BloggingStocks http://www.bloggingstocks.com BloggingStocks http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/feedlogo.gif BloggingStocks http://www.bloggingstocks.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Does Motorola really think it has a chance?]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/02/does-motorola-really-think-it-has-a-chance/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/02/does-motorola-really-think-it-has-a-chance/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/02/does-motorola-really-think-it-has-a-chance/#commentsFiled under: ,

Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has been in deep trouble for a while now. For some untold reason, the company placed almost all its growth bets on its wireless division but has not produced a hit handset in years. Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and Samsung Electronics have been producing and selling all kinds of cutting-edge wireless handsets to carriers all over the world. What has Motorola been up to?

It's still producing handsets, but so many of the designs and marketing strategies have been commodities lately. Meanwhile, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has taken the mobile crown with the iPhone, and even Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) has risen from the dead with the new Palm Pre. Motorola was in such bad shape financially that it even suspended the spinoff of its mobile unit last year.

Continue reading Does Motorola really think it has a chance?

Does Motorola really think it has a chance? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Equities stabilized today after two relatively large selling waves in equities. It even looks like we only had a 1% trading range in the DJIA from top to bottom today. The housing data might have helped marginally, but that was actually negative data if you dig down into the numbers.

The hope for a return to growth is starting to see a bit of what may be reality setting in now that even Mr. Obama expects double-digit unemployment to become a reality. It seems that the rise in oil actually helped to keep equities higher. Here are today's closing bell levels:

Dow 8,322.46 -16.55 (-0.20%)
S&P 500 894.99 +1.95 (0.22%)
Nasdaq 1,764.92 -1.27 (-0.07%)

Top upgrades and downgrades

Continue reading Closing Bell: They just don't stay down long (BA, BSX, COP, MOT, SIRI)

Closing Bell: They just don't stay down long (BA, BSX, COP, MOT, SIRI) originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>djiahousing dataHousingDataunemploymentTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:10:00 EST<![CDATA[Cramer on BloggingStocks: Learning the lessons of Nortel ]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/22/cramer-on-bloggingstocks-learning-the-lessons-of-nortel/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/22/cramer-on-bloggingstocks-learning-the-lessons-of-nortel/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/06/22/cramer-on-bloggingstocks-learning-the-lessons-of-nortel/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says tech's a tough sector, even if you pick the winners.

Nortel's a reminder that owning tech can be such an incredible losing proposition. For much of the 1990s it was a given that Nortel was going to be the biggest competitor if not the destroyer of Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) (Cramer's Take), Motorola (NYSE: MOT) (Cramer's Take) and certainly of Lucent and Alcatel. It seemed to have the inside track on everything that would make the Internet better and faster and more compelling. It was the pin-up for the hottest in communications tech and you had to be long it at all times.

But Nortel became the poster boy for something else in the early 2000s, the sign that I keep on my PC -- "Accounting irregularities equals sell." While Nortel's business, along with all of the network and dot-com-related businesses crashed badly in the wake of Net crash, Nortel was never able to get back in the game because of some accounting irregularities so broad that it brought down all of the executives who ran the company.

Continue reading Cramer on BloggingStocks: Learning the lessons of Nortel

Cramer on BloggingStocks: Learning the lessons of Nortel originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cscofeaturedjim cramerJimCramermotMon, 22 Jun 2009 10:00:00 EST<![CDATA[So many questions: AEO, APC, C, GM, MBI & MSFT]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/05/12/so-many-questions-aeo-apc-c-gm-mbi-and-msft/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/05/12/so-many-questions-aeo-apc-c-gm-mbi-and-msft/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/05/12/so-many-questions-aeo-apc-c-gm-mbi-and-msft/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Never mind the bears and bulls or even the pigs and chickens, I think between Wall Street and Washington D.C. the goofs and ghosts are leading the charge.

What I mean by this is that the rationale for certain market activity and advisement makes no sense to me. Maybe we are not recovering from the recession but we are moving into something like a shadow economy, where people look at what is going on in the market and rationalize it after the fact, when all the real energy is in the darkness.

Today American Eagle (NYSE: AEO) was upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays, and Lazard Capital Markets upgraded AEO from hold to buy. Why now, after the stock has run up 65% this year, do they finally wake up and think there might be something here?

Continue reading So many questions: AEO, APC, C, GM, MBI & MSFT

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Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

Continue reading Earnings highlights: P&G, DreamWorks, E*Trade, Netflix, Under Armour, Humana and more

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Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

Continue reading Earnings highlights: Starbucks, Kodak, Verizon, Visa, Office Depot, Baidu and more

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In addition to his in-depth analysis of technical and fundamental metrics, tech sector expert Paul McWilliams pays strong attention to the quality of management in his assessment of technology stocks.

In a special report from his Next Inning newsletter, he looks to a trio of tech players that he recommends as "strategic investments" based in large part on the quality of their chief executive officers.

Here's his look at Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Motorola (NYSE: MOT). explaining why their respective CEOs are the right people for the job.

