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what's groovin catsss...
USAU...4's comin around again...
startin off the week right....USAU...RINO...steady on...
USAU...RINO....startin to roar....
USAU kitties...0.0035 x 0.0041...+18.42%%...yessssss
RINO...green cats...breaking 14 bucks yet again...
ty my friend and you as well...
T cat...whats playin?
morning doog cat...
RINO...chart ref cats....
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AFTC nice one penny cat...ASAU and RINO...chek em out....
USAU...interesssting cats....RINO again...
morning breakout...RINO...ASAU...keep em close cats...
gm cc cats...U.S. Stock-Index Futures Advance; Alcoa, ConocoPhillips Climb
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By Adria Cimino
July 27 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock futures rose, following a two-week rally that lifted the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its highest level since November, as commodities climbed and investors speculated sales of new home sales increased.
Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, added 1.2 percent on higher metal prices, while Chevron Corp. and ConocoPhillips gained with oil. Citigroup Inc. advanced 1.5 percent. Purchases of new homes probably rose in June to the highest level in four months, adding to evidence the housing slump that began in 2005 is stabilizing, economists said ahead of government figures today.
Futures on the S&P 500 expiring in September increased 0.3 percent to 980.70 as of 11:25 a.m. in London. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gained 0.3 percent to 9,087 and Nasdaq-100 Index futures advanced 0.3 percent to 1,602.25.
U.S. stocks rose on July 24, completing the steepest two- week rally for the Dow average since 2000, as companies from Caterpillar Inc. to 3M Co. reported earnings that beat estimates and a gain in home resales signaled the recession is easing. About 75 percent of S&P 500 companies have topped analysts’ estimates so far, with per-share earnings dropping 26 percent on average, according to Bloomberg data.
“There are encouraging signs in the U.S.,” said Virginie Robert, a Paris-based managing director at Raymond James Asset Management International, which oversees about $35 billion worldwide. “The economy is improving.”
Raising Estimates
Wall Street firms lifted forecasts on S&P 500 companies 896 times in June and lowered 886, according to data compiled by JPMorgan Chase & Co. The last time analysts were bullish on a net basis was in April 2007, before more than $1.5 trillion of bank losses tied to subprime loans spurred the first global recession since World War II, the data show.
Sales of new homes increased 2.9 percent to a 352,000 pace, according to the median forecast of 60 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News ahead of a government report scheduled for 10 a.m. in Washington. Purchases reached a record-low 329,000 pace in January.
Verizon Communications Inc., the second-biggest U.S. telephone company after AT&T Inc., and Amgen Inc., the world’s largest biotechnology company, are among companies scheduled to report earnings today.
Alcoa climbed 1.2 percent to $11.15 in German trading as aluminum, copper, nickel and tin all rose in London.
Crude Oil
Chevron, the second-biggest U.S. energy company, advanced 0.7 percent to $68.94 in Germany, while ConocoPhillips added 1 percent to $45.39. Crude rose to the highest in more than three weeks, with the contract for September delivery gaining as much as 1.4 percent to $68.99 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Citigroup climbed 1.5 percent to $2.77 in early New York trading. The stock may rise to $4 within the next year as the economy improves and its global banking business grows, Barron’s reported, citing John McDonald, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in New York.
Wal-Mart slipped 0.8 percent to $48.54 in Germany. The company plans to sell 100 billion yen ($1.05 billion) of samurai bonds on July 29, according to a banker with direct knowledge of the matter.
The S&P 500 has erased more than half its loss since the Sept. 15 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. The benchmark index for U.S. equities has climbed 45 percent from a 12-year low on March 9 after the nation’s largest banks were profitable at the start the year and the government and Federal Reserve pledged $12.8 trillion to revive growth.
seriously...you need professional help fucko....
morning ga catsss....
thanks sun cat...keepin long with that one...
RINO...13.00 base...hold on cats....
