The minutes from the policy-setting meeting of the Federal Reserve on January 24-25 shows a board divided on whether a new bond-buying program should be launched to help give a boost to the economy. Feds Split on Bond-Buying Option Although there appear to be some Fed officials in favor of such a bond-buying program now,… Continue Reading
West fears that Iran will use oil as a weapon to undermine western economies. America and the west are placing financial sanctions on Iran hoping to stop it from developing nuclear weapons. The sanctions have made it very hard to make payments to and from that Iran. The country has not stopped or slowed down… Continue Reading
Dagong Global Credit Rating Co., Ltd, unlike Moody’s, S&P and Fitch credit rating agencies, is not traded on American stock exchanges. Dagong claims that the above companies have a an unintentional western bias and therefore their company and country ratings are skewed. For example, the S&P did not downgrad United States credit worthiness until August,… Continue Reading
Healthstream Inc. (HSTM) supplies both internet based learning and internet research abilities in the U.S. The HSTM learning segment provides education and training with management and administrative tools and other courses. It serves the healthcare industry, training health care workers for a large variey of jobs. The research segment of Healthstream provides research into various… Continue Reading
Stanley Black and Decker Inc. Company’s fourth quarter net income rose by 20%. The company attributed this success to higher prices, stronger sales and an acquisition. The company earned $165.3 million equaling 99 cents per share in the fourth quarter. In the 4th quarter of 2010, the company made 137.8 million equaling 81 cents per… Continue Reading
Loews Corporation (L) is widely known as a full range insurance company. However, it is also deeply involved in the oil and gas industry. Loews owns and operates forty six offshore drilling rigs searching for and producing oil and natural gas. The company also markets, transports and stores oil and gas. It sells to producers,… Continue Reading
Waste Management Inc. (WM) is on the S&P 500 list and is one of America’s leading waste disposal businesses. The company has over 20 million residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers. The company has 45,000 employees and in 2010 showed revenue of $12.52 billion. Over the past two years, the company’s stock went from $25… Continue Reading
Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc.’s (Core) stock has been rising for over 3 months. Since October 3rd, the stock has risen from $30 to $38.82. Core’s 200 day EMA started rising on November 10th and its 50 day EMA began to rise on November 3. The company also issued its first dividend of $0.17 on November… Continue Reading
Amcon Distributing Co.’s (DIT) stock made a turnaround in October 2011 and has been rising over the last 3 months. The 200 day EMA has stopped declining and has leveled off, while the 50 day EMA began to rise in early November. The stock is currently trading above both its 50 day and 200 day… Continue Reading
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. is a telecom company which supplies services to niche, rural and other under supplied markets in the U.S., the Caribbean and Bermuda. The company operates wire and wireless services, in addition to submarine fiber optic networks and terrestrial networks. Th company serves markets that are technically challenged, for example, deserts, plains and… Continue Reading