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- Google Results Something to Cheer About
- FP Trading Desk submits: Google Inc. gave Wall Street some much needed good news when it reported its third-quarter results were better than analyst consensus. Along with continued growth in its search engine queries and the belt-tightening of capital expenditures, Google reported a 26% hike in profits to $1.35-billion...
- External links 2008-10-17
- TD Newcrest Analyst: Ignore Poor Earnings for Base Metal Producers
- FP Trading Desk submits: With the third-quarter reporting season starting up this week for Canada's base metal producers, TD Newcrest analyst Greg Barnes asks a logical question: Given the current state of equity markets, does anybody really care? Indeed. Thanks to lower commodity prices and provisional pricing adjustments, everyone...
- External links 2008-10-21
- Scotia Capital Analyst: Fed Move Signals Possible 50 Point Cut
- FP Trading Desk submits: The U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday to alter the formula it uses to determine the interest rate paid to depositary institutions on excess balances may signal another 50 basis point rate cut next week, according to Scotia Capital. “The Fed will pay interest on...
- External links 2008-10-22
- Desjardins Securities Analyst: Expect Poor Results From Canadian Lifecos
- FP Trading Desk submits: Investors can expect “awful” results from Canadian life insurance companies across the board after Sun Life Inc. SLF led the pack and this week announced its first loss since going public, according to Michael Goldberg of Desjardins Securities.The analyst said that on top of heavy...
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- Wal-Mart Expected to Open Higher; Stocks in Canada Oversold
- FP Trading Desk submits: U.S. equity markets are slightly lower this morning. S&P 500 Index futures are down 3 points in pre-opening trade. Equity markets are quiet prior to the U.S. election. The LIBOR rate continues to drift lower. It eased another 0.17% this morning. The LIBOR rate...
- External links 2008-11-03
- Citigroup Strategist: Market Has Already Bottomed
- FP Trading Desk submits: North American stock markets have likely bottomed after having overshot the average bear market downturn, providing investors with a good bargain hunting opportunity, Tobias Levkovich , the chief U.S. equities strategist at Citigroup says. “When considering valuation, we would submit that equity markets look very...
- External links 2008-11-04
- Decline at Bank of Nova Scotia
- FP Trading Desk submits: Bank of Nova Scotia BNS revealed that the earnings contribution from its Mexican operations will be C$74-million in the fourth quarter as rising credit provisions more than offset the revenue growth driven by higher assets and deposits, improving margins and solid non-interest revenue growth. This...
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- Western Goldfields Surges After Poor Year
- FP Trading Desk submits: Western Goldfields Inc. WGW is poised to extend a run of six consecutive days of gains, racing from the gates Thursday morning on the strength of rising gold prices. The stock was up as much as 6% to C$1.22 on the Toronto exchange, as bullion...
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- Desjardins Securities Analyst: Banks Face Challenges, But Still a Safe Haven
- FP Trading Desk submits: The outlook for Canadian banks is bad, says Desjardins Securities analyst Michael Goldberg, but it's even worse for other sectors of the country's economy and investors would be wise to add a bank stock or more to their portfolios. The analyst said in a note...
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- Calloway REIT Struggling While First Capital Realty Shines
- FP Trading Desk submits: Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust (CWYUF.PK) has a portfolio of Wal-Mart WMT anchored power centres of “exceptional quality”, but that’s not enough in today’s economic climate, according to Canaccord Adams analyst Shant Poladian. Mr. Poladian reduced his 12-month target price on the REIT by C$2...
- External links 2008-11-11
- Desjardins Securities Analyst: Norbord's Actions Should Allow for Breathing Room
- FP Trading Desk submits: Investors are not amused by Norbord Inc.'s (NBDFF.PK) efforts to shore up its balance sheet, throwing shares in the company off a cliff Tuesday morning. The stock was down 30% to a new 52-week low of C$1.24. In order to strengthen its balance sheet...
- External links 2008-11-11
- G-20 Regulatory Reforms Will Adversely Affect Canadian Banks - Desjardins Securities Analyst
- FP Trading Desk submits: Canadian banks are expected to be less affected than their global peers by the regulatory reforms that emerged from the G-20 leaders meeting in Washington over the weekend. Elements of the action plan include a call for weaknesses in accounting and disclosure of off-balance...
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- UBS Analyst: Thomson Reuters Likely to Underperform Until Markets Unit Has Bottomed
- FP Trading Desk submits: Citigroup Inc.’s C massive job cuts come on the heels of reductions at most investment banks in the fourth quarter. On average, the industry has seen another 10% of its headcount removed after cuts earlier in the year, UBS estimates. Analyst Jeffrey Fan looked back...
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- Possible Bailout Breakdown for Detroit's Big Three
- FP Trading Desk submits: Executives with Ford Motor Co. F, General Motors Corp. GM and Chrysler LLC marched into the U.S. Senate banking committee Tuesday to launch their biggest selling job in decades. Their message: Help us survive the worst financial crisis in a quarter century or the U.S....
- External links 2008-11-20
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- More Declines Anticipated for GE, Plus Ratings Risk and Expected Dividend Cut - UBS
- FP Trading Desk submits: UBS has slapped a short-term sell rating on General Electric Co. GE saying expectations for this year are still too high and its AAA credit rating is at risk. Its Capital Services reserves are less than half the level of other U.S. financial companies UBS...
- External links 2009-01-21
- Defensive Strategy Still Best with Bank Stocks
- FP Trading Desk submits: U.S. government intervention has the sick financial system back on its feet, but the drastic measures are far from a cure, says John Aiken, Dundee Securities analyst. While the bail-out has alleviated matters near term and propped up the valuations of financial services stocks for...
- External links 2008-09-23
- BCE: A Short Target Proxy for Citigroup?
- FP Trading Desk submits: The decision by Britain’s Financial Services Authority to put a temporary ban on shorting financial stocks has many market participants wondering if it part of a co-ordinated effort and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will do the same. If it does, BCE Inc. BCE...
- External links 2008-09-18
- Canaccord Capital on the Road to Profitability
- FP Trading Desk submits: Canaccord Capital Inc. (CCDPF.PK) is on the path to profitability in the next quarter, thanks to C$35-million in cost cuts to deal with the economic slowdown and difficult capital markets, according to John Aiken, a senior financial services analyst at Dundee Capital Markets. “Our thesis...
- External links 2009-04-02
- The Changing Face of REITs
- FP Trading Desk submits: Blackmont Capital analyst Gail Mifsud says there has been a major transition in the capital markets that should change the way investors value real estate companies and trusts. Ms. Mifsud says the focus for investors used to be on productivity and innovation before shifting to...
- External links 2009-02-10
- Thomson Reuters' Markets Division Faces Downside Risk - UBS
- FP Trading Desk submits: When Thomson Reuters Corp. TRI reports full-year results Tuesday morning at 9am ET, investors will look for signs as to how the company is weathering the downturn in financial services.That downturn will undoubtedly affect its markets division, which sells equipment and data to investment banks...
- External links 2009-02-24
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