During Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, CBS News’ Elaine Quijano asked both VP nominees Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mike Pence (R-IN) about the U.S.’ national debt problem…
VP nominees Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mike Pence (R-IN).
“Neither of you[r parties’] economic plans will reduce the growing $19 trillion gross national debt,” she said. “In fact, your plans would add even more to it. Both of you were governors who balanced state budgets. Are you concerned that adding more to the debt could be disastrous for the country?”
Both candidates used tactics to artfully evade Quijano’s question.
Pence noted that Hillary Clinton was part of an administration that doubled the national debt and said he was “very proud” that he is from a “state that works,” praising his efforts in Indiana for cutting taxes.
buy penny stocks: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (SSNLF)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By SEEKINGALPHA.COM]
Like I said in a previous article (please consider: Buy Fitbit: The Dust Has Settled), I do not expect FIT to even come close to sell as many smartwatches as Apple. In fact probably not even as many as Samsung (OTC:SSNLF). But the issue is that it doesn’t need to sell that many.
- [By SEEKINGALPHA.COM]
Apple’s total R&D expenditure isn’t impressive compared to other names in the industry. Samsung (OTC:SSNLF), Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), all outspend Apple in terms of R&D.
- [By Kumar Abhishek]
This is a “Note 7 ” (Samsung) moment for GoPro. Instead of aphone catching fire during a flight, you have a flight (drone) suddenly losing its power and crashing down. A drone weighing 2.2 pounds falling from 20-30 feet in the sky can do quite some damage to property and people. Luckily for GoPro, no related injuries or damages have been reported. But it is clear that GoPro failed to do adequate safety checks, in a haste to release the drones before the holiday season and beat the competition. Like in the case of Samsung Electronics (OTC:SSNLF) the issues with Karma drones will immensely benefit its competitors.
- [By SEEKINGALPHA.COM]
What are its main clients?
In 2016 InterDigital signed a multi-year license agreement with Huawei, the largest Chinese handset manufacturer, as well as with Apple (AAPL). Together these two clients accounted for almost half of 2016 total revenues, Apple 25% and Huawei 23%. Other big clients include Samsung (OTC:SSNLF) 10% and Sony (SNE) <10%. InterDigital has half the smartphone market under license. - [By SEEKINGALPHA.COM]
Who are the likely candidates? This comes down those firms that we feel have the appetite and the size to add new deposition equipment products to their line, namely Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT). Or, LED/OLED consumers and producers that want to bolster their competitive advantage by going more vertical, namely Samsung (OTC:SSNLF) and LG Corporation.
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows shares of mid cap BlackBerry Ltd drifting lower for the past 1 1/2 years whilethe performance of Samsung Electronics (OTCMKTS: SSNLF) and Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) have beenrising for at least thepast several months:
buy penny stocks: LKQ Corporation(LKQ)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
Benzinga's newsdesk monitors options activity to notice unusual patterns. These large volume (and often out of the money) trades were initially published intraday in Benzinga Professional . These trades were placed during Wednesday's regular session.
buy penny stocks: KKR(KKR)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]
In the Lightning Round, Cramer was bullish on Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) , Opko Health (OPK) and Allergan (AGN) .
Cramer was bearish on Kimberly-Clark (KMB) , Novartis AG (NVS) , Chemours (CC) and Gulfport Energy (GPOR) .
- [By Jon C. Ogg]
The long saga regarding Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) has finally come to a head. Well, maybe. Rather than KKR & Co. L.P. (NYSE: KKR) investing $150 million, Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) will be investing up to $480 million in the streaming music rival. With its ticketing unit sale taking place as well, it might seem that Pandora is getting a great deal and helping to bolster its books.
buy penny stocks: TripAdvisor, Inc.(TRIP)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Chris Lange]
The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Tuesday was TripAdvisory, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) which traded down about 23% at $30.35. The stocks 52-week range is $30.21 to $65.56. Volume was roughly29 million versus the daily average 3.1 million shares.
- [By Ben Levisohn]
TripAdvisor (TRIP) tumbled to the bottom of the S&P 500 today, a reversal of yesterday’s big gain following the news thatExpedia (EXPE) would participate in its Instant Booking program.
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TripAdvisordropped 5.1% to $46.28 today, while the S&P 500 declined 0.3% to 2,265.18.
In a note published yesterday, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey’s Rodney Hull and team called the announcement a “positive for [the] platform” but worried about the fact that “shopper growth and monetization have been muted.” They explain:
Ultimately, TripAdvisor is seeking to improve its revenue per shopper which trails its OTA peers who earn 4-5x more per shopper by driving booking and repeat booking activity on their sites. On a positive note, TripAdvisor stated that US trends improved through the third quarter and that transaction revenue and rev/shopper turned positive in October. Further, green shoots in app bookings and vaulted credit cards are noteworthy. However, the dual headwinds of mobile and the IB transition continue to negatively impact financials as well as the “flywheel” for shopper growth and visibility into improving growth remains limited, aside from easing comps. We have a positive view of the company’s longer-term monetization opportunity, but we await further signs of inflection in growth and profitability, which may follow a larger ad campaign. Recall, the company reduced its margin outlook for 2017 on the 3Q call as it will likely look to increase paid marketing spend and invest revenue per shopper gains to restart the flywheel
TripAdvisor’s market capitalization fell to $6.7 billion today from $7.1 billion yesterday. It reported net income of $198 million on sales of $1.5 billion in 2015.
