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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Stocks Going Ex-Dividend in the Next Couple Weeks	For investors who are interested in buying dividends, there are a lot of stocks going ex-dividend in the next couple weeks. The following are stocks that are going ex through July 4. All have yields above 2.6%, PE ratios below 20, and PEG's below 2.8. Shown below is the ex-dividend date for each stock.PremierWest Bancorp ( PRWT ) 6/23/2008 Yield: 3.3% P/E: 10 PEG: 0.79 Xcel Energy Inc. ( XEL ) 6/24/2008 Yield: 4.5% P/E: 15 PEG: 2.79 Alliance Financial Corporation ( ALNC ) 6/24/2008 Yield: 4.2% P...	June 16, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WORD VIDEO HERE Airline Take The traders discussed the airline sector which is under increased pressure from high fuel costs. Just this week Continental Airlines (CAL) said it would slash 3,000 jobs, or about 6.5% of its work force, and retire 67 older planes as it looks for ways to save money due to skyrocketing fuel costs. United Airlines (UAUA) made a similar move removing 100 planes and cutting around 1,600 jobs. Macke said its time to stop selling airline stocks and short...	June 05, 2008
Earnings expectations: Take-Two, Lululemon, Williams-Sonoma, Toll Bros. and others	Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, Ciena Corp (CIEN), Toll Brothers (TOL), Smithfield Foods (SFD)Here's a peek at what analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial are expecting from companies scheduled to report quarterly results in the first week of June, 2008. The following companies are expected to post earnings growth, compared to the same period in the previous year: Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) up 136.6% (from a loss) to $1.12 per share, on $499.1 million in revenue ...	June 02, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street WATCH THE WORD VIDEO HERE Oil at $135: Who Wins And Loses With oil trading over $135 for the time in history certain companies will benefit and some will lose. What is the trade. Seymour said it’s ironic that a company like PetroChina (PTR) will have a tough time with oil at $135. He explained that PTR pumps out refined oil which is subsidized to local dealers. Adami said Morton’s (MRT) and Ruth’s Chris (RUTH) will be hurt because nobody will drive to eat at ...	May 22, 2008
Tax Winner	It is time to invest when a company is ready to crush its competition. H&R Block (HRB) is poised to do this with struggling competitor Jackson Hewitt (JTX). On March 4 JTX announce horrible earnings and the stock has fallen more than 61%. This was compared to the Western Union (WU) capitalizing on the demise of Moneygram (MGI). HRB was once hated by Jim but now he likes the company and noted was the pending sale of its OptionOne francise. Once completed HRB will be a better stock, under...	March 19, 2008
Earnings highlights: Blockbuster, Costco, H&R Block, Walgreen, Saks and others	Filed under: Earnings reports, Walgreen Co (WAG), Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI), H and R Block (HRB), Costco Wholesale (COST), Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Urban Outfitters (URBN)Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: Astec Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTE) beat expectations and raised its guidance. Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) fourth-quarter profit fails to offset the full-year loss. China Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology...	March 08, 2008
Analyst downgrades: Thornburg Mortgage, Whirlpool, Jackson Hewitt	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgradesMOST NOTEWORTHY: Thornburg Mortgage, Whirlpool and Jackson Hewitt were today's noteworthy downgrades: Jefferies downgraded shares of Thornburg Mortgage (NYSE: TMA) to Hold from Buy to reflect the ongoing dislocation of the mortgage markets and lowered their target to $3.75 from $14. While they believe Thornburg will probably survive its current liquidity crisis, they think the company's capital structure will be impaired furth...	March 05, 2008
Fast Money	Word on the StreetWord VideoTomorrow's TradesOil is at $100 and OPEC is set to rebuff calls to raise production, what will this mean for surging commodity prices? Addison Armstrong from Tradition Energy said OPEC's hands are tied. The ability to raise prices the way they used to is gone. If they were to cut production it would be detrimental to demand. They can't raise production because this is the slow time of the year traditionally. Crude bulls are in a tough spot here with the risk rewa...	March 04, 2008
Jackson Hewitt tumbles on profit decline	Filed under: Earnings reports, H and R Block (HRB)So far, tax season as not been kind to the number two tax preparer in the U.S., Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (NYSE: JTX). A slow start to the season led to a sharp decline in fiscal third-quarter earnings, the company reported today. Net income in the quarter ended January 31 fell 34% to $18.2 million, or 61 cents per share, from the year-ago period. Revenue was down 15% to $97.6 million. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had expected pro...	March 04, 2008
Monday's Uprades and Downgrades	UpgradesKongZhong (KONG)- Susquehanna Financial Negative » Neutral AbitibiBowater (ABH)- DA Davidson Underperform » NeutralPublic Storage (PSA)- Deutsche Securities Hold » Buy Canadian Natrl Res (CNQ)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform Omnicare (OCR)- Bear Stearns Outperform » Peer Perform Novartis AG (NVS)- HSBC Securities Neutral » Underweight GrafTech Intl (GTI)- Oppenheimer Outperform » Perform American Intl (AIG)- Keefe Bruyette Outperform...	March 03, 2008

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