Blog Profile / Insider Monkey
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| Archived Since: | January 19, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) News: MENU With Food Bank Of CNY, Air Force To Use F-35, Army Contracts & More
Lockheed Martin receives pair of Army contracts (al.com) Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) Missile and Fire Control in Orlando, Fla. was awarded an $8 million contract from the Army for the procurement of Affordable Phased Array Sensor Systems for air and ground based systems across multiple frequencies. Performance location has yet to be determined. The contract was [...]
Loews Corporation (L): Invest in This Conglomerate or Its Holdings?
Loews Corporation (NYSE:L) is considered a diversified holding company, with a high concentration in the insurance and oil/gas industry. After recently releasing its 13F filing, I decided to check up on Loews top three holdings. Loews...Show More Summary
Intel Corporation (INTC) News: Promotes Data Democratization, Beacon Mountain Toolset, Lenovo K900 & More
Related Tickers: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), ARM Holdings plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:ARMH), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) With push for data democratization, Intel tries...Show More Summary
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) News: Partnership With Rosetta, Former CEO on Bloomberg Privacy, Power7+ Servers & More
Related Tickers: International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) Rosetta Builds on Commerce Momentum as Platinum Sponsor at IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit (PR...Show More Summary
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) News: Price Target Increases, Gain In 5 Years, Sabine Pass LNG Terminal & More
Cheniere Energy: A Way To Profit From Lower Natural Gas Prices (Seeking Alpha) Natural gas is very cheap in North America while still relatively expensive overseas. Until recently, there was only one LNG export facility authorized in the US, which was the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, which is owned and operated [...]
Real Goods Solar, Inc. (RSOL) News: Deal With Lennar Corporation (LEN), Pre-Engineered PV Systems, Global Solar Market & More
Related Tickers: Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:RSOL), Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) A Solar Energy Secret Uncovered: Real Goods Solar (24/7 Wall St.) Last Friday shares of Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:RSOL) virtually doubled. Shares are up another 50% so far today and have been trading around $6 a share after posting a new 52-week high of $6.43 [...]
BB&T Corporation (BBT), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM): This Great Bank Needs To Focus on Its Strengths
Sometimes banking is made more complicated than it needs to be. A successful bank can attract deposits, make loans, manage its credit quality, and be an excellent investment. While it’s true that this business plan isn’t very exciting, if there is one thing that is not needed in banking it’s excitement. Usually when people get [...]
ING US Inc (VOYA) Call Buyers Look for Shares to Extend Post-IPO Rally
ING US Inc (NYSE:VOYA) – Shares in ING US Inc (NYSE:VOYA)’s U.S. retirement, investment and insurance business are up as much as 8.0% today to $26.98, the highest level since the company’s May 2nd IPO. ING US Inc (NYSE:VOYA) was rated new ‘buy’ at BTIG LLC with a 12-month target share price of $31.00 today. The stock [...]
AK Steel Holding Corporation (AKS), Nucor Corporation (NUE), Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD): Is There A Bright Spot In This Industry?
The steel industry has been going through a “prisoner’s dilemma.” No single company is willing to reduce its production, and as a result, all players in the industry are suffering from the overcapacity syndrome. In this situation, can we still find attractive players in this industry? Let’s have a look. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS) [...]
Warner Chilcott Plc (WCRX), Endo Health Solutions Inc (ENDP): An Undervalued Play in Pharma
Generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Actavis Inc (NYSE:ACT) made headlines after confirming that it has entered into early stage discussions with Ireland-based pharmaceutical firm Warner Chilcott Plc (NASDAQ:WCRX) over a possible merger of the two companies. Show More Summary
Is Unilever plc (ADR) (UL) a Buy?
LONDON — There are things to love and loathe about most companies. Today, I’m going to tell you about three things to love about Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL). I’ll also be asking whether these positive factors make this FTSE 100 consumer goods giant a good investment today. Super Polman Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL) made a [...]
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (JASO) News: New Cypress Panels, $119 Million Bonds, Revenue & More
JA Solar Surges as Shipments Exceed Forecast on Demand in Japan (Bloomberg) JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:JASO), the largest solar-cell producer by capacity, surged the most in five months as first-quarter shipments exceeded the company’s forecast on strong demand in Japan. JA Solar’s American depositary receipts rose 19 percent to $6.66 at 9:31 [...]
Rite Aid Corporation (RAD) News: Bruce G. Bodaken, Wellness & Marathon Results
Editor’s Note: Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) Bruce G. Bodaken Appointed to Rite Aid Board of Directors (FortMillTimes) Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Bruce G. Bodaken, former Blue Shield of California chairman, president and CEO, to the Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) Board. “We are very pleased to welcome Bruce [...]
What Warren Buffett Likes About Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (CBI)
Scores of investors scour Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A)’s holdings in attempts to mimic legendary CEO Warren Buffett’s picks. After all, Buffett is deemed the greatest investor of all time, and rightly so. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) has averaged an annual growth in book value of 19.7% over the last 48 years. That compares to 9.4% [...]
Billionaire Bruce Kovner’s Top Stock Picks for Q2 Include General Motors Company (GM)
Billionaire Bruce Kovner’s Caxton Associates recently filed its 13F for the first quarter of 2013, disclosing many of its long equity holdings in U.S. stocks as of the end of March. At Insider Monkey, we maintain a database of 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors and use the information included [...]
Warner Chilcott Plc (WCRX) News: Actavis Inc (ACT) Update, £18 Million Gain & More
Editor’s Note: Warner Chilcott Plc (NASDAQ:WCRX), Actavis Inc (NYSE:ACT) Actavis to buy Warner Chilcott in $5 billion stock deal (Reuters) Generic drugmaker Actavis Inc (NYSE:ACT), itself the subject of takeover speculation, said onShow More Summary
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)’s Dividends: The Details
The wealth-building power of compound interest will never cease to amaze me. It’s a story of patience and attention to detail, where small, short-term differences add up to massive divergence over decades. And in the end, the biggest winners don’t always deliver the fattest share-price returns. Today, we’ll dive deeper into health care and consumer [...]
Whole Foods Market (WFM), Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG): The 9 Most Obese Countries in the World
The world is expanding, but unfortunately it’s not the global economy whose waistline needs to go up a size. The rate of worldwide obesity has been marching higher at an extraordinary rate for more than three decades now. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, known as the OECD, fewer than one in [...]
American Express Company (AXP), Alcoa Inc (AA): Two Stocks Leading the Dow (.DJI) to New Heights
Today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is slowly continuing its upward climb. As of 1 p.m. EDT the Dow is up just 11 points, while the S&P 500 is up about two points. There were no U.S. economic releases today. The market is awaiting Wednesday’s release of the notes from the May 1 Federal Open [...]
Foster Wheeler AG (FWLT), KBR, Inc. (KBR), Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (CBI): Two Engineering & Construction Stocks To Buy, One To Hold
The recently held Offshore Technology Conference in Houston has brought along some important takeaways for investors in engineering and construction (E&C) companies. In my earlier posts, I have been emphasizing how the E&C sector has been a main beneficiary of the shale gas boom, which promises to bring a multi-billion dollar investment cycle in this [...]