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Pioneer cuts workers and market cheers: Window dressing for a sale?
Today, May 21, Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) announced that it would lay off 230 workers at its headquarters and in Permian Basin offices. Added to the 300 employees who took buyouts earlier this year, the total cuts amount to about 20% of the company's workforce....Dividend pick Westpac Banking pops today on Australian election surprise
Westpac Banking (WBK) climbed 9.22% today, May 20, on a surprise election victory for Australia's ruling Liberal-National coalition government. Going into Saturday's elections, polls showed that Prime Minister Scott Morrison's party would suffer a huge defeat at the...Deere earnings victim of U.S.-China trade war
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Cisco earnings on May 16 powered the market; Cisco gained 6.66% on the day and another 0.75% today, May 17
Yesterday, May 16, earnings from Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Wal-Mart (CSCO) before the open powered U.S. stocks higher to start the day. So what did Cisco say? (I reported on Wal-Mart in a post yesterday that you'll find in your email today.) Cisco reported earnings per...
Wal-Mart earnings today, May 16, send U.S. stocks higher
Today, May 16, earnings from Wall-Mart (WMT) and Cisco Systems (CSCO) before the open powered U.S. stocks higher to start the day. So what did Wal-Mart say? (I'll report on Cisco in another post.) Before the markets opened in New York, Wal-Mart reported first quarter...
Recent weakness good opportunity to pick up Disney for patient, long-term investors
Every so often the calendar and the movie release schedule give patient long-term investors a chance to buy Disney (DIS) on some mild weakness. That's where we are now. The stock pulled back slightly after the company announced first quarter earnings on May 9 of $1.61...
LNG from Cheniere dead in the sights of trade war with China–short term I’d think about selling; long term I’d just hang on
LNG (liquified natural gas) from Cheniere Energy (LNG) is one of the U.S. exports most in danger in the newest round of the U.S.-China trade war. Reflective of that the stock was down 3.57%, or $2.42 a share, as of 2 p.m. New York time, to $65.45. That has taken the...
Middleby sees 17.4% revenue growth, stock pulls back slightly on earnings miss
Yesterday, May 8, Middleby reported earnings of $1.24 a share, 10 cents a share below Wall Street estimates. Revenue for the first quarter climbed 17.4% from the first quarter of 2018 to $686.8 million, slightly above the $683.01 million Wall Street projection. Gross...
Pioneer Natural Resources gains on earnings beat, production increase, and asset sales
A complicated but very positive quarter for Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD.) The stock, a member of my long-term 50 Best Stocks Portfolio, climbed 3.92% today to $153.77. First, after the close on May 6, the company announced earnings of  $1.83 a share, 20 cents a...
Jubak Pick SolarEdge beat on earnings yesterday, gains 23% today
SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG) reported earnings of 64 cents a share after the New York markets closed yesterday. That was 7 cents a share above Wall Street projections. The company reported first quarter revenue of $271.9 million, up 29.5% year over year, and ahead of...
Kinder Morgan, a Dividend Portfolio pick, raises quarterly payout by 25%
On April 17, Kinder Morgan (KMI) reported first quarter 2019 results that were a penny below Wall Street estimates (at 24 cents a share) and that missed revenue projections at $3.43 billion versus the $3.63 billion consensus. (That amounted to a 0.3% year over year...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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