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Great Stocks 2012: Is Apple About To Conquer The Living Room Once And For All?
Tweet There is a rumor from a Taiwan-based fund manager that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is going to launch a TV set in 2012. This is nothing new. We have heard this rumor for years. What is new is that the news came from a source who spoke with Bill Bishop, who founded MarketWatch, and is based out of Bejing. The Taiwan-based fund manager Bishop spoke with is 100% certain that Apple will launch the TV next year. Many analysts, including Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster have talked about this before, but it was speculation. Nothing was ever 100% certain. … Read entire article »
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Great Stocks 2012: The Week Ahead on Wall Street – FOMC Minutes, BLS Unemployment, and Monsanto Earnings
Tweet Market watchers will enter another abbreviated week before getting back into the swing of a regular work week. Barring any bad news from Europe, economic data and the?December Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes should keep investors on their toes this week. In Asia, market watchers will also keep their eyes on Europe and the FOMC’s meeting minutes but the region will produce some news of its own from their data releases. The week will also start out slowly as many of major stock markets are closed on Monday including Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney and Bangkok but one number will be released on this day:?manufacturing surveys from Australia, South Korea and India. In Japan, Friday will include earnings reports from top retailers?Aeon Co. (AONNF)?and Seven & I Holdings Co.?(SVNDF). Back in the U.S., look for a full week of economic data and earnings reports. Investing Insights: More Positive Predictions for Auto Sales in 2012. Economic Data Tuesday: ... … Read entire article »
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Great Stocks 2012: Genesco Inc. made New 52 Week High Price – NYSE -GCO
Tweet Genesco Inc. (NYSE:GCO) achieved its new 52 week high price of $51.11 where it was opened at $47.15 UP 5.48 points or +12.14% by closing at $50.62. GCO transacted shares during the day were over 1.27 million shares however it has an average volume of 354,999 shares. GCO has a market capitalization $1.20 billion and an enterprise value at $1.15 billion. Trailing twelve months price to sales ratio of the stock was 0.64 while price to book ratio in most recent quarter was 1.88. In profitability ratios, net profit margin in past twelve months appeared at 3.18% whereas operating profit margin for the same period at 5.51%. The company made a return on asset of 6.93% in past twelve months and return on equity of 9.86% for similar period. In the period of trailing 12 months it generated revenue amounted to $1.87 billion gaining $81.05 revenue per share. Its year over year, ... … Read entire article »
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Great Stocks 2012: Middle-aged Americans Racking Up Student Debt
Tweet What used to be a concern for the recent college grad is now affecting the middle-aged American: student debt. With the current job market, more middle-aged Americans have returned to school. A recent story by Reuters?reported?the alarming news of the rising debt for this demographic. Upon reviewing more than 3 million credit reports by the credit score tracking site CreditKarma, educational borrowing has risen for all groups in the past three years, but it has grown the quickest for students ages 35-49, with a school debt rise of 47%. For students ages 38-41, the average student loan debt was the largest at approximately $12,000, up from under $9,000 in 2009. Young people do still have the largest student debt with those ages 26-29 averaging $14,000. CreditKarma’s CEO said that workers affected by the bad economy are investing in job training with the hopes of ?improving their employment opportunities. It’s kind of an embarrassing trend as ... … Read entire article »
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Great Stocks 2012: Bush 41 Endorses Romney, Not Gingrich
Tweet Former President George H. W. Bush on Thursday endorsed Mitt Romney and distanced himself from Newt Gingrich, in a move that will surely be a conservative rubber stamp for the former Massachusetts governor’s campaign. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, told the Houston Chronicle that he felt Romney was the best choice for Republicans and cited past conflict with Gingrich as a reason he had trouble backing the former House speaker.“I had a conflict with [Gingrich] at ... … Read entire article »
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