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DRI Thanksgiving Trade #3: Darden Restaurants (DRI) 11/28/09 — Filed under: Darden Restaurants (DRI), OptionsThanksgiving is a time when friends and family gather at home for a feast, but the restaurant industry is hoping that a good number of folks dine out amid their holiday shopping activities. Given the tentative economic recovery and double-digit unemploym...

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PGR World Series trade #6: Progressive (PGR) 11/01/09 — Filed under: Options, Stocks to BuyVoted MLB's best ballpark in 2008, Cleveland's Progressive Field boasts the name of Ohio-based Progressive Corp. (NYSE: PGR). Drawn down by the financial crisis and credit freeze of 2008, Progressive fell to $10 per share. With it now trading around $16, I consider...

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PNC World Series trade #4: PNC Financial Services (PNC) 11/01/09 — Filed under: Options, Stocks to BuyThe Pittsburgh Pirates may not be putting much on the field these days, but Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Inc. (NYSE: PNC) has jockeyed itself into a lead position in the financial recovery. Since hitting its lows in March, at just below $20, PNC is up aro...

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TTEK Earnings trade #4 -- Tetra Tech Inc. (TTEK) 07/26/09 — Filed under: Stocks to BuyTetra Tech Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) provides consulting, engineering, construction, and technical services for resource management and infrastructure in the United States and internationally. Clearly, the company has a stake in the proposed rebuilding of infrastructure that serv...

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SLE Earnings trade #3 -- Sara Lee (SLE) 07/26/09 — Filed under: Sara Lee Corp (SLE), Stocks to BuyDon't look now, but Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) is up about 20% in the past month. People gotta eat, and, thanks to the recession, they're opting to eat at home more often. Sara Lee reports earnings on August 12, and analysts expect earnings per share to be 5 ...

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IBM Earnings trade #2 -- Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) 07/25/09 — Filed under: Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Intel (INTC), International Business Machines (IBM), Stocks to BuyWith strong numbers from IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), along with some bullish comments from Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), look for positive results from Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) w...

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CERN Earnings trade #1 -- Cerner Corp. (CERN) 07/25/09 — Filed under: Stock screen, Stocks to BuyCerner Corp. (NASDAQ: CERN) is a health care information technology provider, and that's a hot place to be right now. The company reports on July 29, and earnings expectations are modest. In fact, only a third of covering analysts consider CERN a "buy," which l...

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SLE HPQ Win the earnings game with these four trades 07/25/09 — Filed under: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Sara Lee Corp (SLE)Beating the Street at the earnings game is all about knowing the market's true expectations for a stock. Knowing the market's expectations -- not just the analyst expectations -- for a stock will often provide the edge necessary to turn earnings ...

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AMZN Wall Street's Presidents' Day Sale: Amazon.com (AMZN) 02/16/09 — Filed under: Amazon.com (AMZN), Stocks to BuyAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) cheap? The stock is trading in the mid-$60s, and it's almost doubled off its November low. But Amazon has reached far higher -- around $100 in October 2007, and $110 going back to 1999. More importantly, AMZN is emerging as ...

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X Five winning Super Bowl trades: I. Buy U.S. Steel (X) 01/31/09 — Filed under: U.S. Steel (X), Stocks to BuyYou can't talk about the Steelers and the stock market without thinking about U.S. Steel (NYSE: X). The company's headquarters pierces the Pittsburgh skyline like the Steelers' defense pierces opposing offensive lines. The U.S. steel industry has been dramat...

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