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Disney, Raytheon and Other Avenger Picks for a Heroic Portfolio
Friday, May 18, 2012 - 6:40am | 985Having surpassed the $1 billion mark worldwide last week, "Marvel's The Avengers" is set to climb further up the list of all-time worldwide top-grossing films, as well as to battle this weekend's new releases -- game-based action flic "Battleship" and Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator." Inspired...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 23
Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 3:13pm | 1531The earnings crunch rolls on this week. Among those scheduled to step into the spotlight are Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). Analysts expect them post year-over-year earnings growth. AT&T (NYSE: T), Boeing...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 24
Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 1:40pm | 1417The earnings crunch is in full swing this this week. Quarterly results are due from the likes of Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), from which analysts expect to see year-over-year earnings growth, as well as...
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G650 Crash Creates A "Buying Opportunity," Morgan Stanley Reports (GD)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 9:27am | 58In a report regarding General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD), Morgan Stanley said that yesterday's selloff post the G650 crash over the weekend “creates a buying opportunity as investors are pricing Aerospace (Gulfstream) at a mere $17 per share equivalent to ~9X 2011 earnings using our SOTP math.”...
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Rare-Earths For Dummies (MCP, SHZ, REE, AVL)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 2:45pm | 603It seems like you can't turn on the TV or visit a financial website without hearing about the necessity of rare-earth minerals. But while everyone is aware of them, very few know what they are, why they're important, and why shares of these companies are skyrocketing on a daily basis. In this...
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Deutsche Bank: Defense Budgets Are Under Pressure (LMT, BA, GD, LLL, NOC)
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 8:56am | 135The next two weeks could be particularly volatile on expectations within the aerospace and defense industry given the FY11 actions being taken (long‐term CR vs. Omnibus) coupled with a pass‐back on the FY12 DoD Budget “that we expect will land on the Pentagon's lap next week,” Deutsche Bank reports...
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Deutsche Bank's Defense Report
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 9:15am | 170Deutsche Bank has published a research report for North American Defense. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes "Slowing defense spending and a cost-conscience DoD are likely to limit top line growth and pressure margins at most defense primes for the foreseeable future. In that environment,...