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Bayer's Monsanto Acquisition Unlikely To Happen, Says Citi
Friday, May 20, 2016 - 8:13am | 275Citi’s P.J. Juvekar believes the acquisition of Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) by Bayer is unlikely to occur, given the potential synergies, divestitures needed, regulatory concerns and more. Juvekar maintains a Neutral rating on Monsanto, with a price target of $94. Synergies The analyst...
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Delta Air Lines' Stock Flying Higher After Earnings Top Expectations
Thursday, April 14, 2016 - 9:51am | 237Shares of Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) were trading higher by more than 3 percent Thursday morning after the company reported its first quarter results. Delta Air Lines said it earned $1.32 per share in the first quarter on revenue of $9.25 billion. Wall Street analysts were expecting the...
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Imperial Capital Still Likes Delta After Its Latest Major Announcement
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 12:35pm | 418Imperial Capital analyst Bob McAdoo weighed in on Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) on May 13 after the company announced it will return more than $6 billion to investors by the end of 2017 through share buybacks and dividends. The airline said it would increase its quarterly dividend by 50...
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Flying High: Delta Air Lines Hikes Dividend And Buybacks In An Update To Investors
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 1:08pm | 327Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) announced on Tuesday morning the next phase of its plans to return cash to shareholders. Delta's board of directors authorized a 50 percent increase to its quarterly dividend and shareholders will receive $0.09 per share beginning the September 2014 quarter. Delta's...
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An Amazing Show Of Strength For Southwest Airlines
Friday, February 7, 2014 - 12:38pm | 451Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) has many distinctions in its sector. It has never filed for bankruptcy. Every year it has been profitable. Unlike Delta, United Continental, and U.S. Airways, when Southwest Airlines adds another company as it did with AirTran, it is done out of strength, not...
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Six Stocks That Held Their 50-Day Moving Average Last Week
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 12:21pm | 511Last week’s market action pushed many of the stock market giants below their 50-day moving average. Value investors spent the weekend pouring over their watch lists to find those stocks that might represent value, but there’s another way to look at the action. What about the stocks that didn’t...
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Airlines In 2014 – Good Bet or Bad Deal?
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 1:05pm | 669In general, airline stocks did well in 2013, leading some analysts such as Jack Hough of Barron’s to promote at least some airlines for 2014. Hough likes Delta (NYSE: DAL) in particular. Hough included that airline in a list of what he called turnaround stocks. Hough wrote, “The company has...
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Delta's Ultra Cheap Tickets And Confirmation Codes Make A Colorful December
Friday, December 27, 2013 - 9:42am | 524Merry Christmas if you’re one of the privileged few who received the deal of a lifetime Thursday while booking airline tickets. According to reports, some customers were able to secure tickets for as cheap as $25 through Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL). The glitch lasted for at least an hour,...
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The Fight Over Inflight Phone Calls Heats Up
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 12:07pm | 650If you are someone who flies four or more times a year, chances are you do not want to listen to other people talking on their cellphones while you are on an airplane. According to a poll by The Associated Press released Wednesday, more than three out of four frequent fliers (78 percent)...
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Four Apple Headlines From Monday You Might Have Missed (AAPL)
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 7:08am | 559Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) continued to decline Monday, giving up about 1.2 percent to close at $476.75. Technically, the stock is close to a test of its 50-day moving average that sits at $475.02. Despite the U.S. government shutdown now under way, markets are indicated up slightly in the...
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Department of Justice and Airlines Argue Over Merger Trial Start Date
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 10:27am | 572The question of whether US Airways (NYSE: LCC) and American Airlines will be allowed to merge will be settled in court. What is not settled is the date. Reuters reported Tuesday that the U.S. Justice Department asked a federal court to start the trial March 3. The airlines had requested a 10-...
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How To Avoid Extra Airline Fees
Monday, March 18, 2013 - 3:58pm | 688Airlines realize that customers hate add-on fees. So, they’re dumping them, right? Not exactly. They’re rebranding them. According to Kiplinger, the fees are the same, only the names are new. Now, they’re called “fare choices” or “trip extras.” For example, American Airlines’ Choice Essential...
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What Would You Do for $15 an Hour?
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 2:11pm | 403More than 30 years ago, Capital One ShareBuilder President Dan Greenshields had not yet started his career in the financial services industry. He was young, hardworking and interested in buying stocks. He also needed a job to pay for his investments. "At the airlines, at Minneapolis...
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The Gamma Trade in Options
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 1:40pm | 547Gamma confuses some options traders because it's a “secondary” indicator. It measures the speed of change in another indicator: delta. Delta measures the rate of premium change in the options related to changes in the underlying (and of course is affected by time and proximity). Gamma measures how...
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The Delta Neutral Options Trade: Spreads, Straddles, Synthetics
Friday, June 15, 2012 - 11:26am | 786A delta neutral trade is one in which a long and short option offset one another with net value or cost at or near zero. The theme of delta neutrality can refer to many differently constructed strategies, including spreads (covered and uncovered) and straddles. When an option position is...