BlackRock
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Insiders Have Bought BlackRock, Adobe, and More
By Meena Krishnamsetty - January 24, 2013 | Tickers: ADBE, ADC, BLK, BF-B, KRO
We’ve reviewed a number of studies on insider trading and have concluded that stocks bought by insiders narrowly outperform broader market indices (read more about studies on insider trading). Our impression is that this is because insiders’ pocketbooks are already dependent on the company, and so they should generally diversify their investments to avoid too much exposure to any company-specific events. Insider buys therefore signal that the stock’s more »
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A BlackRock Board Member Bought $100,000 in Stock
By Meena Krishnamsetty - January 24, 2013 | Tickers: AMP, BLK, BEN, STT, TROW
BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) Board member John Varley has purchased 427 shares of the company’s stock at an average price of $233.59 per share, bringing his direct ownership of BlackRock stock to over 1,000 shares. Insider purchases are bullish signs (see our analysis of studies on insider trading), and we think that this is because insiders will tend to buy only when they are confident in the company more »
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How Bad Will Sequestration Be? Use This Ticker To Tell
By Mitch Rubinstein - January 23, 2013 | Tickers: BLK, ^VIX 130522C00025000, ^GSPC, VOO
In December we discussed a great way to take cover from the Fiscal Cliff. But the Cliff turned out to be a two-step bunny slope, and the first hill wasn't so bad for Wall Street. We're about midway towards the second hill and it's a great time to review what we've learned so far. First off, the stock market remains hard to predict in the short more »
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An ETF Giant Gets Bigger
By Reuben Brewer - January 22, 2013 | Tickers: BCS, BLK, CS
BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) has moved aggressively to expand its business over the last decade or so. One of its most successful shifts has been to quickly establish itself as a leader in the exchange traded fund market. It isn't done yet, and that's good news for investors.
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Five Shareholder-Friendly Stocks that Might be Good Investments for 2013
By Brian Nichols - January 19, 2013 | Tickers: A, BLK, F, KALU, WNR
A shareholder-friendly company holds certain advantages over a typical stock, if in fact it returns capital to shareholders in terms of performance as well as in yield. In this market there are numerous examples of such stocks, and in this article I am looking at five that are raising their dividend and might fit into your portfolio.
Company
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2013 Yield
Increase Over 2012
One-Year Return
Ford
(NYSE: F)
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Strong Post-Earning Performers that Could Continue to Perform
By Brian Nichols - January 18, 2013 | Tickers: ASML, BLK, FAST, NUS
Citigroup, Bank of America, and eBay were the most highly anticipated earnings yesterday, but none of these was the most impressive -- there were several other companies that truly set themselves apart. In this article I am looking at several of these companies, and what it could mean for their stock.
ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML)
In my opinion, ASML Holding provided us with one of the best quarters of the day more »
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Investing in the Final Frontier
By Matthew Luke - December 20, 2012 | Tickers: BLK, FRN, IVZ, FM, PMNA
No, fellow classic TV fans. I am not talking about ‘space’, as referenced in the title sequence of every episode of Star Trek. My final frontier is something strictly terra ferma-based. What I am referring to is an economic term used to describe areas of the world known as “frontier markets”.
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An Analysis of Barron’s 10 Stocks for 2013- Part I
By Justin Carley - December 19, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, BKS, BLK, F, GD, JPM, TXT |
Barron’s is out with their 10 favorite stocks for 2013. I highlighted their performance in 2012 and they did a good job with market-beating success. These lists always elicit plenty of emotions from investors of all varieties, but it helps to put a little context into the picks. First, I believe Barron’s tilts toward the large-cap space and seeks a group beta roughly in-line with the S&P more »
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4 Overlooked Financial Stocks To Consider Now
By Maxwell Fisher - December 13, 2012 | Tickers: AIG, BRK-B, BLK, L
American International Group (NYSE: AIG) was once among the largest, most profitable and most complicated of all financial companies. Courtesy of the recession and record setting bailouts, AIG is today a small fraction of what it was, but that still makes it a major international insurance holding company. At its height, adjusted for stock splits, AIG had a book value of nearly $800 per share, and earned up to $15 more »
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INCOMING! How To Take Cover From The Fiscal Cliff
By Mitch Rubinstein - December 5, 2012 | Tickers: BCS, BLK, ^GSPC, BND
Unless you've been on a remote Forward Operating Base for the last three months, you've probably heard about the fiscal cliff that's coming our way. Taxes on personal income and investments will go up, and government spending will be trimmed. On the one hand, it's standard stuff for any government, corporation, or household that is spending more than they're taking in. On the other hand more »
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A Large Global Asset Manager with Huge Insider Buys
By Anh HOANG - November 19, 2012 | Tickers: BLK, LM, STT
I am often very excited about insiders’ buys, especially those with huge value. It is not about some hundred thousand, or some million dollars, but approaching nearly $100 million in value. In addition, this can be considered one of the biggest insiders buys in the overall market in nearly a decade. Ready to hear the name of the company? It is actually a big investment management firm with the increasing more »
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Bernanke's Legacy
By Gerelyn Terzo - November 15, 2012 | Tickers: BLK, CG, KKR
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's legacy will no doubt include his characterization of the impending financial doom facing the U.S. economy in the notorious fiscal cliff. The term conjures up terrifying images, and is responsible for the preference of many investors and corporate executives' to keep capital sidelined, at least in recent months. It makes one long for the days of Greenspan's 'irrational exuberance,' although arguably that is more »
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Can We Make Money Following The 1%?
