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Caterpillar Earnings Preview: Continued Low Expectations (CAT)
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 8:46am | 743Read More...Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), shares of which have pulled back lately after noted short-seller Jim Chanos said he was short the stock, is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2013 results Wednesday, July 24, before the markets open. Caterpillar has grown increasingly dependent on China, with almost a...
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Caterpillar Earnings Preview: Low Expectations for Q1
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 1:22pm | 718Read More...Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), shares of which have retreated toward a 52-week low as it saw an analyst downgrade this week, is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2013 results Monday, April 22, before the markets open. Investors remain concerned about the outlook for the global economy, particularly...
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Apache, Windstream and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Saturday, April 6, 2013 - 12:26pm | 935Read More...Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom is that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who...
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Final Merger Likely Set for Fiat and CNH Global
Friday, November 23, 2012 - 10:43am | 340Read More...After some back and forth between the two companies last month, CEO Sergio Marchionne of Fiat Industrial SpA (OTC: FIATY) has won enough support for an improved bid on CNH Global NV (NYSE: CNH). Fiat already owned 88 percent of CNH, but the attributes of the proposed final merger were originally...
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Deere Earnings Preview: Double-Digit Sales, EPS Growth Expected
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 3:13pm | 530Read More...Deere & Company (NYSE: DE), which in 2012 was listed as 97th in the Fortune 500 ranking, is scheduled to report its third-quarter fiscal 2012 results Wednesday morning, August 15. Investors will be hoping the company can build on four-straight quarters of revenue increases. Expectations...
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Caterpillar, Discover Financial and Other Illinois Primary Stock Picks
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 6:42am | 1149Read More...Today, Illinois holds its Republican Primary, as the candidates hope to add to their delegate counts. Polls show a close race between frontrunners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. While the focus is on Illinois, let's have a look at the stocks of some of the many corporations headquartered in the...
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Seven Japanese Stocks Up More Than 10% Year to Date
Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 3:53pm | 1002Read More...Japanese companies had a rough 2011, following last spring's earthquake and nuclear crisis. But the stocks listed here have started off the year on a good footing, rising between 10% and 35% year to date. They represent a cross-section of Japan's manufacturing sector, all are traded on U.S....
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Caterpillar Earnings Preview: High Expectations
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 8:14am | 682Read More...Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2011 results tomorrow, January 26, before the markets open. The heavy equipment maker reported strong third-quarter results driven by increased demand due continued economic growth. And the company's cash flow was at an all-time high....
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Gabelli Increases EPS Estimates On CNH
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 12:37pm | 96Read More...Gabelli is increasing its EPS estimates on CNH Global N.V. (NYSE: CNH) to $2.70 and $3.20 for 2011 and 2012, respectively, after the company reported its 4Q10 results yesterday. “Sales increased 17.0% YoY to $3.8B, with agricultural equipment sales up 13.7% from 4Q09 to $3.0B and construction...
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J.P. Morgan Remains Neutral With a Positive Bias On DE, AGCO, CNH
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 11:39am | 152Read More...As we head into 2011, J.P. Morgan reports that the outlook for global agriculture is mixed. “Globally, crop farmers are likely to do well on the back of lower supplies, higher prices and reasonable input costs,” J.P. Morgan writes. “However, the FAO food price index is nearing the high set in mid-...
