PEP sees investment from investor

Activist investor Nelson Peltz announced an equity position in PEP on Friday, sending shares higher more than 3% before selling off slightly into the close.

PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) maintains that its strength lies in the fact that while its portfolio is diverse, it's also related. Consumers frequently buy chips and a soda. This, the company says, is complementary. It provides a natural hedge that allows the company to deliver good returns.

And it has delivered nice returns. Last year, core earnings were $4.10 a share. Organic revenue was up 5%. It saved $1 billion in the company’s first year of its productivity program and remains on track to deliver $3 billion in savings by 2015. Through repurchases and dividends, it returned some $6.5 billion to shareholders last year alon

Source: insidermonkey.com

AAPL bottoming finally?

From a low of $425 on Monday, to a high of $444 as of Friday the 15th of March, AAPL looks to be putting in a rally attempt after falling from the highs of September.

There is a possibility that we can start seeing money coming out of stocks that have had a good rally in the past three months, and redistribute those gains into lagging names like AAPL.

In the stock market today we are seeing the S&P and Dow push to new highs yet again, but signs of the rally weakening are starting to show.

S&P looking for the 1400 test?

With the S&P futures closing at 1421 and the latest numbers from JPM and WFC disappointing investors, it looks like the 1400 level may be the magnet in the short term.

Nothing to do but sit back and enjoy the best pizza in Abbotsford this weekend and wait for the futures market to open up Sunday night.

Market rallies on Bernanke bearish outlook

It is a little contradicting in its reasoning, but the worse things are, the higher the odds of more quantitative easing from the Fed, which means the markets will rally.

When Bernanke gave his testimony yesterday, the initial market reaction was to sell off, but almost as fast, everything rebounded as the more aggressive traders took the weakness as an opportunity to buy shares and force a rally on QE hopes.

More on this in the daily stock market discussion thread for the week of July 16th.

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Stock Market Today discussion thread for the week of June 4th

European markets are buckling and putting the pressure one, but we have  a relief rally taking place at the moment as financials and tech stocks come off the lows of last week.

Stock Market Today - May 2nd

Possible candidates for an ascending triangle break out in todays scan reveal the following stocks:

Symbol	Last	Chg(%)
CMCSA	30.35	-0.82
CMCSK	29.97	-0.37
CHS	15.9	1.15
ELNK	8.34	0.97
GGC	35.8	-1.86
BOH	49.52	0.36
ACGL	39.3	0.49

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