a summary of various stock recommendations from various sources.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Tue Jan 20th 2009 daily stock tracking

Street - Education stocks are doing well due to increasing unemployment and Obama's stimulus plan to help with loans for education. Apollo Group(APOL), Career Education(CECO), Corinthian Colleges(COCO), Strayer Education(STRA), Grand Canyon Education(LOPE), DeVry(DV), Capella Education(CPLA). These stocks may start to go down once the economy starts to recover. Dividend increasers, CVS Caremark(CVS) yield of 1.1%, P/E of 13, PEG ratio .85, and Family Dollar Stores(FDO) yield is now 1.9%, the P/E and PEG are a little higher than competitors' average. Others mentioned include Corning(GLW) yield of 2.1%, Halliburton(HAL) yield of 2%. Health care stocks are the most attractive sector in the market, especially biotechnology, health care equipment and life science tools and services. Recommends Alkermes(ALKS), EnteroMedics(ETRM), Volcano(VOLC), Emergent Biosolutions(EBS), Gilead Sciences(GILD). Cramer - Likes Wells Fargo(WFC) even though bank stocks have been getting killed, bull on Paychex(PAYX) and National Grid. Upgrades - Motorola(MOT) $7, Research in Motion(RIMM) $75, Wendy's/Arby's(WEN) $7.
Fool - Alternative energy nuclear power, General Electric(GE), ABB(ABB), Entergy(ETR), Exelon(EXC).
Forbes - Stock of the week, Sequenom Inc.(SQNM) is a biotech company that specializes in genetics and molecular diagnostics.
TheStockAdvisors - Benefit from Obama's rebuilding plan, US Steel Corp(X) and Alcoa(AA), PowerShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure(PXR) is a good ETF pick for world growth.

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