- [By Ben Levisohn]
TripAdvisor (TRIP) tumbled to the bottom of the S&P 500 today after reporting earnings that came in well below the Street consensus.
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TripAdvisordropped 11% to $46.92 today, while the S&P 500 dipped 0.1% to2,347.22.
Susquehanna’s Shyam Patil and team write that TripAdvisor’s “challenges persist.” They explain why:
4Q highlights another challenging quarter. Total revenue was $316m (up 2% y/y), 1% below our estimate of $320m and 3% below consensus of $327m. EBITDA of $58m (18.4% margins) was ~25% below our and the consensus estimate of $77m, caused by the revenue miss and higher opex (specifically S&M and G&A) vs. our model…
While we like TRIPs leading audience reach (on both mobile and desktop) and breadth of travel content, we believe the traffic mix shift to mobile combined with the transition to instant book (IB) will continue to weigh on monetization and cause near-term volatility in the numbers. TRIP is prioritizing revenue growth over profits this year, and management expects to drive double-digit revenue growth but at the expense of significant margin deleverage and absolute EBITDA declines. Additionally, EBITDA could decline further, if TRIP decides to do TV advertising, which is currently not in our estimates or managements outlook. Given these issues, forecasting remains challenging and we continue to have little confidence in estimates.
TripAdvisor’s market capitalization fell to $6.8 billion today from $7.6 billion yesterday.
buy penny stocks: S&P GSCI(GD)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]
General Dynamics (GD) is number four in the U.S. The company provides combat vehicles; information technology solutions for the military; maintenance overhaul and repair for military aircraft; submarines; and surface ships.
- [By Rich Smith]
Huntington’s problems may not end at the water’s surface, either. While it’s the principal contractor building the Ford-class carriers, Huntington will cooperate with peer shipbuilder General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) to build the new Columbia class of ballistic missile submarines, which will replace the current Ohio class (and up until recently, it was commonly called the “Ohio Replacement Class”).
- [By Alex McGuire]
Since the early 1960s, aerospace and defense companies have been building vehicles for space agencies like NASA. For example, General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) was contracted to help build the propulsion rocket systems for the famous Apollo missions.
- [By Jon C. Ogg]
General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) was last trading at $173.21 versus a Merrill Lynch price objective of $200.00 for the company. That implies a gain of 15% if Merrill Lynch is right, and then there is the 1.8% dividend yield to consider for total return investors. General Dynamics has a consensus analyst target price of $186.06 and a 52-week range of $121.61 to $180.09.
- [By Rich Smith]
As details about the Pentagon’s plan have emerged, it’s become clear that this will be a sizable program, amounting to perhaps $1 trillion in spending over 30 years — not just to upgrade the Minuteman missiles, but also to buy new B-21 stealth bombers from Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC)and have General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) and Huntington Ingalls (NYSE:HII) design an entirely new class of ballistic missile submarines (to be known as the “Columbia class.”)
- [By Rich Smith]
The U.S. Army wants General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) to build it a super-tank — an improvement over the ubiquitous M1 Abrams main battle tank that is currently the mainstay of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps.
buy penny stocks: Liquidity Services Inc.(LQDT)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Jon C. Ogg]
Liquidity Services Inc. (NASDAQ: LQDT) was raised to Buy from Underperform, and the price target was raised up to $45 from $28.50, at Merrill Lynch.
- [By Roberto Pedone]
Liquidity Service (LQDT) is an online auction marketplace for surplus and salvage assets. This stock closed up 14.9% at $34.44 in Monday’s trading session.
Monday’s Volume: 1.60 million
Three-Month Average Volume: 402,622
Volume % Change: 336%
From a technical perspective, LQDT skyrocketed higher here right off its 50-day moving average of $30.94 with strong upside volume. This move briefly saw shares of LQDT trend back above its 200-day moving average at $34.60, before it closed just below that level at $34.44. Shares of LQDT are now quickly moving within range of triggering a big breakout trade. That trade will hit if LQDT manages to take out Monday’s intraday high of $35.21 and then once it clears some more near-term overhead resistance at $35.71 with high volume.
Traders should now look for long-biased trades in LQDT as long as it’s trending above $32.67 or above $31.60 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 402,622 shares. If we get that breakout soon, then LQDT will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $38 to $40.90.
