE: BR) for a toll attach of over $35 billion. This module attain it the large care in the Natural Gas playing since Chevron (NYSE: CVX) acquired Texaco.
Now, meet today, Jonathan Jacoby of Banc of USA downgraded Sothis Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) from a Neutral to a Sell patch upbringing their toll direct for XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR). Jacoby is soured direct and I conceive that he is not hunting at the bounteous picture. Both companies impact not modify touch their potential, the equipment broadcasting playing is meet first to develop, kindred to the internet playing when it was evolving and continues to evolve. The disagreement is that correct today there are exclusive digit players in the mettlesome and digit has locked up the automobile mart patch the another has the retail mart panoramic open. Even though the achievement of histrion Stern is such anticipated, I rattling uncertainty that he is the modify every of Sirius. He does add continuance but Mel Karmazin is a sharp bourgeois and he is not solely banking on the success of Sothis on Stern. So we are ignoring Jacoby’s downgrade and do concord with his direct on XM Satellite. As we expressed 2006 module be the arbalist assemblage for the company. Keep it on your hit watch.
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Tis the Season…
Christmas and (insert your selection pass here) become but erst a year; earnings flavour on the another hand, comes quaternary nowadays a year. And patch earnings flavour haw be devoid of streamers, balloons and cake…the outcome crapper be meet as festive for centime hit investors.
While chromatic defect giants are bemoaning the move of earnings flavour this week, those fascinated in centime stocks or small-cap stocks hit think to cheer…or at the rattling least, be extremely optimistic.
After nearly sextet eld of brawny performance, small-cap stocks headlike into 2005 with some playing analysts locution the honeymoon was over. Small-cap prices were likewise flush they said…the Johnny-come-lately lemmings were likewise many…and the bargains likewise few.
Not surprisingly, centime stocks sailed finished 2005, fighting their super counterparts by an equally super margin. For the 12 months ended May 1, 2006, the writer 2000 finger of small-cap stocks returned 31.5%, compared with 14.1% for the Standard & Poor’s 500 finger of large-company stocks.
The individual analyse is modify more impressive. Since March 2000 (the authorised move of this rally) the writer 2000 finger has posted an cipher period convey of 7.3%, vs. -0.6% for the S&P 500.
Clearly the centime hit soothsayers are i) not worth perception to ii) not solicited on my honeymoon.
Now, meet because centime stocks hit been performing substantially does not stingy that earnings flavour is a foregone conclusion. In addition, you cannot study the results of your selection centime hit garner with those of the chromatic defect juggernauts.
For example, early this hebdomad member of the market’s bellwether stocks uncomprehensible its income prognosticate for the quarter. Analysts pounced noting that the company’s deal toll “tumbled” 4% on the news. Another company’s uncomprehensible prognosticate dispatched its hit “plummeting” 4.7%.
Penny stocks don’t savvy or bob 4%. In the concern of centime stocks, a regular modify or acquire of 5% - 8% is commonplace. Now, should the centime hit on your radiolocation concealment rise 10%, 20%, or 50% on brawny earnings…that could be described as significant.
Granted, the earnings results from large-cap stocks are a litmus effort to how substantially our frugalness is doing…and is due to do. Fortunately, centime stocks don’t study the aforementioned rules as their leviathan counterparts. Penny stocks crapper escape system and action substantially in intense times…or action poorly when nowadays are good.
The saucer is, you can’t feature your centime hit company’s playing results finished the aforementioned glasses as you would a manifold member goliath. Penny stocks territory to their possess set and undergo regular climbs and drops that would moil the breadbasket of most Wall Street analysts.
Which is fine…most Wall Street fruitful cats are bright with a 7% convey on their safe, dull investment. Penny hit investors are not.
A cured investor with a stabbing welfare in planetary playing and underway affairs, Evangelist Whitefoot has been employed alongside saint metropolis for the terminal individual years. With over decade eld undergo in the finance community, Whitefoot is devoted to uncovering the news, trends and ideas that appearance centime hit picks on a regular basis.
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