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- Devon Energy: Shareholders Could Benefit from Disposition Plan
- Chad Brand submits: Devon Energy DVN, a leading oil and gas exploration and production company, announced Monday an asset disposition strategy for 2010 that appears to be very accretive for equity holders should it be completed as planned. Devon announced that it plans to sell its Gulf of Mexico...
- External links 2009-11-17
- Smartphone Makers Ripe for Profit Taking
- Chad Brand submits: Earlier this year I wrote separate pieces highlighting both Research in Motion RIMM, maker of the Blackberry and smart phone staple, and Palm PALM, the turnaround story trying to get their name back into the mix. In the four months or so since then both stocks...
- External links 2009-05-27
- Trucker YRC's Presumptuous TARP Funds Application
- Chad Brand submits: For those who don’t know, YRC Worldwide YRCW is the former Yellow Roadway. Here is some of what the Wall Street Journal is reporting: YRC Worldwide Inc., one of the nation’s largest trucking companies, will seek $1 billion in federal bailout money to help...
- External links 2009-05-17
- Dendreon: At Times Wall Street Resembles a Casino
- Chad Brand submits: You may have heard about Dendreon DNDN, a small money losing biotechnology company that is in the process of getting its cancer vaccine, Provenge, approved by the FDA. Full results from a crucial phase three study were released Tuesday afternoon in Chicago, but about half an...
- External links 2009-04-30
- Obama Administration: Watch Your Moves
- Chad Brand submits: Some people are worried that President Obama is going to try and run the banks and credit card issuers but how about this little tidbit from the Wall Street Journal: Then-U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson threatened to remove Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive...
- External links 2009-04-23
- Dell Shares Seem Excessively Cheap
- Chad Brand submits: It has been a long time since I can recall seeing a blue chip company like Dell DELL carry such a meager stock market valuation. It is true that Hewlett Packard HPQ has been stealing market share from Dell in recent years, and even overtook them...
- External links 2009-04-14
- Why I Take No Issue with the Government Firing GM's Wagoner
- Chad Brand submits: Call me skeptical that since the Obama administration’s auto task force ousted General Motors GM CEO Rick Wagoner it means the government is going to take over and ruin the auto industry. I think Wagoner’s list of accomplishments or lack thereof shows that he deserved to...
- External links 2009-04-11
- Wells Fargo: Best First Quarter Ever
- Chad Brand submits: No wonder the market is up huge today. Before the morning bell, Wells Fargo WFC announced that it would earn a profit of $3 billion in the first quarter, making it the best quarter in the company’s history. Even more impressive, that result includes $372 million...
- External links 2009-04-09
- A Pharma Merger Arb Trade for You
- Chad Brand submits: I decided to give you all a conservative trade idea now that the market has had a huge run over the last four weeks. We are definitely getting overbought here, so tread carefully. I am a big fan of arbitrage opportunities and I think...
- External links 2009-04-06
- Best Buy Shines Bright, Even in Weak Economy
- Chad Brand submits: Back in November I wrote that Best Buy BBY would be a prime beneficiary of Circuit City’s bankruptcy and given that they were already one of the best run retailers in the country, the stock was cheap at a single digit P/E (around $25 per share)....
- External links 2009-03-27
- Suncor - PetroCanada Deal May Be the First of Many Energy Deals
- Chad Brand submits: Yesterday we learned that two of Canada’s largest oil producers, Suncor SU and Petro-Canada PCZ, are merging in a $15.5 billion deal due to close in the third quarter. More large commodity-related deals, especially in the energy sector, could be coming. Despite the global recession, the...
- External links 2009-03-24
- Financials Are Masking the Market's Potential
- Chad Brand submits: Some people are making the case that the stock market can rally meaningfully even without the financial sector recovering. I disagree simply because earnings are being negatively impacted so severely by loan losses and mark to market writedowns at the large financial institutions that investors won’t...
- External links 2009-03-20
- Time Warner's Spin-Off Shows Promise for Shareholders
- Chad Brand submits: Time Warner TWX has long been a media conglomerate difficult for investors to dissect. However, that may be about to change and the moves could finally extract some value for Time Warner shareholders. The company will complete its spin-off of Time Warner Cable at the end...
- External links 2009-03-18
- Historical Data Disproves 'Trough P/E Multiple on Trough Earnings' Myth
- Chad Brand submits: Doug Kass, a hedge fund manager dedicated to short selling and frequent guest on CNBC, made a call on the air Monday that the S&P 500 could make its lows for the year this week. A bold call indeed, given that Doug is a short seller...
- External links 2009-03-08
- Hot Debate Surrounding Bank Solvency
- Chad Brand submits: I wanted to pass along some excellent work by Gary Townsend of Hill-Townsend Capital on how there can be such a hot debate on Wall Street about the solvency of our nation’s large banks. Essentially, it comes down to this: if you take loans on bank...
- External links 2009-03-05
- Why Selling Your GM Stock Makes Sense, Even If Bankruptcy Is Averted
- Chad Brand submits: General Motors GM is working with bond holders to try to avert a bankruptcy filing. There are reports this morning that an agreement on a proposed debt for equity swap may have been reached. For current GM shareholders the question is pretty simple: should you sell...
- External links 2009-05-28
- The Market Loves GM Bankruptcy
- Chad Brand submits: I kid, of course. The market is up 200 points Monday, not because [[GM]] is filing bankruptcy, but rather because investors seem to understand that the event itself is not at all catastrophic. After all, Chrysler is emerging from bankruptcy shortly and actually saw sales go...
- External links 2009-06-01
- Is Google Really a 'Most Valuable' Company?
- Chad Brand submits: Nearly two years ago I wrote about internet search giant Google GOOG seeing its stock price surpass $700 per share, and as a result, become the fifth most valuable U.S. company in terms of equity market value. Shortly thereafter the recession hit and Google shares tumbled...
- External links 2009-10-16
- How Would a Comcast / GE Deal Play Out for Investors?
- Chad Brand submits: You may remember a few years back when Comcast CMCSA made a bid for Disney DIS only to be turned down. Reports Thursday have them once again making a play for a blockbuster media content deal. Initial reports out of a Hollywood website Wednesday night had...
- External links 2009-10-02
- Evaluating Current Market Levels with S&P 500 Having Reached My Fair Value Target
- Chad Brand submits: I have written here previously that my personal fair value target for the S&P 500 index was around 1,050. I got there by using an average P/E multiple of 14-15 and projecting a “normalized” earnings run rate for the index of around $70 annually. The index...
- External links 2009-09-18
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