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Weekly Mergers and Acquisitions Report - 01-06-2009
M&A report for $Wavecom (WVCM) - Sierra Wireless (SWIR) , $Indevus Pharmaceuticals (IDEV) - Endo Pharmaceuticals (ENDP), $Datascope Corp. (DSCP) - Getinge AB, Embarq Corporation (EQ) - CenturyTel, Inc. (CTL), $Mentor Corp (MNT) - Johnson Johnson (JNJ [More...]
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| Mon, Dec 29, 2008 |
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Best Performing Stock of 2008
I used to, and will one day return, to posting the best performing stocks of the week - but the wicked volatility and "student body left" trading of the past 4 months has made it a moot point. Everything must either be bought or sold, as stocks are either deemed "good" or "bad" that hour, day, or month. The herd piles in, or piles out - regardless of sector, style, fundamentals. It's been a market of asset allocation not individual stocks much of the back half of the year. I like to look for relative strength and ride sector/company trends for the longer term - this market is not for that sort of investor. This has been for many months a run and gun daytrader environment; not a place for theme investors. With that said, I am always curious to see what stocks held up over the long run... folks, no matter what happens (short of 8%+ rally here in the next 3 days) we are projecting the worst year in the markets at least since the [More...]
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| Tue, Nov 04, 2008 |
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Weekly Mergers and Acquisitions Report (Oct 29 - Nov 4)
Barr Pharmaceuticals (BRL) - Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA) , *Rio Tinto (RTP) - BHP Billiton (BHP), Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (ANR) - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (CLF), $Datascope Corp. (DSCP) - Getinge AB [More...]
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| Fri, Oct 31, 2008 |
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Earnings Preview For Nov 3 - 7 - Earnings Preview
Companies that could issue positive surprises include Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), SucessFactors (SFSF) and Sunoco (SUN). Penn Virginia Corporation (PVA) could potentially disappoint investors. The Week's Events November has historically been one of the best months for the major markets, according to the [More...]
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| Tue, Oct 21, 2008 |
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Weekly Mergers and Acquisitions Report
Anheuser-Busch Cos. (BUD) - InBev, $Datascope Corp. (DSCP) - Getinge AB, Secure Computing Corporation (SCUR) - McAfee, Inc. (MFE), Barr Pharmaceuticals (BRL) - Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA), NDS Group plc (NNDS) - News Corporation (NWS) [More...]
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