By Brian Gorban - November 14, 2012 | Tickers: ATVI, BLK, JNS, TTWO
Every investor or trader is always searching to find stocks that hopefully outperform the general market and alternative investment classes. Of course, during these unstable times that is rather difficult to execute and has us uncertain as to what is an effective strategy or criteria to use. One strategy that has proven to be effective over time in determining whether a stock is moving higher is insider accumulation, due to more »
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Would You Trust Your Retirement to These Companies?
By Chris Hodge - November 14, 2012 | Tickers: ACAS, BLK, BKCC, PSEC
It was a trip when I first realized how meta I could get with my investments. I can literally invest in companies where their sole purpose was to tend to investor dollars. While this is pretty crazy, it also makes me wonder about who these companies are most committed to: the investors whose hard-earned dollars they manage, or the investors who own a share of the company and... well, the more »
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4 Stocks That Could Be Ready To Rise
By Federico Zaldua - November 13, 2012 | Tickers: BLK, FSLR, LULU, YUM
As it is explained in one post in my blog Warren Trades, I think that the best investment decisions come from combining a solid fundamental thesis with a strong technical picture or constructive price action. In other words, I study fundamentals of each company, but I need confirmation that the stock is performing better than the overall market in terms of its price action. In this article I detail 4 more »
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Are These Stocks Worth Putting on Your Radar?
By Brian Gorban - November 8, 2012 | Tickers: AGCO, BLK, DE, WFC
As any investor will tell you, being able to consistently outperform the market is no easy feat. One strategy that has proven to be effective over time in determining whether a stock is moving higher is insider accumulation, due to one simple reason: insiders buy shares, just like us, to make more money. Furthermore, they have an enviable vantage point of the day-to-day operations of the company and/or have more »
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18% Dividend Yield but...
By Mike Thiessen - November 7, 2012 | Tickers: BLK, COP, GNI
Imagine a company with return on assets of 77%, a low PE of 4.99, no debt, and an amazing dividend yield. Then add in the fact that we are living in a yield hungry market. People would do anything for a 15% + yield in a relatively safe investment. This is real but it has a major flaw. This company is Great Northern Iron Ore Properties (NYSE: GNI). It is more »
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Can You Manage Big Gains with These 4 Companies?
By Chad Henage - October 29, 2012 | Tickers: BLK, BEN, IVZ, TROW
Certain industries almost act like counter-cyclicals. In plain English, these companies do well once the economy is moving along at a good pace, and things are generally good. However, in order to really benefit from the higher profits these companies produce during these times, you have to be willing to buy their shares when no one else wants to. One of the primary industries that acts in this fashion is more »
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Insiders Are Bullish About These 4 Dividend Stocks
By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 29, 2012 | Tickers: AMAT, BLK, JPM, LTD, WFC
Empirical studies show that stock investors who mimic insiders can outperform the market by as much as 7 percentage points. This estimate is based on the assessment of stock market returns over the past fifty years. Mimicking insider purchases is advantageous because it is a strategy based on actions that are a result of well-informed decisions of individuals who have an intrinsic knowledge about the companies whose stocks are purchased more »
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A Big Insider Buy at BlackRock
By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 24, 2012 | Tickers: BLK, BEN, LM, STT, TROW
Recent filings with the SEC have disclosed that between his direct holdings and indirect forms of ownership, such as a controlled LLC and a trust, BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) Board member James Grosfeld has recently bought a total of 300,000 shares of the company at prices of about $190 per share. That $57 million investment has been a large increase in his holdings: he now directly owns just over 400 more »