FeedPosted Feb 28th 2011 11:30AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Amazon.com (AMZN), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Procter and Gamble (PG), Analyst Initiations
Analyst Upgrades
- Medicis (MRX) to overweight from neutral at Piper Jaffray, to outperform from market perform at Bernstein, to outperform from sector perform at RBC Capital and to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
- Wellpoint (WLP) to buy from neutral at Davenport.
- Humana (HUM) to buy from hold at Jefferies.
- Frontier Oil (FTO) to equal weight from underweight and Resources Connection (RECN) to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: AMZN, CMCSA, FTO, HUM, MRX, PG, STX, WLP, WWW ...
Posted Feb 19th 2011 2:00PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Bank of America (BAC), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE), Lowe's Cos (LOW), Wells Fargo (WFC)
The past week's data-point-of-consequence for investors had to be investment decisions by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A).
Buffett ended positions in several stocks in the fourth quarter, including the Bank of America (BAC), Nike (NKE), Fiserv (FISV), Becton Dickinson (BDX), Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), Lowe's Co.s (LOW), Nalco (NLC) and Nestle (NSRGY), according to a filing, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Berkshire added to a holding of only one stock in the fourth quarter: Wells Fargo (WFC).
Continue reading Tell-Tale Stat: Buffett's Berkshire Divests Bank of America, Nike Stakes
Posted Feb 16th 2011 4:20PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Dell (DELL), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Genzyme (GENZ)

The FOMC Minutes offered a slight economic upgrade today. A large draw in oil inventories and word that Iran was sending two warships through the Suez canal to go to the Mediterranean spooked investors for a bit. The S&P is now up 100% from the lows of March 2009.
Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow Jones 12,288.17 +61.53 (0.50%)
S&P 500 1,336.32 +8.31 (0.63%)
Nasdaq 2,825.56 +21.21 (0.76%)
Continue reading Closing Bell: A Double From Lows (CAGC, CMCSA, DELL, DSCO, FDO, GENZ, SNY)
Posted Feb 15th 2011 12:30PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Stocks to Buy
The shares of cable and communications giant Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), which I first wrote about on April 22, 2009, at a price of $14.05, have put in a decent rally this winter, rising to about $24. Now may be a good time to consider taking some profits if you're in near $14.
However, those investors who can tolerate the risk can maintain their full position with CMCSA and go for an even bigger gain, but keep in mind the journey to $30 probably will not be completed in 2011.
Continue reading Comcast Continues to Rise
Posted Feb 14th 2011 9:00AM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: General Electric (GE), Walt Disney (DIS), Viacom (VIA), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Film
Based on what I was reading going into the weekend, I thought the multiplex was going to be an unexciting place. I was therefore rather surprised to see what I thought were relatively impressive numbers attached to the top films.
According to early estimates for domestic grosses at Box Office Mojo, Sony's (SNE) Just Go With It, starring Adam Sandler, is so far credited with a first-place showing; the movie is believed to have made about $31 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period. But Viacom's (VIA.B) Justin Bieber: Never Say Never product isn't giving up without a fight. At the time of writing, it was in second place with $30.3 million. Essentially, it's a tie.
Continue reading Viacom's Bieber Film Gives Sony's Sandler Project a Fight
Posted Jan 18th 2011 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), General Electric (GE), Citigroup Inc. (C), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), EMC Corp (EMC)

Despite some concerns out of China about putting on the brakes too hard, international market strength helped the U.S. markets today. There is also a continued hope of higher guidance coming from companies reporting this week during
earnings season.
Here are today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow Jones: 11,837.93 +50.55 (0.43%)
S&P 500: 1,295.02 +1.78 (0.14%)
Nasdaq: 2,765.85 +10.55 (0.38%)
Top Analyst CallsContinue reading Closing Bell: Markets Shake Off Tech Concerns (AAPL, C, CMCSA, GE, EMC, DANG, TEX)
Posted Dec 14th 2010 11:00AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Walgreen Co (WAG), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Research in Motion (RIMM), Amgen Inc (AMGN), Analyst Initiations
Analyst Upgrades
- Amgen (AMGN) to overweight from neutral at Piper Jaffray.
- Goodrich Petroleum (GDP) to outperform from market perform at Wells Fargo.
- Tutor Perini (TPC) to buy from neutral at UBS.
- Covidien (COV) to buy from neutral at Goldman.
- Sara Lee (SLE) and Comcast (CMCSA) to outperform from market perform at Bernstein.
- Research In Motion (RIMM) to outperform from sector perform at FBN Securities.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: AMGN, CMCSA, GDP, FAST, FLR, KBR, PGR, RIMM, SLE, WAG ...
Posted Nov 23rd 2010 3:30PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Stocks to Buy

Cable/communications giant Comcast Corporation (
CMCSA) took the long way home, to quote Supertramp, to get to $20, but it's arrived.
Comcast, which I first wrote about
on April 22, 2009 at a price of $14.05 will likely post a 2010 revenue increase of 5-7%, with a similar increase in 2011, propelled higher by increased multi-service customers, higher video services revenue, and a rebound in advertising revenue. Margins should improve slightly.
Comcasts' most compelling metric? Subscribers: 22.9 million video, 16.7 million high speed internet, and 8.4 million digital phone. Comcast has also formalized its plan to buy a 51% joint-venture stake in NBC Universal (
GE), which will contribute programming.
Continue reading Comcast's Slow Climb Continues
Posted Nov 15th 2010 6:30PM by Wade Hansen (RSS feed)
Filed under: Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Stocks to Buy
Peter Lynch always said you should be able to explain your reasons for investing in a company to a 5th grader. With that in mind, here's why you should buy Comcast Corporation (CMCSA): people love to watch TV.
Comcast seems to be making all of the right moves to get as much content as possible in front of as many eyes as possible. Recognizing that more and more people are consuming media on devices other than their televisions, Comcast has ramped up its efforts to distribute its content online -- through its new Xfinity platform -- and on mobile devices, like the iPad.
Continue reading Comcast Could Rise to Xfinity
Posted Oct 27th 2010 3:00PM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, General Electric (GE), Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA), Media World

Comcast Corporation (
CMCSA) is pretty close to the 52-week high of $20.56, at least at the time of this writing. I saw a quote of $20.34 go by on my screen, a price that represents a gain of 3.6% from yesterday's close. Volume is strong.
The one-year
chart shows some sideways action, but it also displays a stock that has been strong during the past twelve months. One does get the sincere impression that it wants to break out of its current levels sooner rather than later. It is difficult, however, to buy stocks that are at their highs of the year, especially with the way the economy and the markets have been acting.
Continue reading Comcast Near 52-Week High After Q3 Release
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