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Aflac Barely Moves After Q4 Earnings Beat
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 4:29pm | 310Read More...Aflac (NYSE: AFL) shares are remaining fairly quiet in after hours trading after the company announced its fourth quarter results. The firm reported a Q4 EPS of $1.45 versus the Street estimate of $1.39. Revenue arrived at $5.8 billion versus the Street estimate of $5.91 billion. "We are very...
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#PreMarket Primer for Tuesday, February 4: Will The Plunge Continue?
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 6:58am | 714Read More...Traders know the markets are in a bad way when construction spending and manufacturing data can spark a 300-point plunge in the Dow. The Dow ended down two percent to close at 15,372.80. The S&P fell 2.3 percent to 1,741.89 and the NASDAQ had the worst day falling 2.6 percent to 3,996.96...
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Barron's Recap: How to Play Latin America
Saturday, November 2, 2013 - 12:17pm | 862Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: recommendations for investing in Latin America, as well as the prospects for Twitter, Discover, Boeing and Covanta. Cover Story "The New Latin America" by Reshma Kapadia. After more than a decade of solid returns, Latin American stocks are down eight percent so...
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Four Bargain-Priced Financial Names
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 9:43am | 624Read More...On Monday, Four Bargain-Priced Tech Names was one of Benzinga’s most popular stories. As a result, we’re continuing the series by exploring the financial sector. If you read yesterday’s story, you know that we found four technology stocks that were trading below the average sector P/E of 22.7...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 29
Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 1:00pm | 1337Read More...The oil and gas industry will be well represented on this week's earnings stage, with reports due from supermajors Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and many others in the field. Viacom (NYSE: VIAB) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will be the highlights among the various media companies...
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MetLife and Other UBS Picks for Rising Interest Rates
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 12:05pm | 860Read More...After taking a look at the prospects for higher interest rates and how investor sentiment might be affected by them, analysts at UBS (NYSE: UBS) have recommended three financial stocks that stand to benefit most from rising rates over the short term. They are insurers Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC...
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Barron's Recap (12/15/12): Outlook for 2013
Saturday, December 15, 2012 - 1:47pm | 854Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the outlook for 2013 and the prospects for Johnson & Johnson, Hudson Bay, Tronox and South Korea. Cover Story "Outlook 2013" by Vito J. Racanelli. Ten strategists recently polled by Barron's expect more gains ahead next year. Even if no fiscal cliff deal is...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 23
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 6:07am | 1226Read More...The earnings crunch rolls on. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth in this week's quarterly reports from Apple, Caterpillar, Starbucks and Visa. But ConocoPhillips, Ford and Netflix are among those expected to post significantly lower per-share earnings, compared to the same period of a...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 30
Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 9:53am | 1336Read More...Lots more earnings are on the schedule for this week, even as the calendar page turns. Look for quarterly results to come from Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Hershey (NYSE: HSY), Kellogg (NYSE: K), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS). Analysts expect...
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How Will Healthcare Reform Affect Your Investments?
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 10:47am | 852Read More...According to a recent CNN article, approximately 2.5 million more young adults in the United States are now receiving health coverage as a part of President Obama's healthcare reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A part of the reform that became effective in September allows...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 24
Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 12:40pm | 1417Read More...The 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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J.P. Morgan Comments on Growth and Performance at AFLAC
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 8:16am | 93Read More...J.P. Morgan has published a research report on AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) highlighting better than expected results. In the report, J.P. Morgan wrote, "Earnings exceeded our forecast, sales in both Japan and U.S. beat expectations, U.S. recruiting improved, and management slightly raised its 2012 EPS...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 25
Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 8:40am | 1439Read More...The earnings crunch continues this week even as the month of July winds to a close. Quarterly reports of note scheduled for the week include those from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Dow Chemical (...
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Scotia Capital Maintains Sector Outperform on Aflac
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 8:55am | 108Read More...Scotia Capital is out with its report today on Aflac (NYSE: AFL), maintaining Sector Outperform. In a note to clients, Scotia Capital writes, "AFL can partially offset the impact of its de-risking plan by swapping USD for JPY debt. Steady progress on actions underway in 2011 plus a continuation of...
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Scotia Capital Reiterates Sector Outperform on Aflac
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 7:52am | 124Read More...Scotia Capital is out with its report today on Aflac (NYSE: AFL), reiterating Sector Outperform on AFL. In a note to clients, Scotia Capital writes, "AFL aims to complete the de-risking strategy by YE2011, which, in our view, will remove one of the overhangs on the stock. We believe incremental...
