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PERF Go Green: Eco-Friendly Consumer Products
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PERF Go Green (OTC:PGOG) develops and markets environmentally friendly and non-toxic biodegradable plastic products. The Company's products are made using recycled plastics which are designed to biodegrade within 1-2 years with no toxic or visible remnants, as compared to traditional plastics which take hundreds of years to decompose. The following is a link to the PGOG page at StockMediaBuzz.com with research reports, articles, videos, and audio interviews: <font> http://www.stockmediabuzz.com/PGOG.php </font> <> The audio interview is with COO Michael Caridi describing t...
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Cramer on BloggingStocks: What to buy in the Dow
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Filed under: Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Wal-Mart (WMT), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Market matters, McDonald's (MCD), AT and T (T), Caterpillar (CAT), Citigroup Inc. (C), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Alcoa Inc (AA), Altria Group (MO), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Freep't McMoRan Copper (FCX), DJIA, Stocks to Buy, Cramer on BloggingStocks TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer identifies the eight Dow components that will become too cheap not to buy.
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(closed on 03/02/09)
wmt still believe you will see a price of between 24.65 and 36
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Retail winners? Look to discounters
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22 days
(closed on 02/26/09)
Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Newsletters, Stocks to Buy, Recession  In early 2008, Toby Smith forecast a shift among consumers towards discount retailers; in ChangeWave Investing, he still looks to Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Fred's (NASDAQ: FRED) as the best way to participate in this ongoing trend.
"Consumers are worried about their jobs and about trying to build savings, so the last thing they are apt to do is spend frivolously. <>"Early in 2008, our ChangeWave Alliance accurately picked up a major transformational shift in retailing as consumers began to increase spending at discounters. That sh...
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Create Your Own Highly Defensive ETF
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+2.18%
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100 days
(closed on 05/01/09)
Create Your Own Highly Defensive ETF The table at my website link below contains 35 companies included in the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Highly Defensive PerformIdex which are based in the U.S., Canada, and Europe with market caps over $10B that are the leaders by market cap in their defensive industry groups. The index includes 23 consumer staples and healthcare companies, with the remaining 12 companies chosen from a variety of other defensive industry groups. <> (A) Mass Merchant Dis...
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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Cramer bullish on the Dow for '09 -- Part V
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(closed on 03/09/09)
Filed under: General Electric (GE), Pfizer (PFE), Wal-Mart (WMT), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AT and T (T), Target Corp. (TGT), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Procter and Gamble (PG), Lowe's Cos (LOW), Verizon Communications (VZ), Merck and Co (MRK), United Technologies (UTX), DJIA, Stocks to Buy, Cramer on BloggingStocks TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer sees a stalled industrial and a winning retail play in this final portion of his 2009 predictions.
This is the...
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Wal-Mart (WMT): An Essential Part Of Any Stock Portfolio
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Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ) is thriving as recession grips the economy. As a cost leader in the retail sector, the company is benefiting from an increase in thrift. And it continues to expand its operations overseas. Horacio Marquez says Wal-Mart should emerge stronger than ever from this crisis, making it an essential part of any stock portfolio. This from Money Morning : <> In an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Wal-Mart Stores Inc . (NYSE: WMT ) Chief Executive Officer H. Lee Scott Jr. said the recession is changing consumer-buying habits. <> W...
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A New Index of Highly Defensive Stocks
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(closed on 01/21/09)
The table at my website link below includes an update for the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Highly Defensive PerformIdex of 36 companies based in the U.S., Canada, and Europe with market caps over $10B, which are the leaders by market cap in their defensive industry groups. The 36 companies are dominated by consumer staples and healthcare, with an equal distribution of 12 each from these sectors, with the remaining 12 companies chosen from a variety of other defensive industry groups. <> (A) Mass Merch...
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(closed on 02/05/09)
even though they could take the stock higher i believe the stock is do for a flush. There is a feeling of manipulation, like they are trying to walk up the price. I also get the feeling like there is bad news looming. They said that they are reducing prices even further in china on needed items. So i see this eating into margin. I believe they are also doing this to try and gain business/ market share. Price wars are never good for businesses over a certain time period. How long that period can be is anyones guess. I believe wmt is fortunate and the only reason it does as well as it does is...
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A More Focused Highly Defensive Index
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(closed on 12/29/08)
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The accompanying table [click to enlarge] includes an updated version of the ETF Innovators [ETFI] ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex of 36 companies based in the U.S., Canada, and Europe with market caps over $10B, which are the leaders by market cap in their defensive industry groups. This update includes a 10% reduction in the number of companies with an equal distribution of 12 each from consumer staples and healthcare, with the remaining 12 companies chosen from a variety of defensive industry groups.
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Defensive Stocks Opportunities Outside of Healthcare
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(closed on 12/03/08)
<> As a follow-up to the top rated companies highlighted from the ETF Innovators [ETFI] healthcare and transport indexes, below are some top rated companies from other sectors and industry groups.
From the Global Tobacco Index , Altria Group (MO) is a top rated stock with a dividend yield near 8% which is set to acquire smokeless tobacco maker UST Inc. (UST) early next year and is poised to capitalize on a strong U.S. Dollar (UUP) compared to the international operations of Philip Morris (PM).
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- Analysis by seekingalpha.com - daniel Harrison
Did anyone bother to look at the itemized April retail sales data yesterday morning before they went ...
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iphones likely to triple sales?
- reuters reports that 2500 walmart stores will retail iphones from this sunday!
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday it will star...
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iphones likely to triple sales?
- reuters reports that 2500 walmart stores will retail iphones from this sunday!
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday it will star...
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Sell the retailers
- Ok, here is a dumb question. Who think the retailers will have improved numbers? Not me. I am selling them all.
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About WalMart Stores Inc
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On a day when stocks were down more than 3%, 
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