RINO @ lucky 13 ...pocket roar potential...daq uplist...purrrr
wise cat...chart watchin for frenzy plays...short and sweet...lol
big b cat...what's playin?
morning cc cats...9 lives and luck to all...
starbucks anyone?...Starbucks gives investors jolt with Q3 2009 earnings
Posted Jul 21st 2009 7:00PM by Sarah Gilbert
Filed under: Earnings reports, Good news, Starbucks (SBUX)
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Long-time investors in Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) have not had a great ride over the past 24 months, in which the stock tumbled to a several-year low, hitting bottom in November 2008 at $7.06. It's a far cry from the growth stock dreams of 2006, where the stock regularly scored in the upper $30s. Today's close, $14.69, is more than double that day in November; but still many investors are likely below water. And while the third quarter 2009 results won't push the stock back toward its 2006 highs, at the very least, it's cracking $16 in after-hours trading.
After the bell today, Starbucks surprised with non-GAAP earnings came in at 24 cents a share after one-time charges associated with store closings, or $151.5 million. Analysts' consensus had been earnings of 19 cents a share. These results are compared to 16 cents a share in Q3 2008. Starbucks registered revenue of $2.4 billion, compared to $2.6 billion in Q3 2008 and $2.3 billion in Q2 of this year. Comparable store sales were down 5% between Q3 2008 and 2009, which Starbucks says was an improvement over Q2 2009, with a nine percent same-store sales decline.
I wrote at length on DailyFinance about Starbucks' third quarter 2009 events and hopes for the future. While analysts seem to be focused on same-store sales and when they'll turn positive (management won't say), my judgment is that it's far more important that Starbucks find a way to connect with consumers' changing desires. Slowly, Americans are losing their brand loyalty and turning more toward authentic, personal experiences; this new experimental series of locally-branded not-Starbucks is a great attempt at capitalizing on that. Whether Starbucks can maintain this focus on consumers' trending desires will determine whether the company's next several quarters continue to reverse its losing trend.
morning breakout cats...rise and shine!
gm green catssss...
AFTC...0.042...volumes poppin off...ACTC gotta break that 0.185
damn big cat...150%...crazy spiking chart today!
cool wickerman cat...you holding long there?
morning...never came across that low volume play...what's the story there?
AFTC steady 0.043's...
volumes heating up on AFTC catssss....
ACTC...0.167 x 0.1726...AFTC...0.0445 x 0.045
good news for CIT...Before the bell: Stock futures rise on CIT deal report
Posted Jul 20th 2009 7:35AM by Melly Alazraki
Filed under: Before the bell, International markets, Earnings reports, Deals, Market matters, Boston Scientific (BSX), CIT Group (CIT), Texas Instruments (TXN), Economic data, Oil
U.S. stock futures advanced Monday after it was reported Sunday CIT Group may get a private sector emergency financing. News about problems at CIT and its potential demise kept dominating the news last week, marring what a decent showing from companies reporting earnings. Investors await another week of heavy earnings results starting Monday with the likes of Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) and Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX).
According to the New York Times, CIT Group Inc.'s (NYSE: CIT) board approved a deal late Sunday with major bondholders -- including bond manager Pimco -- to keep the company out of bankruptcy with a $3 billion rescue loan. The deal will buy CIT some time to restructure and reduce its debt load, after it failed to get help from the federal government.
ACTC...set at 0.1681 x 0.1794...
morning breakout felines...rumblings around ACTC and AFTC
morning T cat...what's purrrrin for monday?
eyes on AFTC...ACTC...hold them for the stretch kitties...
gm cash cow cats...Madoff bean-counter pleads not guilty
Posted Jul 19th 2009 4:00PM by Tom Johansmeyer
Filed under: Bad news, Scandals
David Friehling is only the second person to face criminal charges in the Bernard Madoff debacle. He served as Madoff's auditor from 1991 to 2008, though it's hard to say if they'll resume their relationship as cellies. For now, Friehling has only been charged (innocent until proven guilty, and such) with securities fraud, abetting investment adviser fraud and filing false reports with the SEC. On five of the six charges filed, he faces a 20-year maximum.
It's alleged that Friehling didn't conduct "meaningful" audits while in Madoff's employ, despite issuing reports saying that he'd done his job -- which paid close to $15,000 a month (no work for big pay . . . where do I sign up?). In particular, he's said to have not bothered to verify Madoff's business assets, revenue sources or bank accounts. This is no-brainer stuff for an auditor.
morning cola cat...keep an eye on these pocket a's...ACTC...AFTC