Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:52am EST
Alternative energy related names are being bid up this morning, based upon speculation that countries will shy away from nuclear power, post Fukushima.
TSL (11%), WFR (10%), YGE (8%), LDK (6%), SOLR (6%), STP (6%)
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:51am EST
- Upgrades
- Noble (NE 44.10) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan
- DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT 23.15) upgraded to Top Pick from Outperform at RBC; tgt $32
- Parker Hannifin (PH 85.39) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank; tgt $100
- Cintas (CTAS 27.91) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Robert W. Baird; tgt raised to $34 from $32. Firm’s upgrade is based on what they see as attractive valuation with a backdrop of improving fundamentals, supported by recent labor data, preliminary results of Baird’s 1Q11 industry survey, and recent channel checks. Firm additionally notes recent volatility has reduced the relative attractiveness of riskier names, which they believe provides opportunity for outperformance at CTAS, given the co’s lower-risk business model, quality franchise, and leverage to the emerging employment recovery.
- Amer States Water (AWR 32.93) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Brean Murray; tgt $39. Firm notes shares have traded off substantially since November, 2010 and are now at a level they consider attractive from both a P/E and dividend yield perspective. Firm notes risks to the achievement of target price include integration of acquisitions, weather, environmental regulations, regulation of rates, and interest rates.
Downgrades:
- Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS 40.06) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies; tgt $45
- OpenTable (OPEN 91.53) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Merriman
- Pall (PLL 57.02) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies
- Noble Corp (NE 44.10) downgraded to Mkt Perform from Outperform at FBR Capital; tgt $48. Firm notes downgrade comes as their near-term thesis on the name is largely played out. They note shares are up 25% year to date, which compares favorably to firm’s coverage universe. Firm now prefers names with a greater preponderance of catalysts that have yet to materialize, particularly Ensco (ESV 55.23). They believe that ESV is ideally situated to benefit from upside in jackup day rates over the next several years, as well as realize substantial synergies from the pending merger with PDE.
Miscellaneous:
- Epocrates (EPOC 25.00) initiated with Overweight at Piper Jaffray; tgt $30
- NeoPhotonics Corporation (NPTN 10.56) initiated with Overweight at Piper Jaffray; tgt $14
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:48am EST
Growth was lumpy and failed to spur employment growth for the 100 largest metropolitan areas around the country….
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:46am EST
In light of the nuclear reactor semi-meltdown in Japan, uranium related stocks here in the US are getting crushed. Extensive damage can be found in the shares of URRE (-23%), URZ (-23%), DNN (-23%), UEC (-20%) and CCJ (-20%).
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:43am EST
In a effort to protect government buildings and other vital facilities…Shi’ites calling this an act of war
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:38am EST
Higher margins and record profits are expected to boost dividends for the S&P 500
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:30am EST
Japan releases enough oil for 3 days use
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:26am EST
Moody’s expects insurance and reinsurance companies to take heavy losses from Japan’s disaster. This is causing some to speculate Japan will have to sell U.S. treasury holdings…
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Will treasuries be sold for Japan to access liquidity ?
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:17am EST
With 12 factories closed in Japan, Goldman is estimating that Toyota, TM, will lose $72 million in profit per day, based upon current burn rate.
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:12am EST
That is $135 hard cold cash per share
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:49am EST
China’s premier said it must mull over the effect on prices and Chinese companies.
Analyst expect this to lower certain commodities in China price terms. China prices jumped 4.9% in February along with a 11% increase in food prices.
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:32am EST
The quarterly report backed recent comments from most central banks, but warned that expectations are not “anchored” since certain measures have inflation higher than pre-crisis levels.
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:22am EST
Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:15am EST
Released emails from a former Bank of America employee reveal Balboa, an insurance unit of BoA, potentially removing files from loan document files.
The group Anonymous states it is related to improper foreclosures while BoA state the emails relate to clerical and administrative documents not related to foreclosures.
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:02am EST
“The BOJ will increase buying of government debt in the fund by 500 billion yen and boost purchases of short-term government securities by 1 trillion yen. Corporate debt will rise by 1.5 trillion yen and it will also take on an additional 450 billion yen in ETFs and 50 billion yen in Real Estate Investment Trusts, today’s statement said.”
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Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:40am EST
I am sure the prospect of QE3 is on the minds of all of those who manage money.
The Shanghai, Heng Seng, Seoul and KLSE have all reversed higher, while the Sensex is surging, now up close to 1%. Fair value for the S&P futures are now down less than 4.
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:22pm EST
Gasoil (diesel) margins have erupted to the upside, now at the highest point in 2 1/2 years. The spread to Dubai crude rose to 12% or $22.15 in early Asian trading, based upon the fact that Japanese power companies will need to use alternatives to nuclear to fill power gaps.
Related: Nymex crack spread
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:17pm EST
Australia -0.93%
Heng Seng -0.49%
India’s Sensex +0.5%
Indonesia Jakarta +0.9%
Malaysia’s KLSE +0.06%
NIKKEI 225 -6%
Seoul -0.7%
Taiwan -1.24%
Related: WTI crude down $1.51 or 1.49%, gold/silver/copper all lower, while S&P futures are 5 points below fair value.
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Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:07pm EST
Shares of the largest Korean steel maker, Posco, are up more than 6% in early trading, on the prospects of massive rebuilding efforts in Northeast Japan. Similarly, Japanese construction stocks are soaring, led by gains in Sumitomo Mitsui up more than 42%.
UPDATE: Posco is now up 9%.
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