Continue reading Tech strategy: Buy companies with the best CEOs - Intel, HP, and Motorola

Tech strategy: Buy companies with the best CEOs - Intel, HP, and Motorola originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>hewlett-packardhpqintcintelinthenewsjhamark hurdMarkHurdmotmotorolanext inningpaul mcwilliamspaul otelliniPaulMcwilliamsPaulOtellinitech stockstechnology CEOtechnology stocksTechnologyCeoTechStocksthestockadvisors.comMon, 13 Apr 2009 14:40:00 EST<![CDATA[Pay for performance? Try pay for failure: CEOs paid millions to lose billions]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/03/pay-for-performance-try-pay-for-failure-ceos-paid-millions-to/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/03/pay-for-performance-try-pay-for-failure-ceos-paid-millions-to/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/03/pay-for-performance-try-pay-for-failure-ceos-paid-millions-to/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

There could be an opportunity to tweak the way we pay CEOs of big public companies. I hope this doesn't sound too harsh. But when you consider that the average 2008 compensation for the 10 highest paid public company CEOs was $40.7 million, while their companies lost half, or $30 billion, worth of their stock market value -- I wonder whether some change may be in order.

The year 2008 put a big exclamation mark on, hopefully, the end of an eight-year sentence of stabbing common shareholders in the back. Of the 10 highest paid CEOs, here are the four who destroyed the most stock market value while getting well above average pay. The companies are listed in descending order of the percentage destruction in stock market value, along with the CEO's 2008 compensation and loss in stock market capitalization:

  • Citigroup (NYSE: C) paid CEO Vikram Pandit $38.2 million while its stock fell 78% destroying $124 billion in stock market value
  • Motorola (NYSE: MOT) CEO Sanjay Jha made $104 million while overseeing a 75% stock plunge which wiped out $27.9 billion in stock market value

Continue reading Pay for performance? Try pay for failure: CEOs paid millions to lose billions

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When Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled the iPhone in January 2007, it probably knew that its marketing and influence were ripe to make that product the "must have" wireless handset. Indeed, it's turned out that way, with Apple quickly entering into the top-five companies in the wireless phone business.

Since then, the copycats (if we can call them that) have released on touch-screen phone after another. Some are good, some mediocre. Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (NYSE: S) impending release of the Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) Pre may be a very good contender to actually compete head-to-head with the iPhone.

Continue reading Motorola unveils the Evoke; Apple's iPhone not scared

Motorola unveils the Evoke; Apple's iPhone not scared originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>aaplApple iPhoneAppleIphoneinthenewsMOTMotorola evokeMotorola QA4MotorolaEvokeMotorolaQa4Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Motorola (MOT) : 'Classic tech turnaround']]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/19/motorola-mot-classic-tech-turnaround/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/19/motorola-mot-classic-tech-turnaround/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/19/motorola-mot-classic-tech-turnaround/#commentsFiled under: , ,

"I now believe some bargains are developing among technology stocks," says growth stock expert Mark Skousen. In his specialized trading service, The Turnaround Trader, he adds, "Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is a fallen tech leader that may even rise in a bear market -- and has a chance to double or triple once the market turns around."

Skousen expplains, "Technology stocks appear to have bottomed and are moving higher. Motorola, the $8-billion mobile ohone manufacturer, is in the midst of a classic turnaround situation.

"It used to be the cell phone technology leader, having developed the world's first handheld cellular phone and technical standard for high-definition TV. Yet the stock has fallen nearly 70% from its lofty highs of $26 a share two years ago.

Continue reading Motorola (MOT) : 'Classic tech turnaround'

Motorola (MOT) : 'Classic tech turnaround' originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Analyst upgrades:
  • ING upgraded Roche (OTC: RHHBY) to Buy from Hold as it believes Roche will not pay more than $100/share for Genentech (NYSE: DNA) and that the Avastin adjuvant data due April 2009 provides significant upside potential.
  • Oppenheimer upgraded Motorola (NYSE: MOT) to Outperform from Perform on valuation as it believes sentiment is at an all-time low and the stock has limited downside. The firm set a $5 target on shares.
  • Morgan Stanley upgraded Comerica (NYSE: CMA) to Equal Weight from Underweight citing valuation that adequately reflects credit deterioration in its commercial-heavy loan portfolio and aggressive government action.
  • Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ: CAKE) and Nucor (NYSE: NUE) were upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman.
  • Pinnacle Entertainment (NYSE: PNK) was raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays.

Continue reading Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: RHHBY, MOT, RBS, DKS, MCO ...

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What can happen in a 16-day span? Well, according to Motorola (NYSE: MOT), a former employee -- whom the the firm "appreciated" -- can become a former employee who may have failed "to substantially perform duties," engaged in dishonesty, "gross misconduct," and breached "one or more restrictive covenants." (These are definitions for cause, not actual reasons cited by MOT for Liska's departure.) According to this Wall Street Journal article, former MOT chief financial officer Paul Liska filed a wrongful termination suit against the cellphone producer on February 20.

