18 Tax Credits for Your Consideration

Keep as much of your money as you can….

Lots of smaller firms are on death watch…

Things are getting better as per….

Hmmm, I wonder why? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that they are worthless, and will never be honored due to perpetual bailouts.

Source

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (BWLD) (BWLD US) rallied 15 percent to $81. The operator of about 800 namesake restaurants reported fourth-quarter profit excluding some items was 73 cents a share, topping the average analyst estimate of 67 cents.

Cerner Corp. (CERN) (CERN US): The developer of technology for organizing medical records forecast earnings in 2012 to be as much as $2.30 a share, exceeding the average analyst estimate by 4 cents.

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (KOG) (KOG US) rose 1.6 percent to $9.11. The Denver-based oil and natural gas explorer with assets in the Williston Basin of North Dakota said it has entered into a contract for a seventh operated rig.

OpenTable Inc. (OPEN) (OPEN US) added 4.2 percent to $53.60. The online restaurant-reservation service reported fourth-quarter earnings of 37 cents a share, beating the average analyst estimate by 7 cents. The San Francisco-based company was raised to “overweight” from “neutral” by Piper Jaffray Cos.

Opnet Technologies Inc. (OPNT) (OPNT US): The management software maker reported third-quarter earnings of 26 cents a share, falling short of the average analyst estimate by 3 cents.

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) (S US) rose 4.5 percent to $2.56. The third-largest U.S. wireless carrier posted a narrower loss than analysts projected after Apple Inc.’s (AAPL US) iPhone boosted sales.

Time Warner Inc. (TWX US) rose 4.3 percent to $39.72. The owner of the HBO cable-TV channel reported fourth-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates as advertising improved for its television networks. Time Warner also announced a new share buyback program of $4 billion and raised its quarterly dividend by 11 percent to 26 cents.

Virgin Media Inc. (VMED US) climbed 3.3 percent to $25.07. The U.K’s second-largest pay-television company is in talks with video-streaming providers to add shows and movies to its TiVo recording service, Chief Executive Officer Neil Berkett said.

Walt Disney Co. (DIS US) slipped 0.9 percent to $40.60. The largest U.S. entertainment company by market value reported first-quarter revenue was $10.8 billion, missing the average analyst estimate of $11.2 billion.

Western Union Co. (WU US) slumped 6.3 percent to $18.45. The world’s largest money-transfer business forecast earnings in 2012 will be no more than $1.75 a share, less than the average analyst estimate of $1.81.

Gapping up 

AVID +17.7%, BWLD +16.8%, GUID +10.4%, BLDP +9.4%, SNCR +9.1%, CALX +8%, CERN +6.6%, GLUU +6.3%, MITK +5.3%, OPEN +5.3%, VCLK +3.3%,

BCS +2.8%, RIO +2.4%, BAC +1.9%, LGND +1.9%, NOK +1.6%,

Gapping down

SGI -23.5%, TNK -9.5%, CRDC -7.7%, OPNT -7.3%, RICK -6.7%, WU -6.6%, PNRA -2.8%, SNY -2.2%, SYT -2%, TCAP -1.7%, DIS -1.4%

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Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Market Perform at FBR.
ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Cut to Sell at S&P Capital IQ.
BP PLC (NYSE: BP) Raised Estimates by UBS; Cut to Hold at Soc-Gen.
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) Cut to Underperform at KBW.
Demand Media Inc. (NYSE: DMD) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (NYSE: RDY) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
ING Group, N.V. (NYSE: ING) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Cut to Hold at Collins Stewart.
National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NYSE: NOV) raised target to $96 at Argus.
OpenTable Inc. (NASDAQ: OPEN) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer; Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse; Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
Sohu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHU) lowered targets by Credit Suisse and Nomura.
UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) Cut to Sell at Deutsche Bank.
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.
Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

In Play

On the Wires 

Off yesterday’s earnings the company is popping 15% pre-market….

Yawn

A jump of 7.3% was had in the week ending 2/3/12

Tully argues the bulls are wrong for the pe and earnings case….

Go all in why don’t ya….

Interesting argument here

People love the garbagio food…if you can call it that.

The company will start a $ billion repurchase program

New subscribers hit a record of 1.6 million…the best showing in 6 years.

Low end full year guidance has ticked up $0.03

Analyst anticipate 0.9% for a new low shortly…..

Analyst say that he cheap money may cause harm for future money raises….