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Intel's flawed chip to cost company $1 billion - what about the stock? (INTC, AMD)

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced today that the recently released Intel® 6 series support chips, which have been highly anticipated for months now, were issued with a design issue that has now been fixed. In the world of business, there are mistakes--and then there are mistakes. In INTC's case, this faulty chip issue was definitely a ... read more

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Uncategorized Yolander Prinzel on 1 Feb 2011
How recent M&A actions have impacted stock prices (CMCSA, GE, VZ, TMRK, SLE)

The merger of Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and NBC, which is still 49 percent owned by General Electric (NYSE: GE), is now complete. While many post-merger questions abound, like whether or not NBC will now have an integrated social networking strategy, it's interesting to note that the price of both CMCSA and GE stock fell slightly ... read more

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Uncategorized Yolander Prinzel on 30 Jan 2011
Raymond Stoudt's tech-focused Covestor model combines market leadership with technical analysis (CY, CSCO, SCHW)

*See important disclosures. In Raymond Stoudt's Innovative Companies Covestor model, the focus is on owning the stock of leading edge, unique companies, usually in the technology sector. Stoudt focuses on company analysis and technical data when choosing stocks for the model. He addressed this investment style in his October investment report, in which he says ... read more

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Manager Spotlight Yolander Prinzel on 30 Jan 2011
Mobile phone service wars cool down as financial results are announced (MMI, T, VZ, TMRK, NOK)

Motorola Mobility Holdings (NYSE: MMI) shares plummeted Thursday after an earnings announcement that slightly exceeded analysts' expectations, but also acknowledged some weakness in its smartphone business. MMI also forecasted a loss for quarter one 2010, which was not what analysts had anticipated. Investors took heed and the stock fell from $34.83 to $30.51--a more than ... read more

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Uncategorized Yolander Prinzel on 30 Jan 2011
What Covestor managers are buying: SMTC (SMTX, MKSI)

*See important disclosures. Analytic Investment added electronics manufacturing services provider SMTC (NASDAQ: SMTX) to its Focus Value model last week. Focus Value is a model that attempts to take advantage of equity mispricing opportunities caused by market inefficiencies. Over the past few months, SMTX has been focusing on growth. On October 14th, it announced the ... read more

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Positions Yolander Prinzel on 30 Jan 2011
What Covestor managers are buying: Offshore driller SeaDrill (BP, SDRL)

The benefits and drawbacks of offshore drilling have long been debated. But life after BP's (NYSE: BP) Deepwater Horizon oil spill not only brings in an even more heated debate, it also introduces new troubles for domestic offshore drillers in the form of an offshore drilling ban (which ended in October) and the slow issuance ... read more

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Positions Yolander Prinzel on 27 Jan 2011
This high dividend stock is Analytic Investment's top holding in the Dividend Covestor model (WTR)

*See important disclosures. Analytic Investment's Dividend model holds 50 dividend stocks at a time. The goal of the model, along with producing income from dividends, is to outperform the S&P 500 while creating a portfolio that is less volatile than the index. In its January 2011 Investment Report, Analytic Investment had this to say about ... read more

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Manager Spotlight Yolander Prinzel on 27 Jan 2011
Higher coffee prices hit Starbucks' bottom line; Green Mountain, Peet's also affected (SBUX, GMCR, PEET)

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) put an extra tremor in the steps of caffeine addicted investors this morning when it announced that it expected the rising cost of coffee to derail profits more than previously anticipated. This announcement followed an adjusted earnings forecast that came in below analysts' expectations. But even with increased coffee prices and decreased ... read more

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Uncategorized Yolander Prinzel on 27 Jan 2011
What Covestor managers are buying: Renasant and Lorillard (RNST, LO)

*See important disclosures Shares of Renasant (NASDAQ: RNST) were added to Andy Schornack's Financial Services model last week. In the model, Schornack uses a bottom-up approach while looking for companies with stable dividends. In November 2010, RNST was mentioned favorably in the article "The Smart Money's Top 8 Banking Stocks" on Fool.com, for the significant ... read more

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Positions Yolander Prinzel on 26 Jan 2011
Google and AOL plan for 2011 hiring, while Yahoo downsizes (GOOG, AOL, YHOO)

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) revealed some positive information on the company's 2011 employment front today. On the company's blog, Alan Eustace, the SVP of Engineering and Research states: I love Google because of our people. It's inspiring to be part of the team. And that's why I am excited about 2011—because it will be our biggest ... read more

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Uncategorized Yolander Prinzel on 26 Jan 2011