Mergers & Acquisitions Roundup Monday

Eldorado Gold (NYSE: EGO) announced it will acquire European Goldfields (PINK: EGFDF.PK) for roughly $2.5 billion Canadian. The deal enhances Eldorado’s project pipeline and creates a “premier high growth, low cost intermediate gold producer” with a market cap of $11 billion Canadian.

Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT)which is from Canada has asked for approval from the Israeli government to raise its stake in rival Israel Chemicals (PINK: ISCHY.PK) to 25% from 13.9%, reports say. Buying the extra 11.1% could ...

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How To Understand Analyst Ratings

As stock market participation has expanded from Wall Street to Main Street, investment information has exploded as well. TV financial news, business magazines, newspapers, Internet Web sites and chat rooms, corporate filings and news releases, stock analyst reports — there is a din of data for investors to sift through today. Unfortunately, quantity is no guarantee of quality: It has never been harder for small investors to assess which ...

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NASDAQ: Good Stocks to Buy Before 2012

NASDAQ

 

Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP)

Leap Wireless International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides digital wireless services under the “Cricket” brand name in the United States. LEAP was upgraded by analysts at Mizuho from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. The analysts now have a $9.50 price target on the stock, up previously from $8.00.

Snapshot:

  • Dec. 16 Close: $8.07
  • Day’s Range: 8.05 – 8.59
  • Volume: 1,679,153
  • Avg. Vol. (3m): ...
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NYSE: Good Stocks to Buy Before 2012

NYSE

 

 

Elan Corp. (NYSE: ELN)

ELN operates as a neuroscience-based biotechnology company primarily in Ireland and the United States. ELN was upgraded by analysts at Deutsche Bank from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating last week. ELN has a 1 year target price estimate of 14.25.

Snapshot:

  • Dec. 16 Close: $11.82
  • Day’s Range: 11.57 – 11.94
  • Volume: 3,224,220
  • Avg. Vol. (3m): 2,617,180
  • Market Cap: $6.95B
  • EPS (ttm): 1.09
  • P/E (ttm): 10.85

 

ITC Holdings Corp. (NYSE: ITC)

ITC Holdings Corp., through its subsidiaries, engages ...

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Stocks Of Note: ZNGA, Facebook, ADBE, AMWI, APP

Why Name A Company After Your Dog And Expect The IPO To Explode?

The stock market today was strong enough to end the week without disheartening investors on this quadruple witching Friday. Dow down 0.02% and NASDAQ up 0.56% – I’ll buy that for a $1.

Some of the main stocks our subscribers were asking about in the stock market today are:

 

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Hot Stock Alert: Steele Resources Corp. – SELR.OB

The Hot Stock for Friday, SELR

SELR Recent News Release:

Steele Resources Corporation (the “Company”) (OTCBB: SELR.OB) is pleased to announce that it has completed its development goals for 2011 and established 166 foot development drift that will serve as the main haulage for future mining activities at the Mineral Hill Gold Mine.  The Company has also begun an advanced drilling program that will better define the targeted mineralized zone and provide the Company’s geologists and management with additional data.

Company CEO Scott ...

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Tech News – December 16

ZNGA sold 100 million shares at $10 a share last night. It starts trading today on the NASDAQ.

RIMM delivered another stinker of an earnings report. The big problem was guidance, and the future of the company. The new BlackBerrys that are supposed to save the company won’t be out until the end of 2012.

RIMM‘s CEOs are also lowering their base salary to a dollar as a way of sharing the pain with investors.

Wall Street is “throwing in the towel” on ...

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Top 10 Market Factors Today December 16th

Top 10 Market Factors before the stock market opens today:
  1. Zynga priced 100 million shares at $10 each in IPO which means the company is raising $1 billion in its IPO. Last week it had set a price range of $8.50 – $10.00 per share. Zynga will start trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol ZNGA. With Zynga relying on Facebook for 95% of its $1B annual revenue, the IPO provides an opportunity to invest in the latter’s growth and a tea-leaf reading ...
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Volume Alert: WLOL

Remember a year ago when OceanFreight, (Formerly OCNF) was to be delisted from the NASDAQ since it couldn’t trade over $1?

DryShips came in and acquired them and traders saw a 3,400% Profit in 7 months.

Shipping stocks have taken traders on an extremely wild ride this year, and Winland Ocean Shipping Corp. (WLOL) has been head and shoulders above the pack.

Since October 31, WLOL has rebounded 129% to as high as $0.44 leaving that renegade with a “fat finger” who was willing to take a lowly $0.10 ...

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Lukoil

lukoil_iconAs the RSX climbed to a peak in the spring of 2011, so did one the world’s major companies. Russia’s latest round of politically spawned instability has created plenty of opportunities in a list of the country’s biggest companies. Value Investors can take a close look at Neftyanaya Kompaniya LUKOIL OAO, better known as Lukoil (LUKOY.PK). Russian based LUKOY (which trades over-the-counter on the Pink sheets) is the world’s ...

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