Next Week's Corporate Stock Earnings Reports

Looking for some interesting moves in some stocks this week? Check out the companies that will be reporting earnings this week.

If earnings exceed analysts' expectations, the stocks can shoot up. If the numbers underperform, the stock can tank. Then again, occasionally, stocks don't move the way you would have expected.

Anyway, many traders use earnings plays for trading strategies. Also, option traders look for high implied volatility of stocks for for option selling strategies.

Here are many of the stocks reporting earnings this week:

Monday

AA
OZRK
VOXX

Tuesday

AIR
ADTN
FAST
GMS

Wednesday

ANGO
CBSH
CSX
DRW
SAR
YUM

Thursday

BLK
DAL
FRC
JPM
PGR
REGN

Friday

C
SJR
USB
WFC

If you like interesting stock lists like this, be sure to check out many of the free stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Stock Dividend Increasers for April

The following stocks have recently increased their dividends. This is the sign of a good company and could be the sign of an improving economy.

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BK) will increase its quarterly dividend by 15 percent

Stage Stores, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors approved an increase in the Company's quarterly dividend rate by 25%

IDEX (IEX) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a fifteen percent increase in it's regular quarterly cash dividend

Weyerhaeuser (WY) announced an 18 percent increase in the company's regular quarterly cash dividend

H.B. Fuller Company (FUL) increased it's regular quarterly dividend from $0.085 per share of common stock to $0.10 per share

Burger King (BKW) raised its dividend by 20%

Fastenal Company (FAST) announced its quarterly dividend of 20 cents per share, an increase of about doubled its dividend

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), announced a 7.1% increase in the annual dividend

If you like interesting lists like this, check out the many stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, most of which are free.

Stocks Reporting Earnings Thursday January 17

The following stocks are reporting earnings Thursday January 17

ASML Holding NV (ASML)

American Express (AXP)

Bank of America (BAC)

BB&T Corp. (BBT)

Citigroup (C)

Capital One Financial (COF)

Fastenal Co. (FAST)

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)

Intel Corp. (INTC)

PNC Financial Services (PNC)

Xilinx Inc. (XLNX)

Lots of Ways to Invest Like Warren Buffett

Billionaire Warren Buffett is the second richest American. As most investors know, he is the head of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A), the highest priced stock and one of the most successful companies during the last half-century. The company also has Class B shares (BRK-B), currently trading around 83.75, is another way to invest with Buffett. The Class B common share is equal to one-fifteen-hundredth (1/1,500) of the Class A shares. However, there are other ways to invest in Berkshire Hathaway.

The Boulder Total Return Fund (BTF) has over 27% of its portfolio in Berkshire A shares plus another 12% in Berkshire B shares, so in excess of 39% of the investment assets in Buffett's company. Other stocks the closed end fund owns includes:
Yum (YUM)
Wal-Mart (WMT)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Another alternative is by owning shares in the Sequoia Fund (SEQUX), a mutual fund with a large position in Berkshire Hathaway. Over 15% of their portfolio is invested in the stock. Some of the other stocks in their portfolio include:
IDEXX Labs (IDXX)
TJX (TJX)
Martin Marietta (MLM)
Fastenal (FAST)
Mohawk Industries (MHK)
The minimum investment in Sequoia is $5,000.

A third way to invest is by investing in the Fairholme Fund (FAIRX) which has a little over 6% of their portfolio invested in Berkshire. Although the concentration is not as significant as Sequoia, it is the number three holding in the portfolio, as measured by percentage of assets. Fairholme's other major holdings include:
Sears (SHLD)
Goldman Sachs (GS)
Citigroup (C)
WellPoint (WLP)
Minimum investment is $10,000.

Markel Corp. (MKL) is an insurance company that many consider to be a mini-Berkshire, especially since it has a substantial amount of Berkshire Hathaway stock.

There are other funds that have around two percent of their portfolio in Berkshire, such as Legg Mason ClearBridge Appreciation A (SHAPX) but the percentage isn't enough to be a close play on Berkshire.

One other option is to create a portfolio that emulates Berkshire's holdings of publicly traded stocks, however, this wouldn't cover Berkshire's holdings of non-public stocks. In addition, it would involve purchasing many different stocks, so you would be better off just buying the Class B shares. But if you think that you can out-perform Buffett using his ideas, then here is a list of a few of their Berkshire's major stockholdings:

American Express Co. (AXP)
The Coca-Cola Company (KO)
ConocoPhillips (COP)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Procter & Gamble Co. (PG)

For a free downloadable list of all of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stockholdings, which can be changed, added to, and sorted by yield and forward PE, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com