Yesterday, Liska expressed surprise in realizing that his termination was assigned cause. When MOT reported earnings (actually, a lack thereof) early in February, it stated that Liska was being replaced because the firm was delaying the spinoff of its cellphone unit. The firm's co-CEO actually praised Liska, noting "He did a lot of good work here." However, a recent SEC filing brought to light the fact that MOT asked Liska to repay a $400,000 cash signing bonus on February 19, noting that he was "involuntarily terminated for cause."

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It is being reported that Sirius XM is preparing for bankruptcy and this could be the week it happens.

After reading numerous stories about Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) posted by my colleagues here and elsewhere, and tossing in my own two cents (see GM/Chrysler or Sirius/XM: Two losers don't equal a winner and Sirius and XM: Two losers -- A follow-up), I was pondering what, if anything, might have been missed by analysts and investors alike that has hurt the success of this company. It may be something as simple as misjudging the size of the market.

Continue reading Sirius's problem: A niche business with broad market expenses

Sirius's problem: A niche business with broad market expenses originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>featuredIridiumMOTmotorolasatellite phonessatellite radioSheldon LiberSIRISiriussirius xm radioXMMon, 16 Feb 2009 10:40:00 EST<![CDATA[ETF Stocks: Use BDH for a play on broadband technologies]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/13/etf-stocks-use-bdh-for-a-play-on-broadband-technologies/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/13/etf-stocks-use-bdh-for-a-play-on-broadband-technologies/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/13/etf-stocks-use-bdh-for-a-play-on-broadband-technologies/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

topgoldThe old adage to new investors has always been to invest in something that you use or believe in. Right now, you're probably reading this online and there's a good chance you got online through a broadband connection, so why not invest in the companies that continue to supply equipment for the growth of the broadband revolution?

The exchange-traded fund (ETF) Broadband HOLDRs (NYSE: BDH) is a great way to invest in the broadband industry without having to select one company. BDH consists of about 22 companies that develop, manufacture and market products and services that facilitate the transmission of data, video and voice more quickly and efficiently than traditional telephone line communications.

Continue reading ETF Stocks: Use BDH for a play on broadband technologies

ETF Stocks: Use BDH for a play on broadband technologies originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>BDHbroadbandetfFri, 13 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Earnings highlights: Time Warner, BP, Cisco, Motorola, Visa and others]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/07/earnings-highlights-time-warner-bp-cisco-motorola-visa-and/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/07/earnings-highlights-time-warner-bp-cisco-motorola-visa-and/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/07/earnings-highlights-time-warner-bp-cisco-motorola-visa-and/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , ,

Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

Continue reading Earnings highlights: Time Warner, BP, Cisco, Motorola, Visa and others

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The once proud Schaumburg, Illinois-based Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has never fully recovered from the collapse of the technology sector in 2000. From its peak of over $57 in February 2000, MOT lost 75% of its market cap the next 12 months and surrendered another 50% over the following two years.

The stock is currently trading at $3.90 after reaching a low for the last 52 weeks of $3. The stock traded at the high for the period in mid-November, reaching $12.59.

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Yesterday we ran an earnings preview on mobile device maker Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and asked if the company would be able to break even for its fourth quarter. The answer is no, and shares are trading sharply lower in reaction to the company's weak earnings report.

Excluding items, the company lost a penny a share, which was weaker than the break even quarter that analysts had been hoping to see. For comparison purposes, the company was able to earn a positive 5 cents a share for the same period last year.

Continue reading Motorola (MOT) shares fall on poor earnings

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I wrote yesterday about the current, relatively low level of the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), comparing it to the 2002 -2003 triple-bottom. I concluded that low levels after a bear market could indicate that a capitulation had occurred.

There was more evidence of that yesterday.

When the market opened sharply lower, the VIX opened very close to its intra-day high but sharply reversed and closed the day just .68 higher at 45.52. And the Dow and the S&P 500 traded fractionally lower.

This week should flush out most of any remaining bad earnings news with some very big names, such as Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW), Disney (NYSE: DIS), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Motorola (NYSE: MOT) reporting today.

Continue reading Today's technical outlook: Market building the case for capitulation

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In the News:
· Citigroup Commits to Lending $36.5 Billion
· Merck Swings to Profit, Beats Estimates
· Motorola Posts Massive 4Q Loss, Suspends Dividend
· Macy's to Cut 7,000 Jobs, Suspends Dividend
· Chrysler Offers Buyouts to All Hourly Workers
· More Families Move in Together During Housing Crisis

5 (Cheap) Stocks to Buy Now for the Long Run
Retail, technology, and materials companies with growth potential. They include IBM, Kohl's CVS Caremark, Freeport MacMoRan and Oracle.
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Ford (NYSE: F) and General Motors (NYSE: GM) are among the many car companies to report January sales today, with estimates calling for declines of possibly over 40%.

SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) posted a huge fourth-quarter net loss of $1.9 billion Monday after the close. While some of the loss was attributed to a $2 billion one-time charge, weak consumer spending and pricing pressures in the memory chip market also took their toll. Sandisk's adjusted net loss was $1.65 a share; Revenue was $863.9 million, down from $1.25 billion last year. Analysts had expected a net loss of 60 cents a share, on revenue of $766.7 million, according to Thomson Reuters. SNDK shares sank over 20% in premarket trading.

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