Mercenary Trader submits: By Jack Sparrow In a zero interest rate environment, we can think about market participants in two groups: Those who are taking risk because they can. Those who are taking risk because they have to. These are not the traditional buckets. Normally the dividing lines run retail versus institutional … investor versus [...]
Dr. John Faessel submits: “The single phenomenon that holds the key to sickness and health – The holy grail of medicine” * Today the study of inflammation is ascendant in medical research. Thousands of articles now reference this “first” response of the immune system, and the multitude of pathologies and human woes it can cause. [...]
Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Thursday April 28. CEO Interview: Richard Kinder, Kinder Morgan Partners (KMP). Other stock mentioned Kinder Morgan (KMI) Some stocks are like cash machines. Kinder Morgan Partners (KMP) is a huge pipeline play with a 5.9% dividend which it raised [...]
Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Thursday April 28. Bullish Calls: Sina (SINA), Baidu (BIDU): “I want to stay in that. I know it disappointed people today. The numbers for Baidu were terrific, and Sina is the fastest growing company in the world. It [...]
Scot Wingo submits: Today, eBay (EBAY) announced their Q1 2011 results. The results were pretty much in-line with what Wall St. was looking for, but as usual had some interesting aspects of the results from a seller’s perspective. The highlight was that US GMV shot up to 10% y/y growth, which is very interesting and [...]
The dry bulk market is still depressed after the global financial crisis. Too many ships are on order, there are too few demolitions, there’s too little growth in demand relative to supply and there’s a fragmented market. I am not ready to say that the worst is behind us but in the long term I [...]
On Wednesday, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ: Charts, News, Offers), the world’s second largest manufacturer for health care products, announced that it was moving forward with its $21.3 billion takeover of Switzerland-based Synthes to form the world’s largest orthopedic devices company. This massive acquisition by Johnson & Johnson is the largest in its history, to be [...]
Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Wednesday April 27 Ben Bernanke Gets it: Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Hess (HES), Cummins (CMI), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Perrigo (PRGO), Walgreen (WAG) Cramer called Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke the “Pied Piper of the stock market,” with the indices [...]
Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Wednesday April 27. Bullish Calls: St. Jude Medical (STJ), Abbott Laboratories (ABT): “I like Jude…Abbott is better than that one (Medtronic) too.” Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO), Cummins (CMI): “Monro Muffler is too cheap to be ignored…Even though Cummins [...]
Rocco Pendola submits: While awaiting release of its 10Q, I was leafing through Netflix’s (NFLX) filings at the SEC website. I came across one pertaining to the company’s upcoming June shareholder’s meeting. Alongside the typical business, I stumbled upon something shareholder activist John Chevedden managed to get on the ballot. It’s worth reading the whole [...]